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George Littlechild: ApisasisinALCHERINGA GALLERY, VICTORIA BC – Sep 6-27 George Littlechild, a First Nations Canadianillustrator and author, is a brilliant painter of lively, high chroma key imagery. He is recognized asone of the foremost First Nations artists working in Canada today and has contributed a significantbody of work to Canada’s cultural heritage in general.As an author and artist, Littlechild’s subject matterfocuses on the history and legends of North American FirstNations, as well as his own experiences growing up PlainsCree in Canada. Apisasisin, meaning “little things” in theCree language, is his first group of small paintings. Like hislarger works, they have a powerful colour palette andengaging sense of magic.George Littlechild was born in Alberta, Canada. Heearned a diploma in Art and Design from Red Deer Collegeand a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College ofArt and Design. Since 1988, his paintings have beenexhibited in numerous solo group exhibitions in commercialand public galleries and museums in Canada, the UnitedStates, Japan and Germany. They are included in numerouspublic, corporate and private collections, including theAlberta Arts Foundation, Banff Centre, Canadian Museum ofpreviewwww.alcheringa-gallery.comGeorge Littlechild, Ishi the Last of His Tribe,mixed media [Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria BC,Sep 6-27]Civilization, Edmonton Art Gallery, Esso Canada, Nova Corporation, Surrey Art Gallery, ThunderBay Art Gallery, The University of Alberta, UBC and Via Rail. Littlechild is the author andillustrator of six books, including the award-winning publication This Land is My Land, describedby Publisher’s Weekly as "bold in size, color, and image… a stunning gallery of art by a NativeAmerican of singular vision.” Mia Johnson12-5pm Sep 8 12-5pm “Stanley ParkFundraiser”, Benefit event with artistSusan Point in attendance; Oct 19-Nov 8, Cape Dorset Annual Prints2007, a tradition since 1959. Inuitgraphic art collection; Oct 20-Nov 18,Preston Singletary (Tlingit) andLewis Gardiner (Maori), “Fire &Water: Pacific Visions in Glass andJade”, fuses Northwest Coast designwith traditional Maori forms on worksthat combine glass and jade, two distincttranslucent materials that arebrought to life using light.TextileContexT Studio1420 Old Bridge St, Granville Island✆604-684-6661 jkares@web.cawed-sun 11am-5pm Working studioand gallery specializing in contemporarytextile and book art; Sep 6-27Members of the Surface DesignAssociation, BC Region “MovingBeyond: Textile Art That Moves Beyondthe Ordinary into the Extraordinary”,presents a juried exhibition dedicatedto the memory of Vancouver textileartist Peggy Schofield, showcasingthe diversity of original and innovativetextile art in BC presented at four additionalvenues. For more info contactsdamovingbeyond@telus.net or jenniferannelove@hotmail.com.Toni Onley Archive Gallery105-1529 W 6th Ave ✆604-261-8557www.tonionley.comTuesday and Thursday 11-4 and by apptToni Onley (1928-2004), watercolourpaintings and other works currentlyavailable from from the estate collection.Tracey Lawrence Gallery1531 W 4th Ave ✆604-730-2875www.traceylawrencegallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm Sep 22-Nov 3Gerard Byrne Byrne’s photographicwork centres on historical or architecturallysignificant sites photographedover a period of time and in a documentary,straightforward manner.This exhibit runs concurrently with athematically linked exhibit featuringfilm and video at the Charles H. ScottGallery at the Emily Carr Institute.Tycho Fine Art#430-1000 Parker St ✆604-733-6945www.tychoart.comby appt only Sep-Oct Recent abstractworks by David Tycho, inspired bymountains, volcanoes and glaciers inGaribaldi Park near Whistler B.C. Alsoshowing abstract works at GalleryGabrichidze in Brussels, Belgium.The Unitarian Church ofVancouver949 W 49th Ave ✆604-261-7204www.vcn.bc.ca/unitarian/Call for hours to Sep16 Judy Villet,fabric art; Sep 16–Oct 14 LouiseBunn, abstract art; Oct 14–Nov 11,Pat MacBain, oil paintings and watercolours.Uno Langmann Limited2117 Granville St ✆604-736-8825www.langmann.comtues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt JSep58 PREVIEW ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS