GALLERIES
Alcheringa Gallery (621 Fort St.) Sacred Geometry by Coast Salish Artist Dylan Thomas, to Aug. 31. alcheringa-gallery.com Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss St.) Drop-in tours, Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. First Tuesday of month by donation. Emily Carr and the Younger Generation, to Sept. 11. Modernization in Meiji Japan (1868-1912), to Aug. 28. Trans-Pacific Transmission: Video Art Across the Pacific, to Sept. 5. Kinky: Ancient Chinese and Japanese Erotic Image., to Oct. 16. China’s Favourite Pottery for Tea, Yixing Ware, to Oct. 18. aggv.ca; 250-384-4171. The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.) Nicola Prinsen, to Aug. 31. 250-598-2184. Coast Collective Gallery (103-318 Wale Rd.) Destination Victoria, to Aug. 28. gallery@coastcollective.ca Commercial Alley (between 500 block Yates Street and Bastion Square) Daniel Ellingsen, Aug. 27- Aug. 2017. Opening Aug. 27, 6-9 p.m. openspace.ca Community Arts Centre of Greater Victoria (Cedar Hill Recreation Centre Café) Saskia Elias: Personality Pet Portraits, to Aug. 30. cacgv.ca Community Arts Centre at Tulista Park (9589 Fifth St., Sidney) Coastal Expressions, to Oct. 4. 250-656-7400. Eclectic (2170 Oak Bay Ave.) Marie Nagel with Donna Ion, to Sept. 2. 250-590-8095. Goward House Society (2495 Arbutus Rd.) Goward House Portrait Painters show and sale, Aug. 31-Sept. 28. 250-477-4401.
Hive Emporium Gallery (9-575 North Rd., Gabriola Island) Hooked on Gabriola & Basket Cases, to Aug. 28. hiveemporium@gmail.com
Legacy Art Gallery Downtown (630 Yates St.) Out of the Frame: Salish Printmaking, to Oct. 1. legacy.uvic.ca
Legacy Maltwood Gallery (UVic, McPherson Library, Mearns Centre) The Averted Eye Sees: The Life and Work of Glenn Howarth, to Oct. 23. legacy.uvic.ca
Madrona Gallery (606 View St.) Morgana Wallace: Chronos exhibit, Aug. 26-Sept. 9. Opening Aug. 26, 7-9 p.m. 250-380-4660. West End Gallery (1203 Broad St.) Summer Salon through August. 250-388-0009. Xchanges Gallery and Studios, (2333 Government St.) Artist-in-Residence’ program presents Rick Thomas creating murals entitled Dumpster Dive to Aug. 31. 250-382-0442.
EXHIBITS
Master Marine Artist John Horton original works of art sale at the Maritime Museum of B.C., 634 Humboldt St. through Sept. 30. Resilience of the People: Exhibit of Songhees First Nation’s traditional territory at Robert Bateman Centre, 470 Belleville St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. to Oct. 30. batemancentre.org Artishow 2016: Artists in Residence for
August, Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Peter Van Giesen at the Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel & Marina, Michelle Miller at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa, Sherryl Hustins at the Hotel Grand Pacific, Luis Fuentes at the Inn at Laurel Point, Lifu at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel & Spa, Irma Soltonovich at the Parkside Hotel & Spa, The Sculpture Guild at the Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa, and Shelby Assenheimer at the Union Club. Go to artishowvictoria.ca Artishow 2016 Sunday Plein Air Event. Mingle with local fine artists on the grounds of the Fairmont Empress. Every Sunday to Sept. 4, noon-5 p.m.; artishowvictoria.ca Sue Coleman and Patricia Mansell exhibit at Imagine That!, 251 Craig St., Duncan, Aug. 27-Sept. 4. See imaginethatartisans.com Mélange IV Art Show featuring Carron Berkes, David Ladmore, Laurie Ladmore and Rob Vickery at Shoal Point Moka House Coffee, 110-19 Dallas Road, Fisherman’s Wharf, to Aug. 30. robvickery.biz Eighth annual First Nations, Inuit & Métis Art Show at Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Ave., to Aug. 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. marywinspear.ca
Sue Gentry: Unforseen painting exhibit at Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Rd., to Aug. 31. suegentry.com