GALLERIES
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss St.) Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. First Tuesday of month by donation. Moving Forward by Looking Back: The First 30 Years of Collecting Art at the AGGV, to Oct. 8; Close to Home: Local and Regional Artists, to Sept. 24. Picturing the Giants: The Changing Landscapes of Emily Carr, ongoing. Mirror with Memory: Exhibit of prewar photos of central Vancouver Island community of Cumberland, to Oct. 8. aggv.ca; 250-384-4171.
ArtSea Gallery (CAC of Saanich Peninsula, 9565 Fifth Street, Sidney) Nancy Rotolo and Dianne Comba, to Sept. 17. 250-656-7400. The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.) 250-598-2184. Coast Collective Gallery (103-318 Wale Rd.) Black and White + 1, to Sept. 17. gallery@coastcollective.ca Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates St.) Daniel Laskarin: ruins and reclamation, to Oct. 7. 250-385-3327.
Eclectic (2170 Oak Bay Ave.) Heather Keenan, Chris Alers and Katrina Pavlovsky, to Oct. 7. 250-590-8095.
Gage Gallery (2031 Oak Bay Ave.) Re-Connecting: Martina Edmondson, Gerald Fleming, Tina Fyfe, to Sept. 16. gagegallery.weebly.com Goward House Society (2495 Arbutus Rd.) Anne Bowen and Peter Vangiesen: Nature: Inside and Out, to Sept. 27. gowardhouse.com Hive Emporium Gallery (9-575 North Rd., Gabriola Island) John Poirier, photography, to Sept. 18. hiveemporium@gmail.com
Lantzville Art Gallery (Lantzville) Kathy Guthrie: The More You Love a Memory, to Sept. 27. lantzvilleartgallery.com
Legacy Art Gallery Downtown (630 Yates St.) Origin Stories and Marianne Nicolson: There’s Blood in the Rocks, to Sept. 16. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright to Sept. 16. legacy.uvic.ca Legacy Maltwood (UVic, McPherson Library Gallery) Survival by Design: The Legacy of Early Modern Architecture in Victoria, to Oct. 8. Martin Batchelor Gallery (712 Cormorant St.) Anne Meggitt: Nature Is Imagination, to Sept. 28. 26250-385-7919. Nanaimo Art Gallery (150 Commercial St., Nanaimo) Dream Islands: Sonnet L’Abbé, Derya Akay, Vanessa Brown, Maggie Groat, Yuki Kimura, Anne Low, Lari Robson, to Sept. 17. nanaimoartgallery.com, 250-754-1750.
Open Space (510 Fort St.) Deconstructing Comfort: seven contemporary Indigenous artists and artists of colour: Léuli Eshraghi, Jamelie Hassan, Syrus Marcus Ware, Lisa Myers, Nadia Myre, Haruko Okano and Philip Kevin Paul, to Oct. 14. Reception Sept. 25. 250-383-8833 openspace.ca
Robert Bateman Centre (Steamship Terminal, 470 Belleville St.) Migrations: Travellers of the Salish Sea, Peter McFarlane presented in conjunction with Steffichfineart and Madrona Gallery to Oct. 8. batemancentre.org Victoria Arts Council Gallery (636 Fort St.) Group Painting Exhibit: Studio 216, 4 artists Susan Geddes, Lynda Lombardi, Jeff Maltby and Allan Toews, to Sept. 21.
Village Gallery (2459 Beacon Ave., Sidney) Tree & Sea: Cindy Mawle and Bethany Desaulniers, to Sept. 22. 250-656-3633. EXHIBITS Michael Dean, painting and prints at Imagine That! 251 Craig St., Duncan, to Sept. 29. imaginethatartisans.com Lil Chrzan exhibit at Brentwood Bay Resort, to Nov. 1. lilchrzan.com Tony Grove: A Boatbuilder’s Perspective exhibit at Maritime Museum of B.C., 634 Humboldt St., to Sept. 15. Artishow’s Artists in Residence for September Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa: Maureen Ness; Parkside Hotel & Spa: Roger Jackson; Oak Bay Beach Hotel: Anne Bowen. artishowvictoria.ca Kristen Dullum: Runes That Bind Us: Queer Magic of the Northern Gods exhibit at Legends Back Room Gallery, Legends Comics & Books, 633 Johnson St., to Sept. 29. Wednesday-Saturday 11 a.m.6 p.m., Sunday-Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. 250-388-3696. Tapestry Weavers of Vancouver Island exhibit at The Old School House Gallery, 122 Fern Rd. W., Qualicum Beach, to Sept. 30. oldschoolhouse.org Anais Gerbe, lithographs exhibit at Excellent Frameworks Home of the EJ Hughes Gallery, 28 Station St., Duncan, to Sept. 30. excellentframeworks.ca Esquimalt Photography Club Exhibit at Esquimalt Library, 1231 Esquimalt Rd., to Sept. 28. esquimaltphotoclub.org Big Canadian Stuff exhibit by Island Illustrators Society at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, to Oct. 2. islandillustrators.org
St. Luke’s Players: Auditions for Cinderella, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. or Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. Callbacks Sept. 17, 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hall, 3821Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Details: stlukesplayers.org or 250-884-5484. 20-Year Productions: Auditions for The Original Deed, Sept. 17, 18, at 7 p.m., callbacks Sept. 20, 7 p.m. at Langham Court Theatre, Rehearsal Room. Details: stafler@netbc.com To get your event publicized in Attractions, Galleries and Exhibits or Auditions, send details by the Friday prior to publication. Include date, time address, price and phone number.
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