GALLERIES

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss St.) Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. First Tuesday of month by donation. Picturing the Giants: The Changing Landscapes of Emily Carr, to April 1; Beyond the Edges: Art & Geometry, to April 1; Point of Contact: On Place and the West Coast Imaginary, to April 1; Form as Meaning: First Nations Prints from the Pacific North West, Jan. 20-April 29; ggv.ca; 250-384-4171. The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.) Painter Shinah Lee to Jan. 18; theavenuegallery.com Central Art Studio and Gallery (The Bay Centre, 3rd Floor) Peter N Van Giesen, to Jan. 31; 250-889-3972 Fortune Gallery (537 Fisgard St.) Morgan Macaulay, to Jan. 31; fotunegallery.ca Goward House Society (2495 Arbutus Rd.) Goward House Chinese Brush Painters, to Jan. 24. gowardhouse.com Legacy Art Gallery Downtown (630 Yates St.) Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects: The UVic Transgender Archives meets the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA), Jan. 13March 29. Curator’s talk, Jan. 13, 2-4 p.m. Innocence: West Coast Art and Artists Through a Visitor’s Eyes, Jan. 20-March 29. Curator’s tour, Feb. 3, 3-4:40 p.m. legacy.uvic.ca

Martin Batchelor Gallery (712 Cormorant St.) Wild Anticipation to Feb. 1. 250-385-7919.

Nanaimo Art Gallery (150 Commercial St., Nanaimo) Landfall and Departure: Epilogue, Jan. 12-March 10. Opening Jan. 11, 7 p.m. with performance by Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback. nanaimoartgallery.com, 250-754-1750. Robert Bateman Centre (Steamship Terminal, 470 Belleville St.) oneTree exhibit, to Jan. 31. Meet the artist, Jan. 20; batemancentre.org

West End Gallery (203 Broad St.) British Columbia Artists Group Show to Jan. 25; westendgalleryltd.com Winchester Galleries: Downtown (665 Fort St.) The Photo Realists, Jan. 18 to Feb. 3; opening reception Jan. 20, 2-4 pm. Oak Bay (2260 Oak Bay Ave.) Canadian Abstraction, Jan. 18 to Feb. 3. Xchanges Gallery (2333 Government St., 6E) The Vegas Project: An Exhibition by Mary Babineau, to Jan. 2. Artist talk Jan. 13, 1 p.m.; xchangesgallery.org EXHIBITS Island Artist Showcase: a selection of some of our artists’ finest work at Imagine That!,

251 Craig St., Duncan, to Feb. 2; imaginethatartisans.com

Victoria Arts Council (636 Fort St. at The Bay Centre) presents Slap Happy 2.0: Urban Art Showcase at Victoria Arts Council to Jan. 18; vicartscouncil.ca

Entre les Nuages, a 30-by-40 oil on canvas by Shinah Lee, is at The Avenue Gallery, 2184 Oak Bay Ave., until Jan. 18.

Green Night, a 42-by-60 oil on canvas by Rita Letendre, is at Winchester Galleries, 2260 Oak Bay Ave., until Feb. 3.