GALLERIES
Alcheringa Gallery (621 Fort St.) Revolving Whorld: lessLIE, Chris Paul, and Dylan Thomas tackle the classic Coast Salish icon of the Spindle Whorl, to Sept. 2. alcheringa-gallery.com 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. Karen Tam: With Wings Like Clouds Hung from the Sky, to Sept. 4. 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 St., Sidney) A Hundred Thousand Threads 3: The FibreAti, to Aug. 27. Island Wood Turners, Aug. 28-Sept. 3. 250-656-7400.
Artspring (100 Jackson Ave., Salt Spring Island) Loosely Connected: Textile art show, to Aug. 30. Pretty Pictures, photography show, Aug. 24-Sept. 5. Opening Aug. 23, 5-8 p.m. 250-537-2102 The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.) Maria Josenhans, to Aug. 30. 250-598-2184. Coast Collective Gallery (103-318 Wale Rd.) Small Works, to Sept. 3. gallery@coastcollective.ca Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates St.) Megan Hepburn: Dark Sand Asks Why You Talk So Fast, to Aug. 26. 250-385-3327.
Eclectic (2170 Oak Bay Ave.) Heather Keenan, Chris Alers and Katrina Pavlovsky, to Oct. 7. 250-590-8095. Fortune Gallery (537 Fisgard St.) Mitchell Villa, Nathan NAZO Davis and Kristofer Parley, to Sept. 5. fortunegallery.ca
Gage Gallery (2031 Oak Bay Ave.) Re-Connecting: Martina Edmondson, Gerald Fleming, Tina Fyfe, Aug. 29-Sept. 16. Opening Aug. 30, 6-8 p.m. gagegallery.weebly.com
Goward House Society (2495 Arbutus Rd.) Maureen Ness, to Aug. 30. gowardhouse.com
Hive Emporium Gallery (9-575 North Rd., Gabriola Island) Ali Hosein: Dreamers, to Aug. 27. hiveemporium@gmail.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, Aug. 26-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.) Forestrial Brain: Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane, to Aug. 26. 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 Trounce Alley Gallery (616 Trounce Alley) Shawn O’Keefe: Coastal Pathways, to Aug. 25. trouncealleygallery.com
Victoria Arts Council Gallery (636 Fort Street) Group Painting Exhibit: Studio 216, 4 artists Susan Geddes, Lynda Lombardi, Jeff Maltby and Allan Toews, Aug. 29-Sept. 21.
Village Gallery (2459 Beacon Ave., Sidney) Seascape Exhibit, to Aug. 30. villagegallerysidney.com
West End Gallery (1203 Broad St.) August Arrivals, to Aug. 31. 250-388-0009.
Winchester Gallery (665 Fort St.) Canada 150: Celebrating Canadian Art, through August. winchestergalleriesltd.com EXHIBITS Jennifer Lawson and Patricia Mansell at Imagine That! 251 Craig St., Duncan, to Aug. 25. Michel Dean, painting and prints, Aug. 28-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
August. Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa: Beth Partridge; Hotel Grand Pacific: German Jaramillo- Mckenzie; Parkside Hotel & Spa: Luke Garrison; Oak Bay Beach Hotel: Jennifer McIntyre. artishowvictoria.ca
Mélange V Art Show: Carron Berkes, David Ladmore, Laurie Ladmore and Rob Vickery at Shoal Point Moka House Coffee, 110-19 Dallas Rd., Fisherman’s Wharf, to Aug. 30. robvickery.biz Printmakers Only Group 26th Annual Show & Sale at Portals, Island Savings Centre, 2687 James St., Duncan, to Aug. 31. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Printmaking demonstrations Wednesdays and Saturdays. printmakersonlygroup2015@gmail.com
Resilience of the People: A Visual History of the Traditional Territory of the Lekwungen/Songhees People exhibit is now
on display at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, to Aug. 31. oakbay.ca Anawim House’s Collaborative Community Art Show at the Public Market at the Hudson, 1701Douglas St., Aug. 31Sept.10. Opening Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m. with a benefit auction for Anawim. anawimhouse.com/art-show/ Kristen Dullum: Runes That Bind Us: Queer Magic of the Northern Gods exhibit at Legends Back Room Gallery, Legends Comics & Books, 633 Johnson St., Aug. 31-Sept. 29. Wednesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., SundayTuesday, noon-5 p.m. 250-388-3696.
Rosalinde Compton: Chinatown watercolours at Bean Around the World, 533 Fisgard St., Aug. 24-31.
1th annual Integrate Arts Festival, Friday through Sunday. Tour local art galleries, workshops, performance and events at Integrate HQ, 636 Fort St. Friday: Opening reception, 7-10:30 p.m. at 636 Fort St. with Theatre SKAM, music by Leanaboo and Sean Rae. Saturday, 10 am.10 p.m. All Day Art Crawl. Maps available at integratearts.ca Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. free. Sunday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. featuring dance workshop and Artscape. Full schedule at integratearts.ca