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 Jan. 6; Remembering a Patron: Asian Art Donations from Dr. Judith Patt to Jan. 6; Brainstorm to Feb. 23; aggv.ca; 250-384-4171. Arbutus Gallery (2687 James St., Duncan) Seeing Visions to Dec. 8; cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca /arbutus-gallery Artsea Gallery (Tulista Park, Fifth and Weiler in Sidney) The ArtSea Community Arts Council presents a show/sale of contemporary and traditional works by island artisans to Dec. 22; artsea.ca/artisans-show-sale The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.) All That Glitters VI, annual jewelry exhibition to Dec. 24; theavenuegallery. com Central Art Studio and Gallery (The Bay Centre, 1st Floor) Artist-run studio; facebook.com/Central-Art-Studio-Gallery The Chapel Gallery at St. Matthais (600 Richmond Ave.) Sharon A. Stone, Art of the Tea Ceremony to Dec. 28; stmatthiasvictoria.ca/chapelgalleryp Coast Collective Galley and Art Centre (103-318 Wale Rd.) Dixie MacUisdin: For the Love of Trees to Dec. 2; 11th annual Gifts and Wishes Holiday Showcase to Dec. 23; coastcollective. ca Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates St.) Nearness To or Distance From, Laura Dutton to Dec. 1; deluge.ca
Eclectic Gallery (2170 Oak Bay Ave.) A broad selection of local artists to Jan. 5, 2019; eclecticgallery.ca
Flux Media Gallery (821 Fort St.) 6th Annual Artists with Disabilities Showcase, Nov. 30-Dec. 3;. Wrap-up party, Dec. 3, 2 p.m.; drcvictoria.com
Gage Gallery (2031 Oak Bay Ave.) Martina Edmondson presents Nature Bound to Dec. 8; gagegallery.ca
Imagine That! (251 Craig St., Duncan) Metal Sculpture by Brad Allen to Nov. 30; Paintings on Slate: Patricia Mansell to Nov. 30; imaginethatartisans.com
Madrona Gallery (606 View St.) Deck the Walls IX Dec. 1-29; madronagallery.com Nanaimo Art Gallery (150 Commercial St., Nanaimo) The Poetics of Space to Jan. 5, 2019; nanaimoartgallery.ca
Open Space (510 Fort St.) at random by Hyang Cho to Dec. 16; openspace.ca Robert Bateman Centre (470 Belleville St.) Raven, Mouse, A Bird’s Beak, poetry and paintings of nature by Victoria poet laureate Yvonne Blomer and artist Robert Bateman to Jan. 31; batemancentre.org
West End Gallery (1203 Broad St.) Adorn with Art Group Exhibition, Dec. 1-22; westendgalleryltd.com Winchester Galleries Oak Bay (2260 Oak Bay Ave.) Antoine Bittar: La belle lumiere to Nov. 30; Deon Venter: Avatar and Kathy Venter: Artist/Model to Dec. 1; David Blackwood: A Sweeping Narrative to Dec. 22; Ron Bolt: West Coast Paintings to Dec. 22; Joseph Plaskett: Works from the Estate to Dec. 22; winchestergalleriesltd.com
EXHIBITS AND EVENTS
Chinese Brush Painters Art Show and Sale at Arbutus Christian Fellowship Church, 2495 Arbutus Rd. Nov. 30-Jan. 23. Artist Reception, Dec. 2, 1:30-3:30 p.m. ‘Chosin Pottery Christmas Show and
Sale featuring works by Judi Dyelle and Morgan Saddington. Dec. 1 and 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; chosinpottery.ca
Purple - Palooza by Garth Homer Society ArtWorks Program. Dec. 6-Jan. 11 at 813 Darwin Ave. Opening Reception Dec. 6, 6-8 p.m.
Sole Train to the Night Market a partnership between Fluevog Shoes and the arts community of Victoria to Nov. 30 at Fluevog Shoes, 566 Johnson St. Gothic Beginnings and Monstrous Legacies: An Exhibition Celebrating 200 Years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Highlighting rare books and materials and featuring fantastical Gothic novels, illustrated publications, and visual, literary, and theatrical adaptations. To Nov. 30 at UVic. Mearns Centre for Learning, McPherson Library, Room A005. Free; uvic.ca/library