E-NEWS: Events & Programs November / December 2009

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Sunday, November 15 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Legacy Gallery - Conversational Café Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong give their perspectives on Canada’s oldest Chinese neighbourhood and their recently published book Inside Chinatown. Call 250-721-8480 to reserve a space, or book online at tickets.uvic.ca/tickets

Robert Amos, Lung Kong Association, Government St., acrylic on panel

Saturdays, November 7 to December 18 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Legacy Gallery - Artist-in-Residence Series Runs every Saturday until December 18. Phone 250-381-7670 for more information.

Tuesday, November 17 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery - Travels and Treasures exhibition reception. Celebrate the accomplishments of our graduate interns, as we host a reception and informal talk for “Travels and Treasures: The Divine Inspirations of Katharine Maltwood & Turcoman Treasures: The Gastrell Collection.” Call 250-721-8480 to reserve a space, or book online at tickets.uvic.ca/tickets

Turcoman embroidered textile, Iran, 1930s.

Thursday, November 26 5:00 to 8:00 pm

Gallery Walk –Be a part of this year's 12th annual Gallery Walk - a feast for the eyes as well as the palette! Participating galleries include the Legacy Art Gallery and Café, Winchester, Alcheringa, View and West End Galleries. For more information contact 250-388-0009. Bring a donation for the Mustard Seed Food Bank.

Sunday, December 6 1:30 to 2:30 pm

Legacy Gallery Conversational Café - Join author and curator Katherine Gibson; Jan Ross, Curator, Emily Carr House, and special guests for a discussion on how an artist’s view can define or even transform the way people see themselves as inhabitants of a region. Call 250-721-8480 to reserve a space, or book online at tickets.uvic.ca/tickets.

EXHIBITS

August 19 to January 3, 2010

Legacy Gallery and Café - Ted Harrison: Painting Paradise A career retrospective of one of Canada’s most popular and beloved visual artists, including recently discovered paintings from Harrison’s 1994 Commonwealth Games series. The exhibit is curated by Katherine Gibson, author of Ted Harrison: Painting Paradise. Copies of the book are available for purchase at the gift shop.

Ted Harrison, Sketching Paradise

October 28, 2009 to January 17, 2010

Legacy Small Gallery - Inside Chinatown: paintings by Robert Amos. Original artwork from Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong’s book by the same title, takes you behind the doors of the 29 private clubs that make up the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. Inside Chinatown (Touchwood Editions, 2009) will be available for sale at the Legacy gift shop.

October 5, 2009 to January 30, 2010

Maltwood Gallery - Travels and Treasures: The Divine Inspirations of Katharine Maltwood & Treasures of the Turcomans: The Gastrell Collection.

Presenting two views on foreign travel: Divine Inspirations focuses on artist Katharine Maltwood and her travels to Egypt and Japan in the early 20th century. Treasures of the Turcomans features The Gastrell Collection of jewelry, textiles and carpets made by nomadic women and acquired by a British diplomat’s family while living in Iran and Baluchistan during the 1930-40s.

Katharine Maltwood, Path of Enlightenment

October 16 – November 15, 2009

McPherson Library Gallery - Rocks and Shadows: Exploring the Works of Judith Foster

Engage with the creative processes of renowned printmaker Judith Foster and discover the methods and techniques behind this precise art form. Judith Foster, Night Wind, 1968

November 18 to January 6 McPherson Library Gallery -Passage: Works by Lisa Hebden

Passage focuses on young children, on being small and feeling small both physically and psychologically. The children in the paintings are on the cusp of adolescence, caught between unselfconsciousness and awareness of their own bodies.

NEWS

Legacy Art Gallery & Café, 630 Yates St., Hours: Wed to Sun 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Note

holiday closure Dec 25 to to Jan 1.

Maltwood Gallery, University Centre building Room B115, hours: Mon to Fri 10:00 am to 4:00 pm with special openings in conjunction with Farquhar Auditorium events. Holiday closure Dec 25 to Jan 3.

McPherson Library Gallery hours: daily, call 250-721-6673 for recorded schedule. Holiday closure Dec 25 to Jan 3.

PERKS

FRIENDS show your card for a 15% discount on food, beverages and retail items from our Gift Shop at the Maltwood and Legacy Galleries. Receive discounts and front of line ticket privileges for specific performances at the UVic Centre Farquhar Auditorium. www.auditorium.uvic.ca.

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2009-2010 Conversational Café series at the Legacy Art Gallery and Café is presented with support from the Government of B.C.