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A MOVIE MONDAY Special Event
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2010-01-22
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A MOVIE MONDAY Special Event, featuring the screening of Killer Whale and Crocodile.
Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 6:30pm in the Eric Martin Pavilion. With Victoria filmmaker Peter Campbell, carver John Marston, and Alcheringa Gallery.
For further details, go to moviemonday.ca
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Cultural Encounters @ de Young Museum, San Francisco
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2009-10-09
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Hailans to Ailans in UK, US
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2009-10-06
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Hailans to Ailans, the first international exhibition of contemporary Papua New Guinea art, is on in London at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery until October 17. Events associated with the show are happening at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The second half of the exhibition opens here at Alcheringa Gallery on November 5 at 7pm. Participating Papua New Guinean and Coast Salish artists will attend.
Visit hailanstoailans.com for artist interviews, essays, stories, events listings, and of course lots of spectacular artwork! Contact us for more information.
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COMING SOON: More than Meet the Eye: Masks that Transform Us
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2009-08-13
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August 20 - September 29, 2009
More than Meets the Eye: Masks that Transform Us is a cross-cultural dialogue amongst distinguished mask-making traditions, featuring new work by leading artists of the Northwest Coast including Calvin Hunt, Chris Paul, and Dean Heron, as well as master carvers from Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River, including Otto Timbin, Jackson Timbin, and Ronnie Bowie.
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Upcoming: HAILANS TO AILANS
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2009-07-09
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In the Autumn of 2009, a groundbreaking exhibition will showcase the work of a number of artists from the different regions of Papua New Guinea. Hailans to Ailans (Highlands to Islands in Melanesian Pidgin), will feature sculpture in wood and metal, performance and fibre art, and painting, including new work from Teddy Balangu, Tom Deko, Kaua Gita, Cathy Kata, Michael Mel, Martin Morububuna, Lucas Tangun, Michael Timbin, and Claytus Yambon.
This cultural project will promote global recognition of the meanings, values and diversity of Papua New Guinea contemporary visual arts. Further cultural exchange will be encouraged through the inclusion of work from artists of the Northwest Coast of Canada, including Leslie Sam (lessLIE) and John Marston of the Coast Salish nation. Part 1 of the exhibition will open on September 16 at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London, and Part 2 will open at Alcheringa Gallery on November 5, 2009. An extensive catalogue of work with artist interviews and essays by leading scholars will be available for pre-order in August.
A preview is now online at hailanstoailans.com.
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Sepik Crocodile Festival August 11-12
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2009-07-09
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Ambunti, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Those of you in and around PNG next month should check out a huge festival of Sepik performance, art, and culture in Ambunti, East Sepik Province. The Sepik Crocodile Festival, sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, promotes environmental and cultural sustainability, protecting habitats and livelihoods in the Sepik region. For more information, contact wwfpng@wwfpacific.org.pg .
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Gallery News for July
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2009-07-08
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If you have not yet subscribed to the Alcheringa e-mail newsletter, you can read it online. Subscribers get previews of upcoming exhibitions and events, as well as notifications about new arrivals.
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Winners of BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art
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2009-06-07
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lessLIE @ Two Rivers Gallery
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2009-05-25
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Coast Salish graphic artist lessLIE just opened a major solo show, Sale(ish) Culture, at Prince George's Two Rivers Gallery. The summer show runs from May 22 to August 9.
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Executive Director Opening @ PPP
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2009-05-16
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Pacific Peoples' Partnership is hiring an Executive Director. The posting's here; the deadline's June 12.
PPP is a Victoria-based NGO that works with First Nations and Indigenous peoples across the Pacific on rights-based sustainable development initiatives that enable communities to harness their own creativity to address poverty, environmental degradation, and loss of culture.
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George Littlechild - Something Sacred
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2009-04-28
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New work by George Littlechild, May 7 - June 1, 2009, opening reception May 7, 2009 from 7-9 pm.
Web catalogue coming soon.
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AUCTION FINALE - Friday March 13th
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2009-03-12
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Join us to wrap up our silent auction and reward our successful bidders with a reception and refreshments, Friday March 13th from 5-8 pm.
This is the last chance to place bids and take home some wonderful pieces!
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Holiday Gift Guide
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2008-12-15
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If you missed our recent mailing of holiday gift suggestions you can view it online.
Happy Holidays!
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Victoria Gallery Walk November 27
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2008-11-16
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Join Victoria's downtown galleries for an evening of great art, food, and company! Our 11th annual Victoria Gallery Walk takes place on Thursday, Nov 27, between 5 & 8pm. Start at any gallery and walk or take a free horse-drawn trolley to the next one. For a map and list of participating galleries, view the event brochure. Exhibitions and light refreshments continue Friday and Saturday during regular gallery hours.
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S'abadeb — The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists is currently at SAM!
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2008-10-28
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Alcheringa has several artists whose works are being prominently featured including Susan Point, John & Jane Martson and Maynard Johnny Jr.
"Within this visually stunning exhibition, historic works of sculpture, basketry and weaving are shown side by side with contemporary artworks, including paintings, prints and photographs, to emphasize the ongoing vitality of the artistic traditions today. Dynamic multimedia presentations will be featured in the galleries, taking visitors into the territories, lives and rich oral traditions of the Salish First Peoples."
–Barbara Brotherton, Curator of Native American Art
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Here and There: Children’s drawings from France and Papua New Guinea
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2008-10-09
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PROJECT OF AN EXHIBITION OF 60 DRAWINGS MADE
BY FRENCH AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAN CHILDREN
Exhibition organized by the Alliance française de Port Moresby, the Kopkop College (Gerehu, Papua New Guinea) and the Ecole Saint-Jean (Strasbourg, France).
National Library, Papua New Guinea
October 13th 2008 – November 21st 2008
Ecole Saint Jean, France
Winter 2009
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Killerwhale and Crocodile: Victoria Screening
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2008-09-04
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In this visually stunning documentary, carvers from two of the world's great carving traditions- the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the Sepik River of Papua New Guinea- come together. The exchange inspires the most magnificent projects each has ever undertaken.
"Killerwhale and Crocodile" by Gumboot Productions will be screened alongside "The Lacondon Maya" from May Street Productions.
Wednesday, Sept 17th, 3:30 pm
Capital 6 Theatre, 805 Yates St.
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George Littlechild: Red and White
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2008-07-15
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The Campbell River Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of George Littlechild's work entitled Red and White - Chapter 2. The show runs until August 8, 2008, and explores relationships between First Nations and White people, including his own family history (Plains Cree, Irish and Scottish) and identity in mixed media paintings, digitally manipulated photographs and text.
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Join us for National Aboriginal Day
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2008-06-16
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Join us in celebration of National Aboriginal Day (June 21)! For more information about the occasion and related events across Canada, visit the official government site.
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Season 7 - The New Canoe
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2008-06-05
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Fans of our North West Coast collection should keep an eye the newest season of the New Canoe on A Channel. Focusing on aboriginal artists, there will be two episodes dedicated to the Marston brothers, as well as interviews with Chris Paul, Susan Point, Maynard Johnny Jr. and lessLIE. For listings and other information please see www.thenewcanoe.ca.
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Northern Bark Paintings Show @ Sydney's MCA
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2008-05-24
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Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art is exhibiting its large collection of northern bark paintings in They Are Meditating, on now until August 3. The collection, which includes over 250 works by artists such as Mawalan, Malangi, Nabarrayal, Djawa, Nanyin, Jimmy Ngamjmira, and Yirawala, well represents northern painting during the 1960s through the 1980s. It is not, unfortunately, viewable online, but the catalogue is available from MCA's store: call (+612) 9245 2458 or email store@mca.com.au to inquire about it.
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Inspired / Inspiré: French Artists Inspire Papua New Guinea Artists
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2008-05-23
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Inspired / Inspiré, an exhibition of graphic works by PNG artists inspired by French artists, wraps up this weekend at the University of Papua New Guinea's Centre for Melanesian Studies. The show is organized by L'Alliance Française de Port Moresby, a great promoter of contemporary PNG arts in the capital. Under the leadership of Nicolas Garnier, a professor at the university, AFPM organizes cultural events and publishes exhibition catalogues and works by young writers and poets. The organization is currently building a website; when it's ready, we'll post it in our Links section. For information on AFPM events and publications, contact Nicolas at ngarnier@upng.ac.pg or (675) 326 1764.
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Marston brothers off to Japan
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2008-03-21
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Leading Coast Salish carvers John and Luke Marston are preparing for two weeks in Japan as visiting artists in the Ome Art Jam in Ome City, and as exhibiting artists at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. With painters Robert Amos and Jimmy Wright, they will participate in workshops, lectures, and demonstrations. Their work will be shown in the Prince Takamodo Memorial Gallery at the embassy from April 1 to May 15.
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Springs Festival of Native Film and Cultural Weekend, March 5-9, 2008
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2008-03-05
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KILLER WHALE AND CROCODILE has been selected from over 350 Native American or indigenous films submitted for consideration this year. While there were many excellent films to choose from for this year's festival, Killerwhale and Crocodile was chosen because it "best represents the beauty and complexity of the Native and aboriginal experience while celebrating Native traditions, culture and heritage most eloquently."
All screenings for the Palm Springs Festival of Native Film and Culture will be held at the Camelot Theatres, Palm Springs' elegant premier motion picture theatre complex.
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Killerwhale and Crocodile Screening at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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2008-01-22
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Rick Rivet: Inside a Floating World
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2008-01-09
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Congratulations to Rick Rivet, featured in the Spring 2008 issue of Galleries West in an homage article titled In a Floating World.
Alcheringa Gallery presented an exhibition of Rick's work in Fall 2007, titled Images in Matter/Space/Time. Works still available can be viewed in the online catalogue.
Work shown is Mound 17, 2007.
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Shifting Tides: Indigenous Responses to Climate Change
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2007-11-19
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Today, Pacific Peoples' Partnership launches their Shifting Tides initiative that brings together indigenous peoples from both sides of the Pacific to discuss climate change. A delegation of indigenous elders, scientists, and youth practitioners of traditional ecological knowledge from Rarotonga will join Canadian aboriginal counterparts for a cross-Canada speaking tour (Victoria to Iqaluit) to bring attention to the socio-economic and cultural impacts of global warming on indigenous communities in Canada and the small island developing states of the Pacific, as well as to identify tools and resources for indigenous people to confront the challenges in ways that strengthen culture and traditional knowledge.
The delegates will participate in a panel discussion at 7:00pm tonight in the law student's lounge of the Fraser (Law) Building at the University of Victoria. For more info about Shifting Tides, including upcoming tour dates, contact Pacific Peoples' Partnership.
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Coast Salish Exhibition Opens @ AGGV
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2007-11-08
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From now until February 24, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is hosting Transporters, an exhibition of work by ten leading Coast Salish artists. According to AGGV's website, the show "express[es] new and long-held Salish visions and stories of the land, and post-colonial critiques of cultural appropriation. Some artists in the exhibition have transported classical Salish design principles into the present, while others claim unexplored visual territory with their work and aspire to bring about new understandings of Salish thought and visual language. The common departure point is their honour and respect for their predecessors, while engaging in innovative uses of materials, techniques and intellectual strategies that act as sites of both resistance and potential."
Participating artists are Susan Point, lessLIE, John Marston, Luke Marston, Maynard Johnny Jr., Chris Paul, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Charles Elliott, Shaun Peterson, and Marvin Oliver.
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Glimpses of Heaven film screening + DVD release
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2007-10-17
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Glimpses of Heaven, Michael Oved Dayan's award-winning documentary about spiritual and artistic triumph in the face of tremendous adversity, will screen at Roxy Theatre in Victoria at 1:30pm on Sunday, October 21. The film, which is winning great acclaim at festivals across North America, features the stories of three men- George Littlechild (painter), Wayne Ngan (potter), and Peter Gary (composer)- who overcame childhood abuse and neglect and established themselves as leading artists.
The film has just been released on DVD, too. For trailers and ordering information, visit the official site. Roxy Theatre is at 2657 Quadra Street, tel. 250-382-3370.
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COMING EXHIBITS: GEORGE LITTLECHILD & TIMOTHY AKIS
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2007-08-22
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Our fall exhibition schedule will begin on September 6 with a double bill: solo shows by Cree painter George Littlechild and by PNG printmaker Timothy Akis.
Come and meet George Littlechild at the opening reception of Apisasisin (Little Things) on September 6, from 7-9pm.
Top image:
Fly to Escape by George Littlechild
Bottom image:
Meri wantaim Muruk na Pikini (Woman with Cassowary and Child) by Timothy Akis
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Books!
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2007-07-13
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We've added a books section to this site and will be expanding it in coming weeks. Contact us for book recommendations or to inquire about other titles.
Many of our visitors don't know that we maintain a large library of current, rare, and out-of-print books on First Nations and Oceanic arts in the gallery. Ask us about it next time you're in.
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Artists help launch Sepik Chisel Fund
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2007-05-07
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This paddle, carved by John Marston, was used in the ceremony by Chemainus First Nation to welcome Palembei carver Teddy Balangu to Coast Salish territory last year. The artists have donated it to help launch our Sepik Chisel Fund that supplies carvers with high-quality tools they can't get in PNG.
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