Alcheringa Gallery
665 Fort Street
Victoria, BC, Canada
TEL: (250) 383-8224
FAX: (250) 383-9399
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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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Upcoming Exhibition: Pacific Prints 2008
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2007-12-18
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Shown: Missing Pieces, Susan Point, 2007
Reserve your copy of this limited edition run of 26 prints.
Our annual print exhibition showcasing limited edition prints from accomplished indigenous artists of the Pacific Rim runs from January 8 - February 29, 2008.
Featuring newly released prints from contemporary Northwest Coast artists including lessLIE, Maynard Johnny Jr. and Susan Point, as well as artists from Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait including Dennis Nona and David Bosun. Rare prints from Wayne Young, Art Thompson and Ron Hamilton, and modern masters of Papua New Guinea Timothy Akis, David Lasisi, and Martin Morububuna.
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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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Victoria Gallery Walk Nov.29
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2007-11-09
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The 10th annual Victoria Gallery Walk's coming up on Thursday, November 29. Between 5:00 and 8:00pm, take a free horse-drawn trolley or walk between downtown galleries and enjoy an evening of fine art, food, and music. Complimentary parking will be provided in the Yates Street parkade. Call us at 250-383-8224 for more information.
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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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Upcoming Exhibition: Rick Rivet
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2007-09-19
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Presenting recent works by contemporary artist Rick Rivet, RCA. Please join us for the opening reception Saturday, Sept 29, 1-5 pm with the artist attending. Preview on Friday, Sept 28, 9:30-5:30 pm, all works subject to presale.
Online Exhibition Catalogue will be available for previewing on Friday, September 21, 2007.
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NEW BOOKS
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2007-09-03
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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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KILLER WHALE AND CROCODILE BROADCAST
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2007-08-07
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[ADDITION: NOTE CHANGE OF BROADCAST TIME]
Killer Whale and Crocodile, a film documenting the recent meeting of the great Northwest Coast and Sepik River carving traditions, will air on Bravo! August 19 at 5pm PST. It tells a story of cross-cultural immersion, inspiration, and exchange between John Marston (Coast Salish) and Teddy Balangu (Iatmul), a dialogue resulting in the creation of the two artists' most ambitious projects to date.
Bravo! is cable channel 25 in Victoria and channel 40 in Vancouver and many other parts of Canada. On Bell ExpressVu, it's channel 620; StarChoice is 523. Check your local listings to confirm channel and show time.
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Cook Islands Dancers Tour Vancouver Island
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2007-07-26
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Created in 2001 as part of an effort to preserve and promote the unique culture of the Cook Islands, Te Korero Maori includes performers ranging in age from children to elders, originating from both the Northern and Southern Cook Islands. This high-energy 37-member traditional dance and theatre group from Rarotonga has dazzled audiences across the South Pacific. This will be their first time in Canada. Te Korero Maori means,"Our Culture and Our Heritage" in the Cook Islands Polynesian language.
Performances:
Victoria - July 29, 7:30pm
Salt Spring Island - July 30, 7:30pm
Port Alberni - July 31, 7:00pm
Duncan - August 1, 5:30
For venue and ticket info, visit Pacific Peoples' Partnership.
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Quai Branly Museum
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2007-07-13
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Alcheringa's director Elaine Monds just returned from giving a presentation on cross-cultural exchange and collaboration between museums and galleries at an international symposium of the Pacific Arts Association. The event took place at the new Quai Branly Museum in Paris, which features indigenous arts from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The museum just wrapped up a spectacular exhibition on New Ireland; the online introduction has some good information about this area's art and culture.
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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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Haida-style ethnography
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2007-07-10
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WHAT: installation art by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas at Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology.
WHEN: July 10 - December 31, 2007
from MOA:
Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas mixes it up at MOA with three site-specific installations inspired by the Museum's current Renewal Project. Michael's works incorporate media as diverse as car hoods and copper leaf ("Coppers from the Hood"), argillite dust and an entire canoe-bearing Pontiac Firefly ("Pedal to the Meddle"), and archaeology storage trays and Haida manga ("Bone Box"). In the process, he brings his own brand of humour, narrative, and social commentary to jumpstart new debates in the Museum's changing spaces.
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Join us for National Aboriginal Day
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2007-06-16
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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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Elaine Monds presents at de Young Museum
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2007-05-06
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Last weekend, Alcheringa's director Elaine Monds participated in the symposium New Guinea Art Since 1875 at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Her talk, From Artifact to Art, addressed challenges and developments in the representation of contemporary Sepik art and artists in the international fine art scene. A recording of the presentation will be available soon.
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To Share History: Event Success
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2007-04-24
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for an enjoyable evening to celebrate the unveiling of Coast Salish carver John Marston's monumental sculptural work 'ehhwe'p syuth (To Share History). Marston, who was recently featured in the Times Colonist, described his process in creating the work over nine months, as well as the profound effect his journey to the Sepik River had upon him.
'ehhwe'p syuth continues to be on display at the gallery, so please visit us to view this remarkable piece at 665 Fort Street. Details on this piece are also available online.
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New print by curator emeritus, Hilda Tutton
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2007-02-14
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'Home from the Garden' is a limited edition giclee print by Hilda Tutton, Alcheringa's curator emeritus.
Hilda is an accomplished artist and gained inspiration for 'Home from the Garden' during a trip to Papua New Guinea as curator at Alcheringa.
Please view this article to learn more about Hilda.
'Home from the Garden', giclee print edition of 15, 16.75" x 12", $60.00 CDN
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TEDDY BALANGU SNAPSHOT ALBUM
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2006-12-20
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Some of the subsequent shows will be announced only by email with images available for viewing on this web site. If you would like to be informed of these events as well as other new arrivals into the gallery, please fill out the form to be added to our mailing list.
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