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Opening Doors for Artists

"As a writer, photographer and graphic design artist, I know how difficult it is to have a venue to showcase and sell my work. Also, there are not too many high salaries in the Arts field, and trying to make a decent income can be an uphill battle. Many p

Passion of R&B highlights next Willows free Concert

Passion of R&B highlights next Willows free concert Brandy Moore and the Nightcaps perform Aug. 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Willows Beach Park CHRISTINE VAN REEUWYK / Aug. 2, 2018 10:30 a.m. / ENTERTAINMENT / LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT Brandy...

Samantha Dickie & Louisa Elkin at Fortune Gallery

Samantha Dickie’s conceptual ceramic sculptures and Louisa Elkin’s contemplative oil paintings together at Fortune Gallery Feb 17-March 24, 2022. Preview: http://www.artopenings.ca/dickie-elkin.html

The Amazing Journey of a MISSA Artist

MaryLou Wakefield, a local Victoria artist, came away with a life-altering experience last summer. It changed her perspective on what she could achieve as an artist— with courage, curiosity and the willingness to take a risk. Here is her story.

Animation in art education: the animated classroom

Abstract: Our society is surrounded by a vast array of messages conveyed more and more with moving images animated to seem so realistic that it becomes difficult to know whether the images being viewed are "alive" or created by the human hand. Animation

JP Maurice on CBC Music

BIOGRAPHICAL INFO A pro boxer will tell you that success in the ring hinges on the belief in your own abilities. Belief which endures a pounding heart or a weakened knee. Belief in oneself even after being knocked down to the canvas o...

B.A. Lampman at the Victoria Arts Council Gallery

Life's Work: A Visual Memoir by B.A. Lampman at the Victoria Arts Council Gallery June 3 - July 17, 2022. Opening June 3, 7:00-9:00 Preview: http://www.artopenings.ca/ba-lampman.html

Dale Roberts at the Chapel Gallery

This exuberant artist brings a life-like presence to luminaries he finds interesting. “I wonder who these people are,” he asks, “how they lived their lives and chose to express themselves.” http://www.artopenings.ca/dale-roberts.html

Gage Gallery in Bastion Square

Gage Gallery Artists Collective is MOVING to 19 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC. V8W 1H9 Gallery re-opens on June 29, 2021. Laura Feeleus and Elizabeth Carefoot present Vivid Connections, June 29 - July 18, 2021. See interviews with ...

High Times in Victoria: Remembering the Summer of Love

Singer never forgot Victoria upbringing

Bobby Faulds would probably have loved his comeback gig at CFB Esquimalt this Saturday. Although he’ll only be there in spirit — the Edinburgh-born entertainer died Oct.

Haren Vakil at the Gage Gallery, Feb 16 2021

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Jo-Anne Silverman at Gage Gallery, 19 Bastion Square

Jo-Anne Silverman at Gage Gallery, 19 Bastion Square NEW LOCATION - 19 Bastion Square July 20 - August 8, 2021 http://www.artopenings.ca/joanne-silverman-21.html

Review: Canadian Guitarist West Coast Comerford happy to play blues

A story on west coast Canadian blues guitar man, West Coast Comerford. Comerford has played in many blues bands out of Victoria, including the Rockin' Devils, All Them Blues Band and Uncle Wiggly's Hot Shoes Blues Band. The piece was published on Digita