With the festive spirit of the season upon us, AGGV Gallery Shop Coordinator (and gift-giver extraordinaire), Andria Winters, is here to spread some cheer with a countdown of 12 delightfully artful gifts from the Gallery shop that are bound to bring joy to your loved ones this year!
Meet Andria Winters, the AGGV’s new Gallery Shop Coordinator. Andria is excited to step into her role here and we are just as excited to have her here! Here’s our chance to get to know her better.
Since 1987, the AGGV has had the pleasure of hosting the Art Gallery Paint-In, bringing together local artists, community organizations, and the local community for what has grown to become Vancouver Island’s largest free arts festival, and year after year, it’s our amazing volunteers who are at the heart of it all.
On Vancouver Island, where the flora is diverse and bountiful, we are lucky to have some of the highest quality natural products to choose from. At the AGGV Gallery shop, we are always searching for new local artisans to support, and we’re so excited to share our latest find with you.
John Manson, AGGV Gallery Shop Coordinator, presents a new Reading List focusing on books by Black authors and artists in celebration of Kemi Craig’s program, Blackspace Library.
Make the season of giving a cinch this year by visiting us at the AGGV Gallery shop, where you can cross all the names off your list, including yourself!
The Gallery Shop has recently started to work with Indigenous artist and storyteller Andrea Fritz. Andrea is Coast Salish from the Lyackson First Nation of the Hul’qumi’num speaking Peoples on the West Coast of Canada.
The theme of the Gallery Shop Fall Reading List is Sharing Our World. We have been inspired by AGGV Exhibition The Street and how it depicts interactions and boundaries between people, cities, and natural spaces.
by John Manson, Gallery Shop Coordinator
The theme of the Gallery Shop Reading List this quarter is Art and Our Community. We are featuring books about community and books that are connected to the programming, events and exhibitions that have recently happened at the AGGV.
There is something for everyone on your list this holiday season at the Gallery Shop! From festive cards designed by artists to cozy comforts and artisan jewelry, shop local and handmade this year and give gifts from the heart.