By Steven McNeil, Acting Chief Curator & Curator of Historical and Canadian Art
The exhibition, Heart of the House: Art and the West Coast Modern Home, brought together a mixture of art and objects made for midcentury modern domestic interiors from British Columbia.
Back by popular demand, our annual Summer Small Works Show and Sale is opening this June! This is our favourite […]
We are always looking for new local and BC-based artists to add to our Gallery Shop! While we currently have a lot of products that relate to current exhibition programming (such as the stunning collection of books for Symbiosis), we continue to celebrate local and regional artists and their work.
It’s that time of year again. The sun is out, the days are longer, the weather is warmer, and those […]
“Being an interdisciplinary artist is what made my way of working as a curator in this programming series interdisciplinary in nature. In the real world we experience things in immersive multisensory ways. So, I crave that kind of experience when I’m going to galleries, and I wanted to share that kind of experience with others through this program,” says Kemi Craig – guest curator for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Blueprints for the Afrofuture programming series – on a brand new episode of the AGGV’s #WIP Podcast!
Elizabeth Matheson has recently joined the AGGV as the as Director of Learning and Engagement, so we’re excited to get to know her more in an interview!
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The brutal killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini by the “Morality Police” over “improper hijab” sparked strong protests by Iranians all over the world. These protests soon grew into a women-led revolutionary movement for freedom in Iran. Its slogan, “Zan – Zendegi – Azadi,” which translates to “Woman, Life, Freedom,” has been a recurrent theme in many art pieces created over the past few months to express the disdain towards the regime and to raise international awareness.
By April Caverhill, New Extreme Mentorship Coordinator
The New Extreme Mentorship Program has begun in a burst of energy and enthusiasm!