On November 23, 2024, Holly Timpener ascended and descended the staircase in the AGGV Spencer Mansion foyer for nearly 7 hours. Throughout the day, over 100 visitors witnessed Timpener’s intentional series of actions. Toby Lawrence, AGGV Curator of Contemporary Art, shares her thoughts on the performance and the experience it created within the Gallery space.
This spring, AGGV Art Rental + Sales brings together three unique artists from the program in the Show & Sale, Timeless Visions. Enjoy this first-hand look at new pieces by Lois Griffiths, Lisa Hebden, and Sharon A. Stone, as they tell us their inspirations for the show, and reflect on the exhibitions themes.
Victoria based film and dance artist Kemi Craig is the guest curator for AGGV’s programming series Blueprints for the Afrofuture. In anticipation of upcoming events Kemi shares with us her vision for this series and her experience since kicking things off with DJ Nova Jade’s Juneteenth Listening Party and Joshua Ngenda’s Instagram takeover.
By Mina Guan, Engagement and Events Assistant
Since 1987, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) has had the pleasure of hosting the TD Art Gallery Paint-In, bringing together local artists, community organizations, and the public for what has grown to become Vancouver Island’s largest free arts festival.
Hamilton based artist Bryce Kanbara is not only the guest curator for AGGV’s upcoming exhibition Start Here: Kiyooka, Nakamura, Takashima, Tanabe, but also the recipient of a 2021 Outstanding Contribution Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (upcoming exhibition presented by the AGGV in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts). In anticipation of these two fall shows, the artist has agreed to share with us a little bit more about his work in an e-interview.
1. New media art is a general term that describes the contemporary art genre that incorporates new media technologies such […]