Alexis Hogan

Around the Island Series Features Alexis Hogan’s Lichen

By Nicole Stanbridge, AGGV Curator of Engagement

As curators and public programmers we are often asked how projects come into being. The evolution of new initiatives are a slow build and the culmination of many conversations, merging of ideas, and listening.

Is Food Art? Lessons from What Artists Bring to the Table

By Regan Shrumm, AGGV Assistant Curator

November marked the end of the artistic food workshops, What Artists Bring to the Table. During this series, a common question that kept on emerging was — how is making food an artistic practice?

What Artists Bring to the Table

By Regan Shrumm, AGGV Assistant Curator

What Artists Bring to the Table gives individuals a chance to actually take part in non-traditional art practices, and explore how art can intersect with all forms of life.

Party For Our People

We had a little Party for Our People on September 21. DJ Yake and M’pendo brought a mix of African […]

Powerful Pictures: Representation & Storytelling

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is committed to high quality educational programming. We launched the Teacher Resource Guide in September, and since then, our Gallery educators Sherry Willing and Jen Van de Pol have been busy facilitating 1/2 day workshops in participating schools along with guest artists Alexis Hogan and April Russell.