Nanaimo Art Gallery hosts athut/Words Bounce reading series
On March 24 and 31, the Nanaimo Art Gallery will host the athut / Words Bounce reading series, which consists of two afternoons of poetry from emerging and celebrated poets. The Nanaimo Art Gallery annually devotes an entire year’s programming to a specific thematic inquiry. This is the gallery’s third year in which they’ve come … Continued
SHIFT your perspective
Above: Pieces from artist Steven Laidlaw’s show SHIFT, currently being displayed at the VIU View Gallery. 📷 Justin McGrail By News Editor Aislinn Cottell There are no labels on the artwork at the View Gallery. The works are not titled, there’s no indication of medium, and certainly no price tags. For someone used to traditional galleries, VIU’s … Continued
Art gallery gathers coastal remnants for spring exhibit
Above: Mal de Mer, a film, by Marina Roy and Graham Meisner. 📷 Courtesy of Nanaimo Art Gallery By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau The first exhibit of 2017 and last in a series of three for the Nanaimo Art Gallery (NAG) opens this week with a reception in the recently renovated space, celebrating the 40th anniversary of … Continued
Nanaimo Art Gallery and Nanaimo Museum partner for new exhibits
Blueberry bushes slowly grow around a podium made of Vancouver Island hemlock. A poem sits atop the podium waiting to be read. It is noon, and the late Peter Culley’s poem Fruit Dots is being read aloud. Black elastic cords are intricately threaded through the walls, vibrating with tension. This is Silva Part I: “O … Continued
VIU art gallery and Nanaimo art gallery Embrace separation
This May, the Nanaimo Art Gallery (NAG) officially separated from the art gallery at VIU. The separation came as no surprise, as the NAG has long expressed desire to condense into one location. The art gallery at VIU was the original NAG, created by faculty in the Visual Arts program. As the business expanded, the … Continued
Artists glean stories and ideas in Nanaimo Art Gallery
Gleaners, a new exhibition hosted by the downtown branch of Nanaimo Art Gallery, brings together local and international artworks with the unifying theme of “gleaning” ignored ideas, discarded objects, or commonly overlooked parts of histories or cultures. Curator Jesse Birch chose artworks from across the genre spectrum—video, photography, needlework, storytelling, performance, installation, assemblage, and found … Continued