OCTOBER ART EVENTS LIVING IN LOCKDOWN: ARTFUL REFLECTIONS ON THE PANDEMIC (Runs to October 2) ELEMENTS: 28 Artists working in clay, metal, wood and basketry (October 24- November 14)
IN THE PORTALS ANNEX: POG: Printmakers Only (until October 3) Dennis B del Torre (October 28 – November 14) Hours: Mon – Friday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturdays 12:00 to 4:00 pm (some Saturday closures may apply – call ahead)
A COLLECTIVE NAME FOR ARTISTS Susan Down is managing director of the Cowichan Valley Arts Council.
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ou’ve heard of a pride of lions, a murder of crows. But what’s the collective noun for artists? We might have to come up with a new term to describe the local situation. A palette of artists? A musing of artists?
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business before applying his magpie-like interest in found objects and his wry sense of humour to his highly original assemblages of mixed media, a result that is both whimsical and philosophical. Conversations Starters and Show Stoppers is his new collection in Portals Annex beginning October 28.
The group shows in the CVAC Gallery emphasize just how much talent resides here. On display until October 3, 10 local printmakers, showing together as the Printmakers Only Group (affectionately known as POG) display a masterful range of etchings, monotypes and more. The Elements show has almost everything but painting, with 28 well-known regional artists displaying their work in clay, metal, wood and basketry (October 24 – November 14). Finally, we left it to the artists to interpret the anxiety, isolation and all-around uncertainty caused by the pandemic in our Living in Lockdown show (on until October 21). There are more than 30 artworks in this unusual display. A valley of artists. That’s the right term.
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Both images courtesy Dennis B del Torre Top; Measured Feelings, 14” x 16” mixed media
