Rande Cook, Beethoven, 2011
yellow cedar and acrylic paint

Ebb & Flow

Sonny Assu + Rande Cook

May 18—September 1, 2012

900 Fifth St.

Join us for a community event to celebrate Ebb & Flow:

Friday, June 1

4:30 pm: talk by artist Rande Cook
Nanaimo Art Gallery, VIU Campus, ...

6 pm: First Nations Feast and Celebration
Shq'apthut: Gathering Place

Free Docent Led Tours: 12.30pm - 1:15pm, Saturday, July 7 & August 11

All are welcome. Admission is free.

Presented in partnership with Vancouver Island University's Shq'apthut: Gathering Place and VIU Office of Aboriginal Education.

Ebb & Flow celebrates the distinctive voices of contemporary Aboriginal artists Sonny Assu and Rande Cook.

Trained in both traditional and contemporary practices, Assu and Cook push boundaries to redefine what society understands and expects of First Nations art and culture. Their work preserves elements of their cultural heritage, and explores new concepts, media and methodologies.

Themes of death and rebirth, displacement and belonging, loss and reclamation, colonialism and self determination, the sacred and the profane, traditional rites and practices, and contemporary popular culture, characterize the powerful works in Ebb & Flow.

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Curated by Ellen McCluskey and Rose Spahan 

With support from:

Gail Johnson AFCA with her Original Acrylic "Driftwood Shores" 30" by 48"

Federation  of Canadian Artists, Nanaimo Chapter: Spring Show

150 Commercial Street

May 24 - June 9, 2012

Join us for the opening reception, Saturday, May 26, 1:00 - 3:00pm

The Nanaimo Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists is excited and proud to announce their Spring Juried Show, hosted by the Nanaimo Art Gallery downtown on Commercial Street. It will run from May, 22 through June 12th and the Opening and Awards Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 26, from 1:00-3:00.  It is open to the public, art lovers and collectors, all of whom are encouraged to come out to the Opening to meet the Artists.  Styles will vary and range from abstract to representational, in various mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolour, mixed media,and collage. This Art will be exhibited for the first time and all works will be available for sale.