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May 24, 2019 May 26, 2019
IT SEEMS TO BE A SPRING FULL OF MAJOR ANNIVERSARIES; several Victoria arts groups are celebrating the passion—and tenacity—that has kept them convening and creating together for decades. Fired Up! is one such enterprise; the ceramic artists’ annual spring collective show is now 35 years old and thriving. Samantha Dickie, one of eight “core members” exhibiting work at Fired Up! this year, says the theme, MONUMENTAL, is in reference to “the nature of the collective, the calibre over the years. The whole group is proud that it’s such a long-standing exhibition and show.”
Dickie’s contemporary approach to ceramics, which includes “abstract expressionism and minimalist sculpture within an installation practice,” will be flanked by Vin Arora, Gordon Hutchens, Cathi Jefferson, Meira Mathison, Beth McMillan, Kinichi Shigeno, and Pat Webber. This year’s special guest artists are Elaine Brewer-White, Peter Flanagan, Bob Kingsmill, Alwyn O’Brien, and Clive Tucker.
Untitled by Vin Arora, 20 x 6 inches
When you google “Fired Up,” you could end up finding a paint-your-own pottery shop—not to be confused with this Fired Up! which convenes the region’s top-notch, professional ceramic artists. “Each member, individually, is teaching and exhibiting across North America,” Dickie explains. The collective, as an entity, is focused solely around the annual three-day, themed show in Metchosin; some years, the members take it on the road to Seattle, Vancouver, or Ontario.
As new members replace or join original members, Fired Up! has morphed into a wonderful confluence of styles and approaches, Dickie observes. “It’s amazing to have this cross-generational camaraderie and influence; the diversity for exhibition; the different kinds of work people are doing. There’s a respect for tradition, mastery, and craft producers that is multigenerational; there’s also an approach to pushing new ways…through the younger generation and the guest artists.”
And it’s definitely not all coffee mugs and salad bowls. “You’ll find practical items, and also things that are pushing the new frontiers of ceramics,” she says. You’ll learn a lot, too. “All artists are there to engage about their work and their craft…it’s a clearing house to find out what people are doing and where.” She says it’s not just a show to sell things, “but to be part of the conversation around ceramics and craft in Canada.”
Fired Up! Ceramic Artists: Contemporary Works in Clay presents MONUMENTAL, Celebrating 35 Years, May 24-26, Metchosin Community Hall, 4401 William Head Road. Opening Gala May 24, 6-9pm; continues May 25 & 26, 10am-5pm. www.firedup.ca.
—Mollie Kaye
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May 25, 2019 06:00 PM May 26, 2019 11:00 PM
On May 25th and 26th, 2019, come discover some of South Vancouver Island’s finest artists during the 2019 Hills to Shore studio tour. 15 emerging and well established artists from Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay and Mt Tolmie will be displaying their work in their studios, homes and gardens. This year, Hills to Shore will showcase fibre and fabric artists, jewelers, painters, photographers, potters and sculptors. This is the perfect opportunity to find something special for yourself or your loved ones!
The self-guided tour will take place on May 25th and 26th, 2019, from 11 am to 4 pm, rain or shine. Free admission. Maps, brochures and further information is available on at https://hillstoshoreartists.ca/ as well as at many local merchants in Cadboro Bay, Gordon Head and Mt. Tolmie areas.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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May 26, 2019 02:00 AM
Café Suite
The Westshore Community Concert Band, based in Langford, is a group of about
40 amateur band musicians under the direction of Mike Dominy, who rehearse
once a week and perform about 10 times a year in various venues around the
greater Victoria area.
On Saturday, May 25th, 2019 we will be holding our 12th annual Café Suite
event, which is our major annual concert and fundraiser. The evening
features a variety of concert band music, with lots of delicious snacks,
desserts, and many door prizes, all included in the ticket price, and a
silent auction featuring a wide variety of items donated by local merchants
all around the Victoria area.
Café Suite will be held at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Hall, 798
Goldstream Avenue, Langford, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on May 25th.
Tickets are $15. each, and can be obtained at the door (if still available)
or in advance by calling Pauline Barnes at 250-477-0117.
Westshore Community Concert Band (http://www.westshoreband.org)
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May 26, 2019 09:00 PM
Sidney Concert Band Features Local Musicians for its Spring Concert
At 2 pm on Sunday May 26, the Sidney Concert Band presents its annual Spring concert entitled “Broadway Meets the Movies” at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. Featured performers include vocalists Stephanie Benbow, Jim Kingham and Nicola Hestnes; the Killer Wails a cappella quartet and dancers from the Allegro Performing Arts Centre in North Saanich. Come and enjoy a great afternoon of melodies from Broadway musicals and movie themes! Tickets are $20 and available through the Mary Winspear Box Office at marywinspear.ca or by calling (250) 656-0275.
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