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September 23, 2023 05:00 PM December 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.
Under the Shade of the Lotus Tree: Pari Azarm Motamedi and Rozita Moinishirazi is an exhibition that delves into the deep impact of leaving one's homeland and the need for a connection to one's roots. This show explores the power of Persian poetry as a foundation of cultural preservation and self-expression via the works of Persian-Canadian artists Pari Azarm Motamedi and Rozita Moinishirazi. Motamedi and Moinishirazi expertly translate and modernize classic Persian symbols, and stories, uncovering hidden messages in poems and tackling socio-political challenges in their nation. These artists inspire us to consider the complications of displacement and the everlasting value of art in bridging cultural barriers with powerful vision and elegant brushwork.
Organized by the West Vancouver Art Museum.
Curated by Hilary Letwin and Anahita Ranjbar.
Free & open to the public.
Image: Rozita Moinishirazi, The Valley of Unity (detail), 2022.
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September 23, 2023 05:00 PM December 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Untitled ṮEṮÁĆES is the result of an artistic collaboration between TEMOSEṈ Charles “Chazz” Elliott (Lekwungen/W̱SÁNEĆ), Jesse Campbell (Métis) and Dr. Kim Shortreed to prototype a motion-activated art installation that speaks aloud toponyms, or place names, in SENĆOŦEN and English.
This non-traditional map is an artograph of the islands that surround W̱SÁNEĆ territories, in the Salish Sea, including the place settlers call the Saanich Peninsula.
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November 10, 2023 03:00 AM
Please join Munro’s Books for the launch of new books by two beloved local poets!
Award-winning poet Arleen Pare’s latest collection, Absence of Wings, is both an intimate family portrait and a public documentation of how we, as a society, can fail to protect our children.
Absence of Wings depicts the extraordinary and tragically foreshortened life of A.—Paré’s niece, Brazilian, adopted, racialized, and living with multiple mental health diagnoses. In her deft and clear poetics, accompanied by documentary pieces in the tradition of C.D. Wright’s One with Others, Paré is both witness to and emotionally engaged in the life and death of A. The result is deep and heart-felt, both factional and fictional, poetry and prose, holding its subject, A., heart-close and 3,000 miles away. Absence of Wings unfolds on many levels; it embraces the private and public spheres; it is as intimate as family, as worldly as the public and personal politics that surround each life. It both observes and embraces, always with the important question of the world’s unprotected children in mind.
In A Brief and Endless Sea, award-winning poet Barbara Pelman presents a life lived in poetry, delving into the small moments and spaces containing the greatest offerings of love, hope and possibility.
Born out of waiting out the lockdown during the early days of the pandemic, Barbara Pelman’s A Brief and Endless Sea explores a life in retrospect, beginning with a high school typing class and ending with the Angel Purah, cutting the ties that bind a soul to a body. Many of the poems in this collection are rooted in Jewish tradition: the prophet Isaiah’s words of comfort; the rabbinical story of the Lost Princess, that angel and her counterpart, the Angel Duma. Pelman takes us to difficult places—the dissolution of a marriage, caring for a parent with dementia. But she doesn’t leave us there, waiting. Using the power of words to map a route out, A Brief and Endless Sea pulls us toward life in all of its vibrant details—the simple beauty of a small garden of tomatoes and roses, the pleasures of teaching poetry, long walks with a grandson, and encounters with spirituality. For Pelman, there is comfort in the making of a poem and in the “smallest life you can love.” Like the glosa form she turns to often, something small transforms into something larger, expansive. In A Brief and Endless Sea, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and waiting in itself presents fertile ground for hope and possibility.
WHEN: Thursday, November 9th at 7PM (doors at 6:30)
WHERE: In-store at Munro's Books, 1108 Government St.
WHAT: A reading and Q&A with Arleen Pare and Barbara Pelman.
HOW: This event is free to attend.
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November 10, 2023 03:30 AM 05:00 AM
The Canadian College of Performing Arts is proud to again partner with the District of Oak Bay and the Band of the 5th Field Regiment for a public performance at the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre.
A longstanding tradition gifted annually to parishes, legions and senior groups, this annual production pays tribute this year to the brave Canadian veterans of World War II and inspires young Canadians to remember their sacrifice and carry forward the legacy of peace. The music is woven together by a tapestry of poems, letters and dialogue, authentic voices that evoke not only the struggle and loss, but the bonds of love and comradery that are a part of any conflict.
November 9 | 7:30pm
Pay by donation at the door.
Donations support the Military Family Resource Centre and The Canadian Heritage Arts Society.
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November 10, 2023 06:00 PM November 17, 2023 12:00 AM
The Studio 30 Art Club is having an art show and sale from November 10-16 at the Sidney ArtSea Gallery; 10 am – 4 pm daily! The Studio 30 Art Club is a local non-profit society that has been welcoming Victoria-area artists for over 40 years. Club members work in various mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, and mixed media and more! 25 artists are participating! The art show will feature original artwork, art cards, and art journals. Come and see the work of these talented artists! Opening Reception with Artists in Attendance November 12 from 1-3 pm! See our website for more details!
Web: https://studio30.ca or https://studio30.ca/events/
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