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May 24, 2025 04:00 PM October 27, 2025 12:00 AM
Architectures of Protection reflects on ideas and modes of protection and refuge – with regards to oneself, to community, knowledge, culture, identity, and land. What are these spaces and practices? What is protection for some and not for others? Together, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current global social and political climate, the artworks in Architectures of Protection direct critical attention towards systems and structures that shape and impact everyday and sacred environments and encounters, alongside individual and collective relationships with the land.
This exhibition features artworks by Dana Claxton, Jessica Karuhanga, Emilio Rojas, Beth Stuart, and France Trépanier.
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May 24, 2025 05:00 PM May 26, 2025 12:00 AM
What is Fired Up?
The first Fired Up! Contemporary Works in Clay was started in 1984 by the renowned Robin Hopper and Judi Dyelle who brought together ceramic artists to highlight the many ways of working with clay and to promote the understanding and appreciation of ceramics as an art form. The show consistently offers an opportunity for the public to meet some of BC's best-known ceramics artists, and to have first-hand access to their work. Since that first exhibition there have been a total of 28 members of the Fired Up! group. The current core group consists of artists from BC and Alberta who continue to produce and exhibit exciting and innovative functional, decorative and sculptural work: Vin Arora, Alan Burgess, Samantha Dickie, Sandra Dolph, Peter Flannagan, Sandy Harquail, Gordon Hutchens, Cathi Jefferson, Miera Mathison, and Kinichi Shigeno. Each year, the group also invites various guest artists to exhibit their work. This year, 6 others will be joining the Fired Up! Members: Bronwyn Arundel from Nanaimo, Jackie Frioud from North Vancouver and Cortes Island, Katriona Drijber from Crowsnest Pass Alberta, Kristine Aguilar from Vancouver, Sarah Graeme from Denman Island, and Irene Ives from Colwood.
Fired Up! 2025: “Atmospheric”
The annual Fired Up! -Contemporary Works in Clay event is a highlight of the Canadian ceramics art scene. This year the theme is “Atmospheric” -exploring all aspects of atmospheric firing methods: reduction gas, wood, salt and soda, pit and barrel smoke firing, saggar, raku and obvara. Contemporary atmospheric firing techniques yield remarkable surface effects; vibrant and exciting designs and textures are imprinted on clay forms by dancing flames and drafts carrying ash and fumes from combustibles such as salt, soda, coal, gas, wood, sawdust, leaves, grass, straw, and other organics. Because these are burning, a reduction environment is created which starves the atmosphere of oxygen. This allows these fumes to interact with the glaze and oxides leaving chemical changes, carbon tracings and ash deposits on the porous surfaces of the ware. The magic of atmospheric firing is that it elicits varying responses depending on the chemical compounds within the combustibles and their interplay with heat, reduction, oxidation, time and the placement in the kiln. Each piece is unique and though there are some broad practices for encouraging certain effects, the results are largely random and unreproducible. It is true alchemy, and in no other ceramic process is there a greater collaboration between the clay, the atmospheric conditions and the artist in achieving these one-of-a-kind results.
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May 24, 2025 06:00 PM May 25, 2025 11:00 PM
The Saanich Scattered Artists Spring Tour is taking place on May 24 - 25, 2025, 11 AM to 4 PM. Eight locations hosting 32 artists. Enjoy a variety of art forms including original art in a wide variety of mediums, textiles, jewelry, pottery, sculpture, art cards, gourd art, home décor, handmade knives & much more. A free self-guided market style event! Come peek into the studios and garden settings. Enter to win free gift baskets! Music, refreshments, & more! For up-to-date information follow us on Instagram or Facebook page. Visit our website to find the map and view the artist profiles.
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https://scatteredartists.ca/
FB Event link: https://www.facebook.com/share/18gCLZ2ivr/
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May 24, 2025 09:00 PM
The twice GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet returns to the Victoria Summer Music Festival to present a special, pre-season matinee concert of music by Mozart, Janáček, and Schumann.
Pre-concert talk: 1:30 pm
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Quartet in D major, K. 575
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928): Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Quartet No. 1 in a minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Tickets
$45 general admission
Free student tickets (first ten students)
Discounted student tickets (using promo code 'STUDENT15')
$225 Dover Quartet + Festival Pass (six concerts for the price of five)
Information and tickets: vsmf.org
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May 24, 2025 09:30 PM 11:30 PM
Join the Greater Victoria Police Chorus for an afternoon of music and fun as we present our Spring Concert, featuring guest soloist Stephanie Greaves. This popular annual program features a variety of music genres from choral selections, spiritual, popular ballads and rock and roll. The all-male Chorus is lead by musical director Janet Rendell.
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