October 04, 2020

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1. 12
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   "This Was Our Chil…

   
   

   October 03, 2020 05:00 PM      October 04, 2020 12:00 AM

   This event began 2020-10-03 and repeats every day until 2020-10-15

   
   

   West End Gallery presents Peter Shostak's second major solo exhibition of twenty-five new paintings in Victoria.
   Born in 1943 in Bonnyville, Alberta, to Ukrainian immigrant parents, Peter Shostak grew up on the family farm working and playing pond hockey with this brothers. When the time came, he moved away to study at the University of Alberta and graduated with a Master's Degree in Education. Since 1979 Shostak has been working as a professional artist painting vignettes reminiscent of Alberta's past and present. 
   In 2003, Peter Shostak received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of his outstanding exemplary contribution to Canada.
   This exceptional collection of twenty-five new paintings captures the essence of life and seasons on the prairies. His paintings depict children cavorting in snow, the endless and endlessly rewarding toil and ritual of prairie life and highlights traditional Ukrainian heritage. For Shostak, little has changed on the land and in the hearts of those descendants of the first hardy settlers in the West.
   "The game was played by many on countless frozen ponds, farms and schoolyard rinks. These hockey players played in the daytime, by the light of the low winter sun, and in the evenings, by the light of the bright moon and stars. They used homemade or store-bought hockey sticks and played with or without skates." - Peter Shostak
   

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2. 8
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   Collective Grief, …

   
   

   October 04, 2020 08:00 PM      October 18, 2020 10:00 PM

   How do artists continue to create during a pandemic? How do you make art it is hard to focus and there is a lack of support? As an emerging artist, how do you push forward to grow your career when everything has changed and nothing seems stable?
   
   In this three-part program in joint collaboration between the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Legacy Art Gallery, emerging artists will come together with facilitator K.P. Denis, three mentoring artists (Kemi Craig, Estraven Lupino-Smith, and Ghinwa Yassine) and the other participants to discuss the effect the pandemic has had on their artistic practice. Together we will grieve the losses we’ve experienced, discuss methods of adapting, and share visions for a new creative future.
   
   This free program will take place over Zoom and consist of three sessions on Sunday, October 4, 11, and 18 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Participants are expected to attend all three sessions. Register is required through Google Forms, with participation limited. Please contact either Regan Shrumm, Assistant Curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, at rshrumm@aggv.ca or Amy Smith, BCAC Education and Public Programs Intern at the Legacy Art Gallery, at smithac@uvic.ca for questions or concerns.
   
   You may be interested in this program if you:
   
   -Are an emerging artist in Victoria who lost opportunities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
   -Are looking for new ways to share your art and network with other artists in light of these lost opportunities?
   -Are trying to find a group of individuals to find solitude in going through the same emotions of grief and uncertainty?
   -Are needing some hope of moving forward with their art practice in these trying times?
   
   Please register via Google Forms at: https://forms.gle/QncbtNMGWT5nq4658
   
   Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 1st at 5 pm
   

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