Capital Arts Festival
October 1 to 31, 2007

Engage your senses. Challenge your ideas. Inspire your soul. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria showcases visual art in different media and styles, from around the world and our own backyard. The current exhibitions highlight our very own, Victoria-based artist Robert Youds, as well as a selection of shows representing artists on both the national and international level. Our special events and Thursday Night V.I.B.E. will allow you to participate in various programming such as workshops, lectures, discussion groups and film screenings, as well as enhance your experience of the exhibitions. All of our events are free with Gallery admission unless indicated.

Exhibitions:

Robert Youds: beautifulbeautiful artificial field
August 17 to October 21
Featuring Youd's focus on works that explore the properties of light and its influence on perception, this exhibition presents works from the past several years of the artist's production.

Passing Through: Iain Baxter& Photographs 1958 to 1983
August 10 to October 14
This exhibition situates Iain Baxter&'s photographic practice in relation to the development of photography in Vancouver, tracing the way in which Baxter& influenced a generation of West Coast artists including Ian Wallace, Roy Arden and Ken Lum.

Folk Yarns: Japanese Textiles
August 10 to November 11
A large collection of stunning folk textiles about the everyday lives of the humble classes of Japan during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Woodblock Prints of Kiyoshi Saito
September 14 to November 18
One of the largest and most comprehensive collection in the world of woodblock prints. Saito is credited with being one of the main reasons why modern Japanese prints became a major success in the world.

Lab7.2: 360 Degree Video, Chris Gillespie
September 21 to November 11
Gillespie will challenge our ways of seeing by offering the viewer a 360 degree narrated video tour of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria through which they can interpret and engage the space.