Preview – The Gallery Guide – April-May 2007

The Robinson Studio
Gallery
440-1000 Parker St ✆604-254-8744
www.robinsonstudio.com
by appt Opening in April, The Robinson
Studio Gallery is a distinctive
setting for the artwork of sculptor
David Robinson. Located at the 1000
Parker Street Terminals, a hub of
visual arts culture in Vancouver, the
gallery is available by appointment
and for artwork-location rental.
★ Roundhouse Community
Arts & Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
(Davie & Pacific) ✆604-713-1800
www.roundhouse.ca
mon-fri 11am-9pm sat, sun 11am-
4pm Admission to Exhibition Hall is
free Apr 24-26 Malaspina Printmakers
present “101 Prints”, unique art
auction with a difference, where every
ticket buyer gets a valuable piece of
original art! Apr 26 8pm Print draw;
May 14-18 Speaking from our Art,
arts fair by students of the alternative
school programs of Vancouver; May
15 7pm Performance; May 23-Jun 3
mon-fri 10am-9pm sat, sun 10am-
5pm Chahar Bagh (The Garden); May
23-25 8pm and May 26 2:30pm and
8pm Performances featuring local
Ismaili artists.
★ Sidney and Gertrude
Zack Gallery
Jewish Community Centre
950 W 41st Ave ✆604-257-5111
www.jccgv.com/home/cultural_art.htm
mon-thurs 8:30am-9pm fri 8:30am-
Shabbat closing sat closed sun
9:30am-4:30pm Thru Apr 15 Karen
Hollowell, Diana Zoe Coop, “From
the Forest to the Garden”, drawings
and paintings of landscapes, manmade
gardens and architectural birdhouses.
Both artists are fascinated by
the cycles of life and growth and have
a deep love of nature; Apr 19-May 27
Dorothy Field, “Remnants of Times I
Never Knew”, uses the medium of dry
point to play with juxtapositions: family
photographs and 18th century
Simchat Torah cards, fruit and
postage stamps, the Red Sea Crossing
and bits of found paper; May 31-
Jul 8 “Creative Interpretation”, Akiko
Michael, ink drawings with openended
lines invite viewers to complete
the pictures and Irene Shklover, playful
paintings appeal to the inner child
in each of us.
Simon Fraser University
Gallery and the Teck
Gallery
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
Campus, AQ 3004, 8888 University Dr
Teck Gallery: 515 W Hastings St
Vancouver ✆604-291-4266
www.sfu.ca/gallery
SFU gallery hours: tues-fri 10am-5pm
sat 12-5pm Teck gallery hours: mon-fri
8am-9pm sat 8am-6pm SIMON FRASER
UNIVERSITY GALLERY Thru Apr 21 Permeable
Borders, Cartographical Illusions
- The Art of the Map in 2007, work by
SFU staff, faculty and students; Apr 28-
Jun 23 Denise Hawrysio, “Situational
Prints”, formed by collaborations
between the artist and her surroudings.
Etchings from plates marked by cars,
wheels of a rolling bed, loose mountain
scree, woodworkers, chefs and forensic
technicians; TECK GALLERY Thru May
3 Bruce Stewart, six paintings from the
“Salad Days in British Columbia” exhibition.
Idiosyncratic, quasi-historical
paintings populated with family members,
friends and famous British
Columbians.
Snap Contemporary Art
190 W 3rd Ave ✆604-879-7627
www.snapcontemporaryart.com
tues-fri 10am-5pm sat, sun 1-5pm or
by appt Thru Apr 24 Philippe Sokazo,
“Pure”, new paintings; Eben Bender
and Neil Nolan, “Journals”, collaborative
assemblages; Apr 27-May 8
Langara Photo Grad Show; May 10-
Jun 5 Veronica Plewman, “Primordial
Waters”, new paintings; Adam Dodd,
“Multiverses”, new drawings.
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
47 Water St ✆604-669-8813
www.spiritwrestler.com
mon-sat 10am-6pm sun & holidays
12-5pm Ongoing Fusion exhibition by
three cultures that we proudly represent:
Maori of Aotearoa (New
Zealand), First Nations of the Northwest
Coast and Inuit of northern
Canada. The conversation between
these works from three corners of the
world tell stories that offer both comparison
and contrast making the
gallery a truly unique place to visit.
Featuring museum-quality artwork
from Royal Canadian Academy artists.
TextileContexT Studio
1420 Old Bridge St, Granville Island
✆604-684-6661 jkares@web.ca
tues-thurs, sat, sun 11am-5pm Working
studio and gallery specializing in
contemporary textile and book arts.
Apr 16-May 21 Patricia Davies, “Literature
of the Spirit”, mythological
themes from millenniums past revisited
in photo transfer, paper and fabric.
Tracey Lawrence Gallery
1531 W 4th Ave ✆604-730-2875
www.traceylawrencegallery.com
tues-sat 10am-5pm Thru Apr 21
Robert Arndt, “History Will Absolve
Me”, video and photographic work;
Apr 29-Jun 9 Shannon Oksanen, “Little
Boat”, film work with minimal electronic
soundtrack and small papermache
sculptures that pay ironic tribute
to intellectual stars, Jean-Paul
Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
Tycho Fine Art
by appt only ✆604-733-6945
www.tychoart.com
by appt only. Featuring abstract paintings
by David Tycho. New works
inspired by the lava flows and snow
fields around Black Tusk, near
Whistler, B.C., in addition to numerous
other wilderness inspired works. Call
or e-mail for viewing appointment.
The Unitarian Church of
Vancouver
949 W 49th Ave ✆604-261-7204
www.vcn.bc.ca/unitarian/
Call 604-261-7204 for hours In the
UNITARIAN SANCTUARY Apr 1-29 Ann
Chatwin, “Revelling in Nature”, photographs.
For more information visit:
www.annchatwin.ca; Apr 29-May 27
Pat Maertz, “At Home and Abroad”,
acrylic, oil and watercolours. For
more information visit: www.patmaertz.com;
In the UNITARIAN HEWETT
HALL, FIRESIDE ROOM Thru Apr 15 Adina
Edwards, “Still Missing”, 20
works; Apr 15-May 13 Catherine
Nicholls, and others, “SiX Stories
Exhibition”, new work by leading textile
artists from the UK and Canada.
For more information visit:
www.sixart.co.uk.
Uno Langmann Limited
2117 Granville St ✆604-736-8825
www.langmann.com
tues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt Apr
Peder M. Monsted, Theophile Emile
de Bock, Fredericus J. Du Chattel,
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel,
Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Janus
La Cour, Arnold Marc Gorter, Albert
Lebourg, “Envisioning Nature”, the
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