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7028124067contents924 Gallery Views32 Conservator’s Corner55 Confessions71 Catalogues of Interest72 Art Services + Materials75 Gallery Index77 Gallery Openings + Eventspreviews10 Natalka Husar: Burden of Innocence:Trial and Banquet, Act 2 and Act 3Douglas Udell Gallery12 Curtis Cutshaw: WatermarkHerringer Kiss Gallery18 Okanagan Print Triennial 2012Kelowna Art Gallery28 John Frame: Three Fragments of a Lost TalePortland Art Museum30 Cybèle Young: New WorksJonathan Forrest : Loud and ClearNewzones Gallery38 From the Melting Pot into the Fire:Contemporary Ceramics in IsraelWhatcom Museum40 Kesu’: The Art and Life of Doug CranmerMuseum of Anthropology44 Yellow Signal: New Media in ChinaWang Jianwei and Kan XuanCentre A50 Vincent Trasov: Selected Works 1980-2012Trench Contemporary Gallery54 James Nizam: Trace HeavensGallery Jones58 Michelle Allard & Khan Lee:Circulation PatternsSimon Fraser University Gallery64 Nigel Dickinson: Smokey Mountain, CambodiaBlue Sky Gallery70 HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desirein American PortraitureTacoma Art Museumvignettes9 Alberta20 British Columbia60 Oregon67 WashingtonCover: Natalka Husar, Seedspitter (2006-2008), oil on linen with zippers[Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver BC, Mar 31-Apr 21]Apr/May 2012Vol. 26 No.2ALBERTA8 Banff, Black Diamond, Calgary15 Edmonton16 Lethbridge, Medicine Hat,Red DeerBRITISH COLUMBIA16 Abbotsford17 Bowen Island, Burnaby18 Campbell River, Castlegar,Chilliwack19 Coquitlam, Courtenay22 Fort Langley, Grand Forks,Kamloops, Kaslo23 Kelowna, Maple Ridge25 Nanaimo, Nelson,New Westminster, North Vancouver26 Osoyoos, Penticton27 Port Moody, Prince George28 Prince Rupert, Qualicum Beach,Richmond29 Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island,Sidney30 Sooke, Squamish, Sunshine Coast(Roberts Creek, Gibsons, Sechelt)31 Surrey33 Tsawwassen, Vancouver54 Vernon56 Victoria59 West Vancouver61 Whistler, White RockOREGON61 Cannon Beach62 Marylhurst63 McMinnville, Portland, SalemWASHINGTON63 Bellevue64 Bellingham, Friday Harbor65 La Conner, Port Angeles, Seattle69 Spokane, Tacoma© 1986-2012 Preview Graphics Inc. ISSN 1481-2258Member of Tourism Vancouver, Tourism Victoria and theSeattle’s Convention and Visitors’ Bureau.Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly forbidden.HEAD OFFICE + CANADIAN EDITORIAL + SALESTEL 604-254-1405 FAX 604-254-1314TOLL FREE 1-877-254-1405E-MAIL preview@portal.caMAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 549, Station A,Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2N3Janice Whitehead, PublisherShirley Lum, Listings EditorAnne-Marie St-Laurent, Art DirectorU.S. EDITORIAL + SALES OFFICEAllyn Cantor TEL 415-971-8279E-MAIL allync@pacifier.comANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS $24The views, opinions and positions expressed are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect those of thepublisher. Please note that all gallery particulars are set outas submitted by clients prior to the date of publication.Printed on FSA approvedand recycled paper

ALBERTABANFFWhyte Museum of theCanadian Rockies111 Bear St ✆403-762-2291www.whyte.orgdaily 10am-5pm. Admission: adults$8, seniors/students $5, families (2adults, 2 children) $20, children 6 andunder free. Apr 7-Jun 10 MAIN GALLERYJ. B. Taylor and the Idea of Mountains,using acrylics and other media,Taylor made a break-through fromrepresentational art to the beginningsof abstraction; Opens May 12 HERITAGEGALLERY Gateway to the Rockies,exhibition communicates the historyof the Canadian Rockies using artifacts,artworks, archival photographs,recordings and documents; Thru May22 The Rocky Mountain PhotographyShow, group show of photoworksinspired by the fantastic scenery of the★ Identifies galleries and museumsopen until 8pm on the First Thursdayof every month. Many galleries hostopening receptions on First Thursdayevenings.Rocky Mountains; Thru Jun 10 RUM-MEL ROOM Norman Yates, The SpaceBetween, paintings express the energyand spirit of the Canadian westernregions under the heading ‘The LandspaceSeries’.BLACK DIAMONDBluerock Gallery110 Centre Ave W ✆403-933-5047www.bluerockgallery.cawed-mon 11am-5pm. A destinationfor handmade, one-of-a-kind fine artand craft, we are committed to representingregional artists – most ofwhom live and work within 100 milesof the gallery. We stock beautiful artfor every budget.CALGARYThe Art Gallery of Calgary117 8th Ave SW ✆403-770-1350www.artgallerycalgary.orgtues-sat 10am-5pm first thurs 4pm-9pm. Admission by donation. Thru Apr7 Eric Louie, Pilar Mehlis, HeatherWatts and Landon-Jon Ference,“Down The Rabbit Hole: The WhimsicalWorld of Pop Surrealism”; Diana Thorneycroft:A People’s History, controversialnew exhibition exploring historicCanadian atrocities; Apr 20-Aug24 Carl White, “Pentimento”; MaryKavanagh, “Atomic Suite”.Artfirm Gallery✆403-471-1168 www.artfirm.caOnline and by appt. Artfirm Gallerypresents an expanding group ofartists working in a full range of mediaincluding painting, printmaking andinnovative media, committed to thesale of exceptional, contemporary artworkby Canadian and internationalartists.The Collectors’ Gallery of Art1332 9th Ave SE ✆403-245-8300www.collectorsgalleryofart.comtues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 18 George Broomfield(1906-1992), oils, watercolours andprints from the Broomfield Estate;Apr 19-30 Group Exhibition, worksby the gallery contemporary artistsand a selection from our historicalinventory; May 3-31 Pat Fairhead,“Water”, large works on paper.Diana Paul Galleries737 2nd St SW ✆403-262-9947www.dianapaul.comtues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr-May Contactthe gallery for exhibition information.Trans-Canada Hwy1st Ave NW13th Ave SW15th Ave SW16th Ave SW◆ILLINGWORTH KERR,ACAD14th St NW17th Ave SW1th St SW10th St NW6th Ave SW8th Ave SW10th St SW9th St SWCALGARY4th Ave SWRoyal Ave SWMemorial Dr NW8th St SW7th Ave SW9th Ave SW6th St SWPrince's IslandPark14th Ave SW5th St SWElbow Dr4th St SW11th Ave SW12th Ave SW1st St SWCentre StLindsayPark22nd Ave4th Ave NE3rd Ave NE2nd Ave NEBow RiverStephen1st St SEMemorial DrMacleod TrEdmonton TrGAINSBOROUGHWALLACE GALLERIESGALLERIES◆ ◆ DIANA PAULGALLERIES◆ NEW GALLERYART GALLERYMUSEUM OFOF CALGARY ◆ ◆CONTEMPORARYTREPANIER ◆◆ ◆ART-CALGARYBAERNEWZONES GLENBOWPAUL KUHN◆◆ ◆WEISSHERRINGER ◆ ◆◆STRIDEKISS JARVIS HALLFINE ARTCPR tracksCalgaryExhibition &StampedeParkSt. Patrick's Island9th Ave SEElbow RiverSpiller RdINGLEWOODFINE ARTS17th Ave SEMcDougall Rd◆◆12th St SECOLLECTORS'GALLERYOF ART8 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

V I G N E T T E S • April/May 2012AlbertaROBIN LAuReNCeART SCHOOL: BANFF 1947 The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton,Mar 10-Jun 3 The launch-point of this historic exhibition is an oldphotograph, taken by Bill Gibbons around 1947, of a genial-lookinggroup of artists – eight men and one woman – seated on thesteps of an unidentified stone building. They’re early facultymembers of the Banff School of Fine Arts, and their groupingevokes a time and place of mutual respect and hopeful energy. Theshow, supplemented by archival material, includes importantarworks of the time by H.G. Glyde, A.C. Leighton, MarionNicoll, and Walter J. Phillips, and demonstrates the impact theseAlberta artists had upon each other. It reveals, too, the influencesthey drew from national colleagues such as A.Y. Jackson andJ.W.G. Macdonald, who also taught at the Banff School.J.B. TAYLOR AND THE IDEA OF MOUNTAINS Whyte Museum of theCanadian Rockies, Banff, Apr 7-Jun 10 This exhibition is a tributeto both the subject of the Rocky Mountains and the modernistlandscape painter J.B. Taylor. The evolution of Taylor’s art, fromthe representational to the abstract and from the literal to thepoetic, is compellingly revealed, along with his quest to capturethe effects of light on “the essential elements of landscape – rock,water and sky”.MARY KAVANAGH: ATOMIC SUITE The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary,Apr 20-Aug 24 Lethbridge-based artist and educator MaryKavanagh works across many media, incorporating intenseresearch into her practice and making use of the texts, images andartifacts that she turns up in the process. Her AGC show featuresvideo projection, photography and conceptual drawing as themeans of exploring the history and culture of the atomic andnuclear industries, especially in the American Southwest.TERRY FENTON Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Apr 21-May 4For years, Terry Fenton juggled careers as an artist, curator andgallery director. Since the late 1990s, however, he has focusedmost of his energy on landscape painting. His airy panels andcanvases express his love of the grasslands of the southernprairies. “Grasslands are more brilliant than the partly woodedparklands around Edmonton and Saskatoon,” he writes. “Theyreflect rather than absorb light.”WENDY DESCHENE & JEFF SCHMUKI: MONSANTRA The NewGallery, Calgary, May 3-Jun 9 This provocative installation, set upto resemble a laboratory, features funny-scary hybrids: geneticallymodified food plants grafted onto remote-controlled roboticbases. Using seeds obtained from the Monsanto Corporation,“the world’s largest producer and supplier of genetically modifiedseed”, DesChene and Schmuki pose tough questions aboutthe long-term effects of GMOs on our minds, bodies, and thenatural environment. Expect “plantbot” actions and interventionsoutside the gallery, too.Billl GibbonsJ.B. TaylorMary KavanaghTerry FentonWendy DesChenewww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 9

www.douglasudellgallery.comNatalka Husar: Burden of Innocence:Trial and Banquet, Act 2 and Act 3DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – Mar 31-Apr 21, 2012 Burden of Innocence is the last stop ofa nine-gallery tour that began in 2009. Organized by McMaster Museum of Art, the travelling show of figurativepaintings by Canadian artist Natalka Husar is a curatorial collaboration among McMaster, MacdonaldStewart Art Centre, MacKenzie Art Gallery andTom Thomson Art Gallery. The exhibit premieredin Hamilton, then travelled to Guelph, MuseumLondon, Tom Thomson Art Gallery and MacKenzieArt Gallery among others.Husar uses her work to express conflictbetween her Ukrainian-American identities, tocharacterize the place of her parents’ birth, and toportray people and events in Ukrainian communitiesin North America. Since 1980, she has madeimages and portraits of Ukrainian immigrants asthey adapt to American and Canadian life.The complex Burden of Innocence project resultedin a unique set of narratives that are unusual fortheir medium, painting. Like a historical play,Husar stages her sketchy images in three “acts”:masked and costumed self-portraits in Act 1; fictitiouscharacters in Act 2; and a banquet combiningNatalka Husar, Trespasser (2012), acrylic on medical linen boundartist book [Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver BC, Mar 31-Apr 21]subjects from Acts 1 and 2 in Act 3. In each series she examines the role of the artist, the value and purposeof painting itself, notions of cultural identity and issues of ethnicity. The Ukraine – as a geographic placeand a culture with a particular history and politics – informs all three acts.Natalka Husar graduated from Rutgers University in 1973 with a degree in Fine Arts and moved toToronto, where she currently works and lives. She has exhibited extensively across North America inboth solo and group exhibitions, and received grants from the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council,Toronto Arts Council and SSHRC. Husar teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Mia JohnsonGainsborough Galleries441 5th Ave SW ✆403-262-3715866-425-5373www.gainsboroughgalleries.common-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pm.Thru Apr 7 Ron Hedrick, new worksfeaturing Impressionist oil paintingsof landscapes, gardens, beaches andfigures; Apr 14-27 Three-Man Show:Artwork by Fred Cameron, RickCrump, and Min Ma, features a varietyof subject matter ranging from stilllifes to landscapes in oil, acrylic andwatercolour; Apr 28-May 11 RodCharlesworth, Impressionistic oilpaintings featuring Canadian landscapesand scenery.10 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012Glenbow Museum130 9th Ave SE ✆403-268-4100www.glenbow.orgmon-sat 9am-5pm sun 12-5pm. Admission:adults $14, seniors $10, students/youth$9, family $28, childrenunder 6 free, members free. Thru May6 The Gray Rabbit by Laurie Anderson,autobiographical video installationre-explores her memories of apivotal childhood event; Edward Burtynsky:Encounters, photographs byBurtynsky selected by over 20 Canadiansfrom diverse walks of life; IainBaxter&: 1N4ORMAT1ON, exploreshis interest in the fusion and confusionbetween natural and informationlandscapes in our world.Herringer Kiss Gallery709A 11 Ave SW ✆403-228-4889www.herringerkissgallery.comtues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm.Apr 7-May 5 Curtis Cutshaw – Watermark,felt pen drawings made withthe aid of dowsing rods found on hisfamily farm; May 12-Jun 9 SiobhanHumston, “Stem: An Exploration ofGrowth, Demise & Regeneration”,these 3-D portraits of an imaginaryworld are a combination of acrylic,watercolour, graphite on wood andnatural materials compiled from studiesof diatom, coral reef, wingedinsects and forest vegetation.Illingworth Kerr GalleryAlberta College of Art + Design1407 14th Ave NW✆403-284-7633 www.acad.catues-sat 10am-6pm. Thru May 26 TheoSims: The Candahar, installation – adetailed recreation of a Belfast publichouse, staffed in collaboration with twoBelfast bartenders, Chris and ConorRoddy – the space will serve as a site fortalks, performances and events as partof the Creative Common initiated by

www.herringerkissgallery.comCurtis Cutshaw: WatermarkHERRINGER KISS GALLERY, CALGARY AB – Apr 7-May 5, 2012 Curtis Cutshaw creates paintingsthat combine automatic drawing and digital manipulation. The vivid inkjet prints have an etherealpresence by virtue of their colour and composition.They gain an added sense of romance and mysticismfrom his “magical” practice of suspending felt pensand paper from dousing rods. He writes, “Walkingover the ground I find water deep below the surface.I search for feeling, a movement. When it is found,the pen moves creating the line… It is a delicate balancebetween nature and the hand”.Cutshaw has created 15,000 drawings from theact of divination for The Dowsing Rod Collection. Withpens on paper held beneath the rods, several layers oflines were recorded for each image. The drawingswere then scanned into a computer, digitally reversedinto negatives, colour enhanced and printed up tofive feet in size. The push and pull of the divining rodcauses changes in the pace and direction of the lines,while the many stops and starts punctuate the websCurtis Cutshaw, Close Call (2012), digital print [Herringer KissGallery, Calgary AB, Apr 7-May 5]like polyps or buds on vines. He describes them as“large-scale double helices encrusted with salts” or“the skeletons of complex subaquatic creatures”.Sponsored by the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Curtis Cutshaw was awarded an IllingworthKerr Scholarship to attend the New York Loft Program in 1998. He subsequently earned adiploma in painting from the Alberta College of Art. In 1989 he attended the Skowhegan School ofPainting and Sculpture in Maine. Cutshaw currently works and lives in Calgary, Alberta. Mia JohnsonACAD faculty and guests; May 17-26ACAD Graduating Students’ Exhibition,featuring innovative and creativeprocesses of ACAD students withwork by over 200 graduates showcasedthroughout the college.Inglewood Fine Arts1223B 9th Ave SE✆403-262-5011 587-226-1415www.inglewoodfinearts.comwed-sat 10:30am-5pm sun 12-4pm,mon-tues by appt. Permanent exhibitionCharles Carson, HumbertoPinochet, paintings.Jarvis Hall Fine Art617 11th Ave SW, Lower Level✆403-206-9942www.jarvishallfineart.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 7Craig Le Blanc, “Decade”, survey ofwork by the Calgary sculptor; Apr12-24 Group Show; Apr 28-May 12Carl White, paintings – new works;May 19-Jun 9 John Will, “Nothing”,prints.★ Museum of ContemporaryArt – Calgary104-800 Macleod Trail SE✆403-262-1737www.mocacalgary.comtues-fri 11am-5pm sat 12-4pm.Admission is free. Donations are welcome.Thru Apr 25 “Street Life”, worksby renowned modern and contemporaryCanadian and American artistssurvey the range of artistic responsesto the city as muse and subject matterof art, and compelling issues associatedwith urban life, includes works byGeorge Pepper, Fred Herzog, MichaelSnow, Ken Lum, Dominique Rey, GeneralIdea, Les Levine, Vikky Alexander,Liz Magor, Ron Moppett, ChrisCran, Noel Begin, John Will and others;May 3-16 SILVER ARTiculations:25th Annual Exhibition of Children’sArt from North Mount Pleasant andWildflower Arts Centres, works byartists, ages 4-7, who were enrolledduring the past year in the visual artsprograms conducted by professionalCalgary-based artists.★ The New Gallery, (TNG)Art Central, Unit 212, 100 7th Ave SW✆403-233-2399www.thenewgallery.orgtues-fri 11am-5pm sat 12pm-6pm.Admission is free. Apr 1-May 31 DianaUn-Jin Cho, “Chogak Jogak”, 2-D papercollages and embroidery; Thru Apr 28Turner Prize* (Jason Cawood, BlairFornwald and John G. Hampton),“Other Peoples’ Dreams”, photos documentingvolunteer participants recallinga dream and then sharing it for artisticreinterpretation; May 3-Jun 9 WendyDesChene and Jeff Schmuki, “Monsantra”,the artists have grafted geneticallymodified food plants onto remotecontrolled robotic bases, constructingartificial hybrid organisms.Newzones730 11th Ave SW ✆403-266-1972www.newzones.comtues-fri 10:30am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 28 Jonathan Forrest,“Loud and Clear”, boldly colouredacrylic paintings reference post-war12 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

Christian Nicolay & Ya-chu KangPortable Walls – MARCH 29-APRIL 21, 2012closing reception / performance / catalogue release:Saturday, April 21, 2:00-4:00 pmChristian Nicolay, Break Glass in Case of Emergency, mixed media on panel, 11.5 x 9.5 inchesJohn DannVariations of Entropy – MAY 3-26, 2012opening reception: Thursday, May 3, 6:30-9:00 pmartist talk: Saturday, May 12, 1:00 pmJohn Dann, Cordova IV, acrylic on Baltic Birch, 60 x 60 inchesELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY258 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6 604-736-3282gallery@elliottlouis.com www.elliottlouis.com

April 12 – June 10, 2012BEARING WITNESSOrganized and circulated by the Vancouver Art GalleryCurated by Ian M. Thom, Senior Curator, HistoricalGenerously supported by The Killy Foundation andRICHARD PRINCETelling Stories (With Digressions)abstract painting, multi-layered worksplay within the limitations of a flat surfacerevealing new possibilities forspatial composition; Cybèle Young,“New Works”, Young creates sculpturalworks from fine Japanese paper;May 3-26 Chaki, paintings – landscapeitems are arranged in an organic way,creating images of an area in naturewith surprisingly specific characteristics;Evelyne Brader-Frank, “Sculpture”,the sculptures are inspired bythe human body, dynamic male andfemale figures are a celebration ofform through the use of soapstone,bronze and steel.The Reach Gallery Museum32388 Veterans WayAbbotsford, BC V2T 0B3thereach.ca604-864-8087Stephen Shames, Tear Gas Grenade, Berkeley, 1970,silver gelatin print / Collection of the Vancouver ArtGallery, Gift of Claudia Beck and Andrew GruftProject Paradox, 2007, steel, plexiglass, brass andelectrical devicesPaul Kuhn Gallery724 11th Ave SW ✆403-263-1162www.paulkuhngallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm and by appt.Thru Apr 7 Paul Jackson, “Monument”,paintings, sculptures and photographs;Apr 14-May 12 Chris Bennett,“The Magic Lantern”, paintings;Catherine Burgess, “Here | There”,sculptures; May 19-Jun 23 JamesLumsden, paintings.Stride Art Gallery Association1004 MacLeod Trail SE ✆403-262-8507www.stride.ab.catues-sat 11am-5pm. Admission is free.+15 Window, The Epcor Centre for thePerforming Arts, 205 8th Ave SE.Opens Apr 13 MAIN SPACE Jewel Shawand Brenda Draney, “Fire”, Draney,a painter, and Shaw, a printmaker, contemplatethe devastating effects of fireby drawing upon personal experience,family stories, and disputed culturalhistories; PROJECT ROOM Rachael Wong,“Flat Depth”, blends physicality withimage, relating to the body in space toidentify an imagined place in the surroundings;Apr-May +15 WINDOW SPACELowell Smith, “End of Analog”, televisionand new video capture a 3-D imageof the gallery and the viewer, putting theviewer into the television’s static, as ahomage to what once was.TrépanierBaer105-999 8th St SW ✆403-244-2066www.trepanierbaer.comtues-sat 10:30am-5pm. Apr 5-May 5DaveandJenn; Apr 5-28 VIEWING ROOMRon Moppett; May 10-Jun 9 LuanneMartineau; Opens May 10 VIEWINGROOM Martin Bennett.Wallace Galleries500 5th Ave SW ✆403-262-8050www.wallacegalleries.common-sat 10am-5:30pm. Apr 1-26“Easter Celebrations Group Show”,includes works by Karen Yurkovich,Linda Nardelli, M. A. Tateishi, JoiceHall, Shi Le, Brent Laycock, DougMorton, Kenneth Lochhead and more;Apr 26-May 9 Douglas Williamson,“Urban Theology”, juxtaposes urbanlandscape, biblical storytelling andclassical painting with images of magpies,crows, sparrows and other urbancreatures to elicit positive and negativeanthropomorphic qualities; May 10-23Shannon Williamson and DianaZasadny, “Common Ground”, paintings– combined body of work offers aunique view of the land by incorporatingnarratives and inspiring memories.The Weiss Gallery1021 6th St SW ✆403-262-1880www.theweissgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. ThruApr 7 Lee Nielsen: Modules, Modalities,Power, new series of richly paintedhighly narrative oil paintings on panel offigures/architecture with the addition ofcut-outs and layered elements added tothe picture plane; Apr 12-May 13 KarrieArthurs, Tim Merrett, Sean WilliamRandall and Debra Van Tuinen, “Introductions”,four new artists showcase a14 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

diverse range of media and a broadrange of genres – ink on antique paperdrawing, oil on canvas and encaustic onpanel; May 17-Jun 23 Barry Weiss,romantic landscape paintings furtherpush into abstraction, exploring gestureand palette; Jean-Louis Émond, newseries of sculpture and drawings byMontreal-based sculptor Émond examinesman’s inner struggle and themetaphor of the bull.eDMONTONAgnes Bugera Gallery12310 Jasper Ave NW ✆780-482-2854www.agnesbugeragallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Apr 21-May 4 TerryFenton, new work – acrylic and oillandscapes; May 12-25 Jerry Heine,new work – watercolours of landscapes;May 26-Jun 8 Scott Pattinson,new work – acrylic abstract paintings.Alberta Craft Council Gallery10186 106 St NW ✆780-488-6611www.albertacraft.ab.camon-sat 10am-5pm. FEATURE GALLERYApr 14-Jul 7 Pulp, Paper, Pages, featurescontemporary Alberta book andpaper arts; DISCOVERY GALLERY Thru May5 Obsession, showcases six artistswho identify with the theme, whetherthrough process, narration, scale or thepsychology of obsessions; May 12-Jun16 Robin DuPont, “Confluence”, experimentswith flame manipulation in hissoda and wood-fired pottery.Art Gallery of Alberta2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq✆780-422-6223 www.youraga.catues-fri 11am-7pm sat & sun 11am-5pm. Admission: members free, adults$12.50, seniors (65+)/students $8.50,children under 6 free, children 7-17$8.50, family (up to 2 adults + 4 children)$26.50. Thru Apr 29 RearviewMirror: New Art from Central and EasternEurope, new generation of 22 contemporaryartists representing 11 countriesthat engage with post-conceptualstrategies and forms with artistic practicesthat range from video, installationand performance to sculpture and painting;Chris Millar: The Untimely Transmogrificationof the Problem, paintingsdense with images and words draw usinto a universe of wondrously outrageoustales and fantastical yarns; ThruMay 21 Icons of Modernism, paintings,sculptures, films and photographs fromthe Modernist movements of the 20thcentury, including Fauvism, Cubism,Surrealism, Futurism, Suprematism,Constructivism and Dadaism, on loanfrom the National Gallery of Canada;Thru Jun 3 Alberta Mistresses of theModern: 1935-1975, almost 80 worksby 17 Alberta women artists who playedan integral role in the development ofmodern art in Alberta, innovative andexperimental work in a variety of media;Art School: Banff 1947, works by thefaculty of the Banff School of Fine Arts(now The Banff Centre) celebrate therole of educational institutions in shapingartistic vision in a region.Douglas Udell Gallery10332 124 St NW ✆780-488-4445www.douglasudellgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm. Opens Apr 14Spring Show; Opens May 12 Tim Okamura,“Bronx, Brooklyn & Queens”,paintings.West End Gallery12308 Jasper Ave NW ✆780-488-4892www.westendgalleryltd.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 5Spring Splash, various artists; Apr19-May 3 Fraser Brinsmead, newpaintings; May 5-17 Ariane Dubois,new paintings.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 15

LeTHBRIDGeSouthern Alberta Art Gallery601 Third Ave S ✆403-327-8770www.saag.catues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pm.Admission: general $5, students/seniors $4, groups $3 per person,members & children under 12 free.Thru Apr 29 Charles Stankievech,“Over the Rainbow, Under the Radar”,‘DEW Project’ and ‘Ghost RocketsWorld Tour’ use videos, sculpture andartefacts to comment on the intersectionof military influence and the historyof communications; Chris Kline,“Bright Limit”, Kline reflects on thehistory of painting‚ modernist abstractionin particular, while offering aunique take on the medium’s formaland material vocabulary; May 6-Jun10 Another Look: 20 Years of theSAAG Art Auction, an opportunity toreflect on notions of value, collectingand philanthropy while appreciatingthe legacy of this event and the depthof individual collections in Lethbridge.★ University of LethbridgeArt Gallery4401 University Dr, W600 Centre forthe Arts ✆403-329-2666www.ulag.camon-fri 10am-4:30pm thurs 10am-8:30pm. MAIN GALLERY Thru Apr 12Annual Curated Student Exhibition;Apr 19-Jun 1 The 1960s; HELEN CHRIS-TOU GALLERY Thru Apr 6 Concertino;Apr 13-Jun 1 The 1960s.MeDICINe HAT★ Cultural Centre Gallery299 College Dr SE ✆403-502-9006sushel@medicinehat.cadaily 9am-8pm. Apr 4-30 AnnualShow, artwork by Second Year VisualCommunications students from MedicineHat College; May 4-28 Retrospective:From Studio 6 to San Paolo,artwork by several artists involvedwith the Medicine Hat studio collectiveover the years.Esplanade Art Gallery401 First St SE ✆403-502-8786www.esplanade.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat & holidays 12-5pm. Thru Apr 15 Deanna Bowen,“Stories to pass on...”, two symbolicallyconstructed video and sound installations,‘Gospel’ and ‘Shadow on thePrairie’, tackle slavery-based trauma,family estrangement, community, andhow to tell personal truths, inspired by aroad trip to Texas, Oklahoma and Alabamain which the artist retraced hergreat grandparents’ slave roots andmigration to western Canada; 365 Collective,“Relate”, personal portrait videoworks by Medicine Hat College VisualCommunications students; Apr 28-Jun10 Tracy Bultje, “Remnant”, large-scalelandscape paintings which bring to vividlife the remnants of wildness landscape;School Art 2012, over 700 artworksfrom 40 Medicine Hat and area schools.ReD DeeRRed Deer Museum + ArtGallery4525 47A Ave ✆403-309-8405www.reddeermuseum.common-fri 10am-4:30pm sat & sun 12-4:30pm, closed holidays except FamilyDay. Thru Apr 15 @RDCVisualArt;Apr 14-Jun 24 Food for Health; Apr21-Jun 24 The Other Side of GoldMountain: Glimpses of Chinese PioneerLife on the Prairies; Apr 28-Aug26 Prairie Excellence.BRITISHCOLUMBIAABBOTSFORDThe Reach GalleryMuseum Abbotsford32388 Veterans Way ✆604-864-8087www.thereach.catues wed fri 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm sat & sun 12-5pm, Admission:free. Apr 12-Jun 10 Bearing Witness,works by 27 20th century artists whoexamine industrial exploitation, largescalegovernment action, atrocities ofwarfare, history of slavery and therepresentation of women in society,from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection;Richard Prince: Telling Stories(with Digressions), sculpturescombine arrangements of form withprobing intellectual inquiry; Our CommunitiesOur Stories: School Days –Abbotsford & Matsqui School History;GROTTO Pia Massie, “Just BeyondHope”; SOUTH GALLERY Jae Nam,“Paper Talk, Finger Talk”.16 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

EWAN McNEIL / New Painting and SculptureApril 20th to 29th, 2012*Opening Friday the 20th at 7pmEast Van Studios, 870 East Cordova, Vancouver, BC*Open Saturday and Sunday 11am to 5pm, or by appointment.Please call 604-254-9433 or email artrescue@shaw.caBOWeN ISLANDArts Pacific Co-op Gallery587A Artisan Lane, Artisan Square✆604-947-0489 604-947-2522artspacificgallery.comthurs-mon 12-4pm. Apr 1-May 31“Spring Show”, works by BowenIsland artists Pierre Beaudry, silverjewellery; Jani Carroll and Pat Durran,fibre arts; Kay Hoffman, photography;April Bosshard, Jane Dunfield,Vikki Fuller, Ann Beattie andJanet Esseiva, paintings; JeanneSarich, pottery; Cathie Bayly, woodand glass sconces; David Graff,glass; Gayle Ferguson, fused glass;Sandra Wank, lamp work jewellery;Titania Michniewicz, glass beadedlandscapes and Russell Hackney,ceramics.Cloudflower Clayworks589 Prometheus Pl, Lower LevelArtisan Square ✆604-947-2522jeannesarich@shaw.cathurs-mon 12-5pm. Apr 1-May 31Jeanne Sarich, batik bowls in porcelain;Rohana Laing, “Dancing in theRain Forest After Rain”, original batik;Eileen Fong, acrylic paintings; worksby other artists.BuRNABYBurnaby Art Gallery6344 Deer Lake Ave ✆604-297-4422www.burnabyartgallery.catues-fri 10am-4:30pm sat-sun 12-5pm.Admission is free. Apr 19-May 20 ArtsAlive 2012, artwork by secondary studentsfrom Burnaby School District 41,features drawings, contemporary photographs,conceptual sculptures, andportraits; Artist Apprenticeship Project:Ecologies, installation by a groupof high school students from Burnabyled by artist and educator Jay Johnson,May-Oct The Moveable Feast – HollySchmidt, garden project in response tothe dwindling of global food varieties;BOB PRITTIE METROTOWN BRANCH LIBRARY,6100 WILLINGDON AVE, 604-436-5400Thru May 13 Pen Pals: Luke Ramseyand Islands Fold, features selected collaborativeworks from zines publishedby ‘Islands Fold’ – each work representsa different collaboration betweenRamsey and another artist,; MCGILLBRANCH LIBRARY, 4595 ALBERT ST, 604-299-8955 Thru May 14 Harold Klunder:Works from the Furlan Collectionof Contemporary Canadian Prints,stone lithographs from 1987-1988from the City of Burnaby’s art collectioncompleted at Toronto’s Open Studiowith the assistance of master lithographerTorrie Groening.Burnaby Village Museum &Carousel6501 Deer Lake Ave ✆604-297-4565www.burnabyvillagemuseum.catues-sun & holiday mon 11am-4:30pm.STRIDE STUDIO May 5-Sep 3 It happenedin 1912!, Learn about events thatshaped life in Burnaby and beyond 100years ago when our C.W. Parkercarousel and BCER interurban tramwere built.Nikkei National Museum6688 Southoaks Cres ✆604-777-7000www.jcnm.catues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 10-28 Bloom– Asian Canadian Artist Showcase &Art Auction, exhibition and auction toraise funds and to promote Asian Canadianartists in the community; May 19-Aug ON: Art and Internment, contemporaryexhibition reflects themes ofwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 17

PHOTO: YURI AKUNEY, DIGITAL IMAGING PLUSwww.kelownaartgallery.comOkanagan Print Triennial 2012KELOWNA ART GALLERY, KELOWNA BC – Mar 31-Jun 17, 2012 The Okanagan Print Triennial(OPT) was launched in Vernon, BC in 2009. The exhibit is an open, juried show dedicated to showcasingcreative forays into printmaking in Canada and beyond. The group show, a collaboration ofthe Kelowna Art Gallery, the University of British Columbia Okanagan and the Vernon Public ArtGallery, will alternate locations between Vernon and Kelowna every three years. The winner of eachprevious triennial is offered a solo show at the other gallery during the following triennial.For the 2012 exhibit, a call for submissions went out to artists across North, Central and SouthAmerica. The work of 20 printmakers, including Derek Michael Besant, Mark Bovey, Liz Ingram,Mitch Mitchell and Erica Walker, was selected by organizers Lubos Culen, Briar Craig and LizWylie. Artist Mitch Mitchell, whose workemploys notions of scale, verisimilitudeand iconography, was chosen as theprintmaker to win a solo show in Kelownain 2015.During the current OPT in Kelowna,Regina artist Robert Truszkowski, winnerof the OPT in 2009, will simultaneouslyexhibit a solo show entitled Penance in Vernon.Truszkowski’s most recent work isheavily invested in analytical thinking andMitch Mitchell, Midnight’s Well of Giants (2009), photogravure, photolithography, chine collé [Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC, Mar 31-Jun 17]involves the extensive use of computerimaging software combined with traditionalphotography. Aluminum etching,Imagon intaglio, ultra-violet waterbasedsilkscreening as well as inkjet printing areintegral to his work. The Vernon exhibit has four thematic categories: The Technological Reference,The Text, The Math, and The Receipt. Many of his images depict multi-sided, hyper-coloured polyhedrons,bus tickets, playing cards, sheet music, halftone screens and beat-up book dust-jackets. Mia Johnsonracism, memory, place and identity,after 70 years the intense history ofJapanese Canadian internment still resonatesin today’s world and the intangibleessence of ON, meaning moral obligation,continues to affect JapaneseCanadians.Simon FraserUniversity GalleryAQ 3004-8888 University Dr✆778-782-4266 www.sfu.ca/gallerytues-fri 10am-5pm sat 12-5pm,closed sat on holiday long weekends.Thru Apr 28 Michelle Allard andKhan Lee, “Circulation Patterns”,interactive and gradual discovery ofworks that occupy the 3-D space ofthe SFU Gallery in a complex andcomplementary manner; May 5-Jul20 “The Winnipeg AlphaBestiary’,touring exhibition of 26 paintings – anA to Z of the animal kingdom, real andimagined, includes works by MarcelDzama, Neil Farber, Simon Hughes,18 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012Sarah Anne Johnson, Wanda Koopand Mélanie Rocan, commissionedfor the 25th anniversary of BorderCrossings magazine.CAMPBeLL RIVeRCampbell River Art Gallery1235 Shoppers Row ✆250-287-2261www.crartgallery.catues-sat 12-5pm. MAIN & DISCOVERY GAL-LERIES Thru Apr 27 30th Annual Members’Exhibition, work by regionalartists, juried with 10 or more awardsselected by a panel of jurors; MAINGALLERY May 11-Jun 22 Anne Palmer,Deborah Sears, Julia Crucil, JoyceLindemulder, Sarah Stein and MaddyElia, “to follow a line...”, group exhibition;DISCOVERY GALLERY May 11-Jul 20Tiki Mulvihill, “Fire Successional”, multi-mediainstallation conjures a landscaperecently ravaged by fire whereviewers become active participants.CASTLeGARKootenay Gallery120 Heritage Way ✆250-365-3337www.kootenaygallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 21 TheLanguage of Drawing, curated selectionof drawings by artists who liveand work in the Columbia Basin; Apr26-Jun 2 Young Visions 2012, paintingsand sculptures created byGrades 8-12 students.CHILLIWACKChilliwack Visual ArtistsAssociationArt Gallery (at Chilliwack CulturalCentre): 9201 Corbould StMuseum: 45820 Spadina Ave✆604-392-8000 604-824-4998www.chilliwackvisualartists.caChilliwack Art Gallery (at Chilliwack

Cultural Centre): wed-sat 12-5pm,Phone 604-392-8000; ChilliwackMuseum: mon-fri 9am-4:30pm, Call604-795-5210 for sat hours, closedexcept when openings are scheduled.CHILLIWACK MUSEUM Thru Apr 13 SomethingNew – Something Special,CVAA members’ show in a variety ofmedia and styles; Apr 21-May 30 Peopleand Places That Inspire Us; CHILL-IWACK ART GALLERY Apr 14-30 CanadianFederation of Artists; May 5-31 SD33,exhibition of high school students.COQuITLAMArt Gallery at EvergreenEvergreen Cultural Centre1205 Pinetree Way ✆604-927-6550www.evergreenculturalcentre.camon-sat 12-5pm. Admission is free.Thru Apr 7 Bratsa Bonifacho: InsideHabitat Pixel, an in-depth retrospectiveof 23 paintings chosen by theartist and curator Ann Rosenberg aspivotal to his recent developmentcasts light on the meanings andprocesses of this internationallyrenowned Vancouver-based painterwho communicates through paintedsymbols and language forms; Apr 13-May 19 Variations on Symmetry:Eliza Au and Ying-Yueh Chuang,mixed-media ceramic installationsthat explore the symmetry of landscape,architecture, cycles of life andtheir relationship to the spiritual andnatural worlds.Place des Arts1120 Brunette Ave ✆604-664-1636www.placedesarts.caLeonore Peyton Salon: mon-wed fri9am-3pm, thurs 9am-9pm sat 9am-5pm sun 1pm-5pm (call ahead toconfirm LPS viewing availability),Atrium and Mezzanine Galleries:mon-fri 9am-9pm sat 9am-5pm sun1-5pm. Apr 5-May 5 ATRIUM GALLERYMarilyn Chapman, “Fragile Entanglements”,acrylic on canvas; MEZZANINEGALLERY Eileen Fong, “Black, Whiteand Colours”, multiple media; Apr 5-Jun 2 LEONORE PEYTON SALON JohnLee, “Lone”, photography; May 10-Jun 2 ATRIUM GALLERY Louis MarcSimard, “Bordering on Reality”, multiplemedia; MEZZANINE GALLERY ClaudiaStewart, “Doorways and Transformations”,mixed media; UPPERGALLERY Trina Moulin, “Slow MotionGreyscale”, photography.COuRTeNAYComox Valley Art Gallery580 Duncan Ave ✆250-338-6211www.comoxvalleyartgallery.common-sat 10am-5pm. Mar 10-Apr 21CONTEMPORARY GALLERY My UtopianComox Valley, CVAG and CVCACMembers Juried Art Exhibition; COMMU-NITY GALLERY Gordon Greenhough,Tony Martin and Clive Powsey,“Diverse Approaches to Watercolours”,paintings; GEORGE SAWCHUKGALLERY From the Treasure Box – ALook Inside Children’s Imaginations,artwork by students ages 5-12; Apr 27-Jun 2 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY EmilyCarr University at North Island CollegeBFA Grad Show; COMMUNITYGALLERY What We Wear with What WeWear, open call community show featuringunique accessories made frommixed media.The Potters Place180B 5th St ✆250-334-4613www.thepottersplace.camon-sat 10am-5pm. Largest selectionof quality pottery and ceramic art onVancouver Island, includes work byMeg Burgess and Gordon Hutchenswww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 19

V I G N E T T E S • April/May 2012British ColumbiaROBIN LAuReNCeMARK SOO: NEITHER CAMERA NOR COMPANION Blanket ContemporaryArt, Vancouver, Mar 16-Apr 21 This solo show by Vancouverartist Mark Soo includes photographs, video and sculpture, exploringideas around the play of perception, technology and representationacross certain cultural and historical moments. His complexand stimulating artworks range from technological interventionsinto historical images of the French Revolution to a video meditationon the guillotine to clock-based sculptures encased with allusionsto the advertising of energy drinks.BROKEN BORDERS Access Gallery, Vancouver, Mar 10-Apr 28;Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, Mar 10-May 5 The complex and harrowingtheme of this two-venue show, curated by Adriana EstradaCentelles, is the ongoing drug war that has destroyed tens of thousandsof lives in Mexico, with necropolitical implications – causesand consequences – in the U.S., Canada and beyond. Mexicanartists Teresa Margolles, Rosa María Robles, Marcos Ramírez Erreand Jorge Malacón address not only the violence and terror that thedrug war has spawned in their own country, but also the complicityof drug-dealing nations worldwide.ESTHER SHALEV-GERZ – WHITE-OUT: BETWEEN TELLING ANDLISTENING Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Mar 24-Jun 16 Thisinstallation, which includes video projections, photographs and text,is a portrait of a middle-aged Stockholm woman named Åsa Simma.Both Swedish and Sami (the Sami are indigenous peoples of northernScandinavia and western Russia), Simma responds to the artist’squestions and recounts stories of growing up within and betweentwo cultures. The artist herself has bridged different cultures: bornin Lithuania, raised in Israel, and a resident of Paris, she frequentlychallenges the forms and politics of representation.ANGELA GROSSMANN: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE Winsor Gallery,Vancouver, Apr 4-May 6 Who better to take on the fraught subjectof the female figure than Angela Grossmann? Long identifiedwith images of the human face and form – whether of a teenagegirl in a school uniform or a middle-aged man in penitentiarygarb – Grossmann has in the past explored a complex range ofsocial themes. In her new body of collages and paintings on paper,she confronts the ways in which social ideals of beauty haveaffected girls and women through the ages.CASEY MCGLYNN; WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SPACEBau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, Apr 14-28 With their curious juxtapositionsof natural forms and human figures, Casey McGlynn’spaintings suggest an alignment with both Surrealism and outsiderart. Horses, foxes, two-headed elephants, long stairways,small houses, and pictograph-like elements, all seem to tumbledirectly out of his psyche, evoking the power of dreams or visionquests.Mark SooTeresa MargollesEsther Shalev-GerzAngela GrossmannCasey McGlynn20 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

Vignettes • April/May 2012British ColumbiaROBIN LAuReNCeROBERT MOTHERWELL: RE-MOBILIZING FRIENDSHIP & FREEASSOCIATION Chali-Rosso Gallery, Vancouver, Apr 5-May 15 Thisshow features 21 prints by Robert Motherwell, one of the leadinglights of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.Published in 1988, three years before his death, Motherwell’sOctavio Paz Suite alludes to his travels in Mexico and his friendshipwith the Mexican poet and Nobel Laureate after whom theseries was named. Charged with energy and passion, these worksdemonstrate the artist’s ability to draw form directly from hisunconscious mind.RICHARD PRINCE: TELLING STORIES (WITH DIGRESSIONS) TheReach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, Apr 12-Jun 10 The sculpturesof Vancouver artist Richard E. Prince are both charming andthoughtful, combining marvellous arrangements of form withprobing intellectual inquiry. Landscape is a persistent theme,although often handled in unexpected mechanical or electronicways. Informed by his wide reading and deep curiosity about theworld, much of Prince’s art “questions our assumptions aboutconventional images of the landscape and our knowledge of itssystems”.TIM PITSIULAK: DRAWNGS OF MYTH AND MACHINE Inuit Gallery,Vancouver, Apr 14-May 4 Working in a keenly observed, folkrealiststyle, Cape Dorset artist Tim Pitsiulak explores all aspectsof his life. His drawings reveal that he is a hunter with an intimateknowledge of Arctic animals as well as with an understandingof the snowmobiles and motor boats he uses to pursue hisprey. They also demonstrate that he is immersed in Inuit mythsand legends, and able to depict a range of other-worldly subjects.EWAN MCNEIL: NEW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE East Van Studios,Vancouver, Apr 20-29 Although he made a recent splash with hisphoto-realist grisaille paintings of the urban landscape, EwanMcNeil has long worked in the three-dimensional world as asculptor and builder. Look for his experiments with colour andabstraction in his antic collages of found materials and hisequally beguiling sculptures, with their evocations of Constructivism,Cubist assemblage, and elegantly built form. Thisshow closely follows an exhibition of McNeil’s work, curatedby Marcus Bowcott, at the Capilano University Studio ArtGallery (Mar 30-Apr 15).SILK SPLENDOUR Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, May 4-Sep 23 Subtitled Textiles of Late Imperial China (1644-1911),this exhibition showcases the AGGV’s collection of Asian textiles,including a recent donation of dazzling Chinese costumesfrom American collector Helen Jahnke. From a Qing dynastyTaoist priest’s robe to an informal robe worn in the 1920s by thelast empress of China, expect to be dazzled by rich colours, lustrousfabric and spectacular embroidery.Robert MotherwellRichard PrinceTim PitsiulakEwan McNeilSilk Splendourwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 21

and new work by Ramona Gregory,Mary Deveau and Al Knutson.FORT LANGLeYThe Fort Gallery9048 Glover Rd ✆604-888-7411www.fortgallery.cawed-sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 15 OlgaKhodyreva, recent paintings; Apr 18-May 6 Jo-Ann Sheen and ClaireMoore, recent works; May 9-27 SusanFalk and Tony O’Regan, recent works.GRAND FORKSGallery 2, Grand Forks andDistrict Art and HeritageCentre524 Central Ave ✆250-442-2211www.gallery2grandforks.catues-fri 10am-4pm sat 10am-3pm.Thru Apr 14 Carin Covin: Nocturnes,paintings; Lisa Rezansoff: ImpliedNarratives, etchings; May 5-Jun 2Marks and Materials: KootenayArtists Drawing Exhibition; StudioWatch: Steve Howard.KAMLOOPSPhenomenaLYNDA SHALAGANApril 13-21, 2012Red Clouds oil on canvas 36 x 442460 Marine DriveWest Vancouver, BC V7V 1L1604-922-1915www.bucklandsoutherst.comMonday-Saturday 10-5:30★ Kamloops Art Gallery101-465 Victoria St ✆250-377-2400www.kag.bc.camon-wed, fri-sat 10am-5pm thurs10am-9pm sun 12-4pm closed statholidays. Thru Jun 16 Esther Shalev-Gerz, “White-Out: Between Telling andListening”, a kind of portrait comprisedof fugitive stories that existfleetingly between the actual and thefictional, between the imagined and theexperienced; THE CUBE AND BMO OPENGALLERY Thru Jun 9 Doug Buis andAstrid Menze, “Connecting the Dots”,video works by the two artists are projectedsimultaneously in the gallery,exploring the perception of space andtime in relation to one’s surroundings.KASLOLangham Cultural CentreGallery447 A Ave ✆250-353-2661www.thelangham.cathurs-sun 1-4pm. Admission bydonation. Thru May 13 MeghanHildebrand, “Look At All The Things22 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

We’ve Found”, a 10-year survey ofpaintings; May 19-Jul 1 DeborahL o x a m - K o h l , “ T h e Sound ofSilence”, a felt sculpture installation.KeLOWNA★ Alternator Centre forContemporary Art103-421 Cawston Ave, Rotary Centrefor the Arts ✆250-868-2298www.alternatorgallery.comtues, wed, sat 11am-5pm thurs & fri 1-9pm. Apr 7-May 20 David Wilson,“Power Comes in the Form of a Circle”,painted deer hide ceremonial drumsbased on the pictographs found onseveral sites in the Okanagan.Geert Maas SculptureGardens and Gallery250 Reynolds Rd ✆250-860-7012www.geertmaas.orgirregular hours. Internationally acclaimedartist Geert Maas invites the public tovisit his exceptional sculpture gardensand indoor gallery with one of thelargest collections of bronze sculpturein Canada; changing exhibitions, Maascreates distinctive, rounded, semiabstractfigures, architectural structuresas well as installations in a wide varietyof materials including bronze, stainlesssteel, aluminum, wood, stoneware andmultimedia. The great diversity of outdoorart is complemented in the galleryby an overwhelming number of paintings,serigraphs, medals, reliefs andsculpture in various media.★ Kelowna Art Gallery1315 Water St ✆250-762-2226www.kelownaartgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pmsun 1-4pm. Apr 7-May 27 MelanieDaniel, “Busted”, video installation centresaround Kelowna’s notorious drugsubculture; Thru Jun 17 Okanagan PrintTriennial 2012, juried show bringstogether a variety of original, contemporarywork in printmaking, accompaniedby a full-colour catalogue; Thru Jun 24ROTARY COURTYARD Incognito, outdoorinstallation of works by printmaking studentsat UBCO, features nine-foot-highbanners on which the artists haveimprinted their entire bodies, obscuringtheir faces with objects that are meant toprovide some clue about their charactersand identities; Thru Jun 24 Art inAction 2012: A Change of Perspective,26th annual exhibition of over 125 worksof art by students in School District No.23; SATELLITE GALLERY AT THE KELOWNAINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Thru May 7 JimKalnin: Pulse, inspired by recent travels,this work addresses his new-foundawareness of the power and vulnerabilityof nature.MAPLe RIDGeMaple Ridge Art Gallery11944 Haney Pl ✆604-476-4240www.theactmapleridge.orgtues-sat 11am-4pm. Thru Apr 21Garibaldi Art Club, paintings and 3-Dworks with the theme of ‘cranes’ asinspiration; May 5-Jul 28 Paint: ThePainted Works of Lyle Wilson, 2-Dworks by Haisla artist Wilson, a masterof Northwest Coast painting, a catalogueaccompanies the exhibition.★ Identifies galleries and museumsopen until 8pm on the First Thursdayof every month. Many galleries hostopening receptions on First Thursdayevenings.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 23

GALLERY VIEWSA Tale of Two Artists' Live/Work CommunitiesBY ANN ROSENBERGannrosenberg@shaw.caArtists have always gravitated towards neighbourhoods where rent was cheap or non-existent. Theseresidents (in consort with historians, planners and politicians) have often saved significant buildingsand neighbourhoods from complete demolition. In New York City, for example, such concern led tothe preservation of the SoHo-Cast IronHistoric District in the early 1970s. And locally,when Gastown and Chinatown were beingthreatened with re-development, thanks to publicprotest in 1971, these areas were shelteredfrom harm under the Provincial Archaeologicaland Historic Sites Protection Act of 1960.In the 1970s, city planners and developerswere awakened by the same lightbulb foropportunity. However, their bright ideas didnot have tangible results until the mid-to-lateThe Core Artists’ Live/Work Co-op built in 1999 with their two-storeybalconies overlooking Alexander Street in Vancouver are integral withthe glass and concrete market condos of The Edge1980s because of the many hurdles that had tobe crossed. Whether rescued for restoration orpurpose-built, eventually live/work mixed-usestructures designed to accommodate artistsbegan to emerge in these districts where zoning laws permitted. Once basic residential standardsand occupancy codes were met, units could be rented, sold, leased or turned into artists’ co-operatives.In the lower range, some became subsidized live/work housing with reasonable monthly rentsand in the higher range, some larger lofts were marketed as pricey chic places to rent or buy.This is the case with two artist-occupied buildings on Vancouver’s Alexander Street which overlookthe railway tracks and harbour. The CoreArtists’ Live/Work Co-op members live and work ina 30-studio building leased from the City, pay manageablesubsidized monthly rates, and have maintenanceobligations. On the other hand, The Edgehas 165 mostly two-level condominium lofts which,this year, are selling at roughly $600 per square-foot.The residents have access to a common roof deckand a 7,000-square-foot amenity building with workshops,rehearsal space, a darkroom and exercise area.An interesting comparison is Milepost 5 – a“community for creatives” recently developed inPortland. Within a village-like setting there are twolive/work buildings with galleries, performance venuesand a restaurant. The Lofts building from 1969was renovated in 2008 and offers artists the optionThe Studios, one of two edifices built as live/work buildings atMilepost 5 overlooking Portland, Oregonof renting (starting at $650) or purchasing (starting at $84,000). The Studios building has over onehundred work only and live/work studios with rents ranging from $300-$500 per month and providescommercial and common space for tenants.Although the live/work studios I’ve visited at Core are really small – typically 750-square-footconcrete “bunkers” with windows and balconies at one end – the interior esthetics can range froma monk-like roughness to an almost Edwardian elegance with the addition of real oak floors andvelvet drapes. From conversations with residents and from reading postings on the Milepost 5website, I feel that artists are delighted with their live/work accommodations. Let’s hope that thetrend of developing dynamic live/work communities will continue to evolve.24 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

Walter Yarwood Untitled 1956-57 oil on canvas 40” x 50”info@granvillefineart.com • www.granvillefineart.comPainters 11& theirContemporariesMay 12 – 252447 Granville St. Vancouver, BC604-266-6010 • 204-771-3346NANAIMONanaimo Art GalleryCampus Gallery: 900 Fifth St2nd location, Downtown Gallery:150 Commercial St ✆250-740-6350www.nanaimoartgallery.comCampus: mon-fri 10am-5pm sat 12-4pm, Downtown: tues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 14 Amy Loewan, “IlluminatingPeace”, mixed-media installation;Deryk Houston, “SeekingPeace”, mixed-media installation;May 18-Sep 1 Sonny Assu andRande Cooke, “Ebb and Flow”, Kwakwaka’wakwartists present bold worksteeped in strength and lineage;DOWNTOWN Thru May 5 Artwork byVIU graduating classes in Visual Art,Graphic Design and Interior Design;May 8-22 Tani Hamagishi-Allen,Lara Scarr and Virginia Kwok, artworkby emerging artists; May 9-29Mayworks, work by various artists;May 24-Jun 9 FCA Spring JuriedShow, work by various artists.NeLSONCraft Connection &Gallery 378378 Baker St ✆250-352-3006www.craftconnection.orgmon-sat 9:30am-5:30pm. Thru Apr 15Lisa Martin, Natasha Smith and CorreAlice, “New Beginnings”, new work;Apr 16-Jul 31 Garden Inspirations,multi-media group show.Touchstones Nelson:Museum of Art and History502 Vernon St ✆250-352-9813www.touchstonesnelson.cawed fri sat 10am-5pm sun 12-4pm,thurs 10am-5pm, 5-8pm by donation.Thru Apr 8 The History of Radio inNelson, artifacts from the museum’spermanent collection; Thru Apr 15 IanJohnston, Tanya Pixie Johnson, BarbaraMaye and Nadine Stefan, “ForestFor the Trees”, explores the interplaybetween nature and culture throughphotography, sculpture, painting andinstallation; Apr 14-Jun 17 KootenaySchool of Art at Selkirk College,“Graduation Exhibition”, work from theclay, fibre, jewellery and small objectdesign and metal studios; Apr 21-Jun24 Deborah Thompson, “Tales Fromthe Underworld”, intuitive and gesturalpaintings and sculpture.NeW WeSTMINSTeRAmelia Douglas Gallery,Douglas College700 Royal Ave ✆604-527-5723www.douglascollege.ca/artscommmon-fri 10am-7:30pm sat 11am-4pm.Thru Apr 6 Louise Bunn and MaryBennett, “Transmutations: Journeysthrough Time and Space”; Apr 14-May25 Xin Meng, “Perplexity: Sculptureand Image”.Arts Council Gallery ofNew WestminsterQueens Park, 6th & McBride Blvd✆604-525-3244www.artscouncilnewwest.orgtues-sun 1-5pm. Apr 3-28 Inspiredby Words, features 35 artists, multimedia,open juried exhibition, part ofLit Fest New West; May 1-26 CherylNordvik, recent works.NORTH VANCOuVeRArtemis Gallery104C-4390 Gallant Ave ✆778-233-9805www.artemisgallery.catues-sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 22Leonid Rozenberg, “Fairygrams”,mixed media; Apr 27-May 27 MarthaJablonski-Jones, “New Altars for OldGods”, acrylic on canvas.Capilano UniversityStudio Art Gallery2055 Purcell Way, Upper Flr, StudioArt Bldg ✆604-986-1911www2.capilanou.ca/programs/studioart/contact.htmlmon-fri 10am-4pm. Thru Apr 15Ewan McNeil; Apr 28-May 18 StudioArt Grad Show.★ Caroun Art Gallery1403 Bewicke Ave ✆778-372-0765www.Caroun.nettues-sun 12-8pm. Apr 1-19 “GroupPainting Exhibition”, Mehrnaz JalaliGhajar and students Anet Shahijani,Atena Alimohammadi, Farideh AliPanahi, Firouze Mirbaha, ForouzanTaheri, Nooshin Soltandoost, ParastooZarabieh, Roobina Ebrahimian,★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS PREVIEW 25

Zahra Farahmand and MehrnazJalai Ghajar; Apr 21 11am-9pm andApr 22-28 12-8pm closed Apr 23North Shore Arts Crawl, works by participantsin the Crawl; May 1-14“Group Exhibition” with paintings byMahnoush Izadi, Maryam Hatami,Marzieh Bakhshaie, Nazanin HosseinMardi, Nazanin Tanha, ShaghayeghShahveh and Torang Rahimy; photographsby Farhad Varasteh, KavehRasouli, Masoud Soheili and SaharSeyedi and sculptures by KambizSharif; May 16-29 MohammadSalahshoor, “Calligraphy Exhibition”.CityScape Community ArtSpace, North VancouverCommunity Arts Council335 Lonsdale Ave ✆604-988-6844www.nvartscouncil.caCityscape tues-sat 12-5pm, DistrictFoyer Gallery, District Hall of North Vancouvermon-fri 8am-4:30pm, DistrictLibrary Gallery, Lynn Valley MainLibrary mon-fri 9am-9pm sat 9am-5pmsun 12-5pm. CITYSCAPE Thru Apr 7 Boldand Beautiful, 18 artists create boldand beautiful paintings; Apr 13-May 12Ilze Bebris, Ross C. Kelly, Alex Abdillaand Peterson Turgoose, “Urban Flaneur”,four artists explore the grandeurand densification of urban space; May18-Jun 16 Sara Morison, CatherineFields, Ronna Ander, Jeanne Aten,Gale Cyr, Helen Webster, Susan Stitt,Kristen Brand, Jill Ehlert, Eve Llyndorah,Therese Joseph, Diane McCarten,Barbara Scott and Bonnie Stebbings,“Studio: The Abstract Experience”, 14artists display large scale abstractworks on paper; DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY,DISTRICT HALL OF NORTH VANCOUVER, 355W Queens Rd, North Van Thru Apr 3Bill Adams, large, bold, acrylic landscapesand florals; Denise Jeffrey,porcelain vases, tile wall hangings,bowls, mugs, wine carafes, cups andmore; Apr 4-May 29 Ishrat Khan, semiabstractlandscape paintings in acrylic,oil and oil crayon on paper or canvas;Viven Chiu, multi media work; DISTRICTLIBRARY GALLERY, LYNN VALLEY MAINLIBRARY, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd, NorthVan Thru Apr 24 Vern Montgomery,bold, bright acrylics on canvas of cheerfuland vibrant caricature-like localscenes; Apr 25-Jun 19 Laurel Terlesky,large surrealist/pop-style portraits inoil, acrylic and aerosol explore humandependency on electricity and powerand the future of sustainable energypractices.26 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012Bruce Morrisseau, Untitled (2007), acrylicon canvas [Shandon Galleries, 1069-88W Pender St, International Village Mall,Vancouver BC, 604-662-3132,604-254-3132,www.actionframing.com]Graffiti Co. Art Studio/Gallery171 E 1st St, 2nd Flr ✆604-980-1699www.graffiticoart.comtues-fri 1:30-6:30pm or by appt. Smallstudio gallery offering original fine artlocated on the scenic North Shoreclose to Lonsdale Quay. Apr 3-27Vange Brossard, Lucy Godwin, MegTroy, Sian Woodward and MarinaYanen; Gabriele Maurus, jewellery,“Spring Salon”; May 8-18 and May 29-Jun 15 Niloofar Miry, “Glimpses”, photography;May 19-27 Gallery closed.North Vancouver Museum209 W 4th St ✆604-987-5612604-990-3700, ext 8016www.northvanmuseum.catues-sun 12-5pm. Thru May 27“Made in BC: Home-grown Design”,showcases the history of design inBritish Columbia with individual andmass-produced works by localdesigners including objects createdand/or made in North Vancouver,designers include Brent Comber, furniture,Stuart Kerr, bicycles, PhilNuytten, undersea technology, Xwalack-tun,Aboriginal arts and FaroukNoormohamed, architecture.Presentation House Gallery333 Chesterfield Ave ✆604-986-1351www.presentationhousegallery.orgwed-sun 12-5pm. Thru May 6 C.1983,Part II, rarely-seen photographic, film,video and book works reflect theartists’ experimental approaches tocollage and narrative – group exhibitioninvestigates how artists in Vancouverworked with camera imagesduring the 1980s, an especially vibrantperiod in the local art scene.Seymour Art Gallery4360 Gallant Ave ✆604-924-1378www.seymourartgallery.comdaily 10am-5pm. Apr 3-22 JanetStrayer, “Child Out of Time: Reborn”,digital and mixed-media acrylic paintingsexplore multiple realities of imagination,memory, experience and observation;Apr 24-29 Spring Gift Gallery,new work by Gallery Shop artists forshow and sale; May 1-13 “Start withArt”, annual exhibition of artwork byestablished artists Ross Penhall, BrianHowell, Tania Gleave, Pierre Coupey,Michael Binkley and others, only availablefor purchase by children age 16and younger, and is aimed at educatingand cultivating the love of art amongchildren; May 15-21 Shift, artwork bystudents graduating from ‘Artists forKids’ Academy; May 22-27 CapilanoUniversity Textile Arts, triennial exhibitionfeatures work by Capilano University’sTextile Arts graduates; May 29-Jun 24 Tansy Sverre, “Larger than StillLife”, large still life acrylic paintings.SPACE emmarts195 Pemberton Ave ✆604-375-0694www.emmarts.cawed & fri 2-5pm sun 11am-2pm, NEWstarting Apr 7: open studio trial 1st satof the month, 12-5pm. Ongoing exhibitionin the studios of Gabriele Maurus;contemporary works and photography.OSOYOOSOsoyoos Art Gallery8711 Main St✆250-495-2800 250-495-7968www.osoyoosarts.comtues-sat 12-4pm. Thru Apr 14 OsoyoosPainters and Potters Show andSale, original art; Apr 21-May 5Osoyoos Young Artists Show, varietyof artworks by pre-school to Grade 12artists; May 12-Sep 4 Summer SeasonShow and Sale, variety of originalart by area artists.PeNTICTONThe Lloyd Gallery18 Front St ✆250-492-4484www.lloydgallery.comtues-sat 9:30am-5:30pm. Rotatingexhibition of gallery artists including

Irvine Adams, Yasuo Araki, LailaCampbell, Rod Charlesworth, ConnorCharlesworth, Glenn Clark,Sharon Clarke-Haugli, Peter Corbett,Jan Crawford, Josette DeRoussy, Serge Dubé, Valerie Eibner,Shannon Ford, Charlotte Glattstein,Jim Glenn, Perry Haddock, JuliaHargreaves, Frances Harris, KevinHealy, Michael Hermesh, BeverlyInkster, Bob Kebic, Dongmin Lai,Robyn Lake, Gerda Lattey, VivLieskovski, Min Ma, Debbie Milner,Dominic Modlinski, Faigee Niebow,Toni Onley, Diane Paton Peel, GrahamPettman, Lance Regan, JohnRevill, Bonnie Roberts, Anita Skinner,Theo Tobiasse, Olga Tomlinson,Roy Tomlinson, Marla Wilson, NelWitteman, Annette Witteman, MarjoleinWitteman, William Watt,Ingrid Willis and Robert Wood.Penticton Art Gallery199 Marina Way ✆250-493-2928www.pentictonartgallery.comtues-fri 10am-6pm sat & sun 12-5pm.Thru May 13 MAIN GALLERY DaphneOdjig, “A Tribute to Courage”, over 70prints from the collections of the KamloopsArt Gallery and the Penticton ArtGallery; TONI ONLEY GALLERY, PROJECTROOM AND EDUCATION SPACE PentictonSecondary, Princess Margaret Secondary,and Summerland SecondarySchools Student Exhibition,”VisualDiversions”, showcasing the combinedcreative output of our region’s three secondaryschools visual arts programs;May 18-Jul 8 MAIN GALLERY RodneyKonopaki and Rhonda Neufeld, “ChanceOperations2”, recent collaborativedrawings, prints and photographs withan underlying fascination with the collisionof conscious aesthetic decisionsand ‘chance operation’; May 18-Jun 17TONI ONLEY GALLERY Val Eibner, “2012Meadowlark Artist”, fused glasswork;May 18-Jul 7 PROJECT ROOM 2012 AnnualArt Auction Exhibition and Preview,annual fundraiser with over 100 lotsfrom fine art to exclusive packages, contactthe gallery for tickets.PORT MOODYPort Moody Arts Centre2425 St Johns St ✆604-931-2008www.pomoartscentre.caPort Moody Arts Centre: mon-thurs10am-8pm fri-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-4pm, closed holidays, ScotiabankGallery: 2501 St John St, mon-thurs10am-4pm, fri 10am-5pm. Thru Apr15 MAIN GALLERY Kate Scoones, “ordinaryhappiness”, oil on wooden panels– inspired by everyday family photographs;3D GALLERY Jody MacDonald,“Will the Real Slim Shady Please StandUp”, figurative textile/mixed mediasculptures; PLUM WALLS AND SCOTIABANKGALLERY Helen Daniels, “Photography– Lomography”; PLUM DISPLAY CASEColette Lisoway, Cabinet of CuriositySeries 2012; Apr 19-May 27 MAINGALLERY Colette Lisoway, “Holy Cow –An Introspection”, paintings and drawings;3D GALLERY Inspiring Each Other,written word by students at MoodyMiddle School interpreted visually bymembers of the Blackberry Artist’sSociety; PLUM WALLS AND SCOTIABANKGALLERY Edward Peck, “IndustrialAbstraction”, photographs; PLUM DIS-PLAY CASE Solomon Rose, “Branches toBlossoms”, jewellery.PRINCe GeORGeTwo Rivers Gallery725 Civic Plaza ✆250-614-7800www.tworiversgallery.camon-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pmwww.preview-art.comPREVIEW 27

Granville Fine Art Artist Features: Saturdays from 1 to 4pm2447 Granville St. Vancouver 604.266.6010 info@granvillefineart.comJanice RobertsonApril 14-20Jane EverettApril 21-27Scott PattinsonApril 28-May 4Ernestine TahedlMay 5-11response to the Great East JapanEarthquake, featuring paintings andphotographs by Kaori Takao, taka,Takashi Kanamaru, Shinichiro Kawata,Sadamu Asami, ofude, ToshitadaManabe, Mako Nakabayashi, HitoshiSato, Yoko Imbe, Sakura Yukifuji, MieMori, Jun Sato, Kou, Asako Yamaguchi,Yoshiko Murakami, Seiji Osafune,sachi choco, Rika Amemiya,You Matsuda, Mitsuyo Hira, YoshikoSashida, Naoki Totsuka, Hacca,mikoto, yusuka”, TETSUO, Aiiro, CHItARU,Yuuiti Kinugasa and kiri.SALMON ARMSAGA Public Art Gallery70 Hudson Ave NE ✆250-832-1170www.sagapublicartgallery.catues-sat 11am-4pm. Apr 7-28 JoyceDorey, “Bloom”, garden portraits inacrylic; May 5-26 Pedal Power: TheBicycle as an Agent of SocialChange, drawings, sculpture and digitalmedia by a group of 16 artists.★ Open late First Thursday ofevery month until 8pmEve LeaderMay 26-June 1www.granvillefineart.comSALT SPRINGISLANDMorley Myers Studio#11-315 Upper Ganges Rd✆250-537-4898www.morleymyersgallery.com11am-5pm or by appt. The studio isan opportunity for the viewer to seewhere Myers expands upon the languageof the Moderns and bringsabstract human form and experienceinto physical reality in a contemporarysetting.★ Pegasus Gallery ofCanadian Art1-104 Fulford Ganges Rd✆250-537-2421www.pegasusgallery.catues-sat 9am-6pm, first thurs gallerytalks. Apr 5-28 Sorel Etrog: TheSculptor Behind the Genie; May 3-30 Northwest Coast Carvings.The Porch Gallery290 Fulford-Ganges Rd✆250-537-4155www.mothertonguepublishing.comsun 12-4pm or by appt. Historical andSean YellandJune 2-28Contemporary B.C. Art – original paintingsand drawings, limited editionprints and Mother Tongue Publishingbooks, showing artwork by JackAkroyd, Gordon Caruso, George Fertig,LeRoy Jensen, Irene Hoffar Reid,Ina D.D. Uhthoff, Peter Haase, JackHardman, Wim Blom and Gary Sim.SIDNeYPeninsula Gallery100-2506 Beacon Ave✆250-655-1282 877-787-1896www.pengal.common-sat 9am-5pm. Gallery artistsMickie Acierno, Robert Bateman,Kristina Boardman, Philip Buytendorp,Carol Evans, Real Fournier, W.Allan Hancock, Tiffany Hastie, DennisMagnusson, Catherine Moffat,Richard Mravik, Michael O’Toole,Nancy O’Toole, Ron Parker, JaniceRobertson, Sandhu Singh, MikeSvob, Michael Stockdale, Ray Wardand Alan Wylie; Sculptors: BrentCooke, Ken Curley, Douglas Fisher,Malcolm Jolly, Tom Hamer, JackKreutzer and Kevin Peters; Art Glass:Jo Ludwig and Lisa Samphire.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 29

www.newzones.comCybèle Young: New WorksJonathan Forrest : Loud and ClearNEWZONES GALLERY, CALGARY AB – Mar 24-Apr 28, 2012 In New Works, Toronto artist CybèleYoung presents a new series of tiny paper sculptures composed of whimsical objects and shapes craftedfrom Japanese papers. Described as “delicate and wry…evanescent and charming”, the colourfulcompositions give the impression of being sprinkled with“pixie-dust”, as Gary Michael Dault put it. They are at onceengaging and delightful, exuding a kind of atomic energyand sense of narrative far beyond their scale and materials.She aptly characterizes her work as a way of “building a personaldictionary”.Young graduated from the Ontario College of Art andDesign in 1996. Her popular assemblages have been widelyreviewed in such publications as Art in America and CanadianArt. Young is also a children’s author and was nominated for aGovernor General’s Award for Children’s Illustration in 2000.Concurrently, Newzones is showing new paintings byJonathan Forrest, whose work could scarcely be further insensibility from that of Young. Rich with blazing colour andbrushwork, the vivid acrylics on canvas are like “origamigone mad”. Huge geometric planes wrap and fold into eachother against startling hues of flat colour. Described as“physical wonders”, they visually invade the gallery spaceand ask fresh new questions about space and composition.Forrest was born in Edinburgh in 1962 and receivedboth his Bachelor’s and Master’s of Fine Arts from the Universityof Saskatchewan. He attended the Emma LakeCybèle Young, It was an Improvement (2011),Japanese paper [Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB,Mar 24-Apr 28]Artist’s Workshop and became an organizer in 2001. His work has been widely exhibited in Canadaand is included in such public collections as the Canada Council’s Art Bank, University ofSaskatchewan and the Art Gallery of Alberta. Mia JohnsonIMAGE COURTESY OF NEWZONESSOOKeSouth Shore Gallery2046 Otter Point Rd ✆250-642-2058www.sooke.org/southshoregallerymon-sat 10am-5pm. Apr-May Featuringgallery artists Ed Araquel, AndresBohaker, Jeffrey Boron, DorothyHodgson Butler, Robert LouisChouinard, Sylvia Hallgren, KathyJohannesson, Mimi Jones, RobertOwen, Cheryl Parkinson, Lisa Riehl,Joanne Thomson and Linny D. Vine,paintings; Leslie Speed, block prints;Alison Garrett Hanneson, Jo Ludwigand Jill Morton, fused glass; MayaBismanis, Stephen Cooke and VincentFe, ceramics; Katherine Woods,sculpture; also wearables, jewelleryand cards by various South VancouverIsland artists.SQuAMISHFoyer Gallery at theSquamish Public Library37907 2nd Ave ✆604-892-3110www.squamish.bclibrary.ca/servicesprograms/foyer-gallerymon-thurs 12-8pm fri-sun 10am-4pm.Thru Apr 30 WALLS Ann Hamm, “AWalk in the Park”, oil and acrylic paintings;CASES Fundraiser – Friends ofFoyer, mixed media; May 1-Jun 4WALLS & CASES Amber Butler, “The Storyof What is Hidden”, mixed media andfeather jewellery; Stan Matwychuk,paintings and mixed media.Squamish Arts Council37950 Cleveland Ave2nd location: SAC Artisan WindowGallery, 1336 Main St✆604-892-9838www.squamishartscouncil.caSAC Building in park: visit the websitefor exhibition hours; SAC ArtisanWindow Gallery: daily 24 hours. Apr-May SAC BUILDING AND SAC ARTISANWINDOW GALLERY Showcasing localand visiting artists interpretingSquamish culture, nature and historythrough innovative works of art.SuNSHINe COASTGoldmoss Gallery2840 Lower Rd, Roberts Creek✆604-886-1968www.goldmoss.comsat & sun 12-4pm or by appt. May19-Aug 1 “Todayism”, artists JaySenetchko, Ben Tour, Lee Grant-Roberts, Derek and Mira Hunter,30 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

Donna Balma, Ines Tancre, BonRoberts and Susan Gordon interpretthe show’s title (www.todayism.ca),exhibition is part of the Roberts CreekArts Festival (www.robertscreekartsfestival.com).Landing Gallery Artists’ Co-op436 Marine Dr, Gibsons✆604-886-0099www.landinggallery.cadaily 10am-5pm. Thru Jun 25 SpringRenewal, eclectic selection of paintings,pottery, fibre, glass, jewellery,stone sculpture and book binding,created by members of this artists’co-operative.Sunshine Coast Arts Council+ Arts Centre5714 Medusa St, Sechelt✆604-885-5412www.scartscouncil.comwed-sat 11am-4pm sun 1-4pm. ThruApr 8 Gertrude Pacific, “WonderfulWorld: A Retrospective”; Apr 10-22Young People’s Own Show – Elementary;Apr 25-May 13 Young People’sOwn Show – Secondary.SuRReYArnold Mikelson Mind &Matter Art Gallery13743 16th Ave ✆604-536-6460www.mindandmatterart.comdaily 12-6pm. Thru Apr ValeriSokolovski, bronze sculpture; MurraySanders, pottery; Gunille Lindgren,watercolour; Teri White, clay painting;Richard Westwood, steel sculpture;Shirley Thomas, oil; David Kilpatrick,soapstone carvings; RobertParks, glassblowing and Anita Lindbom,ceramic; Thru May Bob Gonzales,woodturning; Darrel Hancock,pottery; Jeannette Boothby, soapstone;Arnold Mikelson, wood sculpture;June Bloye, soapstone carving;Jack Prasad, watercolour; Don Portelance,watercolour; Sheila Symington,oil and Teresa Wegrzyn, oil.Jenkins Showler Gallery101-15735 Croydon DrThe Shops @ Morgan Crossing✆604-535-7445www.jenkinsshowlergallery.comtues-sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-6pm.Gallery artists Jane Armstrong, ArntArntzen, Kathi Bond, Rick Bond,Merv Brandel, Ben Burnett, RodCharlesworth, Denis Chiasson, TollerCranston, George Culley, PeterGigi Hoeller, Electric Tulip [Sunshine Coast, BCgigi@gigibutterfly.comwww.gigibutterfly.com, 604-885-6650]Daniels, Robert Davidson, GeorgeDemmer, Chantal De Serres, MarcEliuk, Colette Falardeau, AdrienneGodbout, Curtis Golomb, TiffanyHastie, Ron Hedrick, Amanda Jones,Paul Jorgensen, Ken Kirkby, H.E.Kuckein (re-sales), David Ladmore,Louise Lauzon, Richard Long, DennisMagnusson, Sharon Mark, AndrewMcDermott, Greg Metz, Debbie Milner,Pieter Molenaar, Bruce Muir,Toni Onley, Clive Powsey, KarenRieger, Cindy Rudolph, PeterShostak, Peter Stuhlmann, JocelyneTremblay, Chrissandra Unger andHenry Xu.★ Kwantlen Art Gallery &Arbutus Gallery at CoastCapital Savings LibraryAtriumKwantlen Art Gallery, Kwantlen PolytechnicUniversity, Surrey Campus,Rm D126-12666 72nd Ave,2nd location: Cloverdale Fine ArtsGallery, Cloverdale Campus, Rm1843-5500 180th St ✆604-599-2219www.kwantlen.ca/fine-artsCheck the website for hours. CLOVERDALEFINE ARTS GALLERY, CLOVERDALE CAMPUSRM 1843 Opens Apr 13 4th Year GraduationShow; KWANTLEN ART GALLERY RMD126 & ARBUTUS GALLERY, COAST CAPITALLIBRARY ATRIUM Ongoing exhibitions ofstudent work.★ Surrey Art Gallery13750 88 Ave (at King George Hwy)✆604-501-5566 www.surrey.ca/artsmon & fri 9am-5pm tues-thurs 9am-9pm sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 31

Admission by donation. Apr 7-Jun 10Cao Fei: Simulus, elements of videogame interactivity and cinematic viewingare incorporated in a re-imaginedChina created through the virtual computingcommunity known as SecondLife; Vision Machine: MarianneNicolson and Etienne Zack, environment,economy and creativity are subjectto scrutiny in Zack’s vibrantlycoloured canvases and Nicolson’sintricately crafted shadow machines;Thru Apr 29 Art by Surrey SecondarySchool Students; Apr 14-Aug 19Open Sound 2012 Alex Grunenfelder,“On Air, Underground – Making theInaudible Audible”, new sound artwork;Ongoing REMIXX.sur.RE, youthnew media project.TSAWWASSeNTsawwassen LonghouseGallery1710-56th St ✆604-943-3313www.southdeltaartistsguild.comthurs-sun 11am-4pm. Thru Apr 22Bloomin Art, paintings and sculptureswith a home and garden theme; Apr26-May 27 Cause for the Paws, animal-themedexhibition is a fundraiserto support OWL – Orphan WildlifeSociety and the Delta Humane Society.VANCOuVeRAccess Gallery222 E Georgia St ✆604-689-2907www.vaarc.ca tues-sat 12-5pm. ThruApr 28 Broken Borders: JorgeMalacón, Teresa Margolles, MarcosRamírez Erre and Rosa María Robles,explores the art practice of fourMexican artists under a new politicalregime established during the drugwar in Mexico, and have depictedsome of the mechanisms of this warthat refer to a more complex andglobal political structure, presented inconjunction with Satellite Gallery.Appleton Galleries1644 W 75th Ave ✆604-685-1715www.appletongalleries.comcall for hours or appt. Massive WinterClose-out Sale Continues! Specialistsin Inuit and First Nations art for over40 years. We specialize in CanadianInuit stone sculpture and NorthwestCoast First Nations wood carvings.Over 2,500 original carvings featuringworks by Abraham Anghik Rubenand Clifford Pettman.Art Beatus (Vancouver)Consultancy Ltd.108-808 Nelson St ✆604-688-2633www.artbeatus.common-fri 10am-6pm. Thru to Apr 27Toni Onley and Lynn Onley, “ConnectedLandscapes”, father-daughterexhibition features a selection ofwatercolour landscape paintings; May11-Jul 6 Tomoko Taniguchi and TakehiroYoshimitsu, “Breathing”, miixedmediaworks by two Japanese artists,a generation apart in age and artisticallyby way of subject matter.Art Emporium2928 Granville St ✆604-738-3510www.theartemporium.camon-sat 10am-6pm. Exceptionalinventory of paintings by major Canadian,American and French masters ofthe 20th C., featuring Emily Carr andall members of the Group of Sevenand several of their contemporaries,C. Krieghoff, David Milne, J.W. Morrice,Tom Thomson; Paintings byKarel Appel, A. Calder, E. Cortez,www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 33

Montague Dawson, Jean and RaoulDufy, A. Hambourg, J. Hervé, Picasso,Utrillo, A. Volti, Andrew Wyeth,and Canadians Max Bates, DonaldFlather, H.G. Glyde, E.J. Hughes, F.Lansdowne, John Little, Henri Masson,Rudolph Messner, Hugh Monahan,Riopelle, Goodridge Roberts,Jack Shadbolt and Andrew Wong.Art Rental & Sales at theVancouver Art Gallery750 Hornby St✆604-662-4746 604-662-4716www.artrentalandsales.common-fri 10am-5pm, tues 5-9pm byappt. Specializing in the rental and saleof Canadian artwork in a variety ofstyles, media and sizes, small monthlyrental fees for over 1,000 artworks by200 notable artists such as AngelaGrossman, Gabryel Harrison, DavidWilson, Jamie Evrard, Martha Sturdyand more. Thru Apr 30 David Ellingsen,photographs; Apr-Jul Jessica Bell.Art Works Gallery225 Smithe St ✆604-688-3301www.artworksbc.common-fri 9am-6pm sat 10am-6pm sun12-5pm. Thru Apr Grande, celebratesspace and the bold, the impact of anoversized work of art in a room can betruly awe-inspiring; Thru May CaroleArnston, lush floral and fresh landscapeoil paintings; Thru Jun Glam,fun and glamourous exhibition ofresin and gloss-finished pieces.Arts Off Main216 E 28th Ave ✆604-876-2785www.artsoffmain.cawed-sat 11:30am-5:30pm sun-11am-5pm. An artist-run gallery with workby B.C. artists offering original andaffordable paintings, prints, sculpture,photographs, jewellery and pottery.Artspeak233 Carrall St ✆604-688-0051www.artspeak.catues-sat 12-5pm. Thru May 12 GuyBen-Ner, Fabiola Carranza, NaufusRamirez-Figueroa: The Weight ofLives I’m Not Living, artists investigatehow art can be at the service of life,raising ethical questions of where thedistinguishing line is between art-making,personal and professional relations:Guy Ben-Ner (Tel Aviv), video;Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa (MexicoCity/Vancouver), large-scale sculptureand Fabiola Carranza (Vancouver/CostaMartha Jablonski-Jones, New Altars forOld Gods (2012), acrylic [Artemis Gallery,Deep Cove, North Vancouver BC, Apr 27-May 27, opening reception May 11]Rica), a pop-up jewellery consignmentshop.ArtStarts Gallery808 Richards St ✆604-878-7144www.artstarts.comtues-fri 9am-5pm. Thru May 11 “TheKingsway Project”, the past and thepresent as seen through the eyes of120 children from two Kingsway-areaschools, in collaboration with mediaartist Anne Marie Slater, celebratesthe rich history and significance of theplace they call home, part of Vancouver’s125th anniversary celebrations.Audain Gallery149 W Hastings St, SFU Woodward’s✆778-782-9102www.audaingallery.catues-sat 12-6pm. Apr 14-28 I flux: BFAGraduating Exhibition, features workby the Visual Art undergraduate ‘classof 2012’ from SFU’s School for theContemporary Arts; May 5-19 SeenunSeen: MFA Spring Review Exhibition,sculpture, installation, painting,video projection, sound, kinetic sculptureand live performance explore theimmediately imperceptible throughworks which require its deeperengagement to reveal and unfold.Baron Gallery and Studio293 Columbia St, Gastown✆604-682-1114 www.barongallery.cathurs-sun 12-6 pm or by appt. ThruApr 28 Pierre Gauvreau (1922-2011)and Janine Carreau, “Art = Libération”,selection of 47 paintings, both individuallymade and collaborative, demonstratean exuberant celebration of lifeby Automatist Gauvreau and his wifeCarreau, curated by long-time friendRay Ellenwood. New inventory will beadded to the exhibition throughout itsduration. To make an appt call or emailthe gallery info@barongallery.ca; May6-Jul 15 There is no message, groupshow features a reinterpretation of theColourfield movement by local Vancouverartists based on the visceralexperience.Bau-Xi Gallery3045 Granville St ✆604-733-7011www.bau-xi.common-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 11am-5:30pm. Apr 14-28 Casey McGlynn,“We Thought We Were Going to Space”,new series of mixed-media works oncanvas; May 5-19 Joseph Plaskett, newpaintings from a Canadian Master.Bill Reid Gallery ofNorthwest Art639 Hornby St ✆604-682-3455www.billreidgallery.cawed-sun 11am-5pm. Admission: adults$10, seniors/students $7, youth/child5-17 $5, kids 4 and under free, family (2adults + 2 children) $25. Group ratesand guided tours available whenbooked in advance. Admission subjectto tax. Showcasing the permanent collectionof Bill Reid alongside changingexhibitions of contemporary NorthwestCoast art. Thru Sep 9 That WhichMakes Us Haida – The Haida Language,celebrates the last remainingfluent speakers of the Haida languageand explores the three remainingdialects found in Alaska, Old Massettand Skidegate, through portraits andaudio interviews with the last fluentspeakers in these communities, accompaniedby a hard-cover colour catalogueand CD set.Blanket Contemporary Art560 Seymour St, 2nd Flr✆604-709-6100www.blanketgallery.comwed-sat 12-6pm and by appt. Thru Apr21 Mark Soo, “Neither Camera norCompanion”, selection of new works34 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

that include photo, video and objectbasedworks, also showing a series ofclock-based sculptures which juxtaposetwo notions of temporality; Apr28-May 26 Fran Herndon, “Voyage inPaint: 1958-68”, includes early paintings,drawings and etchings from thislittle known poet/painter who has beenactive in the Bay Area for over 50 years.Britannia Art Gallery1661 Napier St, Britannia Library✆604-718-5800www.britanniacentre.orgmon, thurs, fri 9:30am-5pm tues,wed 9:30am-9pm sat 9:30am-5pmsun 1-5pm. Apr 4-27 Britannia SecondarySchool Student Exhibition, 2-student exhibition, mixed media; May2-Jun 1 “The Urban Weaver Project”with lead artists Sharon Kallis, ToddDeVries and Deborah Sparrow.Catalog Gallery56 Powell St ✆604-721-4266www.cataloggallery.orgwed-sun 1-8pm. Apr-May Visit thewebsite for exhibition information.Catriona Jeffries Gallery274 E 1st Ave ✆604-736-1554www.catrionajeffries.comtues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 13-May 12Judy Radul; May 25-Jun 30 IsabellePauwels.Centre A, VancouverInternational Centre forContemporary Asian Art2 W Hastings St ✆604-683-8326www.centrea.orgtues-sat 11am-6pm. Thru Apr 28 “YellowSignal: New Media in China”,Wang Jianwei, “Position (ChapterFour: Go to the Conference Room onthe 13th Floor for Free Films)”, fourchannelvideo installation using elementsof theatre, philosophical inquiry,artistic methodology and ‘scriptedaccident’ to present an obscure andcomplex world that simulates everydaylife; Kan Xuan, two video works, ‘Oneby One’ (2005) and ‘Nothing!’ (2004),using a camera lens as a stand-in forher acutely-tuned eye, Kan createswork with a precise attention to detail,Eva Speer, New Pollution (2012), Oil oncanvas [Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, PortlandOR, Apr 4-28]inverting the significance of an object’sscale to give tiny things great attention,guest curated by Zheng Shengtian.★ Chali-Rosso Art Gallery2250 Granville St ✆604-733-3594www.chalirosso.comtues-sun 10:30am-6pm or by appt.Permanent collection of EuropeanModern Masters graphic works: HenriMatisse, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall,Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, MaxErnst, Henry Moore and Alberto Giacometti.Apr 5-May 15 Robert Motherwell:Re-mobilizing Friendship &Free Association, 21 lithographs fromthe ‘Octavio Paz Suite’; works by JeanCocteau and Le Corbusier.Charles H. Scott GalleryEmily Carr University of Art and Design1399 Johnston St,, Granville Island✆604-844-3809www.chscott.ecuad.camon-fri 12-5pm sat-sun 10am-5pm.Thru Apr 22 Dorothy Cross, DavidZink Yi, Fiona Bowie, Sonia Hedstrand,Troy Morgan, Terry Kerby,Zarh Pritchard, and The Laboratory ofMarine Obscuriosity and Spectaculars,“The Voyage, or Three Years atSea Part lll”, features what is below thewater’s surface, third in a multi-partseries about the sea; May 6-20 2012Masters of Applied Arts Graduationwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 35

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GilbertNo. 5 Rd.No. 4 Rd.No. 1 RdNo. 3 RdBUCKLANDSOUTHERST◆◆◆ SUN SPIRITBELLEVUERussellWayQueens AveSILK PURSEFERRY BUILDING ◆ ◆GRANVILLEISLANDAlma StOMEGA◆DunbarRiver RdMarine DrArbutusSW Marine Dr15th St14th StWEST VAN. MUSEUM◆ ◆ GALLERY JONESBURRARDSLOPESMARITIME MUSEUM◆MUSEUM OFMUSEUM OF ◆◆ ANTHROPOLOGYVANCOUVERMORRIS &JEUNESSE◆HELEN BELKIN 4th Ave ◆◆UniversityMONNY'SBlvd10th Ave ◆ BroadwayGREENERY GALLERYW 16th AveWestbrookSOUTH GRANVILLETO SQUAMISH, WHISTLER,and the SUNSHINE COASTRichmond StEnglishBay49th Ave133rd AveCAROUN15th St ART GALLERYPRESENTATION HOUSE/◆NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM◆◆ ◆ CITYSCAPESPACEEMMARTS◆GRAFFITI CO.GranvilleGeorgiaBurrard InletHastings St.Union StPrior St Venables St.BRITANNIA ART GALLERY◆ ◆HFA CONTEMPORARY/ ◆ROBINSON STUDIO HAVANABurrard BridgeGranville BridgeKing Edward◆ARTS OFFMAIN41st AveSIDNEY & GERTRUDE ZACK GALLERYUNITARIAN◆ CHURCH ◆LANGARA COLLEGEFINE ARTS57th AveMoray BridgeArthur Laing BridgeAlderbridge WayWestminsterHwyMinoruMINORUPARKDenmanCapilanoRoadLions GateBridgeOak StAPPLETONGALLERIES◆Oak StBridge◆RUFUS LINRICHMOND◆ART GALLERYGarden City Rd.GRANVILLEISLANDCambieSea Is.WayGranville AveFell99PublicMarketCIRCLE CRAFT ◆◆DUNDARAVEPRINT WORKSHOPEdgemontPembertonPembertonPembertonAveDuranleau StSeaBusBREWERYCREEK12th Ave◆ FRAMAGRAPHICMain StEAGLESPIRIT ◆Fraser StW. 3rdCommercialTO LONGHOUSE in Tsawwassen,TO WHITE ROCK in White RockMaritimeMewsLonsdaleKingswayVictoria DrBridgeport Rd.➜ChesterfieldCambie Rd.Steveston Hwy◆ENGLISH BAYE.1stNanaimoOld Bridge StreetAnderson St.E. 23rd StEsplanade◆DOCTOR VIGARICartwright StSE Marine DrBoundary RdCHARLES H. SCOTT◆Johnston StRailspur Alley◆◆STUDIO 13PETER KISSKATHERINE MCLEAN◆GALLERY OFB.C. CERAMICS◆ CRAFT COUNCILOF B.C. GALLERYMt Seymour ParkwayDollarton Hwy2nd Narrows Bridge1 St.Grandview HwyCambieAlbertaColumbiaJoyce RdPacific Blvd.Manitoba◆Barnet HwyLougheed HwyCanada WayBURNABYART GALLERYDeer Lake Ave ◆ ◆FalseCreekOntarioQuebecWillingdonON MAIN5th Ave6th AveCAPILANO UNIVERSITYSTUDIO ART GALLERYMain StScotiaRoyal Oak◆◆◆◆7A17DeepcoveRd◆◆Gallant Ave.TO PORT MOODY ARTS CENTREin Port Moody,TO MAPLE RIDGEART GALLERY in Maple RidgeSIMON FRASER◆ UNIVERSITY GALLERY,BURNABYTO ART GALLERYAT EVERGREEN,PLACE DES ARTSin Coquitlam➜➜➜TO KWANTLEN ART GALLERY, MIND ANDMATTER, JENKINS SHOWLER, SURREY ARTGALLERY in Surrey; TO AMELIA DOUGLAS,ARTS COUNCIL in New Westminster;TO FORT GALLERY in Fort LangleyPrior St◆St GeorgeFraser◆JAPANESE CANADIANNATIONAL MUSEUMin BurnabyTerminal AveELLIOTT1st Ave E LOUIS CATRIONA2nd AveJEFFRIESClarkCommercial1st Ave EGRUNT2nd AveGreatNorthern WayWESTERNFRONT8th AveBroadway10th Ave12th Ave15th AveKingswayARTEMISCALLERYSEYMOURART GALLERYBURNABY VILLAGEMUSEUMBREWERYCREEKwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 37

www.whatcommuseum.orgFrom the Melting Pot into the Fire:Contemporary Ceramics in IsraelWHATCOM MUSEUM, BELLINGHAM WA – Mar 25-Jul 15, 2012 Organized by the Ceramic Artists Associationof Israel, this travelling exhibit showcases 37 innovative ceramic works chosen from 110 entries atthe 2007 Fourth Biennale for Israel Ceramics in Tel Aviv. Currently on tour in North America, From theMelting Pot provides an opportunity to examine the natureof Israeli ceramics, which differs in many important waysfrom the myriad of styles produced in North America.The work of the 42 participating artists appears tohave a sense of unity informed by locale and culturalidentity, with the daily uncertainties of contemporarylife in Israel lending a quiet stoicism to many of them.Within this context, the exquisite pieces presentedhere range from conceptual to highly personal to purelyformal. Many pieces shift between approaches. Forexample, curatorial liaison Yael Novak’s piece, InBetween the Pots, is an arrangement of terracotta formsthat invites consideration of the negative spacesbetween each piece. They recall an Israeli architecturallandscape where Arabic dome-covered buildings arejuxtaposed with modern highrises. Laurie Goldstein’ssculpture On a Journey Towards Remembrance alsoevokes a sense of ancient and modern architecture,while Leah Sheves borrows from the conglomerationof Eastern and Western decorative motifs apparent inmany of Israel’s cities for her piece Essence of Ornament.Unique to this exhibit, the artists were asked to Laurie Goldstein, On a Journey Towards Remembrancewrite personal captions for their artwork. This different (2006), slab-built stoneware, porcelain, glazing, glazeapproach to a task usually done by a curator extends the wash [Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA, Mar 25-Jul 15]scope of the show and creates further insight into thepolitical, social and artistic perspectives of the ceramics. Allyn CantorExhibition, works by students graduatingfrom Emily Carr University’sMaster of Applied Arts program.Choboter Fine Art23 Alexander St✆604-688-0145 604-779-7050www.choboter.common-sat 12-6pm. Ongoing presentationof recent figurative abstract paintingsby local artist Don Choboter.Circle Craft Gallery1-1666 Johnston St, Granville Island✆604-669-8021www.circlecraft.netdaily 10am-7pm. Apr 1-May 1 MiranElbakyan, metal work – whimsicalabstract sculptures lean towards surrealism,humour and surprise; JasonMarlow, “Storytellers”, woodturning –38 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012large-scale wall pieces and intricatehollow turnings; May 4-Jun 5 Terri-Ann Dunning, “Floor Art”, paintedacrylic on canvas, sealed with floorvarnish – modern and creative innovationof an old craft, early settlers wouldrecycle used sails to insulate the floorboardsof their homes.Coastal PeoplesFine Arts Gallery1024 Mainland St, Yaletown,2nd location: 312 Water St, Gastown✆604-685-9298 604-684-9222www.coastalpeoples.comYaletown mon-sat 10am-7pm sun &holidays 11am-6pm, Gastown monsat10am-6pm sun & holidays 11am-6pm. GASTOWN GALLERY May 25-Jul 7Kevin Cranmer (Kwakwaka’wakw)and Philip Gray (Tsimshian), “Cranmer+ Gray”, works that illustrate theirdistinctive regional styles, slight variationsin formline and use of colourwhich sets them apart, yet they arebound together by a common culturalheritage; YALETOWN GALLERY Apr-MayWorks by gallery artists.Contemporary Art Gallery555 Nelson St ✆604-681-2700www.contemporaryartgallery.cawed-sun 12-6pm. Thru Apr 15 GuoFengyi (1942-2010), large-scale drawingscomprise intricate details andobsessive mark-making to articulateideas of spiritual and metaphysicalsignificance, combines Chinese folkculture with traditions of wisdom andmyth; Frances Stark, “My Best Thing”,Stark’s first feature-length animationuses transcripts of an on-line relation-

ship with two random strangers; Apr27-Jun 30 Matthew Monahan, surveyby Los Angeles-based artistbrings together three distinct phasesof his practice, early works using drywall,more recent pieces utilizinglarge sheets of glass and industrialratchet straps, and new works in castbronze often found in the foundry;WINDOW SPACES Thru Apr 15 ScottMassey, “Aurorae”, with discreteworks sited in the windows and at theCanada Line station, Massey linksboth locations through two newpieces dealing with shifts in notionsof time and place and the mutableconnections between them; May 24-Sep 2 Josephine Meckseper, eightnew works unite modernism with theformal language of commercial displayto combine mass-producedobjects with images and artifacts ofrecent and historical political events;YALETOWN-ROUNDHOUSE STATION, CANADALINE Thru Jun 30 Scott Massey, “ViaLactea (above Glacier Lake)”.Craft Council of BC Gallery1386 Cartwright St, Granville Island✆604-687-7270 888-687-6511www.craftcouncilbc.caGallery: daily 10.30am-5.30pm, Office:tues-thurs 10am-5pm. Apr 5-May 17Celia Pickles and Jinny Whitehead,“Traces: Inspirations from the CoastalShorelines”, Pickles’s monotype printsand Whitehead’s ceramics are inspiredby the spectacular landscape of Canada’sWest Coast, featuring rolling fogdrifts, ghostly tree forms, shimmeringshafts of light, reflecting pools, shellsand fragments of driftwood.Diane Farris Gallery✆604-737-2629www.dianefarrisgallery.comOnline gallery showcasing works byCanadian and international artists. AprEach Wed throughout April the gallerywill showcase one of Dale Chihuly’snew 2012 Studio Editions includinghis first ever white 'Seaform' edition;May Features the photography ofRoberta Bondar and Phil Borges. Visitthe website for more information.Doctor Vigari Gallery1816 Commercial Dr ✆604-255-9513www.doctorvigarigallery.common-sat 11am-6pm sun 12am-5pm.More artists, going back to roots ofsignature designer furniture, homeaccessories, jewellery, glass, potteryand fine art.Dorian Rae Collection410 Howe St ✆604-874-6100www.dorianraecollection.common-fri 10:30am-5:30pm sat 10:30am-5pm and by appt. The longest establishedAsian and African ethnographicgallery in Vancouver, featuring exceptionalAsian and African artifacts, statues,masks, ritual items, Buddhas,beads, tribal jewellery, textiles andantique furniture. Currently featuringa rare and beautiful collection ofSoutheast Asian and Himalayan Buddhasand ritual items.Douglas Reynolds Gallery2335 Granville St ✆604-731-9292www.douglasreynoldsgallery.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm.Specializing in museum-qualityNorthwest Coast art and offering awide selection of works by leadingNative artists including Bill Reid,Robert Davidson, Don Yeomans andBeau Dick, featuring carved woodmasks, bentwood boxes, totem poles,panels, handcrafted gold and silverjewellery and carrying a wide varietyof prints, baskets and bronze andglass edition works, showing selectedworks by gallery artists.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 39

www.moa.ubc.caKesu’: The Art and Life of Doug CranmerMUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, VANCOUVER BC – Mar 17-Sep 3, 2012Doug Cranmer (1927-2006) was a Kwakwaka’wakw artist known in part for his early adoption of thecommercial art market to display and sell Northwest Coast work. Curated by Jennifer Kramer, theKesu’ retrospective explores the significant impact ofCranmer’s own work and teaching on Northwest Coastart and artists.A member of the ’Namgis First Nation, Cranmermentored a number of well-known Northwest Coastartists, including Bruce Alfred and Beau Dick. He taughtcarving for many years at ’Ksan (Hazelton, BC). In 1962he helped establish The Talking Stick, a Vancouvergallery. Cranmer carved five major pieces at Expo ’86,helping to put Northwest Coast art on the internationalart map. He and his students also assisted with the buildingof the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, BC, afacility dedicated to the survival of their cultural heritage.The exhibit shows a wide range of Cranmer’s art intwo and three dimensions, from totem poles and acanoe to masks, bentwood boxes, bowls and prints, andhis abstract series of paintings on mahogany plywood.Through his associations with other carvers and artists,his original sense of two-dimensional design expandedto include variations on Tsimshian, Tlingit, Heiltsukand Haida artistic traditions. He pioneered abstract andnon-figurative paintings using Northwest Coast ovoidsand U-shapes, and embraced the practice of silk-screeningon wood, paper and burlap. Fittingly, he worked onDoug Cranmer, Ravens in Nest (2005), print on wood[Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver BC, Mar 17-Sep 3]the Haida houses and totem poles for the Museum of Anthropology for Bill Reid between 1958-1960.Artwork and text by Cranmer’s students are included in the exhibit.Douglas Udell Gallery1566 W 6th Ave, 2nd Flr✆604-736-8900www.douglasudellgallery.comtues-sat 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 21 NatalkaHusar, “Burden of Innocence: Trialand Banquet”, paintings, Acts 2 and 3 ofthree interwoven, unresolved narrativesin the form of a history play in threeacts; Apr 28-May 19 Spring Show, newworks by gallery artists and new acquisitions;May 26-Jun 9 John Capitano,“Ordinary Matters”, new works.Dundarave Print Workshopand Gallery1640 Johnston St, Granville Island✆604-689-1650www.dundaraveprintworkshop.comwed-sun 11am-5pm. Apr 4-29 AudreyWang, “At the End of the Day”, mixedmediaprints involving intaglio, lithographand drawing depict a reflection40 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012on Vancouver’s search for identitythrough its perpetually changing livingspaces; May 2-27 Maria Tratt,“traces”, new etchings, monotypesand collographs examining the evidenceof life in the everyday.Eagle Spirit Gallery1803 Maritime Mews, Granville Island✆604-801-5205www.eaglespiritgallery.comdaily 11am-5pm or by appt. Specializingin Northwest Coast and Inuit FirstNations art and museum quality handcarvedmasks, panels, bentwood boxes,totem poles, argillite, button blankets,glass sculpture and Inuit stone works.East Van Studios870 E Cordova St ✆604-254-9433www.ewanmcneil.tumblr.comsat & sun 11am-5pm or by appt. Apr20-29 Ewan McNeil, “New Paintingand Sculpture”, large and small collagesand sculptures show his interestin built form and how we experienceand invent visceral pleasure.Elissa Cristall Gallery2239 Granville St ✆604-730-9611www.cristallgallery.comtues-sat 11am-6pm. Apr 5-28 PaulBernhardt, Eric Deis and JeroenWitvliet, “Outside In”; May 3-26Renee Duval, Sean Mills and RandallSteeves.Elliott Louis Gallery258 E 1st Ave ✆604-736-3282www.elliottlouis.comtues-sat 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 21Christian Nicolay and Ya-chu Kang,“Portable Walls”, collaborative exhibitionof new work explores contemporarynarratives of safety and identity,man and woman, utilizing found

SOUTHGranVille Gallery RowFIR STREETFIR STREET1GRANVILLE STREET2 3 4567891011121415GRANVILLE STREET5TH AVE6TH AVE7TH AVE8TH AVEWEST BROADWAY1310TH AVE11TH AVE12TH AVE13TH AVE14TH AVE15TH AVEHEMLOCK STREETHEMLOCK STREET1. Uno Langmann604-736-8825 | www.langmann.com2. Douglas Udell604-736-8900 | douglasudellgallery.com3. Petley Jones604-732-5353 | www.petleyjones.com4. Ian Tan604-738-1077 | www.iantangallery.com5. Elissa Cristall604-730-9611 | cristallgallery.com6. Heffel604-732-6505 | www.heffel.com7. Equinox604-736-2405 | www.equinoxgallery.com8. Douglas Reynolds604-731-9292 | douglasreynoldsgallery.com9. Monte Clark604-730-5000 | www.monteclarkgallery.com10. Marion Scott604-685-1934 | marionscottgallery.com11. Kurbatoff604-736-5444 | www.kurbatoffgallery.com12. Granville Fine Art604-266-6010 | www.granvillefineart.com13. Art Emporium604-738-3510 | www.theartemporium.ca14. Winsor Gallery604-681-4870 | www.winsorgallery.com15. Bau-Xi604-681-4870 | www.bau-xi.com

VICTORIA GALLERIESALCHERINGA GALLERYContemporary Aboriginal Art:Canadian Northwest Coast,Papua New Guinea, Australia,Torres Strait665 FORT STREET250-383-8224OPEN 7 DAYSwww.alcheringa-gallery.comVIEW ART GALLERYREFLECTRonan Boyle Sky BurialsMay 4 – June 2104-860 VIEW STREET250-213-1162WED-SAT 11AM-5PMwww.viewartgallery.caEMILIO PORTALKATHRYN AMISSONJOSEPH KANDIMBURONAN BOYLEOPEN SPACETRIMPIN’s sound installation to April 28;Concert by MYSTIC April 27, 8pm, tickets $15/$10Media artist DEIRDRE LOGUE begins May 7EMILIO PORTAL installation Islandsopens May 15-June 23510 FORT STREET250-383-8833www.openspace.caTHE AVENUE GALLERYArtistic PairingsApril 21-27 Catherine Moffat, Deborah Tilby,Kathryn AmissonMay 26-June 1 Joan Skeet & Dawn Stofer2184 OAK BAY AVENUE250-598-2184info@theavenuegallery.comwww.theavenuegallery.com

VICTORIA GALLERIESVIEW ART GALLERYREFLECTJay Hanscom RebelMay 4 – June 2104-860 VIEW STREET250-213-1162WED-SAT 11AM-5PMwww.viewartgallery.caWINCHESTER GALLERIESBrad PasuttiNew PaintingsApril 3-282260 OAK BAY AVENUE250-595-2777TUES-SAT 10AM-5:30PMwww.winchestergalleriesltd.comJOAN HILLJAY HANSCOMBRAD PASUTTIART GALLERY OFGREATER VICTORIAThe Enduring Arts of China | Throw Down: SonnyAssu, Gregory Ball, Megan Dickie, Tyler Hodgins, AlisonMacTaggart | Victoria Collects: A View into PrivateCollections from the Region, also featuringthe Salish Weave Collection all on now until May 61040 MOSS STREET250-384-4171www.aggv.caARTISTIC STATEMENTGallery and School of Fine ArtArtist/Instructor: Joan HillJoan HillNotre Dame – Summer in Paris SeriesArt Lessons in the Studioand on Skype for out of town students107 – 2250 OAK BAY AVENUE250-383-0566www.artisticstatementgalleryandschool.com

COURTESY OF THE ARTISTwww.centrea.orgYellow Signal: New Media in ChinaWang Jianwei and Kan XuanCENTRE A, VANCOUVER BC – Mar 17-Apr 28, 2012 Yellow Signal: New Media in China consists ofsix art gallery installations and one film screening to be held in Vancouver from March toSeptember, 2012. The project was conceived by Yishu editor Shengtian Zheng and is being coordinatedby Centre A. The firstexhibit, at Centre A, features recentwork by Beijing artists Wang Jianweiand Kan Xuan.Wang Jianwei is an internationallyacclaimed artist and pioneer of videoand multimedia art known for hisconceptually complex, multi-facetedexplorations of life in contemporaryChina. Chapter Four: Go to the ConferenceRoom on the 13th Floor for FreeFilms was originally shown in BeijingKan Xuan, Nothing! (2005), video [Centre A, Vancouver BC, Mar 17-Apr 28]last year, and has been re-conceived asa four-channel video installation forCentre A. The artist uses elements oftheatre, philosophical inquiry, artistic methodology and “scripted accident” to present an obscure andcomplex world that seeks to simulate everyday life.Kan Xuan is a Chinese contemporary visual artist who experiments with various types of mediaincluding painting, photography and video. She is exhibiting two video works, One by One (2005) andNothing! (2004). Kan’s work inverts the scale of tiny objects with precise attention to detail, giving tinythings great attention. Yellow Signal: New Media in China is the first Canadian show of these works byWang Jianwei and Kan Xuan in Canada.The list of venues for Yellow Signal includes the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, VancouverArt Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Republic Gallery and Pacific Cinémathèque.Each exhibition is accompanied by a curatorial talk. Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Artwill launch a special issue on Yellow Signal: New Media in China in May 2012. More information can befound about the event schedule on www.centrea.org. Mia JohnsonELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY, VANCOUVER, CONT’Dmaterials from mixed media on paperto sculptural forms and clothing; May3-26 John Dann, “Variations ofEntropy”, large-scale abstract aluminumand birch wall sculpturespresent a dance of beautiful controlledchaos and reflections of hiscontinuous search for meaning andplace in the universe.44 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012Emily Carr Alumni GalleryQueen Elizabeth Theatre630 Hamilton St ✆604-630-4562www.ecuaa.caOpen during theatre performances orby appt. Thru May 28 Ellen Bang,“Mind your Step”, collection of recentsculptures and paintings, exploresthe dual sense of insanity and excitementof urban living merged with thefine and daunting balancing act ofsurvival and existence.English Bay Gallery107-1551 Johnston St, Granville Island✆604-688-3006www.EnglishBayGallery.comdaily 10am-6pm. Ongoing Work byYoshi Yamamoto, photography; BillFrampton, painting and photo collage.Equinox Gallery2321 Granville St ✆604-736-2405www.equinoxgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Thru Apr 7 ErinMcSavaney: Hwy 101; Apr 18-May 16Etienne Zack: New Work; May 19-Jun16 The Estate of Harold Town: Paintingsfrom the 50s and 60s. EQUINOXPROJECT SPACE: 525 Great Northern Way,604-290-6915 thurs-sat 12-6pm ThruApr 28 Fred Herzog: A Retrospective.Firehall Arts Centre Gallery280 E Cordova St ✆604-689-0691www.firehallartscentre.cawed-sat 1-5pm and before eveningperformances. Thru Apr 28 SusanGransby, “Under Construction: Vancouver/HongKong”, mixed media –multi-media work, two series of collagesand prints reflect on the outwardtransformations of these two dynamiccities; May 2-Jun 16 Jeremy IsaoSpeier, “Little Tokyo in the IndustrialPlayground”, mixed media – foundfragments and objects utilizing obsoletetechnology of the 1970s and 1980sto reconfigure parts and motors, Speier

has created hand-made and self-madetechnologies speaking to the transformationof a Vancouver industrial area.Fragrant-Wood CarvingsArt Gallery2233 Granville St ✆604-558-2889www.fragrantwood.comdaily 10am-6pm. A unique and enrichingexperience, with museum-qualitycarvings that speak to the rich culturalbackground of Indonesia and theSouth Pacific.Framagraphic Framing Gallery1116 W Broadway ✆604-738-0017www.framagraphic.common-fri 9:30am-6pm sat 10am-5pm.Bright and bold pieces by Quebecartist Marie-Claude Boucher and fromCollingwood, Mark Berens and BobArrigo; also showing Barb Wood, TedHarrison, E.J. Hughes and Métisartist Michael Robinson.Gallery Gachet88 E Cordova St ✆604-687-2468www.gachet.orgwed-sun 12-6pm. Thru Apr 20Franklin Street Studios, “Drawuary:Don’t Not Draw”, this group of 14local artists each made one drawingevery day for the entire month; Art Cart+ Salon Shop: drawing room, mobileart gallery and vending cart for thecommunities of Gallery Gachet andOppenheimer Park located at thegallery, showing drawings that addressideas around the artist space and place;Apr 27-May 20 Brigitta Kocsis, “SecretMechanisms”, series of characters createdwith multi-part anatomical andtechnological allusions, like dysfunctionalpoetic super-heroes in a contemporarycomic strip, they communicatea sense of modern-day anxiety; KevinFriedrich, “Unfortunate Creatures”,body of work takes a slightly dark, yethumorous look at the human conditionin response to over-mechanization andfast-obsolescence.Gallery Jones1725 W 3rd Ave ✆604-714-2216www.galleryjones.comtues-fri 11am-6pm sat 12-5pm andby appt. Apr 4-28 Chris Woods,“Superfortress: Pop Culture Apocalypse”,paintings cleverly utilize theadvertising industry’s self-prescribedneed to create unabashed marketingto expose the level of disconnectbetween consumer culture and themechanisms that drive it; May 3-26James Nizam, “Trace Heavens”,working in homes and buildings slatedfor demolition, Nizam photographsthe constructions and interventionsby using light to create forms thatboth mimic and subvert geometricshapes.Gallery of BC Ceramics1359 Cartwright St, Granville Island✆604-669-3606www.galleryofbcceramics.comdaily 10am-6pm. Apr 7-28 Up the GardenPath, Potters Guild of BC membersexhibition; May 5-28 SandraDolph, “Boulders, Rocks and Stone”,sculptural ceramics.Granville Fine Art2447 Granville St ✆604-266-6010www.granvillefineart.comtues-fri 10am-6pm sat & mon 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 5 J.G.Freedman; Apr 14-20 Janice Robertson;Apr 21-27 Jane Everett; Apr 28-May 4 Scott Pattinson; May 5-11Ernestine Tahedl; May 12-25 Painters11 & Their Contemporaries; May 26-Jun 1 Eve Leader. Now selling originalworks by Picasso, Renoir, Monet,Modigliani and more.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 45

Greenery Native Art Gallery3735 W 10th Ave ✆604-688-2832www.greenerynativeartgallery.common-fri 10am-5pm sat hours vary.The vibrant colours of the woodlandstyle of Ojibway art are displayedagainst a lush background of freshflowers and orchid plants, featuringoriginal works by Mark AnthonyJacobson and Jim Oskineegish.grunt gallery116-350 E 2nd Ave ✆604-875-9516www.grunt.catues-sat 12-5pm. Apr 6-May 12 AliAhadi, “Here There Nowhere, FlaccidMeans Without End”, multiple series ofb+w photographs and a video addressthe personal and socio-political contextof working as an artist in contemporaryIranian-Middle Eastern culture;May 28-Jun 23 Emilio Portal, “Qiqayt,1982”, ongoing performance in conjunctionwith the installation honouringthe complexities and mysteries ofQiqayt history, Canadian colonialismand the artist’s personal journey.Evening Exhibition Opening?Have it from 6 to 9!Havana Gallery1212 Commercial Dr ✆604-253-9119www.havanarestaurant.camon-thurs 11am-11pm fri 11am-midnightsat 10am-midnight sun 10am-11pm. Thru Apr 11 Sophie Brunet,“Through the Beyond”, paintings; Apr12-25 Randy Spencer, “Painting, Powerand Positivity”, acrylic paintings; Apr26-May 9 VanArts Photography Class,photographs; May 10-23 Dieter Shlatter,“Dieselman”, paintings; May 24-Jun 6 Lara West, “A Colourful Explore”,acrylics.Heffel Fine Art Auction House2247 Granville St ✆604-732-6505800-528-9608 www.heffel.common-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 5-26 OnlineAuction Fine International Art/AmericanPop Art Prints by Andy Warhol,Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, andothers; May 3-24 Online Auction FineCanadian Art; May 12-16 11am-6pm,May 17 10am-1pm Live Auction PreviewPost-War and ContemporaryArt/Fine Canadian Art; VANCOUVERCONVENTION CENTRE WEST, 1055 CANADAPLACE Live Auction May 17 4pm Post-War & Contemporary Art/Fine CanadianArt, 7pm Fine Canadian Art.hfa contemporary320-1000 Parker St✆604-876-7606 604-349-7606www.hodnettfineart.comby appt only. Apr-May Noel Hodnett,new paintings and works on paper.Howe Street Gallery of FineArt & The Soul of AfricaCollection555 Howe St ✆604-681-5777www.howestreetgallery.comdaily 10am-6pm. Neo-Classicism:Richard L. Minns, North Americanexclusive of a limited edition of 9 biblicaland Greek mythological bronzesavailable worldwide; Tomasz Rut resurrectsthe dormant classical traditionwith work that is often compared to epicworks of the great Renaissance andBaroque masters; Evguenia Ioganov,experience the detail and precision ofthis highly acclaimed Russian artist .Ian Tan Gallery2202 Granville St ✆604-738-1077www.iantangallery.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm.Apr 14-26 Spring Group Show:Gallery Artists; Apr 28-May 24Madeleine Wood.46 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

International Arts Gallery2083-2091-88 W Pender StInternational Village Mall✆604-569-1886 647-296-8933www.internationalartsgallerybc.camon-sat 12-6pm and by appt. A fusionof classical and contemporary Chinesearts representing a cultural epicentrewhere East meets West, showcasingsome of the best Chinese fine arts inVancouver. Apr 7-14 Joint TouringExhibition of Chinese Paintings andCalligraphy of the United ChineseArts Association of Canada; May 4-25Generation One Art Exhibition, a signatureprogram of explorASIAN 2012.Inuit Gallery of Vancouver206 Cambie St, Gastown✆604-688-7323 888-615-8399www.inuit.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-5pm.Apr 14-May 4 Tim Pitsiulak, “Drawingsof Myth and Machine”, developmentof Pitsiulak’s drawings over thepast 8 years; May 12-31 Nuna Parr,Tuqialuk Nuna and Pauta Saila,“Ursa Major: The Great Bear”, a collectionof sculptural works devoted toa constellation in the northern hemispherein the shape of a bear, the earliestInuit sculpture were amuletsdepicting bears to assist in summoningspirit helpers to aid the hunt.★ Jennifer Kostuik Gallery1070 Homer St ✆604-737-3969www.kostuikgallery.common-wed and fri-sat 10am-6pm thurs10am-6pm sun 1-5pm. Thru Apr 8David Burdeny; Apr 12-May 13 AlexCouwenberg.★ Jeunesse Galleryof Fine Arts2668 W 4th Ave ✆604-737-2438www.jeunessegallery.common-sun 10am-6pm. Thru Apr DavidThompson, latest series of acrylicpaintings explore the beauty and spiritualconnection between the WestCoast cultures and ancient forests;Thru May Artists in residence executecommission works in our premises.Katherine McLean Studio1-1359 Cartwright St (Rear)Granville Island, in Railspur Alleyopposite Agro Cafe✆604-684-8452 604-377-6689www.katherinemclean.comwed-sun 11am-4:30pm or by chance.Apr-May Katherine McLean, “Playingwith Fire”, encaustic paintings andceramic still-life sculpture.Kurbatoff Gallery2435 Granville St ✆604-736-5444www.kurbatoffgallery.comtue-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm.Thru Apr Group exhibition of newworks by gallery artists, introducingYared Nigussu, Ethiopia-born Vancouver-basedartist, different views oncityscapes and figurative works, alsoworks by William Allister, Donna Baspaly,Chris Charlebois, Eva Kolacz,Gerda Marschall, Chris Langstroth,Marleen Vermeulen, Ann Zielinski,Taralee Guild, and others; May 10-24Eva Kolacz, language of light and paintin poetic, semi-abstract acrylic paintings;May 31-Jun 14 Marleen Vermeulen,West Coast-inspired largescaleoil canvases.Langara CollegeFine Arts Dept100 W 49th Ave, Main Foyer, A Bldg✆604-323-5316 www.langara.bc.camon-fri 8am-9pm sat & sun 9am-7pm.Apr 25-May 2 2012 Fine Arts Students’Exhibition, new generation of artists inpainting, sculpture, drawing, design,ceramics, printmaking and new media.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 47

Here at Hastingsby Juanita SahlAPRIL 1 – APRIL 30, 2012Opening Reception:Sunday, April 1, 2-3:30pmHYCROFTUniversity Women’s Club of Vancouver1480 McRae Avenue604-731-46621560 West 6th Ave., Vancouver604.566.9889www.pacifichome.caMon and Sat 10-5, Tue-Fri 10-6We feature contemporary glassart and paintings from localand international artists.Lattimer Gallery1590 W 2nd Ave ✆604-732-4556www.lattimergallery.common-sat 10am-5pm sun 11am-5pmholidays 12-5pm. Offering a comprehensiveselection of original works byFirst Nations artists including goldand sterling silver jewellery, masks,panels, bentwood boxes, totem poles,argillite, sculptures, paintings and limitededition prints.★ Marilyn S. Mylrea Gallery2341 Granville St ✆604-736-2450www.marilynmylrea.comwed-sun 12-5pm or by appt. Apr 14-26“Spring’s Awakening”, contemporarygroup show celebrates the beauty ofspringtime featuring vivid flowers andserene landscape abstracts by MarilynS. Mylrea, shimmering blossoms withrich textures by Robert Jess Marshall,refreshing luscious garden scenery byKatya Coad and expressionistic WestCoast landscapes by Julie Johnston;Apr 27-May 31 Selected works by MarilynS. Mylrea, Robert Jess Marshalland gallery artists.Marion Scott Gallery2423 Granville St ✆604-685-1934www.marionscottgallery.comtues-sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-5pm.Thru Apr 21 Art Forms: Spring 2012,semi-annual showcase of sculpturalworks from the Canadian Arctic from avariety of regions and time periods;Thru May 12 On View: Looking atLooking with Itee Pootoogook, delicatepencil crayon drawings by one of CapeDorset’s leading contemporary artists.★ Masters Gallery2245 Granville St ✆778-628-7486www.vancouver-mastersgalleryltd.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Coming in May:Opening exhibition featuring works byThe Group of Seven, David Milne,Jack Shadbolt, John Paul Riopelleand more. Dates to be announced.Monny’s Art Gallery2675 W 4th Ave ✆604-733-2082www.envisionoptical.camon-sat 11am-6pm. This gallery oflong-time collector Monny has a permanentcollection of artwork as wellr00 Call for ArtistsFourth Annual MinnekhadaArt in the Park FestivalMinnekhada Regional ParkCoquitlam, British ColumbiaSaturday, August 11 andSunday, August 12, 201211 am - 4 pmArtists can exhibit in the historicMinnekhada Lodge or outsidein tents. Live jazz, café, barbecue,shuttle bus, performances,special Centennial events.Registration fee $30June 15, 2012–Deadline for submissionswww.metrovancouver.org/artinthepark100th AnniversaryMinnekhada Farm1912-2012as rotating exhibitions of local artists:Andrea Gower, Kerensa Haynes, TedHesketh, Sonia Kobrahel and StanimirStoylov.Monte Clark Gallery2339 Granville St ✆604-730-5000www.monteclarkgallery.comtues-sat 10am-6pm. Thru May 5Scott McFarland, “Winter RetreatingSpring Offence”; May 10-Jun 9 DerekRoot.Morris and Helen BelkinArt GalleryUniversity of British Columbia1825 Main Mall ✆604-822-2759www.belkin.ubc.catue-fri 10am-5pm, sat & sun 12-5pm,closed holidays. Thru Apr 8 Letters:Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry,8 large-scale ‘letter paintings’ and 40works including drawings, photographyand video; also showing 30 smallprints, paintings and concrete poetryby Canadian and international Concretepoets; Apr 27-Aug 19 YellowSignal: New Media in China – ZhangPeili, Geng Jianyi, Huang Ran, multimediainstallation, photography andvideo art – new media art has developedrapidly in Mainland China duringthe last two decades.Museum of AnthropologyUniversity of British Columbia6393 NW Marine Dr ✆604-822-5087www.moa.ubc.catues 10am-9pm wed-sun 10am-5pm.Admission: adults $16, students &seniors 65+ $14, UBC staff, students &48 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

faculty free with ID, family $40, children6 and under free, tues 5-9pm $9,groups included (prices do NOTinclude HST). Thru Apr 8 A GreenDress: Objects, Memory, and theMuseum, objects from the museum’scollection, some inscribed with theirhistories, others uprooted, their origins,makers and journeys erased orforgotten; May 10-Sep 30 Visions ofEnlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA;Thru May 27 Annie Ross, “ForestOne”, full-size, 1956 Nash Metropolitanautomobile wrapped, twined andplaited with cedar bark and otherreclaimed materials; Thru Sep 3 Kesu’:The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer,understated, elegant and innovativework of Cranmer who embodied‘indigenous modern’ before the termwas invented, but preferred thedescriptor ‘whittler’ or ‘doodler’ to‘Kwakwaka’wakw artist’.Museum of Vancouver1100 Chestnut St, Vanier Park✆604-736-4431www.museumofvancouver.catues-sun 10am-5pm, thurs 10am-8pm. Admission: adults $12, seniors &students $10, youth 5-17 $8, children 4and under free, family (2 adults & 2youth) $35. Thru May 20 Maraya Project:The Seawalls of Vancouver andDubai, art project that looks at the relationshipbetween urban waterfronts inVancouver and Dubai through photography,video, public art, public programand an interactive online platform;Thru Aug 12 Neon Vancouver/UglyVancouver, examples of 50s, 60s and70s neon signs and the story of thevisual purity crusade that virtually banishedneon signs from Vancouverstreets; Thru Sep 23 Art Deco Chic,explore women’s fashions of the 1920sand 1930s in a display of garments,hats, gloves, jewellery and more.ON MAIN @ Gallery 19651965 Main St ✆604-872-7713www.onmaingallery.comwed-fri 12pm-5pm and by appt. Apr21-28 “Ahasiw Maskegon Iskwew(1958-2006): Ghost Keeper”, video,new media and performance art basedon the work of Iskwew features AdrianStimpson, Elwood Jimmy, CherylL’Hirondelle and Archer Pechawiswith Sheila Urbanoski and essays bySteve Loft and Marcia Crosby withthe launch of a website, curated byGlenn Alteen and Malcolm Levy.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 49

www.trenchgallery.comVincent Trasov: Selected Works 1980-2012TRENCH CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, VANCOUVER BC – May 17-Jun 17, 2012 Vancouver/Berlin-basedartist Vincent Trasov has a significant history in Vancouver as a conceptual artist and leader of the artscommunity. Since 1969, Trasov has been producing graphicand media works as well as paintings, videos and performances.He founded Image Bank with Michael Morris, hisclose collaborator of 40 years. A vehicle for research andcommunications, Image Bank accumulated images andinformation about artists for its directories from 1969-1974.In 1973, Trasov and seven fellow artists co-founded theWestern Front Society, one of Canada’s first artist-run centres.In 1991, Trasov and Morris founded the Morris/TrasovArchive at Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.Trasov is doubtless best known for adopting the guiseof Mr. Peanut. He ran for mayor of Vancouver wearing hisalter-ego costume in 1974 and has since used Mr. Peanutas a vehicle for exploring ideas about history and culturalidentity. Ironically, in 2008 he won the Vancouver Mayor’sAward for public art.Since 1969, Trasov has created a series of unusualworks employing chemicals and paper. From his “word”paintings to more visually complex abstract compositions,they explore the effects of heating chemicals like coppersulphate, benzene, and sodium and potassium nitrate withmixed media and acrylic paint on paper grounds. In aninformal survey of Trasov’s practice since 1980, theVincent Trasov, Untitled (2010), chemicals heated onpaper [Trench Contemporary Gallery, Vancouver BC,May 17-Jun 17]Trench Gallery will be showing several chemical paintings and burnt studies, as well as a sample ofhis elegant and witty Mr. Peanut drawings. Mia JohnsonOr Gallery555 Hamilton St ✆604-683-7395www.orgallery.orgtues-sat 12-5pm. Apr 14-May 19 UnaKnox, "4 and a half feet to the left,behind me", video installation andprints on silk; May 28-Jun 23 MaryAnne Barkhouse, Julie Andreyevand Bill Burns, "Facing the Animal",video, sculpture, photography andinstallation – the works ask what ‘facingthe animal’ might mean in contemporaryart.★ Pendulum Gallery885 W Georgia St ✆604-250-9682www.pendulumgallery.bc.camon-wed 9am-5pm thur-fri 9am-9pmsat 9am-5pm. Thru Apr 14 Canstruction,features 8-10 giant sized sculpturesmade entirely out of canned food –“Canstruction” is a non-profit organizationthat holds annual design and buildcompetitions across North America, thegallery is Vancouver’s main venue andinformation centre for the event, at theclose of the show, all of the canned foodis donated to the Vancouver Food Bank;Apr 23-May 12 Larry Louie, photographyby Dr. Larry Louie, an Edmontonoptometrist who has undertaken a numberof special visual arts projects in conjunctionwith Seva (a Sanskrit wordmeaning service) to raise awareness ofthe issue of treatable blindness throughoutthe developing world; May 28-Jun 9VCC – Design Exhibition, GraduateExhibition from the Digital GraphicDesign Program at Vancouver CommunityCollege, works range from abstractexplorations of form and space to realworldcommercial design, emphasizingprocess as well as finished product.Peter Kiss Studio and Gallery1327 Railspur Alley, Granville Island✆604-696-0433 www.peterkiss.comtues-sun 10:30am-5:30pm. A constantlychanging collection of 2-, 2 1 /2-and 3-D artwork that combines socialcommentary, wit, humour, colour andwood.Petley Jones Gallery1554 W 6th Ave ✆604-732-5353www.petleyjones.common-sat 10am-6pm. Thru Apr 21Gwaai Edenshaw, “Sounds Good onPaper”, 12 graphite, mixed media anddrawings on paper; May 17-31 JohnM. Horton, “Horton’s Venice”, oil paintingsexplore the waterways of Venice,also showing a mix of historical worksand modern illustrations of the working,crumbling fabric of today’s Venice;Ongoing Rotating exhibition of contemporaryand historical artwork.Rennie Collection51 E Pender St ✆604-682-2088www.renniecollection.orgReservation is required. Bookingsshould be made through the form onthe website. No charge for admission.Thru Apr 21 Damian Moppett: CollectedWorks; for queries about theRoyal BC Museum and their 'OtherEmily' exhibition in summer 2012 visitwww.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.50 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

Republic Gallery732 Richards St, 3rd Flr✆604-632-1590www.republicgallery.comwed-sat 10am-5pm and by appt. Apr 6-May 11 RongRong & Inri, “Caochangdi”,hand-dyed silver gelatin prints – therelationship between the home and itsinhabitants is explored, documentingthe evolution of a family throughimages of the artists with their children;May 25-Jun 23 Ryan Peter, new paintingscontinue the artist’s exploration ofthe relationship between painting,materiality and the photographic image.Robinson Studio Gallery440-1000 Parker St ✆604-254-8744www.robinsonstudio.comtues & fri 10am-5pm and by appt. Thegallery will be an ongoing local venuewhere consultants, art dealers andindividual collectors may view thework of Canadian sculptor DavidRobinson. The gallery is also availablefor artwork and location rental.Satellite Gallery560 Seymour St, 2nd Flr✆604-681-8425www.satellitegallery.cawed-sat 12-6pm. Thru May 5 BrokenBorders: Jorge Malacón, Teresa Margolles,Marcos Ramírez Erre and RosaMaría Robles, explores the art practiceof four Mexican artists under a newpolitical regime established during thedrug war in Mexico, and have depictedsome of the mechanisms of this warthat refer to a more complex and globalpolitical structure, presented in conjunctionwith Access Gallery; May 12-Jun 23 Sin-Ying Ho, Paul Mathieu,Elizabeth Zvonar, Brendan Tang andShelley Miller, “Elegant Disorder: Perspectiveson Porcelain”, curated byLouis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo.★ Sidney and GertrudeZack GalleryJewish Community Centre950 W 41st Ave✆604-638-7277 604-257-5111www.jccgv.com/home/cultural_art.htmmon-thurs 9am-10:30pm fri 9am-Shabbat Closing (varies throughout theyear) sat closed sun 9:30am-9pm. ThruApr 15 Judi Angel, “TIkun Olom, Healingthe World”, photographs focus onissues facing the developing world andon the differences and similaritiesbetween their world and ours, takenfrom volunteer work in South East Asiawww.preview-art.comPREVIEW 51

through the American Jewish WorldService; Apr 19-May 13 WaldemarSmolarek z’l, “The Art of Constructivism”,artwork made primarily whileliving in Canada, Smolarek was one ofthe artists who started 'Art Barbakan',an art movement that began 60 yearsago and is celebrated annually in Warsaw;Celebrating Jerusalem, groupexhibition of visual artists.Spirit Wrestler Gallery47 Water St, Gastown ✆604-669-8813www.spiritwrestler.common-sat 10am-6pm sun & holidays12-5pm. Leading contemporary fineart gallery representing master Inuit,Northwest Coast and Maori artistswith a focus on contemporary directionsin aboriginal art. Thru Apr 21Rex Homan, “Raven Dreaming”,sculptures by Maori artist honour thebirds of the Pacific Northwest Coastthat are revered in the stories anddances by the First Nations of Canada.Studio 13 Fine Art1315 Railspur Alley, Granville Island✆604-731-0068www.studio13fineart.comwww.alice-rich.com52 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012wed-mon 11am-6pm or by appt.Semi-abstract landscape paintings,vibrant and atmospheric, and mixedmediaartworks by Alice ParmeleeRich, new collection of limited editionprints in Loft Gallery. Visit the artist inthis unique working studio andgallery.Teck Gallery515 W Hastings St ✆778-782-4266www.sfu.ca/galleryopen daily during campus hours.Thru Jul 13 Curt Lang, “Vancouver1972”, 32 photographs, rich in sociologicaland architectural phenomena,also depict a sparseness andspareness that make Vancouvertoday seem like a very well-outfittedbazaar.Toni Onley Estate✆604-777-9943 604-454-1928www.tonionley.comby appt. In Vancouver, call Lynn Onleyat 604-777-9943 for appt. To view artin Vancouver contact Granville FineArt, Winchester Galleries Modern representsthe Estate in Victoria. Formore information, see the Estate’swebsite.Trench Contemporary Art102-148 Alexander St✆604-681-2577www.trenchgallery.comwed-fri 12-6pm sat 12-5pm or by appt.Apr 12-May 12 Jen Aitken, “Components”,new sculpture and drawings –four new large-scale fabric constructionsand several post-sculpturaldrawings; May 17-Jun 17 VincentTrasov, “Selected Works 1980-2012”,mini survey includes a selection of ‘Mr.Peanut’ drawings, chemical paintingsand several ‘burnt’ works.UNIT/PITT Projects15 E Pender St ✆604-681-6740www.unitpitt.cawed-sat: 12-5pm, daily: video screenings8-11pm, daily: radio 24 hrs. Apr5-May 5 “Research + PresentationCentre”, experimental reading roomwith contributions by Jerry Zaslove,Jesse Birch, Michael Turner, Lenoxand Burrard, Stefana Fratila, NathanWelland and Kellen Deighton; May11-Jun 9 Kate Armstrong: Path,installation, print edition and audiobooklaunch; Ongoing Video screeningsin front window every day fromafter sunset until 11pm, see website

for the schedule; Ongoing 24 hourswithin one block of the galleryUNIT/PITT Radio 89.7 FM, projectsand music by artists and audio documentation.Unitarian Church of Vancouver949 W 49th Ave ✆604-261-7204www.vancouverunitarians.casun 10am-1:30pm or call 604-261-7204 for hours. Thru Apr 29 60thAnniversary Developmental DisabilitiesAssociation, multi-media exhibitionby 41 artists of all ages – colouredink, flower studies, landscapes, photography,raku and watercolour.Uno Langmann Limited2117 Granville St✆604-736-8825 800-730-8825www.langmann.comtues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. ThruApr “Romantic Nature: European Landscapes”,late 18th and early 19th centuries,landscape painters influencedby the Romantic Movement which wasgenerally marked by creative explorationsof emotions, includes works byPeder Monsted, Jose Weiss, JamesWilson Carmichael, Paul DesireTrouillebert, Arnold Marc Gorter andMaurice Levis; Apr 28-May 31 “SavageBeauty: Visions of Canada”, Canadianpainters used their medium to createan identity based on the influence oftheir natural surroundings, includesworks by F.M. Bell-Smith, John Hammond,Charles H. Scott, Eric Riordon,John Innes, Henry Nesbitt McEvoy,Thomas William Fripp and ThomasBamford; Ongoing A rotating selectionof museum-quality paintings, objetsd’art, and antiques from Europe andNorth America.Vancouver Art Gallery750 Hornby St✆604-662-4719 (24-hr info line)www.vanartgallery.bc.cadaily 10am-5pm, tues 10am-9pm.Special admission (incl tax): adults$22.50, seniors (65+) $17, students$16, children 5-12 $7, children 4 anduder free, family (maximum 2 adults,2 children) $54, members free. ReferenceLibrary wed-fri 1-5pm. Thru Apr29 Greg Curnoe, Michael Morris,Michael Snow, Yves Gaucher, JoyceWieland and others, “Lights Out!Canadian Painting from the Sixties”,Modernist painting in Canada duringthe tumultuous 1960s; May 12-Sep 3Yang Fudong: Fifth Night, recentmulti-channel video installation thatengages the cinematic traditions ofboth Hollywood and experimental filmwhile referencing the changing culturalconditions of contemporary China;May 26-Sep 30 Collecting Matisseand Modern Masters: The Cone Sistersof Baltimore, paintings, sculpturesand drawings from one of theworld’s finest collections of earlyEuropean Modernism collected overthe course of five decades; Thru Jun3 Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and AboriginalCulture, a generation of artistswho juxtapose urban youth culturewith aboriginal identity in innovativeWoman 36 x 48 acrylic on canvasDanny Everett StewartNature energy, lifeApril 21 – May 5Opening reception April 21, 7-10 pmArtist in attendanceContemporary and Historic Canadian Art606 View Street • Victoria, BC • 250-380-4660www.madronagallery.comand unexpected ways, includes artistswho use pop culture, graffiti, fashionand other aspects of urban life incombination with more traditionalforms of aboriginal identity; Thru Sep9 “Emily Carr and The Theatre of Transcendence”,brings together works byEmily Carr with contemporary artistsin a conversation about transcendenceand the natural world, artistsinclude Karin Bubas, Stephen Shearerand Theodore Wan; OFFSITE (thegallery’s public art space at Georgiaand Thurlow) Thru Sep 16 Kota Ezawa,a large-scale wooden tableautitled ‘Hand Vote’.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 53

www.galleryjones.comJames Nizam: Trace HeavensGALLERY JONES, VANCOUVER BC – May 3-26, 2012 James Nizam is a Vancouver artist known forintriguing, elegant compositions of discarded materials. For early series such as Dwellings (2006) andAnteroom (2007), he occupied soon-to-be-demolished buildings and turned the empty rooms into cameraobscura. The gorgeous colour photographs showed inverted images of the outside world on theunhinged doors and broken walls. He thenturned to more formal photographs ofabandoned sofas, suitcases, socks, toys, toolsand cookware, and lit the scenes with flashlights.These evolved into photographs offound materials which became the Memorandomsseries (2010). Nizam arranged discardedbuilding materials, furniture andfound objects like dresser drawers, lightbulbs,chairs and door handles into sculpturalassemblages inside abandoned rooms.New work in Trace Heavens shows lightsculptures installed in empty rooms. Theonly illumination emanates from the fluorescenttubes. The modular rooms, thegeometric forms of the light sculptures, andthe eerie glow from the tubes combine toJames Nizam, Shard of Light (2008), black and white photograph[Gallery Jones, Vancouver BC, May 3-26]make peaceful but powerful images. The photos that document the works are large, beautiful, blackand-whitesilver gelatin prints on fibre-based paper printed in Los Angeles at one of the last labs toprocess large-scale silver gelatin prints.Nizam earned his BFA at UBC in 2002. Recent exhibitions include Birch Libralato Gallery(Toronto), Kathleen Cullen Fine Art and Michael Mazzeo Gallery (New York), Art Mûr (Montreal),Griffen Photography Museum (Boston), and Scalo|Guye (Los Angeles). Mia JohnsonVancouver Maritime Museum1905 Ogden Ave (in Vanier Park)✆604-257-8300www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.comtues-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm.Admission: $11 adults, $8.50 students,seniors, youth, $30 family, 5and under free. HST extra. Thru May21 Chátwilh – Craft and Culture of theSquamish Canoe, the exhibition takesvisitors through the lifecycle of aSquamish canoe, from its roots in astand of local temperate rainforest,through the hands of Squamish craftsmen,and throughout the Salish Sea; inpartnership with the Squamish Nation;Thru Jul 8 News of the Titanic, newsclippings of the Titanic sinking fromThe Vancouver World from Apr 15-30,1912, documenting this historicalevent that was heard around the worldW2 Media Cafe111 W Hastings St ✆604-689-9896www.creativetechnology.orgdaily 8am-7pm. Thru Apr 2 Lo Wah54 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012Kiu: Our Stories Exhibition, Chinesehead tax redress initiative of the ChineseCanadian National Council andthe Association of Chinese Canadiansfor Equality and Solidarity Society;Apr 3-14 Photovoice Exhibit: Theway I see it, photographic explorationof housing and health among peopleliving with HIV in Vancouver by B.C.Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.Western Front Gallery303 E 8th Ave ✆604-876-9343www.front.bc.catues-sat 12-5pm. Apr 27-Jun 2Joshua Bonnetta, Nathan McNinchand Joan La Barbara, “Sans Song”.Winsor Gallery3025 Granville St ✆604-681-4870www.winsorgallery.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-5pm.Apr 4-May 6 Angela Grossmann: TheFuture is Female, new works explorethe female form through history, fromthe limbless, headless Greco-Romansculptures to modern girls in massproducedapparel; May 10-Jun 3Gabryel Harrison, new work looks tonature and botanical forms and thehistorical tradition of vanitas paintingsfor motifs and composition –translucent layers of oil paint sometimesincorporating crushed rosepetals or other organic or inorganicmatter; Emily Young, new work –sculptures reflect her belief thatevery piece of stone contains a story.VeRNONAshpa Naira Gallery & Studio9492 Houghton Rd ✆250-549-4249www.ashpanairagallery.comopen May 1-Oct 15 fri-sun 10am-6pmor by appt. Located in Vernon, B.C. onthe west side of Okanagan Lake, thiscontemporary art gallery and studio,owned by artist Carolina Sanchez deBustamante, features original art in ahome and garden setting. Discover a

Practical Art History orConfessions of a Fine Art AppraiserChapter 31. The Case of the Idiosyncratic Signature and theIndecipherable MonogramOne of the never-ending challenges I face with increasing frequency is that of decoding the identityof an artist who has signed their work with an illegible signature or indecipherable monogram.One would think that artists, after spending many hours on a painting which they were proudof, would have no hesitation in signing their work using clearly written and easily legible penmanship.For example, Canadian artist Arthur Lidstone (1903-1986) usually signed his paintingsin capital letters, first name followed by last name, ARTHUR LIDSTONE. Well done, Arthur.Artists’ signatures change over time due toperhaps physical or medical disability, age, indolenceor arrogance. The medium in which theartist works also affects the readability of the signature.The brevity with which drawings aredone on paper is usually reflected in an adumbratedsignature, making it difficult to decipher.Artists do not consider a drawing to be of equalArthur Lidstone signature on canvasimportance to a painting and therefore do nottake the time to adequately render their moniker.Generally, signatures on sculpture are almostalways easily read, which may reflect the time commitment, effort and expense it takes to createa sculpture as compared to a painting. The longevity of a cast bronze statue for example, wouldsuggest that the maker adequately reflects his identity by making a mark of permanent legibility.Signatures of well-known artists tend not to change over time and are usually clearly rendered.The signature becomes somewhat of a trademark or monogram in that the artist makes a point ofsigning his work in the same way so as to replicate his trademark and to be permanently identifiedwith it. It seems that as an artist becomes more well-known and collectible, their products are"branded" by using either an identifiablesignature or monogram.Then, we have artists who foraesthetic reasons do not sign theirwork on the front but prefer to signon the back for fear of the signaturecompromising the artistic integrityof the image. I can understand thisfrom an artistic point of view, however,when you are showing off your newly acquired masterpiece to impress guests, it would be alot easier and less embarrassing to point to the signature on the front rather than taking thepainting off the wall to search for the signature.The artist who prefers to use only the first initial of his last name is also problematic. To me,this speaks of both audacity and timidity. It’s similar to saying that if you can guess who did thisgreat painting, I will admit to doing it. Alternatively, it says that if you consider this to be a greatpiece, I will graciously accept your praise and admit to doing it.The use of one letter of the alphabet may be a way to develop a trademark for the benefit ofan enlightened few, but it seems a bit redundant when the intent is to be readily identifiable toas many potential buyers as possible.Next Issue. The Case of the Wisham Fisherman.Arthur Lidstone signature on paperBY JIM FINLAYFINLAY FINE ARTwww.FinlayFineArt.comwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 55

an Wayve SouthMain➜Moss StE. BroadwayUniversity4th Ave Sdiverse group of emerging and establishedOkanagan and Canadian artistsin painting, textiles, sculptures, ceramicsand functional art.Vernon Public Art Gallery3228 31st Ave ✆250-545-3173www.vernonpublicartgallery.common-fri TO CANLIS 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pm.GLASS GALLERYThru Apr 19 Art from the Heart, SchoolOLYMPICDistrict SCULPTURE #22 annual elementary schoolstudent PARK exhibition; Thru May 24 RobertTruszkowski, “Penance”, printmaking,awarded solo exhibition by the jurors ofthe 2009 Okanagan Print Triennial; Artand Soul, School District #22 annualsecondary school student exhibition; ◆May 31-Jul 26 UBCO BFA GraduateExhibition, includes a diverse array ofcontemporary art making; ShaunaOddleifson, “I Heard a Story Once”,series of drawings and miniaturesculpture; Amy Burkard, “Cozy”, softsculptural objects.➜Broad StWestern AveElliot6th Ave5th Ave4th AveVICTORIAElliot BayAlcheringa Gallery665 Fort St ✆250-383-8224www.alcheringa-gallery.common-sat 9:30am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm.Thru Apr 17 Gijalordi, 18 worksexplore the local Kingfisher story relatingto the formation of the Tully River inQueensland, Australia, developed froma printmaking workshop at GirringunOccidentalWall StArt Centre to provide practical supportto the artists after many suffered devastatinglosses in the wake of severetropical Cyclone Yasi in Feb 2011, partialproceeds will benefit Girringun ArtCentre; Apr 19-May 24 Beneath theCanopy: Friends of the Forest, celebrating25 years Denny of Way working with artistsin the South Pacific – new works bymaster carvers from the Sepik Riverregion capture tree kangaroos, possums,snakes and birds in 3-D form.BellBlanchardTO SLIDE ROOMGALLERYHeraldNorth Park StGALLERY ATGladstone StTHE MACFisgard St◆DALES◆Cormorant StPandoraTO ‘CHOSIN POTTERYJohnson St◆LEGACYMADRONAYates St◆DELUGE◆View StBastion Sq ◆WEST END ◆ VIEWOPEN SPACEPOLYCHROME◆◆ Fort St ◆ALCHERINGAART GALLERY OFBroughtonGREATER VICTORIA◆Rockland➜DAVIDSON◆Wharf StHwy 991st AveBelleville StKing2nd AveGovernmentJacksonPike PlaceMarketTO XCHANGESStore StFantan AlleyGordon➜Broad StDouglasSecond Ave9th Ave11th AveStewart StVETRI GLASS- SEATTLEBurnside RdAlaskan Way➜BlanshardPine StQuadraUnion➜WINCHESTER◆◆WINCHESTERHumboldtTO PENINSULAIN SIDNEYCook StSeattle FreewayOlive WayPike StSeneca StUniversity5th AveFairfield RdMarion StSEATTLE ASIANART MUSEUM9th Ave★ Art Gallery ofGreater Victoria1040 Moss St ✆250-384-4171LISA www.aggv.caHARRIStues-sat 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pmsun 12-5pm. Thru Apr 29 FOUNDERSGALLERY ◆and Thru May 6 POLLARD◆TRAVERGALLERY The Enduring Arts of China, inChinese art, there◆ SEATTLE was a high degree ofART MUSEUMcontinuity in the range of decorative elementsused in the creation of artthrough successive dynasties; ThruMay 6 Victoria Collects: The SalishWeave Collection and A View into PrivateArt Collections from the Region,two-part exhibition explores the collectingpassions of some PIONEER of the region’s ◆SQUARESEATTLE most interesting art collectors; (see inset) SonnyAssu, Gregory Ball, Megan Dickie,Tyler Hodgins and Alison MacTaggart,S King St.“Throw Down”, five B.C. artists ‘throwdown’ – to celebrate in a big way, tofight for something meaningful or tocontribute resources to make some-◆thing happen; E Prospect May St. 4-Sep 23 SilkSplendour: Textiles of Late ImperialE AlohaChina (1644-1911), garments from the19th century reflect the pomp and ceremonyof Manchu court and the Chinesearistocracy TO PROGRAPHICA May 18-Aug 6 THE LABGALLERY Rick Leong: The Phenomenologyof Dusk, large-scale paintings createhaunting and lush landscapes thathover in the intangible realm of dusk;May 25-Sep 3 William Kurelek (1927-1977), “The Messenger”, over 80 paintingsbring together his most importantand engaging works; Ongoing EmilyCarr: On the Edge of Nowhere, historicalsurvey of Carr’s artwork in all mediaand styles which focuses on her influencesand inspirations.PlayfieldAvenue Gallery2184 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-598-2184www.theavenuegallery.common-sat ◆ 10am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm,open most holidays 12-4pm. Apr 21-27 CatherineFRYEMoffat, Deborah TilbyART MUSEUMand Kathryn Amisson, paintings;May 26-Jun 1 Joan Skeet and DawnStofer, paintings.TerrySeattle FreewayYesler WayPRATTGALLERYS JacksonTO WESTERNBRIDGEFernwood RdE. Pike StTODalesMUSEUMGalleryOF GLASS,TACOMA ART MUSEUM,537 TRAVER, Fisgard VETRI St ✆250-383-1552GLASS– TACOMAwww.dalesgallery.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat 11am-4pm.Apr 5-May 1 Matt Politano – TheFloating World, new photographicworks explore the everyday and theextraordinary, an unguided tourJoan Cr7th Ave SBegbie StFort StColumbiaCherryBank StMadisonJames➜➜Leighton Rd.E. 15th Ave.Foul Bay Rd➜TO MALTWOODPRINTS & DRAWINGSGALLERY, UNIV.OF VICTORIALÚZ ECLECTIC AVENUE◆ ◆◆◆WINCHESTEROak Bay Ave◆ARTISTICSTATEMENTGALLERYIN THEOAK BAYVILLAGEMonterey AveSuperiorChapman StVICTORIA56 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

through ephemeral structures andimaginary landscapes; May 3-15 TimothyWilson Hoey, Michelle Miller,Glenn Romasanta, Lisa Rose andIrma Soltonovich, “Art 5”, within 5months of interaction, 5 Victoriaartists each created 5 new paintingsdepicting their unique interpretation ofthe modern landscape; May 17-Jun 6Best of Cowichan – Fine Craft, featuresartisans of the Cowichan region.Deluge Contemporary Art636 Yates St ✆250-385-3327www.deluge.wswed-sat 12-5pm. Thru Apr 15 RobertYouds, “Room Upgrade for PacificNorth West Afternoon”; May 18-Jun16 Carrion: The Woodpile Collective,large scale installation – thegallery is transformed into a multimediaoutpost broadcasting from anabandoned cabin in the primeval WestCoast rainforest.eclectic2170 Oak Bay Ave ✆250-590-8095www.eclecticgallery.camon-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm.Apr 9-May 12 Pat Martin Bates, WalterDexter, Herbert Siebner and JackWise, “Victoria Visionaries”; for informationon the “Victoria VisionariesLecture Series” visit the website.Gallery at the Mac3 Centennial SqMcPherson Playhouse Lobby✆250-361-0800 www.rmts.bc.caView during performances or by appt.UPPER & LOWER SPACE Thru Apr 2 St.Michael’s University School; Apr 2-May 28 Lis Bailly, Victoria Clarke,Fraser Clark, Don Denton, ChristopherHolt, Sam Lightman, Tom McCabe,Suzanne Mir, Keith Neufeld, FrancisSullivan, Devin Tepleski and WillWinter, “Attachment”, new worksexplore the creative process throughphotography.Gallery in the Oak Bay Village2223A Oak Bay Ave ✆250-598-9890thegallery@shaw.camon-fri 10am-5pm sat 10am-3pm.Featuring original artwork by leadinglocal artists Joan Baron, Jessie Barron,Sid Barron, Andres Bohaker,Jeffery Boron, Janice Bridgman,Eileen Fong, Robert Genn, CarenHeine, Harry Heine, Jennifer Heine,Keith Hiscock, Shawn A. Jackson,Brian R. Johnson, David Ladmore,Serving the visual artscommunity since 1986www.preview-art.comFor more of our signatureblend of Previews, catalogreviews, art conservationarticles, and explorationsof gallery spaces and thechallenges of art appraisal,visit us online atwww.preview-art.comwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 57

www.sfu.ca/galleryMichelle Allard & Khan Lee: Circulation PatternsSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY GALLERY, BURNABY BC – Mar 3-Apr 28, 2012 Installations by two Vancouverartists combine to cover the walls, ceiling and floor of the Simon Fraser University maingallery. Brightly coloured piles of shredded paper by Michelle Allard are piled up in a style shedescribes as “Neo-Baroque messy minimalism”. Reminiscent of snow cones or mineral formations,her seductive mountains of confetti are heaped on a slightly raised stage. Allard’s work, fittingly titledConfection, is temporary and site-specificbut closely tied to the gallery space and amore traditional gallery presentation.Khan Lee, on the other hand, seeks tode-materialize the room by having the visitorinteract with spheres and geometrythat at first appear disembodied and otherworldly.The combination of approachesto installation art provides a sense of beingenveloped by slightly unstable cosmos.The overall effect is one of stepping intothe lair of something living and breathingthat is temporarily at rest.Michelle Allard was born and raised inVancouver, studied at the Toronto Schoolof Art and the Ontario College of Art andMichelle Allard and Khan Lee, Circulation Patterns (2012), installation view[Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby BC, Mar 3-Apr 28]Design, and completed an MFA at the University of Guelph in 2003. In 2006 she relocated to Vancouver.Created from cardboard, plastics, shredded paper, and packaging and shipping materials, hersculptures and installations typically follow themes of accumulation and recycling. Allard has beenawarded artist residencies in Canada, France and Japan.Khan Lee was born in Korea and immigrated to Canada in the 1990s. He earned a BFA in 2000from Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and worked as a studio and technical assistant for numerousartists in Vancouver, including Jeff Wall, Judy Radul and Roy Arden. Lee has exhibited in Canada,Tokyo and England, and is an active member of Instant Coffee and Inter-Mission. Mia JohnsonErnest Marza, Joane Moran, AllanMyndzak, Paul Paquette, NicholasPearce, Natasha Perks, Marke Simmons,Sandu Singh and Linny D. Vine.Legacy Art Gallery630 Yates St ✆250-381-7645www.legacygallery.cawed–sat 10am–4pm. MAIN GALLERYThru Apr 14 Divergence: Insights intoStudio Practices, images and objectsthat range through traditional andnewer media by 19 University of Victoriaart education instructors in the Facultyof Education; Apr 18–May 12Visual Arts MFAs, recent works bygraduate students in Fine Arts; SMALLGALLERY Apr 5–Jun 9 “On Communitiesand Nations”, examines historianBenedict Anderson’s concept of imaginedcommunities in relationship to theemergence of First Nations printmakingpractices in the late 20th century.58 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012Madrona Gallery606 View St ✆250-380-4660www.madronagallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm sun & mon12-5pm. Apr 7-21 Meghan Hildebrand,“Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan &Derelict”; Apr 21-May 5 Danny EverettStewart, “Nature, Energy, Life”; May12-26 Wendy Wacko, new works.Maltwood Prints andDrawings Gallery at theMcPherson LibraryUniversity of Victoria3800 Finnerty Rd ✆250-381-7645www.uvac.uvic.caAdjacent to Special Collections on theground level, call 250-721-6673 forlibrary hours. Thru Apr 9 Ted Grant,“The Silent Observer”, photography – acontinued exploration of healers fromthe lives of medical interns; Apr 13-Jun4 Restor(y)ing Life Within Life-Threatening Illness, explores peopleliving with three life-threatening illnesses(HIV/AIDS, cancer, and chronic kidneydisease) and how they representtheir experiences through symbols.Open Space Arts Society510 Fort St ✆250-383-8833www.openspace.catues-sat 12-5pm. Thru Apr 28 Trimpin,“(CanonX+4:33=100)”, sound installation;May 15-Jun 23 Emilio Portal,“islands”, installation; May 7-JunDeirdre Logue, production residency;Thru Aug “Travelling Exhibition”, worksby Neal McLeod and Michael Yahgulanaas,curated by Peter Morin, TahltanCurator-in-Residence.Polychrome Fine Arts1113 Fort St ✆250-382-2787www.polychromefinearts.comwed-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm.

Thru Apr 19 Donna Eichel, “Surface‘N’ Substance”, abstract paintingswith dark, heavily worked surfacesmade of oil paint, tar and metals; Apr22-May 24 Ingrid Mary Percy, “Squillo”,new work includes elegantly renderedgraphic charcoal drawings ofcurlicues on paper.Slide Room Gallery2549 Quadra St ✆250-380-3500www.slideroomgallery.common-fri 9am-5pm or by appt. Apr 13-30 Taryn Coulson, Sarah Houghtonand Tanta Pennington, “IndependentStudio Exhibition”; May 4-14 SerinaZapf, “The People’s Apothecary”,curatorial project involving an on-siteoutdoor herb garden and correspondingdocumentation in the gallery;May 16-29 Current Threads III, workby 22 fabric artists.View Art Gallery104-860 View St ✆250-213-1162www.viewartgallery.cawed-sat 11am-5pm or by appt. Thegallery offers a wide variety of contemporaryart from painting to sculpture,ceramics, prints and gift cards. Visitour website to view the work availableby our artists. May 4-Jun 2 RonanBoyle, “Sky Burials”; Jay Hanscom,new resin work.West End Gallery1203 Broad St✆250-388-0009 877-388-0009www.westendgalleryltd.common-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-5pmsun 11am-4pm. Apr 14-26 AnnabelleMarquis: Colourful Bloom, workingwith representational and abstractimages, mixed-media collage-inspiredcanvases strike a graceful balancebetween fragmentation and beauty;May 19-31 Laura Harris, the boldcolours and texture of acrylic andmixed-media paintings of abstractlandscapes and florals take you on ajourney that requires contemplationand offers discovery.Winchester Galleries2260 Oak Bay Ave2nd location: 796 Humboldt St3rd location: Winchester GalleriesModern 758 Humboldt St✆250-595-2777 250-386-2773www.winchestergalleriesltd.com2260 Oak Bay Ave: tues-sat 10am-5:30pm, 758 Humboldt St: tues-sat10am-5:30pm, 796 Humboldt St:Wayne Eastcott, Dark Glass 3”, digital andsilkscreen enamel on paper, 28 ¼” x 35¼” [Bellevue Gallery, West Vancouver BC,Mar 29-Apr 28]tues-sat 10am-5:30pm. AT 2260 OAKBAY AVE Apr 3-28 Brad Pasutti, newpaintings; May 5-26 Gordon Caruso,selected works; AT 758 HUMBOLDT Apr14-May 5 Yves Gaucher, acrylic onpaper studies and a painting from1968, ‘Grey on Grey’; Dennis Burton,work from the late 1950s and 1960s;Neil MacCormick, “The Urban WestCoast”; May 12-Jun 16 Mark Laver,“In a Flash”; Jean McEwen, selectedwatercolours and a ‘Flag’ painting from1986; AT 796 HUMBOLDT Apr 10-28 TheSpring Collection; May 12-26 HerbertSiebner, oils and acrylics.Xchanges Gallery6E-2333 Government St✆250-382-0442www.xchangesgallery.orgsat & sun 12-4pm. Apr 6-29 ChristineRedmond, “In Real Life”, photography– images represent the culmination ofa year’s worth of learning, researchand development in an collaborativeeffort to depict the everywoman; May4-27 Allan Toews, “The Boreal and theBush”, drawings based on historicalfamily photographs reflect the earlymemories and experiences of growingup close to the scrub land adjacent tothe boreal forest.WeST VANCOuVeRBellevue Gallery2475 Bellevue Ave ✆604-922-2304www.bellevuegallery.catues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pmor by appt. Thru Apr 28 Wayne Eastcott,“Systems: New Works on Metaland Paper”, the surfaces of the worksare developed by combinations of digitalsilkscreen and hand-painted stenciledenamel as well as pigments ofmica and metallic dusts applied topaper or riveted aluminum, the worksaddress the interconnectedness of ouruniverse and how basic forms are dictatedby gravity, heat, light, etc.Buckland Southerst Gallery2460 Marine Dr ✆604-922-1915www.bucklandsoutherst.common-sat 10am-5:30pm. Introducingthe work of Georgina Farah, YuanCheng Bi and Pei Yang. Also featuringpaintings by Mena Martini, LyndaShalagan, Adam Noonan, Ken Faulksand Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki; still lifeand landscapes by Alessandra Bitelli;intimate interiors by Larry Bracegirdle;European market and gardenscenes by Wilson Chu; street scenesand cityscapes by Morgan Dunnet; stilllife and streets by Brian Harvey; Tuscanand Sicilian landscapes by RitaMonaco; landscapes by Iola Scott;world scenes by Henry Huai Xu andglimpses of life by Lorena Ziraldo.Ferry Building GalleryWest Vancouver Cultural Services1414 Argyle Ave, Ambleside Landing✆604-925-7290www.ferrybuildinggallery.comtues-sun 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 15 JimCarruthers and Warren Oneschuk,“Recollections”, paintings and drawings;Apr 17-29 Reflections: Launch of2012 Calendar, Capilano UniversityIDEA program calendar launch and originalpaintings of the images; May 1-13West Van Grad Show, mixed media artby Grade 12 students of Collingwood,Mulgrave, Rockridge, Sentinal and WestVancouver Secondary schools; May 15-Jun 3 “A Family Affair”, Babette Deggan,ceramics; Paul Deggan, paintings;Sarah Bastion, illustrations and paintings;Adrien Deggan, illustrations andTristan Deggan, photography.Gallery Jones1531 Marine Dr ✆604-926-2233www.galleryjones.comtues-fri 11am-6pm sat 12-5pm and byappt. Apr-May Gallery artists featuringPeter Aspell, Michael Abraham, Chaki,Peter Krausz, Toni Hafkenscheid,George Vergette, Chris Woods, ColeMorgan, Otto Rogers and AnselmoSwan.Silk Purse Arts CentreWest Vancouver Community Arts Council1570 Argyle Ave ✆604-925-7292www.silkpurse.catues-sun 12-5pm. Apr 3-15 SusanAllen, “Sea Beginnings”, egg temperawww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 59

V I G N E T T E S • April/May 2012OregonALLYN CANTORMELINDA THORSNES: SHE Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Apr 3-28 Onexhibit is a new series of dramatic portraits of women painted in oiland drawn in charcoal. Thorsnes has reduced her compositional elementsto minimal facial features which, when placed in certain ways,become storytelling platforms not dependent on props and settings.Powerful facial expressions resonate with unspoken innuendo andemotional depth in works that are vibrant, colourful depictions ofmood, personal struggle or inward reflection.JAMES FLORSCHUTZ Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, Apr 4-28 This introductoryexhibition by an artist new to the Portland scene includes milestoneworks stemming from his long career in Vermont. Driven by animpetus to give order to our wasteful consumer-driven society,Florschutz arranges his meticulous assemblages, made of organic debrisand discarded materials, in fundamental grid or matrix structures. Intheir entirety, the forms are quite simple – a carefully construed pyramidor compact beehive shape beckons one to gaze much deeper toconsider the origin of the many parts of his puzzle-like pieces of art.EMILIO LOBATO: NOCHE Y DIA Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Apr 5-28 Prominent Denver-based contemporary artist Emilio Lobatodraws inspiration from the San Luis Valley area of southern Coloradowhere 16 generations of his family have worked as farmers.Noche y Dia is a formal exploration of colour relationships referencingcycles of illumination/darkness, or night/day. Minimalist,refined and subtle geometric compositions become mediations onthe need for spiritual, physical and aesthetic balance and areinformed by historical influences, personal narrative, and Southwesttraditions.CRYSTAL SCHENK: ARTIFACTS OF MEMORY Linfield Gallery, Linfield College,McMinnville, Apr 2-May 5 Artifacts of Memory is an ambitiousroom-filled installation of suspended organic pod-like shapes madefrom silk flower petals that appear to float, with no defined centre,from floor and ceiling within a plane of empty space. Held in place bymagnets, they are elusive sculptural re-creations of impressions, memoryand sentiment which emerge from a labour-intensive process thatgives much importance to material choices, detail, and craftsmanshipand further enhances the emanating beauty of her installation.JENNIFER ZIKA: EASTERN EUROPE – CLOSE UPS Annie Meyer ArtworkGallery, Portland, April 3-30 At the heart of Zika’s work is a strictstudy of photography free of complications available in the digitalage. She first began to work with her uncle’s 35mm Yashica andsome inspiring black and white family photos from the 1960s, andstill prefers the simplicity of the darkroom and to concentrate onmoments of unique visual findings. The series of work on exhibitwas photographed in 2006 during a visit with relatives in Bratislava,Slovakia when her discoveries of everyday life in a foreign countrywere recorded in unmanipulated images that capture a sense ofarchitecture, place and time.Melinda ThorsnesJames FlorschutzEmilio LobatoCrystal SchenkJennifer Zika60 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

paintings of aquatic scenes, both aboveand below water, are full of drama,character and rich colour; Apr 17-29Fibre Essence, “Cherry Blossom Festival”,works by textiles art collectiveusing traditional and innovative techniquesand materials evoke the spirit ofspring and rebirth, coinciding with thereappearance of the cherry blossoms;May 1-13 Ryszard Wojciechowski: ARetrospective, paintings and sculpturesby the late artist who combinedrealism and abstraction presented byThe North Shore Polish Association;May 15-27 Zoe Evamy, “Imprints”,watercolour landscapes are kinetic andexpressive with vibrant pops of colour.Sun Spirit Gallery2444 Marine Dr ✆778-279-5052www.sunspirit.catues-sat 10am-5pm. Sun SpiritGallery offers a superior collection ofWest Coast Native and Inuit art fromrenowned and emerging artists alike.West Vancouver Museum680 17th St ✆604-925-7295www.westvancouvermuseum.catues-sat 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 28 JourneyThrough Time, archival photos andhistorical objects highlight the developmentof the community by featuring theplaces and people who helped defineWest Vancouver; May 9-Jun 16 BruceEmmett, “The Mill Project”, explores asingle site in West Vancouver that containsthree unique histories – the VedderRiver Shingle Mill, West VancouverHigh School and the Inglewood “Mil”Skatepark, the first skateboard parkconstructed in Canada in 1977, andsubsequently buried underneath fivefeet of soil and rock in 1984.WHISTLeRMountain Galleries at theFairmont Chateau4599 Chateau Blvd ✆604-935-1862www.mountaingalleries.comopen 7 days a week. Apr-May JoanBaron; John Burrow, contact thegallery for exhibition dates and information.★ Identifies galleries and museumsopen until 8pm on the First Thursdayof every month. Many galleries hostopening receptions on First Thursdayevenings.WHITe ROCKWhite Rock Gallery1247 Johnston Rd ✆604-538-4452877-974-4278www.whiterockgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-5pm,closed holiday long weekends. Galleryartists Mickie Acierno, Pietro Adamo,Constance Bachmann, Beverley Binfet,Nicholas Bott, Larry Bracegirdle, PhilBuytendorp, Claudette Castonguay,Gilles Charest, Steve Coffey, Michaelden Hertog, Carol Evans, Susan Flaig,Mark Fletcher, Robert Genn, SaraGenn, Terry Gilecki, Laura Harris,Heather Haynes, Mark Heine, VladanIgnatovic, H.E. Kuckein, Dongmin Lai,David Langevin, Raynald Leclerc, DonLi, Don Li-Leger, Ed Loenen, Min Ma,Ingrid Mann-Willis, Danny McBride,Angela Morgan, Renato Muccillo, JimNedelak, Michael O’Toole, NielsPetersen, Bill Saunders, Issa Shojaei,Michael Stockdale, Mike Svob, LindaThompson, Ray Ward, ChristopherWalker, Alan Wylie, Peter Wyse andDonna Zhang, paintings; MarilynArmitage, Michael Hermesh, NicolaPrinsen and Vance Theoret, sculpture;Bill Boyd, Laurie Rolland and GeoffSearle, pottery.OREGONCANNON BeACHCannon Beach Gallery1064 S Hemlock ✆503-436-0744www.cannonbeacharts.orgthurs-mon 10am-4pm. Apr 7-30 Under18 Regional Art, 130 works by localgrade and high school students; May 5-30 “Books as Art”, Linda Piacentini-Yaple, book structures and Beth I.Robinson, broadsides; also, 30 regionalartists create an ‘Altered Book’ bytransforming discarded old volumesinto surprising and new mixed-mediacreations.★ Cannon BeachGallery Groupwww.cbgallerygroup.comMay 4-6 12th Annual Spring Unveiling,art festival in 13 member galleriesspotlight new artworks, exhibitions,demonstrations, receptions andwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 61

Burrard StNW 7thDeCaNiBroBTspecial events, showing watercoloursto oils, bronze toPendrellmarbleStor metalsculpture, blown glass to cast, jewelleryto ceramics and even edible Davie art. StSee website for event schedule.Cypress StJeBeach AveChestnut StNelson StComox StBurrard Bridge toDowntown VancouverGALLERY JONES ◆ LATTIMER ◆Pine StCONTEMPORARYART GALLERY ◆◆ ART BEĀTUS★ Northwest By NorthwestGallery232 N Spruce (downtown acrossfrom city park and info centre)✆503-436-0741 800-494-0741www.nwbynwgallery.comVanierdaily 11am-6pm and byParkappt. Apr 151pm Lillian Pitt.Cornwalltalk on the relationshipof her York sculpture to nature,fundraiser W underway 1st Ave for community toW 2nd Avepurchase ‘Dreaming of a Salmon Journey’,public sculpture created for 2010W 3rd AveW 4th AveSculpture Without Walls art program;“12th Annual W 6th Spring Ave Unveiling Art Festival”,May 4 4pm Georgia Gerber,bronze sculptor, winner of 2010 SculptureWithout Walls public choice for‘Tufted Puffins’, creator of Seattle’s‘Rachel the Pig’; 5pm Alisa Looney,sculpture, winner of 2009 SculptureWithout Walls public choice for ‘Con-JENNIFER KOSTUIKtact’; May 5 11:30am Christopher◆Helmcken StBurkett,fine art photography; Eric Jacobsen,plein air oil painter; 12:30pm LillianPitt, matriarch of Native Americanmask makers, public sculptor.White Bird Gallery251 N Hemlock St ✆503-436-2681www.whitebirdgallery.comthurs-mon 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 30 “ThePrinted Image”, group show featuresartists who use both traditional andexperimental printing Granville techniques, etchingsby Michael DiBitetto, Liza JonesIslandand Marsha Mello, monotypes by BillSchlegel, photo/mixed media by ArleighWood, monotypes/mixed-media collagesby Marcy Baker and photo/collage byJulia Gardner; “Annual Ceramics Invitational”,sculptures by Jan Rentenaar,functional pottery by Cindy Searles,BURRARDSLOPESFir StGranville StGranvilleBridgeSOUTH GRANVILLEGALLERY ROWGranville StDrake StPacific StYALETOWNrelief sculptures by Larry Halvorsen,clay/metal sculpture by Robin and JohnGumaelius, and introducing new artistEric Boos, ‘almost edible’ biomorphicvessels; May 4-Jun 17 “Spring UnveilingExhibit”, features Scott Johnson, new oilMainlan◆COASTAL PEOPLES #1Cambie Bridgepaintings and watercolours inspired byto downtown Vancouverunseen quietude W 5th of Ave seasonal changes;Joshua UNO Rodine, LANGMANN◆ delicate glass sculptureto airportand vessels with natural elements; BarryMcAlister, contemporaryWfunctional6th AveDOUGLAS◆◆◆ IAN TANPETLEY JONESceramics UDELL inspired by graceful movements;Charles Schweigert, ◆selectedELISSA CRISTALL ◆ CHALI-ROSSOWOOD CARVINGSworks on paper HEFFEL by mixed-media ◆ artist;W 7th AveMay 4-6 Lina DiVenere, trunk show featuresone-of-a-kind jewelleryEQUINOX◆designs.Burrard StMARYLHuRSTKURBATOFFGranville StFalse C1st AveDOUGLAS REYNOLDSMONTE CLARK◆ MARILYN S. MYLREAW 8th AveMARION SCOTT GRANVILLE FINE ART ◆Broadway (9th Ave)The Art Gym at MarylhurstUniversityW 13th Ave17600 Pacific Hwy ◆ART EMPORIUM✆503-699-6243 800-634-9982W 14th Avewww.marylhurst.edu WINSOR ◆BAU-XItues-sun 12-4pm. Admission is free.W 15th AveThru Apr 5 Future Death Toll, GrantHottle, Chris Knight, Cynthia Lahti, SOUTHBen Rosenberg, Jack Ryan, GRANVILLE Marieto airportSivak and Dustin Zemel, “Disjecta:Portland2012 – A Biennial of ContemporaryArt”, guest curated by PrudenceRoberts; Apr 15-May 18 Joe Macca:Granville StMASTERS/FRAGRANT➜◆ LAURA RUSSONW 21stNW MarshallNW LovejoyTO NORTHWEST BY NORTHWEST,WHITE BIRD, CANNON BEACHGALLERY in Cannon BeachNW 19thNW 16thNW 13thSW 12thNW 10thNW 9thNW 8thNW BroadwayNW 6thNW 5thNW HoytNW GlisanBLACKFISH ◆CHAMBERS@916◆NW FlandersELIZABETH ◆LEACHBREEZENW EverettBLOCKCHARLES A.HARTMAN ◆ NW DavisANNIEFROELICKMEYER◆◆BLUE SKYNW CouchNW 12thSW 11thNW JohnsonPearl DistrictNW 11thSW 10thDowntownSW 6thW BurnsideSW 5thSW PineSW OakNW 3rdNW 2ndSW AshBroadway BridgeNW FrontNW 1stSteel BridgeBurnside BridgeSW 9thSW ParkSW MorrisonSW YamhillSW TaylorPORTLAND ART MUSEUM ◆SW BroadwaySW SalmonSW MainSW MadisonSW JeffersonSW ClayMarketSW 3rdSW 2ndSW 1stHawthorne BridgeSW FrontMorrison BridgePORTLANDI-5 InterstateMontgomeryTO MUSEUM OFCONTEMPORARY CRAFT62 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

Two Man Show; Mack McFarland,Anna Gray, Ryan Wilson Paulson andothers, “P.O.’d Postcard Show”MCMINNVILLeLinfield GalleryLinfield College, 900 SE Baker St✆503-883-2804www.linfield.edu/art/gallery.htmlmon-fri 9am-5pm sat 12-5pm. Apr 2-May 5 Crystal Schenk, "Artifacts of Memory",installation embodies the cloud ofloss, and like fading memory, lacksdefined edges or recognizable forms.PORTLAND★ Annie MeyerArtwork Gallery102-120 NW 9th Ave ✆503-224-3150www.anniemeyerartwork.comtues-sat 11am-5:30pm sun 11am-3pm. Apr 3-30 Jennifer Zika, “EasternEurope – Close Ups”, photographs;May 1-31 Stan Peterson, “Observations”,wood sculptures.★ Blackfish Gallery420 NW 9th Ave ✆503-224-2634www.blackfish.comtues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 3-28 MelindaThorsnes, “She”, oil on canvas; May 1-Jun 2 JoEllyn Loehr, “Intimate Symmetries”,mixed media and oil paintings.★ Blue Sky Gallery122 NW 8th Ave ✆503-225-0210www.blueskygallery.orgtues-sun 12-5pm. Thru Apr JohnFaier, “Queen of Heaven”; Nigel Dickinson,“Smokey Mountain, Cambodia”;Thru May Mishka Henner, “NoMan’s Land”; Nate Larson and MarniShindleman, “Geolocation: UK”.★ Breeze Block Gallery323 NW 6th Ave ✆503-318-6228www.breezeblockgallery.comwed-sat 12-6pm. Apr 4-28 JamesFlorschutz, "Special Surprise Exhibition",selection of past mixed-mediasculptural works; May 1-Jun 2 MichaelWalsh, new metal and mixed-mediasculptural works.★ Chambers@916916 NW Flanders ✆503-227-9398www.chambersgallery.comtues-sat 11am-5:30pm. Apr 5-28Allen Maertz, “Encyclopedia M-Z”,photography and video; May 3-Jun30 Heidi Schwegler, “Known World”,sculpture and video.★ Charles A. Hartman134 NW 8th Ave ✆503-287-3886www.hartmanfineart.nettues-sat 11am-6pm. Apr 4-28 EvaSpeer: Superficial Injuries.★ Elizabeth Leach Gallery417 NW 9th Ave (at Flanders)✆503-224-0521www.elizabethleach.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm and by appt.Apr 5-28 Robert Calvo, “Silent Partner”,new paintings inspired by mapsand cartography; Emilio Lobato,“Noche y Dia”, recent paintings explorecolour relationships; May 3-Jun 23Ryan Pierce, “New World Atlas ofWeeds and Rags”, new paintings; DeborahHorrell, “Celebrating Beauty”,glass sculpture and installation.★ Froelick Gallery714 NW Davis St ✆503-222-1142www.froelickgallery.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm and by appt.Apr 3-28 Benny Fountain, “KitchenPaintings”; Sarah Horowitz, “DasStachliges Dickicht (The Thorny Thicket)”;May 1-Jun 2 Terrell James,“Troupe”; Laura Ross-Paul, “Connect”.★ Laura Russo Gallery805 NW 21st Ave ✆503-226-2754www.laurarusso.comtues-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm.Apr 5-28 Michael Brophy, “Night Portrait”,large and medium-scale oilpaintings and a series of gouachesdepicting night scenes where humanexperience and the natural world intersect;Michihiro Kosuge, “Memory:New Paintings”, paintings that explorean interest in organic and naturalforms; May 3-Jun 2 Tom Cramer,“New Work”, energetic carved woodreliefs; Jackie Johnson, “New Paintings”,brilliantly coloured, semi-surrealexplorations of urban, industrial andnatural iconography.★ Museum ofContemporary Craft724 NW Davis St ✆503-223-2654www.museumofcontemporarycraft.orgtues-sat 11am-6pm and by appt. Firstthurs 11am-8pm. Thru Jul 28 Generations:Betty Feves (1918-1985),Feves brought rigor and a Modernistapproach to Northwest ceramics.Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park Ave ✆503-226-2811www.portlandartmuseum.orgtues, wed, sat 10am-5pm; thurs, fri10am-8pm sun 12-5pm. Admission:members free, adults $15, seniors(55+) and students (18+ with ID) $12children (17 and younger) free. ThruMay 27 Mark Rothko, 45 pieces traceRothko’s artistic path from the 1920suntil his death; John Frame: ThreeFragments of a Lost Tale, Frame’sambitious project, ‘The Tale of the CrippledBoy’, presents work over the pastfive years – installations of puppets,stage sets, photographs, music andfilm vignettes; Joseph Beuys, featureshis monumental work, ‘Blitzschlag mitLichtschein auf Hirsch’ (Lightning withStag in its Glare), along with selectedother works; Thru Apr 29 APEX: RobertHanson, drawings of female modelscomposed of carefully made lines makethe figures seem perfectly complete,simultaneously contemporary andtimeless; Thru Jun 17 Emerging: NewPhotography Acquisitions, works thatcelebrate the diversity and breadth ofrecent acquisitions; Thru Nov 11 Cornerstonesof a Great Civilization: Masterworksof Ancient Chinese Art.SALeMHallie Ford Museum of Art700 State St✆503-370-6855 503-370-6856www.willamette.edu/museum_of_art/tues-sat 10am-5pm sun 1-5pm. Apr14-May 13 Senior Art Majors, works ina variety of media by senior art majorsat Willamette University; AndriesFourie: Reading the Terrain, sculpturesand paintings examine the relationshipbetween landscape and culturein Namibia, a country in southernAfrica; Thru Jun 3 West African Sculpture:Selections from the Mary JohnstonCollection, masks, sculptures,and other objects found among thetribes of West Africa.WASHINGTONBeLLeVueBellevue Arts Museum510 Bellevue Way NE ✆425-519-0770www.bellevuearts.orgtues-sun 11am-5pm, free first friwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 63

www.blueskygallery.orgNigel Dickinson: Smokey Mountain, CambodiaBLUE SKY GALLERY, PORTLAND OR – Apr 5-29, 2012 Nigel Dickinson’s photos of Smokey Mountain,Cambodia document the recycling and waste industry of Phnom Penh’s municipal dump, mostspecifically the people who scavenged the facility around the clock preparing waste for recycling forless than $1 a day. Dickinson is a British-born photographer whose work focuses on environmentaldegradation, marginalized communities, sustainable development, inequality, and cultural identity.He has travelled the world to capture socially poignant and globally important subjects. This serieswas photographed from 2006-2009 atthe Steung Mean Chey landfill whereacrid smoke incessantly rises from burninggarbage. The site, which opened inthe 1960s and closed in 1999, garneredthe nickname, ‘Smokey Mountain’.Dickinson’s imagery is eye-openingand reveals hard truths about humanity.A symbol of world inequity, the gatheringof plastics, metals and paper so theycan be cleaned, weighed and sold forrecycling provides economic sustainabilityfor many of Asia’s poorest people. OfNigel Dickinson, Recycling workers scavenge amongst the rubbish, as dawnbreaks over Smokey Mountain (c. 2006-2009), colour photograph [Blue Skythe more than 2,000 adult and 600child-labourers at Smokey Mountain,many work night shifts and use nearly aquarter of their earnings to rent lampsGallery, Portland OR, Apr 5-29]for working in the dark. Some of Dickinson’s most powerful images of the impoverished workers weretaken at dawn, when thick smoggy air is illuminated by headlamps just before the end of a night shift.Shortly after Dickinson’s documentation, the infamous site was shut down and the land wascleared and sold to developers as a result of the rapid growth of the city of Phnom Penh. The landfillwas relocated outside the city where thousands continue to scavenge in the same manner. Allyn Cantor11am-8pm. Thru May 27 MakingMends; Dirk Staschke: Falling Feelsa Lot Like Flying; Thru Jun 17 Knitted,Knotted, Twisted & Twined: TheJewelry of Mary Lee Hu; Push Play:The 2012 NCECA Invitational.BeLLINGHAMWestern GalleryFine Arts Complex, WWU333 32nd St, AC 114 ✆360-650-3963www.westerngallery.wwu.edu/mon-fri 10am-4pm wed 10am-8pmsat 12-4pm. Thru May 12 SoaringVoices, Recent Ceramics by Womenfrom Japan, 86 ceramics by 25 contemporaryJapanese women artistsinspired by the natural world, dancemovements from Noh Theatre andkimono patterns from the Edo period;Ongoing Visit the WWU OutdoorSculpture Collection.Whatcom MuseumOld City Hall, 121 Prospect St2nd location: Lightcatcher Building,250 Flora St ✆360-778-8930www.whatcommuseum.orgLightcatcher: tues-sun 12-5pm, Old CityHall: thurs-sun 12-5pm. Admission:general $10, students (with ID) and seniors(62+) $8, children 5 and under$4.50, members free, thurs generaladmission: $5. LIGHTCATCHER BUILDINGApr 7-Jun 3 “A Paper Trail Redux”,includes works by Henry Moore,Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein,Richard Diebenkorn, Christo, amongothers; LIGHTCATCHER LOBBY AND PASSAGE-WAY Thru May 27 “The Art of Recycling”,works created from a diverse range ofcast-off objects and material, artistsinclude Ross Palmer Beecher, EvanBlackwell, Marita Dingus; LIGHTCATCHERBUILDING Thru Jul 15 From the MeltingPot into the Fire: ContemporaryCeramics in Israel, studio ceramicsprovide new insights into contemporarylife and art in Israel, the only West Coaststop is Bellingham; OLD CITY HALL OngoingARTIFACTual, eclectic array of artifactsfrom the museum’s history collectionprovide interesting insights intoBellingham’s history.FRIDAY HARBORWaterWorks Gallery315 Argyle St ✆360-378-3060www.waterworksgallery.comthurs-sun 10:30am-5:30pm. Thru Apr18 Gallery closed, by appt only; Apr 21-May 12 “Celebration of Spring”, AmandaRichardson, textile wallhangings;Jeremy Newman and Allison Ciancibelli,blown glass installations; May19-Jun 9 “Surface”, Abi Spring, kilnformedglass paintings; Kathryn Trigg,monotypes and Joan Stuart Ross,encaustic paintings.64 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

LA CONNeRMuseum of Northwest Art121 S First St ✆360-466-4446www.museumofnwart.orgGalleries and museum store: sun-mon12-5pm tues-sat 10am-5pm. Admission:$5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 students,members and youth under 12 free. ThruJun 10 Everett DuPen and His Legacy(1912-2005), survey of work in stone,terra cotta, wood and metal, from intimateportraits of family members tomaquettes for large scale commissions;BENAROYA GLASS GALLERY VeruskaVagen: Somewhere in Time, payshomage to paintings of the past with atechnique she developed called ‘dot deverre’, tiny coloured glass dots arrangedin grid patterns and kiln fired; UPSTAIRSGALLERIES Works on Paper from the PermanentCollection, features collage,etchings, gouache, intaglio, mixedmedia, monotypes and silkscreen;Tulipieres: The Tulip Vase Revisited,features 33 Northwest ceramic artists,guest curated by Carol Gouthro.PORT ANGeLeSPort Angeles Fine Arts Center1203 E Lauridsen Blvd ✆360-457-3532www.pafac.orgwed-sun 11am-5pm, Webster’sWoods Art Park: open all daylighthours. Admission is free. Thru May 13“Strait Art 2012”, annual survey of 29artists from the north Olympic Peninsulainclude Anne Hirondelle, DavidEisenhour, Kim Kopp, Frank Samuelsonand Barbara Slavik, twin exhibitionat nearby PENINSULA COLLEGE, 1502E LAURIDSEN BLVD in a biennial collaboration;Ongoing “Art Outside”, 12thseason of enchanting WEBSTER’SWOODS ART PARK, one of the most distinctiveoutdoor art experiences in theNorthwest, more than 100 works onfive acres, artists include Buster Simpson,Sheila Klein, Carolyn Law, GloriaLamson, David Nechak, NicoleDextras, Micajah Bienvenu, JyotiDuwadi and many more.SeATTLeBilly King Studio + Showroom✆206-340-8881 www.billyking.comby appt. Celebrating 40+ years of artwork.The new Billy King Mural inWest African mask from the Mary JohnstonCollection [Hallie Ford Museum of Art,Salem OR, Mar 24-Jun 3]Seattle’s historic Pike Place Marketnow completed and on view at the topof Hillclimb stairs.★ Burke Museum of NaturalHistory and CultureUniversity of Washington, 17th AveNE @ NE 45th ✆206-543-5590www.burkemuseum.orgdaily 10am-5pm. Thru Jun 10 HungryPlanet: What the World Eats, travellingexhibition that introduces families from10 countries around the world throughphotographs of family members athome, at the market, and surroundedby a week’s worth of groceries, additionaltext and displays explore topicsfrom sustainable farming to culturalsurvival; Salish Bounty: TraditionalNative American Foods of PugetSound, 3-part display connects themuseum’s research on 5,000 years oftribal diets to current efforts to revitalizeCoast Salish food traditions; OngoingLife and Times of Washington State,passport through the evolution ofWashington’s geology, biology andarchaeology; Pacific Voices, highlightsart, ceremonies and stories of 17 differentcultures from around the Pacific.Canlis Glass Gallery329-3131 Western Ave ✆206-282-4428www.canlisglass.comwed-fri 12-6pm sat 11am-3pm andby appt. Nestled in the NorthwestWork Lofts, this 3,500 sq. ft. independentgallery and studio is dedicatedto the glass artwork of Jean-PierreCanlis. Currently exhibiting Canlis’spopular ‘Ocean Studies’ series, complementedby his large-scale glassbamboo installations.★ Davidson Galleries313 Occidental Ave S, Pioneer Sq✆206-624-7684www.davidsongalleries.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm. See websitefor exhibition information.★ Foster/White Gallery220 3rd Ave S, Pioneer Sq✆206-622-2833www.fosterwhite.comtues-sat 10am-6pm. Apr 5-28 CaseyMcGlynn: Manchild, latest body ofwork focuses on what may be hisbiggest milestone yet, fatherhood;Rachel Denny: Works of Nature, combinesthe familiar comfort of an oldsweater with the wilds of nature,emphasizing our need to anthropomorphizejust about anything; May 3-26Evan Blackwell: Boom-Bust, where dowe go from here?, from scrap metal toweather balloons, Blackwell exploresthe growth and deterioration of thebuilt and natural environment; John deWit: Introspectus, incorporates glasswith found materials and wooden constructionsto take us outside our glasscomfort zone and reminds us it is themaster not the medium that creates art.★ Frye Art Museum704 Terry Ave ✆206-622-9250www.fryemuseum.orgtues-sun 11am-5pm thurs 11am-7pm.Admission is free. Thru Apr 8 Li Chen:Eternity and Commoner, monumentalfigurative sculptures informed by amixture of Buddhist philosophy andcontemporary art practices; Thru Apr15 Beloved: Pictures at an Exhibition,a selection of paintings from the FryeArt Museum’s Founding Collection;Susie J. Lee: Of Breath and Rain, Leeuses a range of new media tools toexplore the sensory richness of humanexistence. Contact the museum forupcoming exhibition information.★ G. Gibson Gallery300 S Washington St ✆206-587-4033www.ggibsongallery.comwed-sat 11am-5pm and tues by appt.Thru Apr 14 Gala Bent, “Geology ofwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 65

Alaskan WaySecond Ave South➜Seattle Art Museum Presents SEATTLE ART EVENTSat. Apr 28, 201211 am - 4 pm3rd floor galleriesFree with MuseumadmissionDeep Focus: Performance with Mika Tajima and Mary PingMika Tajima and designer Mary Ping collaborate on a performance within After the Martini Shot,Tajima’s SAM Next exhibition. Throughout the day, the exhibition functions as an open set photoshoot directed by the artist and the designer, involving models and a photography crew. Usingfolding and pleating techniques to create collaborative sculptural garments from printed images,the collaborators extend the topography of the objects by folding the entire scene into the subjectof photography production.Seattle Art Museum | 1300 First Ave, Seattle WA | seattleartmuseum.org | 206-625-8900First Ave SouthJamesWestern Ave.Yesler WayWashingtonGALLERY 110 ◆PLATFORM ◆◆G.GIBSON ◆ ◆Main3rd Ave SPIONEERSQUARESHIFT STUDIOPRATTGREG KUCERA◆◆FOSTER/WHITE➜TO HENRY ART GALLERY,BURKE MUSEUM atUniversity of Washington➜TO SPAC GALLERYat Seattle PacificUniversity4th Ave S➜TO CANLISGLASS GALLERYOLYMPICSCULPTUREPARKBroad StWestern AveElliotDAVIDSON◆OccidentalKing6th Ave5th Ave4th AveWall StBellBlanchardHwy 991st Ave2nd AveJackson◆ LISA HARRISPike PlaceMarketSecond Ave9th AveDenny Way11th AveStewart StVETRI GLASS- SEATTLE◆◆TRAVERPine StUnion◆ SEATTLEART MUSEUMSeattle FreewayOlive WayPike StSeneca StUniversityMarion StSEATTLE ASIANART MUSEUM ◆E Prospect St.E AlohaPlayfield9th AveE. Pike StTerry◆E. BroadwayMadisonColumbiaCherryJamesTO PROGRAPHICA➜E. 15th Ave.Alaskan WaySeattle Freeway5th AveFRYEART MUSEUMElliot BaySEATTLEPIONEERSQUARE(see inset)Yesler Way◆TO MUSEUM OF GLASS,PRATT TACOMA ART MUSEUM,GALLERY TRAVER, VETRI GLASS– TACOMAS JacksonS King St.TO WESTERNBRIDGE➜7th Ave S66 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012TO XCHANGES➜TO PENINSULA

V I G N E T T E S • April/May 2012WashingtonALLYN CANTORSOARING VOICES: RECENT CERAMICS BY WOMEN FROM JAPANWestern Gallery, Bellingham, Mar 27-May 12 The 25 artists in this surveyrepresent three post-1950 generations of women who dared towork independently as studio ceramic artists, a field traditionallyclosed to women until the gradual transformation of the male-dominatedJapanese society began after WWII. Once marginalized, theynow receive national and international recognition for the conceptualand technical innovations elegantly brought to their ceramicinterpretations of the natural world, Noh Theatre dance movement,and kimono patterns from the Edo period.RACHEL DENNY: WORKS OF NATURE Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Apr5-28 Shaped by early rural experiences and her awareness of the waywe have bent nature to suit our needs, Rachel Denny’s new sculpturesof cruelty-free animal forms covered with re-appropriated everydayitems emit a sense of warmth and cozy delight. Fuzzy sweaters protectthe skin of an animal, pennies form a suit of armour for a war horse,and a bear is decorated with discarded candy wrappers. The playfuljuxtaposition of form and material explores a poignant realm of modernlife without being too challenging or discomforting.VERONIQUE LE MERRE: THE LITTLE ENCHANTED WORLD OF FAIRYTALES Gallery 110, Seattle, May 3-26 Le Merre’s colourful, provocativenew paintings illustrate the darker side of fairy tales and pose alternateor inverted scenarios to their familiar themes. There are clever satiricalportrayals of Snow White as a servant, Hansel and Gretel gorging onsweets, and Little Red Riding Hood in an alluring short skirt. Theplayful yet cynical paintings are filled with undertones of sexual allusionand awakenings and over-indulgence in pleasurable activities –they imply a much more forthcoming meaning to classic tales.COLORS OF THE OASIS: CENTRAL ASIAN IKATS Seattle Asian ArtMuseum, Seattle, Mar 15-Aug 5 On loan from The Textile Museumin Washington, DC, this exhibit of over 40 stunning 19th-centurywoven robes from the oasis cities of Central Asia is showcased with aselection of photographs and two videos by Kazakhstani director,Almagul Menlibayeva to give a sense of the pre-Soviet cultural setting.The optical results of the complicated labour-intensive techniqueare bold, richly-coloured and embellished ikats, beautifullydetailed with traditional and regional motifs.EIRIK JOHNSON: CAMPS & CABINS G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Apr 19-May26 Seattle photographer Eirik Johnson’s new exhibition documentsmakeshift architecture that has been purpose built for use during huntingand gathering seasons. Subdued monochromatic-like images takenin the Arctic, when the sun was hovering at mid-horizon, show vacantstructures built of scrap materials by the Iñupiat hunters of Barrow,Alaska and are presented along with a quiet visual story of regional wildmushroom gathers and their nomadic subculture of improvised forestencampments. Johnson’s work continues to speak thoughtfully aboutthe myriad of changes that affect pristine landscapes.Recent Ceramics by Women From JapanRachel DennyVeronique Le MerreCentral Asian IkatsEirik Johnsonwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 67

G. GIBSON GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA CONT’DLonging”; Saya Moriyasu, “Folly”; Apr19-May 26 Eirik Johnson, “Camps &Cabins”, new work; May 31-Jul Push,group exhibition.★ Gallery 110110 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-9336www.gallery110.comwed-sat 12-5pm. Apr 5-28 MAIN GALLERYRonald Hall, “Structure and Re-Structure”,paintings and images inspired byrecent studies and ongoing interests inthe landscapes and living structures ofclassic plantation homes of the AntebellumSouth in which the slaves werehoused on these plantations; SMALLSPACE Li Turner, “Dancing with Jekylland Hyde”, paintings and drawingsaddress many of life’s dualities – povertyand wealth, dark and light, female andmale, all manifestations of yin and yang;May 3-26 MAIN GALLERY Veronique LeMerre, “The Little Enchanted World ofFairy Tales”, paintings with an adult perspectiveon traditional fairy tales that arefilled with sexual allusions and theheroes that aren’t heroes at all; SMALLSPACE Paula Maratea Fuld, “Portraits ofAbstract Thought”, capture a momentand mood using gesture and colour.Greg Kucera Gallery212 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-0770www.gregkucera.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Apr 5-May 12 Brion Nuda Rosch, sculptureand works on paper; Joseph Goldberg,paintings and sculptures; May17-Jun 30 Loretta Bennett, quilts;Helen Frankenthaler, prints.★ Henry Art GalleryUniversity of Washington✆206-543-2281 www.henryart.orgwed 11am-4pm thurs-fri 11am-9pmsat-sun 11am-4pm. Admission: adults$10, seniors (62 and older) $6, members,children under 14, UW students,faculty, staff, high school and collegestudents with ID free, thurs 11am-8pmfree. Apr 21-Jul 22 The Brink: AndrewDadson; Thru May 6 Wolfgang Laiband Winslow Homer, “Pollen andPaint: Laib, Homer, and the NaturalWorld”; Flashback; Thru May 16Around the Bend and Over the Edge:Seattle Ceramics 1964-1977; May 26-Jun 17 2012 University of WashingtonMFA Thesis Exhibition; Thru Jun 17From Public to Private: The Evolutionof Portrait Photography in EverydayAmerican Life (1850-1900); Thru JunPaula Maratea Fuld, Sun Spot (2011),acrylic and plaster on canvas, 36” x 36”[Gallery 110, Seattle WA, May 3-26]30 Morning Serial: Webcomics Cometo the Table; Thru Sep 16 Gary Hill:glossodelic attractors.★ Lisa Harris Gallery1922 Pike Place ✆206-443-3315www.lisaharrisgallery.common-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 11am-4pm. Apr 5-29 Kim Osgood, “Trust:Truth”, acrylic paintings and montoypesthat focus on beauty and clarity with anunderlying theme that time is fleetingand no moment can be reproduced;May 3-Jun 10 Terry Furchgott,“Inside/Outside”, oil paintings that takethe viewer into a world where theboundary that separates the everydayplane of existence from the world of theunconscious and of dreams, is fluid,creating multiple layers of meaning andsymbolism.Platform Gallery114 Third Ave S ✆206-323-2808www.platformgallery.comwed-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm.Thru Apr 28 Lauren Grossman,“Sphincter”, new work – ongoinginvestigation into the imagery ofJudeo/Christian culture and howthese old sources can translate intocontemporary objects.★ Pratt Gallery atTashiro Kaplan Studios312 S. Washington, Studio 1A✆206-328-2200 www.pratt.orgwed-sat 12-5pm, 1st thurs 5-8pm andby appt. Apr 5-28 White Shadows:Anna-Karin Johansson and ArmelleBouchet O’Neill, light is used as thestarting point of inspiration to create asymbiotic space for glass sculptureand site specific installation, theartists share a common aesthetic,their work is subtle, ephemeral andquietly intriguing; May 3-Jun 2 EricDay Chamberlain, “Still Life: Objectson a Table”, series of small to largescalestill life images composed ofsimple objects on a table, the artist’swork includes painting, drawing andprintmaking processes.Prographica/fine workson paper3419 E Denny Way ✆206-322-3851www.prographicadrawings.comwed-sat 11am-5pm. Thru Apr 14Fred Birchman, John Fadeff, PhilipGovedare, Jim Holl and Susan Wides,“Landscape Part II: Urban and Rural”;Apr 21-May 26 David Brody, SteveCostie, Vannessa Tran and DuaneZaloudek, “The Reductivist Show”.★ Seattle Art Museum1300 First Ave ✆206-654-3100www.seattleartmuseum.orgSAM hours: wed-sun 10am-5pm, thurs& fri 10am-9pm. Suggested admission:adults $15, seniors (62 and over) andmilitary (with ID) $12, students $9, children12 & under free, SAM membersfree. Olympic Sculpture Park (2901Western Ave) hours: open daily, opens30 min prior to sunrise, closes 30 minafter sunset. Free to the public. Thru Apr29 Gauguin and Polynesia: An ElusiveParadise, features 60 works alongsidean equal number of Polynesian sculpture,SAM is the only U.S. stop; ThruJun 17 SAM Next: Mika Tajima, “Afterthe Martini Shot”, architectural installationexplores the structure and languageof painting as well as the institutionalhistory of displaying objects in a gallery;Thru Jul 1 Picturing the Artist, photographicportraits of and by some of the20th century’s most important and celebratedartists Theaster Gates: The ListeningRoom, explores the ways history,place and performance intersect; ThruOct 1 Jenny Heishman: 2011 BettyBowen Award Winner, objects createdthrough the use and alteration of everydaymaterials; Thru Oct 21 Order andBorder, visual analysis of stripes; OngoingLight in the Darkness, six paintingson the theme of luminescence; “Burdenof History”, paintings by Anselm Kiefer,Elizabeth Murray and Rashid Johnsonand sculptures by Do Ho Suh, KatharinaFritsch and Jeff Koons; American Art inthe 1930s and 1940s, glimpse of thecreative forces that made the Seattle artscene so distinctive in those decades;May 31–Sep 2 Ancestral Modern: AustralianAboriginal Art from the Kaplan68 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS

& Levi Collection, over 100 paintings,sculptures and weavings from the late20th to early 21st century; OLYMPICSCULPTURE PARK Ongoing More than 20sculptures on 9 acres including LouiseBourgeois, Alexander Calder and Mark DiSuvero, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy McMakin,Richard Serra and Tony Smith; Apr 14–Mar 24, 2013 Sandra Cinto: Encontrodas Águas, through humble materialsCinto creates an intricate wall drawing.★ Seattle Asian Art Museum1400 E Prospect St, Volunteer Park✆206-654-3100www.seattleartmuseum.orgwed-sun 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm.Suggested admission: adults $7, seniors(62 and over), students and military$5, children 12 & under free, SAMmembers free. First Thurs free admission.First Fri seniors free. First Sat familiesfree. Thru Aug 5 Colors of theOasis: Central Asian Ikats, 65 robes,mostly from Uzbekistan, rich in colourand bound by multifaceted processes,display the sharp graphic designs of rigorousabstraction, delicate harmoniesand flowing floral motifs; Ongoing ArtfulReproductions, pairs and sets of similarart objects that are a result of the Chinese;‘modular’ mode of productivity.★ Shift Studio105-306 S Washington St, TashiroKaplan Bldg info@shiftstudio.orgwww.shiftstudio.orgfri & sat 12-5pm or by appt. Apr 5-28Susan Gans and David Traylor,“Macro/Micro”, a study of the structureof landscapes and the nature of placesusing scale as a common thread todescribe abstract and minute patternswithin real or imagined landscapes;May 3-Jun 2 Jo Moniz, “Modern Landscape”,series of encaustic paintings inthe memory of rolling hills, and the rigidgeometry imposed on the land inspiredby the wheat fields and dry landscapeeast of the Northern Cascades.SPAC Gallery,Seattle Pacific University3 W Cremona ✆206-281-2079www.spu.edu/depts/viscom/page/community/cgallery.aspmon-fri 9am-5pm. Thru Apr 20 “SeniorThesis Shows”, features work byLeanne Draayer, John Howard andMichelle Hampshire; Apr 24-28 NorthwestAIGA Student Show, featureswork by student designers across theNorthwest; May 1-28 “Senior ThesisLi Turner, Celi Dances the Rainbow forAlice Walker and Billie Holiday, pastel,26” x 19” [Gallery 110, Seattle WA,Apr 5-28]Shows”, features work by Fergus Temporada,Croix Lewis, Wally Pettengil,Cody Evans, Heaven Burr, RachelSmith, Rachel Schrader and CristinaHernandez; May 31-Jun 8 Visual CommunicationDesign Senior Group.★ Traver Gallery200-110 Union St ✆206-587-6501www.travergallery.comtues-fri 10am-6pm sat 10am-5pm sun12-5pm Open 1st Thurs Artwalk 5-8pm.Apr 5-May 13 Marsha Blaker-Desomma,new work is composed of hundredsof of thick disks of glass, some are hollowand some contain clear lenses; PrestonSingletary, sculptural works withTlingit designs in glass; May 17-Jun 24Merrill Wagner, wall-mounted compositionslive as much within the negativespaces as the positives.Vetri Glass – Seattle1404 1st Ave ✆206-667-9608www.vetriglass.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm. ThePacific Northwest is universallyacknowledged as the wellspring of thestudio glass movement and we areproud to showcase emerging talent inart glass as well as production workby internationally renowned artistssuch as Dale Chihuly, Martin Blankand Preston Singletary. Vetri representsthe work of over 100 artists.Western Bridge3412 4th Ave S ✆206-838-7444www.westernbridge.orgthurs-sat 12-6pm and by appt. Admissionis free. Thru Apr 7 Kutlug Ataman,Walead Beshty, Matt Browning,Roger Hiorns, Euan Macdonald,Amanda Ross Ho, Alex SchwederLa, Matt Sheridan Smith, Kara Tanaka,Mungo Thomson, Dan Webb,Mark Wyse and Amir Zaki, “DevouringTime”; Apr 27-Jul 28 RoyMcMakin.SPOKANENorthwest Museum ofArts & Culture2316 W First Ave ✆24-hr hotline:509-456-3931 509-363-5344www.northwestmuseum.orgfirst fri 5-8pm, second fri 6-8pmBeGin, by donation. Museum store,Cafe MAC, Campbell House: wed-sat10am-5pm Admission: adults $7, seniors/students$5, MAC members nocharge. Campbell House Tours: includedin admission price. Thru May 19“Seeing Impressionism: Europe,America and the Northwest”, works byFrench Impressionists include AugusteRenoir, Edgar Degas and CamillePissarro, American artists includeWm. Glackens and Maurice Prendergast;Thru Sep 22 Dig It! The Secretsof Soil, travelling exhibition from theSmithsonian’s National Museum ofNatural History; fine art and historyexhibits from the MAC’s permanentcollections; Opened Mar 15 Two toTango: Artist and Viewer, artworksspanning four centuries from 300-year-old academic paintings to electronicassemblages, from the permanentcollection; Thru 2014 LastingHeritage, the most expansive AmericanIndian installation to date at theMAC; Ongoing Campbell House(1898), hourly tours wed-sat 12-3pmand Carriage House Activity Center.TACOMA★ Museum of Glass1801 Dock St ✆253-284-4750www.museumofglass.orgSpring Hours: wed-sat 10am-5pmsun 12-5pm 3rd thurs 10am-8pm(free admission 5-8pm). Admission:free for members, $12 adults, $10seniors, military and students (13+with ID), $10 groups of 10+, $5 children(6-12 yrs), children under 6 free,admission is free every 3rd thurs from5-8pm. Opens Apr 7 Scapes: Laurade Santillana and Alessandro Diazde Santillana; Thru Apr 29 Mildredwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 69

© 2011 THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK. COLLECTION: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ARTwww.tacomaartmuseum.orgAndy Warhol, Camouflage Self-Portrait (1986), synthetic polymer paint andsilkscreen on canvas [Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA, Mar 17-Jun 10]HIDE/SEEK:Difference and Desire in American PortraitureTACOMA ART MUSEUM, TACOMA WA – Mar 17-Jun 10, 2012 Organized by the Smithsonian Institute’sNational Portrait Gallery, this exhibition stirred much controversy when it opened in 2010. Hide/Seek is abroad survey which examines in seven distinct categories the role sexual identity has played in American portraituresince the 1890s.The chronology begins with works by JohnSinger Sargent and Thomas Eakins, and includesa portrait of the elderly Walt Whitman. Earlymodernists are represented by artists like MarsdenHartley, Berenice Abbott and GeorgiaO'Keeffe. The 1923 self-portrait by RomaineBrooks is particularly poignant for its sense ofmystery and the 1917 George Bellows print of anude young male being propositioned, wasapparently popular and widely circulated at thetime. The post-war period includes RobertRauschenberg and Jasper Johns and identifies thesignificant contribution artists with a marginalizedsexuality had in defining entire genres ofcontemporary art. The influential StonewallRiots in New York created an attitude of opennessthat can be seen in Robert Mapplethorpe'sself-portrait from 1975, and Andy Warhol’sseries of Camouflage Self-Portraits capture anessence of hiding in plain sight.Works influenced by the AIDS epidemic highlightartists such as Keith Haring and include a segment of David Wojnarowicz’s film A Fire in My Belly whichwas censored in the original exhibit. Completing the show are works by contemporary artists like Cass Birdand Annie Leibovitz representing a postmodern reflection on gender and androgynous identity. Allyn CantorHoward, “Parenthetically Speaking:It’s Only a Figure of Speech”; May 12-Oct 21 Origins: Early Works by DaleChihuly; May 16-Jan 2013 JohnMiller, "Classic Heat"; Thru Jun 24Gathering: John Miller and Friends;Beauty Beyond Nature: The Glass Artof Paul Sta nkard; Ongoing Made atthe Museum: The Visiting Artist Collectionand Cappy Thompson, “Gatheringthe Light”, installation of grisaillepaintings on glass.Tacoma Art Museum1701 Pacific Ave ✆253-272-4258www.TacomaArtMuseum.orgwed-sun 10am-5pm, 3rd thurs 10am-8pm, free from 5-8pm. Admission:members free, adults $10, students/military/seniors (65+) $8, family $25 (2adults + up to 4 children under 18),children 5 and under free. Thru May 2070 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012The 10th Northwest Biennial, examineswho we are as residents of thePacific Northwest, what we look like,and what aspirations are for our communities;Thru Jun 10 Hide/Seek: Differenceand Desire in American Portraiture,first major exhibition toaddress the question of how genderidentity and sexual orientation havedramatically shaped the creation ofmodern American portraiture; OngoingChihuly: Gifts from the Artist, permanentcollection of Chihuly glass includingmore than 30 sculptures and drawings;Permanent Installation Visitorscan access the Ear for Art: ChihulyGlass CellPhone Tour any time fromanywhere by calling 888-411-4220 –map of audio stops throughout downtownTacoma available online.Traver Gallery100-1821 E Dock St ✆253-383-3685www.travergallery.comthurs-sat 10am-6pm and by apptOpen 3rd Thurs Artwalk 5-8pm. ThruApr 15 Yours, Ours, and Mine: CappyThompson, Dick Weiss and JeffryMitchell, painting on ceramics; Apr21-May 27 Engaging with Glass:New Work by Irish Artists.Vetri Glass – Tacoma101-1821 E Dock St ✆253-383-3692www.vetriglass.comwed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm,closed mon-tues. The Gallery showcasesemerging talent in art glass aswell as production work by internationallyrenowned artists such asDale Chihuly, Martin Blank andDavide Salvadore. Vetri representsthe work of over 100 artists.

Exhibition Catalogues of InterestKESU': THE ART AND LIFE OF DOUG CRANMER is an illustrated life-story ofKwakwaka'wakw artist Doug Cranmer (1927-2006) compiled by JenniferKramer for the current exhibit she organized at the Museum of Anthropologyin her capacity as curator of Northwest Coast Ethnology. Cranmer, also knownas Kesu', experimented with new techniques and technologies in his groundbreakinginnovative body of work which ultimately served to modernize andtransform traditional Northwest Coast art.Softcover, 160 pages, $29.95 CAD. Available from the Museum of Anthropology,604-822-3440 or shop@moa.ubc.caREARVIEW MIRROR: NEW ART FROM CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE introduces22 accomplished artists from 11 countries and includes full colourplateimages of their work on view at the Art Gallery of Alberta until April 29.Citing regional diversity from historical, political and cultural viewpoints,guest curator Christopher Eamon and theorists based in Kraków and Belgradebring context to the artistic expressions of this new generation from a part ofthe world often subject to misconception and misinterpretation.Hardcover, 100 pages, $45 CAD. Available from the Art Gallery of Alberta, 780-392-2499 orinfo@youraga.caGAUGUIN POLYNESIA accompanies the current Seattle Art Museum exhibitionon the formidable Post-Impressionist who had great impact on future artisticmovements. The more than 350 images in this large comprehensive volumeillustrate works by Gauguin and the history and art practices of the Polynesianpeople. Twelve insightful essays by leading scholars in art history and ethnologyshed additional light on Polynesian art before and after Gauguin.Hardcover, 400 pages, $59.95 USD. Available from Seattle Art Museum, 206-654-3120 orshop@seattleartmuseum.orgTHOMAS WOOD: INTAGLIO PRINTS 1998-2012 is a handsome cataloguepublished for the Lisa Harris Gallery exhibit earlier this year. The scope andbreadth of the last 15 years of an extensive career are documented in dozensof full colour plates which reveal Thomas Wood's technical mastery of OldWorld printmaking. An essay by Tom Sherwood, artist and former FairhavenCollege Professor, places Wood’s intaglio work in a historical and metaphysicalcontext.Softcover, 56 pages, $14.95 USD. Available from Lisa Harris Gallery, 206-443-3315 orstaff@lisaharrisgallery.comTHE 10TH NORTHWEST BIENNIAL catalogue contains written details and fullcolour images of works by each of the 30 artists accepted or invited to participatein the 10th Biennial at the Tacoma Art Museum until May 20. Essays bycurator Rock Hushka and Vancouver-based Renato Rodrigues da Silva highlightcuratorial choices, objectives, themes of identity, linkage and community aspirations,and the conceptual framework which for the first time include artistsfrom both sides of the border.Softcover, 95 pages, $14.95 USD. Available from Tacoma Art Museum, 253-272-4258 orinfo@TacomaArtMuseum.orgPlease note: Prices may be subject to additional charges for postage, handling and taxes.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 71

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Alpha listing of galleries in this issueAccess Gallery 33Agnes Bugera Gallery 15Alberta Craft Council Gallery 15Alcheringa Gallery 56Alternator Centre 23Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College 25Annie Meyer Artwork Gallery 63Appleton Galleries 33Arnold Mikelson Mind & Matter 31Art Beatus 33Art Emporium 33Art Gallery at Evergreen 19Art Gallery of Alberta 15Art Gallery of Calgary 8Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 56The Art Gym at Marylhurst University 62Art Rental & Sales at the Vancouver ArtGallery 34Art Works Gallery 34Artemis Gallery 25Artfirm 8Arts Council Gallery of New Westminster 25Arts Off Main 34Arts Pacific Co-op Gallery 17Artspeak 34ArtStarts Gallery 34Ashpa Naira Gallery 54Audain Gallery 34Avenue Gallery 56Baron Gallery and Studio 34Bau-Xi Gallery 34Bellevue Arts Museum 63Bellevue Gallery 59Bill Reid Gallery 34Billy King Studio & Showroom 65Blackfish Gallery 63Blanket Contemporary Art 34Bluerock Gallery 8Blue Sky Gallery 63Breeze Block Gallery 63Britannia Art Gallery 35Buckland Southerst Gallery 59Burke Museum 65Burnaby Art Gallery 17Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel 17Campbell River Art Gallery 18Canlis Glass Gallery 65Cannon Beach Gallery 61Cannon Beach Gallery Group 61Capilano University Studio Art Gallery 25Caroun Art Gallery 25Catalog Gallery 35Catriona Jeffries Gallery 35Centre A, Vancouver International Centrefor Contemporary Asian Art 35Chali-Rosso Art Gallery 35Chambers@916 63Charles A. Hartman Fine Art 63Charles H. Scott Gallery 35Chilliwack Visual Artists Association 18Choboter Fine Art 38Circle Craft Gallery 38CityScape Community Art Space, NorthVancouver Community Arts Council 26Cloudflower Clayworks 17Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery 38The Collectors’ Gallery 8Comox Valley Art Gallery 19Contemporary Art Gallery 38Craft Connection & Gallery 378 25Craft Council of BC 39Cultural Centre Gallery 16Dales Gallery 56Davidson Galleries 65Deluge Contemporary Art 57Diana Paul Galleries 8Diane Farris Gallery 39Doctor Vigari Gallery 39Dorian Rae Collection 39Douglas Reynolds Gallery 39Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton 15Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver 40Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery 40Eagle Spirit Gallery 40East Van Studios 40eclectic 57Elissa Cristall Gallery 40Elizabeth Leach Gallery 63Elliott Louis Gallery 40Emily Carr Alumni Gallery 44English Bay Gallery 44Equinox Gallery 44Esplanade Art Gallery 16Ferry Building Gallery 59Firehall Arts Centre Gallery 44The Fort Gallery 22Foster/White Gallery 65The Foyer Gallery, Squamish PublicLibrary 30Fragrant-Wood Carvings Art Gallery 45Framagraphic Framing Gallery 45Froelick Gallery 63Frye Art Museum 65Gainsborough Gallery 10G. Gibson Gallery 65Gallery 2, Grand Forks and DistrictArt and Heritage Centre 22Gallery 110 68Gallery at the Mac 57Gallery Gachet 45Gallery in the Oak Bay Village 57Gallery Jones, Vancouver 45Gallery Jones, West Vancouver 59Gallery of BC Ceramics 45Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens & Gallery 23Glenbow Museum 10Goldmoss Gallery 30The Graffiti Co. Art Studio/Gallery 26Granville Fine Art 45Greenery Native Art Gallery 46Greg Kucera Gallery 68grunt gallery 46Hallie Ford Museum of Art 63Havana Gallery 46Heffel Fine Art Auction House 46Henry Art Gallery 68Herringer Kiss Gallery 10hfa contemporary 46Howe Street Gallery 46Ian Tan Gallery 46Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta Collegeof Art + Design 10Inglewood Fine Arts 12International Arts Gallery 47Inuit Gallery of Vancouver 47Japanese Canadian National Museum(see Nikkei National Museum) 17Jarvis Hall Fine Art 12www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 75

Alpha listing of galleries in this issueJenkins Showler Gallery 31Jennifer Kostuik Gallery 47Jeunesse Gallery of Fine Arts 47Kamloops Art Gallery 22Katherine McLean Studio 47Kelowna Art Gallery 23Kootenay Gallery 18Kurbatoff Art Gallery 47Kwantlen Art Gallery 31Landing Gallery Artists’ Co-op 31Langara College Fine Arts Dept. 47Langham Cultural Centre Gallery 22Lattimer Gallery 48Laura Russo Gallery 63Legacy Art Gallery 58Linfield Gallery 63Lisa Harris Gallery 68The Lloyd Gallery 26Madrona Gallery 58Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery atthe McPherson Library 58Maple Ridge Art Gallery 23Marilyn S. Mylrea Art Gallery 48Marion Scott Gallery 48Masters Gallery 48Monny's Art Gallery 48Monte Clark Gallery 48Morley Myers Studio 29Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery 48Mountain Galleries 61Museum of Anthropology, UBC 48Museum of Contemporary Art – Calgary 12Museum of Contemporary Craft 63Museum of Glass 69Museum of Northern BC 28Museum of Northwest Art 65Museum of Vancouver 49Nanaimo Art Gallery 25The New Gallery (TNG) 12Newzones 12Nikkei National Museum 17North Vancouver Museum 26Northwest By Northwest Gallery 62Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 69The Old School House Arts Centre 28ON MAIN @ Gallery 1965 49Open Space 58Or Gallery 50Osoyoos Art Gallery 26Paul Kuhn Gallery 14Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art 29Pendulum Gallery 50Peninsula Gallery 29Penticton Art Gallery 27Peter Kiss Studio and Gallery 50Petley Jones Gallery 50Place des Arts 19Platform Gallery 68Polychrome Fine Arts 58Porch Gallery 29Port Angeles Fine Arts Center 65Port Moody Arts Centre 27Portland Art Museum 63The Potters Place 19Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios 68Presentation House Gallery 26Prographica/fine works on paper 68Queen Elizabeth Theatre MezzanineGallery (see Emily Carr Alumni Gallery) 44The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford 16Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery 16Rennie Collection 50Republic Gallery 51Richmond Art Gallery 28Robinson Studio Gallery 51Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art 28SAGA Public Art Gallery 29Satellite Gallery 51Seattle Art Museum 68Seattle Asian Art Museum 69Seymour Art Gallery 26Shift Studio 69Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, JewishCommunity Centre 51Silk Purse Arts Centre 59Simon Fraser University Gallery 18Slide Room Gallery 59South Shore Gallery 30Southern Alberta Art Gallery 16SPAC Gallery 69SPACE emmarts 26Spirit Wrestler Gallery 52Squamish Arts Council 30Stride Art Gallery Association 14Studio 13 Fine Art 52Sun Spirit Gallery 61Sunshine Coast Arts Council + Arts Centre 31Surrey Art Gallery 31Tacoma Art Museum 70Teck Gallery 52Toni Onley Estate 52Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Artand History 25Traver Gallery, Seattle 69Traver Gallery, Tacoma 70Trench Contemporary Art 52TrépanierBaer 14Triangle Gallery (see Museum ofContemporary Art – Calgary) 12Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery 33Two Rivers Gallery 27UNIT/PITT Projects 52Unitarian Church of Vancouver 53University of Lethbridge Art Gallery 16Uno Langmann Limited 53Vancouver Art Gallery 53Vancouver Maritime Museum 54Vernon Public Art Gallery 56Vetri Glass – Seattle 69Vetri Glass – Tacoma 70View Art Gallery 59W2 Media Café 54Wallace Galleries 14WaterWorks Gallery 64The Weiss Gallery 14West End Gallery, Edmonton 15West End Gallery, Victoria 59West Vancouver Museum 61Western Bridge 69Western Front Gallery 54Western Gallery 64Whatcom Museum of History and Art 64White Bird Gallery 62White Rock Gallery 61Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies 8Winchester Galleries 59Winsor Gallery 54Xchanges Gallery 5976 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

GALLERY OPENINGS + EVENTSApril 4 Wednesday6:30-8:30pm Opening reception: Ishrat Khan,semi-abstracted landscape paintings; Viven Chiu,multi-media work. DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY, 355 WQueens Rd, North Vancouver, BC.April 5 Thursday7-10pm Opening reception: Leonid Rozenberg,Fairygrams, mixed media. ARTEMIS GALLERY, 104C-4390 Gallant Ave, North Vancouver BC.April 6 Friday7-11pm Opening reception: Ali Ahadi, Here ThereNowhere, Flaccid Means Without End, multipleseries of b+w photographs and a video thataddress the personal and socio-political contextof working as an artist in contemporary Iranian-Middle Eastern culture. GRUNT GALLERY, Unit 116-350 E 2nd Ave, Vancouver BC.April 12 Thursday4pm Reception: Ewan McNeil. CAPILANO UNIVERSITYSTUDIO ART GALLERY, 2055 Purcell Way, Upper Flr,Studio Art Bldg, North Vancouver BC.6-9pm Opening reception: Chris Woods,Superfortress: Pop Culture Apocalypse, paintings.GALLERY JONES, 1725 W 3rd Ave, Vancouver BC.6-9pm Opening reception: Jen Aitken,Components, new sculpture and drawings. Artistwill be in attendance. TRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART,102-148 Alexander St, Vancouver BC.7-9pm Opening reception: Ilze Bebris, Ross C.Kelly, Alex Abdilla and Peterson Turgoose,Urban Flaneur, four artists explore the grandeurand densification of urban space. CITYSCAPECOMMUNITY ART SPACE, NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTSCOUNCIL, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC.April 14 Saturday12-3pm Opening reception: Canadian Federationof Artists. CHILLIWACK VISUAL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION,CHILLIWACK ART GALLERY, 9201 Corbould St,Chilliwack BC.1-3pm Opening reception: Peter Leclerc andAdina Barugolo, variety of mixed-media works.Information: 250-724-3412 orwww.portalberniarts.com/index.html. ROLLIN ARTGALLERY, 3061 8th Ave, Port Alberni BC.April 14 Saturday2-4pm Opening reception: Spring Show. DOUGLASUDELL GALLERY, 10332 124 St NW, Edmonton AB.April 15 Sunday4-6pm Opening reception: Variations onSymmetry with Eliza Au and Ying-Yueh Chuang,mixed-media installations. ART GALLERY AT EVERGREEN,Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way,Coquitlam BC.April 17 Tuesday6-8pm Opening reception: Fibre Essence, CherryBlossom Festival, works by textiles art collectiveusing traditional and innovative techniques andmaterials. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE AT THE WESTVANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL, 1570 Argyle Ave,West Vancouver BC.April 19 Thursday6-8pm Opening reception: Colette Lisoway, HolyCow – An Introspection, paintings; InspiringEach Other, written word by students at MoodyMiddle School interpreted visually by members ofthe Blackberry Artist’s Society; Edward Peck,Industrial Abstraction, photographs; SolomonRose, Branches to Blossoms, jewellery. PORTMOODY ARTS CENTRE, 2425 St Johns St, Port MoodyBC.7pm Opening reception: Hua Jin, My Big Family,photography and video explore issues relating toChina’s one-child-per-family policy. RICHMOND ARTGALLERY, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond BC.7-9pm Opening reception: Beneath the Canopy:Friends of the Forest, new works by mastercarvers from the Sepik River region. ALCHERINGAGALLERY, 665 Fort St, Victoria BC.April 20 Friday7pm Opening reception: Ewan McNeil, NewPainting and Sculpture. EAST VAN STUDIOS, 870 ECordova St, Vancouver BC.April 21 Saturday12-2pm Opening reception: People and PlacesThat Inspire Us. CHILLIWACK VISUAL ARTISTSASSOCIATION, CHILLIWACK MUSEUM, 45820 Spadina Ave,Chilliwack BC.continued overleafwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 77

GALLERY OPENINGS + EVENTSApril 21 Saturday2-4pm Performance/Catalogue release: Closingreception for Portable Walls, a collaborativeexhibition between Christian Nicolay and Ya-chuKang. Catalogue launch and signing, along with aperformance piece. ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY, 258 E 1stAve, Vancouver BC.April 26 Thursday8-10pm Opening reception: Zhang Peili, GengJianyi and Huang Ran, Yellow Signal: NewMedia in China, multimedia installation,photography and video art. MORRIS AND HELEN BELKINART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1825 MainMall, Vancouver BC.April 27 Friday7-10pm Opening reception: Brigitta Kocsis,Secret Mechanisms; Kevin Friedrich,Unfortunate Creatures. GALLERY GACHET, 88 ECordova St, Vancouver BC.April 28 Saturday1-3pm Opening reception: Art and Soul, SchoolDistrict #22 annual secondary school studentexhibition. VERNON PUBLIC ART GALLERY, 3228 31stAve, Vernon BC.1:30-3pm Gallery Talk: Zhang Pelli and curatorZheng Shengtian discuss the exhibition, YellowSignal: New Media in China. MORRIS AND HELEN BELKINART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1825 MainMall, Vancouver BC.2-4pm Opening reception: Laurel Terlesky, largesurrealist pop-style portraits in oil, acrylic andaerosol explore our dependency on electricity andpower. DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY, Lynn Valley MainLibrary, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd, North Vancouver BC.4pm Artists’ Talks: Brigitta Kocsis, SecretMechanisms and Kevin Friedrich, UnfortunateCreatures discuss their exhibitions. GALLERY GACHET,88 E Cordova St, Vancouver BC.6-9pm Opening reception: Studio Art Grad Show.CAPILANO UNIVERSITY STUDIO ART GALLERY, 2055 PurcellWay, Upper Flr, Studio Art Bldg, North VancouverBC.7-9:30pm Event: Bloom – Asian Canadian ArtistShowcase & Art Auction. NIKKEI NATIONAL MUSEUM,6688 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby BC.May 1 Tuesday6-8pm Opening reception: RyszardWojciechowski: A Retrospective, paintings andsculptures by the late artist. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTREAT THE WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL, 1570Argyle Ave, West Vancouver BC.May 2 Wednesday5:30-8pm Preview reception: Michael Walsh, newmetal and mixed-media sculptural works. BREEZEBLOCK GALLERY, 323 NW 6th Ave, Portland OR.May 3 Thursday6-9pm Opening reception: James Nizam, TraceHeavens, photographs. GALLERY JONES, 1725 W 3rdAve, Vancouver BC.6:30-9pm Opening reception: John Dann,Variations of Entropy, paintings and large-scaleabstract aluminum wall sculptures. ELLIOTT LOUISGALLERY, 258 E 1st Ave, Vancouver BC.May 4 Friday7:30pm Screenings: C.1983, Part II, how artistsin Vancouver worked with camera images duringthe 1980s, presented by Presentation HouseGallery. PACIFIC CINEMATHEQUE, 1131 Howe St,Vancouver, BC.May 5 Saturday12-3pm Opening reception: SD33, exhibition byhigh school students. CHILLIWACK VISUAL ARTISTSASSOCIATION, CHILLIWACK ART GALLERY, 9201 CorbouldSt, Chilliwack BC.May 6 Sunday3-6pm Opening reception: There is no message,group show features a reinterpretation of theColourfield movement by local Vancouver artists.BARON GALLERY AND STUDIO, 293 Columbia St,Vancouver BC.May 8 Tuesday7pm Opening reception: Bruce Emmett, The MillProject, a single site in West Vancouver thatcontains three unique histories. WEST VANCOUVERMUSEUM, 680 17th St, West Vancouver BC.May 11 Friday6pm Opening reception: Garden Inspirations,multi-media group show. CRAFT CONNECTION & GALLERY378, 378 Baker St, Nelson BC.78 PREVIEW ■ APRIL/MAY 2012

GALLERY OPENINGS + EVENTSMay 11 Friday67-10pm Opening reception: Martha Jablonski-Jones, New Altars for Old Gods, acrylic oncanvas. ARTEMIS GALLERY, 104C-4390 Gallant Ave,North Vancouver BC.May 12 Saturday1-2pm Artist’s Talk: Variations of Entropy, JohnDann discusses his process in creating his uniquepaintings and large-scale abstract aluminum andbirch wall sculptures and the concepts behindthem. ELLIOTT LOUIS GALLERY, 258 E 1st Ave,Vancouver BC.2-4pm Opening reception: Tim Okamura, Bronx,Brooklyn & Queens. DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY, 10332124 St NW, Edmonton AB.May 15 Tuesday6-8pm Opening reception: Zoe Evamy, Imprints,watercolour landscapes. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE ATTHE WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL, 1570Argyle Ave, West Vancouver BC.May 17 Thursday4pm Opening reception: ACAD GraduatingStudents’ Exhibition. ILLINGWORTH KERR GALLERY,ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN, 1407 14th Ave NW,Calgary AB.6-9pm Opening reception: Vincent Trasov,Selected Works 1980-2012. Artist will be inattendance. TRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART, 102-148Alexander St, Vancouver BC.7-9pm Opening reception: Studio: The AbstractExperience, set in a working studio environmentwhere 14 artists stimulate viewers with largescaleabstract works on paper. CITYSCAPE COMMUNITYART SPACE, NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL,335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC.May 19-20 Saturday and Sunday11am-6pm Opening reception: Todayism, JaySenetchko, Ben Tour, Lee Grant-Roberts, Derekand Mira Hunter, Donna Balma, Ines Tancre,Bon Roberts and Susan Gordon, also part of theRoberts Creek Arts Festival. GOLDMOSS GALLERY,2840 Lower Rd, Roberts Creek BC.May 19-20 Saturday and Sunday11am-6pm Event: Roberts Creek Arts Festival –contemporary culture, music, film, art and designwith live outdoor music concert night of May 19.Visit www.robertscreekartsfestival.com forlocations.May 20-21 Sunday and Monday11am-5pm Event: Artisans Spring Market. ARTSCOUNCIL GALLERY OF NEW WESTMINSTER, 6th Ave &McBride Blvd, New Westminster BC.May 23 Wednesday7-9pm Opening reception: ON: Art andInternment, contemporary exhibition reflectsthemes of racism, memory, place and identity.NIKKEI NATIONAL MUSEUM, 6688 Southoaks Cres,Burnaby BC.May 26 Saturday1-2pm Artist’s Talk: Realism in the 21st Century,Part 5 of 6 – Jonathan Sutton discusses howphotography and highly rendered presentationalart respond directly to abstraction. ELLIOTT LOUISGALLERY, 258 E 1st Ave, Vancouver BC.May 31 Thursday6-8pm Opening reception: UBCO BFA GraduateExhibition; Shauna Oddleifson, I Heard a StoryOnce, drawings and miniature sculptures; AmyBurkard, Cozy, soft sculptural objects. VERNONPUBLIC ART GALLERY, 3228 31st Ave, Vernon BC.7-11pm Opening reception: Emilio Portal, Qiqayt,1982, ongoing installation honouring thecomplexities and mysteries of Qiqayt history,Canadian colonialism, and the artistís ownpersonal journey. GRUNT GALLERY, Unit 116-350 E2nd Ave, Vancouver BC.June 10 Sunday6pm Event: Mid-Main Art Fair: featuring qualityartworks by Enda Bardell, John Beatty, JackieConradi-Robertson, Marney-Rose Edge, AnneGaze, Jennifer Harwood, James Koll, RitheaLamarche, Faith Love-Robertson, DebraMcArthur, Tristan McEheron, Edward Peck,Emmanuelle Renard, Cheryl Roller, ElisabethSommerville, Larry Tillyer and RoxsaneTiernan. Contact: www.endabardell.com. HERITAGEHALL, 3102 Main St, Vancouver BC.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 79