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November 5-19 Contemporary NorthDrawings from Cape DorsetOpening Reception November 5, 7-9 pmGuest Speaker: Kate Vasyliw, Dorset Fine ArtsQavavow Manumie, Untitled, 20 x 26 inchesContemporary and Historic Canadian Art606 View Street • Victoria, BC • 250-380-4660www.madronagallery.comthe Walls: Annual Holiday Collection,group exhibition of smallworks.Maltwood Prints andDrawings Gallery at theMcPherson LibraryUniversity of Victoria3800 Finnerty Rd ✆250-381-7645www.uvac.uvic.caAdjacent to Special Collections onthe ground level, call 250-721-6673for library hours. Thru Nov 17 TheWorld of Mary’s Wedding: Reminiscencesof World War I from UVicArchives and Special Collections,World War I memorabilia, in partnershipwith Pacific Opera Victoria, UVicArchives; Nov 19-Feb 2 Paintings byHenry Shimizu, Shimizu presents aseries of paintings documenting hisexperience as a 13-year-old interneein New Denver 1942-1946.Martin Batchelor Gallery712 Cormorant St ✆250-385-7919mon-sat 10am-5pm. Opens Nov 5Heather Keenan, new paintings;Opens Dec 3 Suzanne Bessette,paintings; Opens Jan 7 Jim Swain,“Twilight of the Idols”, new works.Open Space Arts Society510 Fort St ✆250-383-8833www.openspace.catues-sat 12-5pm. Nov 10-Dec 10Mike Andrew McLean, “Thirty-FiveThousand Forty”, monumental photographyproject, McLean shot 96photos each day for 365 consecutivedays, all have been printed; Jan 13-Feb 25 Richard Raxlen: introspective?!*√º”ç¥å?!,survey of work byfilmmaker and artist Raxlen; Until2012 Peter Morin, Tahltan curatorMorin continues his projects.Polychrome Fine Arts1113 Fort St ✆250-382-2787www.polychromefinearts.comwed-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-6pm.Thru Nov 10 Mark Schmiedl,“Strange Fruits in Ghostland”,abstract paintings; Nov 13-Dec 1Kate Scoones, “Wish You WereHere”, figurative paintings with anostalgic jingle; Dec 4-24 ThomasAnfield, “Monkey Island”, paintingsof sock monkeys living it up; Jan 15-Feb 2 Jordy Buckles, CharlesCampbell, Caite Dheere, David Gifford,Cody Haight, PJ Kelly, LanceOlsen, Ingrid Mary Percy and MarkSchmiedl, “Snow Scud”, abstractworks in various mediaRoyal BC Museum675 Belleville St✆250-356-7226 888-447-7977www.royalbcmuseum.bc.cadaily 10am-5pm. Admission: $14.29adults, $9.06 seniors, students andyouths, free for children 5 and under,$37.63 families (2 adults & 2youths). Prices subject to 12% HST.Take a fascinating journey throughthe human and natural history of B.C.Steven Shames, Tear Gas Grenade, Berkeley,1970, silver gelatin print [Kamloops ArtGallery, Kamloops, BC, Jan 14-Mar 10]COLLECTION: VANCOUVER ART GALLERYDinosaurs! Ancient Fossils, NewDiscoveries, discover somethingnew about creatures that lived millionsof years ago, since the firstdinosaur fossil was identified almost200 years ago, people have wonderedhow these fascinating animalslived, moved and behaved; WildlifePhotographer of the Year! see thewonders of nature through the lensesof prize-winning photographersfrom around the world; THE FIRSTPEOPLES GALLERY features Haidaargillite carving, a traditional BigHouse, totem poles and masks; theNATURAL HISTORY GALLERY includesOCEAN STATION and LIVING LAND, LIVINGSEA. The MODERN HISTORY GALLERY hasa replica of the HMS DISCOVERY andan herbalist’s shop in Chinatown.Slide Room Gallery2549 Quadra St ✆250-380-3500www.slideroomgallery.common-fri 9am-5pm or by appt. Nov4-Dec 5 The Doodle Laboratory,gallery set up with tables, chairs anddrawing material for people to sitdown and make ‘doodles’, all workwill be hung on the wall as it is made;Dec 9-Jan 9 Independent StudyProjects, a range of drawing, paintingand sculpture projects completedby VISA students; Jan 1-Feb 6Victoria Abstracts, group show ofabstract paintings, curated by JoanRichardson.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 tosculpture, ceramics, prints and giftwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 65