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Joanna Staniszkis: Silk CityCENTRE A, VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART,VANCOUVER BC – Nov 4-Dec 9 With the support of the Vancouver Foundation and exhibitionpatron Anndraya Luui, Centre A presents Silk City, anexhibition by Vancouver textile artist Joanna Staniszkis.Featuring installations, sculptures and multimedia works, SilkCity continues her ongoing investigation into the history,ecology and aesthetic potential of silk. Staniszkis engages withher material at every stage. She raises the silk worms, growsmulberry trees to feed them and watches them spin theirtightly woven cocoons.An elaborate juxtaposition of giant cocoons, architecturalmodels and live silk worms animates the cathedral-like venueand creates a complex dialogue between Vancouver’s past andpresent. The contemporary urban geography of the rapidlydevelopingand changing city acts as a metaphor for personalgrowth. The installation evokes Vancouver’s history as a portfor ships arriving from Asia laden with raw silk. Historically,Joanna Staniszkis, Wild Silk Cocoons(2006), metal structures covered with silknoil, latex medium, ink [Centre A,Vancouver BC, Nov 4-Dec 9]previewwww.centrea.orgthe valuable cargo would be loaded onto high priority “SilkTrains” and rushed across the country (past the current site ofCentre A) to destinations in Eastern Canada.Joanna Staniszkis is a Professor Emerita of the LandscapeArchitecture Program, University of British Columbia. Therecipient of many awards, she is recognized internationally for her work in textiles. She isespecially well known for large-scale architectural commissions on display at prominentbuildings around the world. Since the late 1960s, Staniszkis has worked with a wide variety ofnatural fibres and dyes, often including cross-cultural references. Mia Johnsonexhibition of miniatures for the holidays!Jan 16-28 North Shore ArtistsGuild, “Winter Solstice”, mixed media;Jan 30-Feb 11 A.J. Brown, MarieBecker-Pos, “Between Friends”,acrylic and oil paintings.West Vancouver Museumand Archives680 17th St ✆604-925-7295www.wvma.nettues-sat 12-4:30pm Nov 7-Jan 27,2007 Winston Elliott, “Capturing theLikeness”, in a career spanning oversixty years, Winston Elliott has produceda legacy of portraits, paintingsand illustrations, capturing the spiritof the decades between the SecondWorld War and the present day.WHITE ROCKJenkins Showler Gallery1539 Johnston Rd ✆604-535-7445www.jenkinsshowlergallery.common-sat 9:30am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm64 PREVIEWNov-Jan Work by gallery artists ZoeSava, Rob Hooper, Kara Rawlings,Paul Jorgensen, Sophie Paquet, HenryXu, Andree Vezina, Ron Hedrick, WillJulsing, H.E. Kuckein, Sylvie Larose,Rod Charlesworth, Toller Cranston,Jennifer Garant, Robert Davidson,Robert Genn, Andrew McDermott,Chrissandra Neustaedter, Arnt Arntzen,Lousie Lauzon, Ken Kirkby, ChristyMitchell, Peter Shostak, DonnaMendes-Frobb, Toni Onley, SophiePaquet, Karen Rieger, Michael Savage,Merv Brandel, David Ladmoreand Jane Armstrong.Marshall Clark Galleries1373 Johnston Rd ✆604-536-5821www.marshallclark.common-sat 10am-5:30pm FeaturingCanadian and international art, includingpaintings, sculpture and ceramics.Nov 4-11 Bruce Dall, “Places, Pleasuresand Pastimes”, paintings andsculptures ranging from portraits ofEuropean cafes and pubs to colourfulflorals and still-lifes; “A Change of Season”,a collection of new work byWilliam Allister, Marilyn Armitage,Paval Barta, Meredith Chemerika,Bruce Dall, Vern Dombrowski, NeilErickson, Devereux Hodgson, JohnHorton, Shawn Jackson, JoyceKamakura, Rodney Kolausok, JohnLiang, Carmen Mongeau, RichardMon Petit, Alan Nakano and Lea Price.White Rock Gallery1247 Johnston Rd ✆604-538-4452www.whiterockgallery.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-5pmclosed holiday long weekends Nov-Jan Mickie Acierno, Pietro Adamo,Constance Bachmann, Beverley Binfet,Larry Bracegirdle, ThomasBraithwaite, Phil Buytendorp, EmilyCarrington, Anne-Marie Crosby,Michael den Hertog, Carol Evans,Susan Flaig, Mark Fletcher, TerryGilecki, Laura Harris, Karen Hoepting,Vladan Ignatovic, Andrew Kiss,Dongmin Lai, David Langevin, DonLi-Leger, Ed Loenen, Min Ma, IngridMann-Willis, Danny McBride, Angela★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS