August 29 is the final day to see Michael Campbell’s solo exhibition Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting at the Comox Valley Art Gallery.

From 1 – 3pm on the Saturday, Michael Campbell will be with us to share about his creative process, the inspiration for his artwork, and his journey as an artist.

We invite you to join us for this all-ages event. There is no cost for admission (donations are welcomed).

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Artist Michael Campbell’s multi-media exhibition “. . . brings into play its place in the cultural imagination of a frontier zone of extreme conditions, and its history during the period of European expansion from the 16th to the 20th centuries. The allusion conjures the stream of survey ships that sought the north-west Passage of the North Pole, strove to classify species and peoples, and to map the New World. It further speaks to present day resource extraction and climate change monitoring, the forays of animal rights activists and increasingly, military survey flights asserting territorial claims. . . . Its steam punk ethos with its fusion of Victorian Era and future technologies sets an undercurrent of planetary emergency in motion. . . .” – Jan Allen