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SUMMARY:Bridging Conversations
DESCRIPTION:We are a group of six Comox Valley visual artists with varied backgrounds and life experiences. For the past few years we have been meeting monthly to share stories of challenge\, inspiration\, and creative processes. Conversations that go off in unexpected directions have created a space of shared reflection resulting in connection. \nBridging Conversations celebrates individuality woven into community—a visual manifestation of stories exchanged and growth witnessed and experienced. We are abstract artists; we are representational artists. We paint with different mediums. Our work ranges from nonobjective to figurative\, from boldly expressive to quietly meditative. We come from diverse cultures and have followed varied artist paths. What unites us is our commitment to the belief that art is a vital tool for connection. Stories that tie together with threads of curiosity and identity open up our individual worlds to one another\, and the effects of what is known as adjacent possibilities (the inadvertant shift in what is possible resulting from an action taken) come out on the canvas. Despite our differences\, we bring the “other” inside our boundaries. \nDivision often dominates headlines\, as the world is quite fractured. We share what happens when people come together with open minds and creative hearts. Through this exhibition\, we invite viewer into our circle—to feel the energy of collaboration\, the vulnerability of shared experience\, and the beauty of seeing the world through multiple lenses. For it to be a full conversation there is a ‘call and response’ involving the artist and the viewer\, as happens in an exhibit space. We learn and grow separately and together. We welcome this opportunity to present a curated selection of paintings reflecting the whole of our experience.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/bridging-conversations/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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SUMMARY:Tin Town Cafe Member Show – Closing TODAY
DESCRIPTION:CV/Arts first Tin Town Cafe Member show is closing today \nCV/Arts and Tin Town Cafe have partnered to host a rotating exhibition series featuring work by current CV/Arts members. The salon-style hang in the cafe will rotate three times a year\, giving multiple members regular opportunities to show and sell their work in a welcoming\, high-traffic setting. The current member show features 27 works of art by 20 local artist members. \nTo apply for the next show visit our website
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/tin-town-cafe-member-show-closing-today/
LOCATION:Tin Town Cafe\, 2456 Rosewall Crescent #106\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 8R9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Art Opening Celebration (with Artist Talk by Michael Campbell) | Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting
DESCRIPTION:ART OPENING CELEBRATION (WITH ARTIST TALK) \nField Recordings of Icebergs Melting by multi-media artist Michael Campbell will open at the Comox Valley Art Gallery on Friday\, June 19. Doors open at 4:00pm to view the new exhibition. \nAt 5:30pm\, there will be an artist talk\, followed by a casual reception and hospitality. Everyone is welcome. \n— \n\n\nFIELD RECORDINGS OF ICEBERGS MELTING \nArtist 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 \n— \nThe Comox Valley Art Gallery is committed to creating safer spaces where everyone can participate. \nAll ages are welcome. \nCVAG spaces are accessible. Efforts are made to make presented programming contents available to all by using approachable audio and visual technologies to aid in experience and wayfinding. Staff are available to answer any questions and to provide orientation to the presentation and gallery spaces. \nPrograms are barrier-free (no cost). DONATIONS are appreciated and contribute to ongoing community interactive programming. \nPUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS: we ask that visitors choose not to visit if they are experiencing symptoms of colds and flus. \nHand sanitation dispensers are available at CVAG. Wearing a mask is at the discretion of the visitor.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/art-opening-celebration-with-artist-talk-by-michael-campbell-field-recordings-of-icebergs-melting/
LOCATION:Comox Valley Art Gallery\, 580 Duncan Avenue\, Courtenay\, BC
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SUMMARY:Ian Fry Exhibition: Landscapes of Light
DESCRIPTION:Ian Fry: Landscapes of Light \nThis exhibition celebrates the work of Ian Fry\, a painter whose distinctive vision has been shaped by his remarkable journey from Scotland to the Pacific Northwest. Born in Edinburgh and educated at the Glasgow School of Art\, Fry began his career as a successful illustrator before dedicating himself fully to painting. Over the past three decades\, he has developed a body of work that captures the enduring spirit of the landscapes he calls home. \nDrawing inspiration from Vancouver Island\, Bowen Island\, and the wider coastal regions of British Columbia\, Fry’s paintings reveal an intimate understanding of light and atmosphere. Expansive shorelines\, distant mountain ranges\, rolling grasslands\, and quiet rural scenes are rendered with a striking balance of realism and lyrical interpretation. Whether depicting waves advancing toward a misted beach\, horses moving through open country\, or birds silhouetted against a luminous sky\, his work conveys both grandeur and stillness. \nFry’s background in illustration is evident in the clarity of his compositions and his ability to distill complex scenes into powerful visual narratives. His paintings invite contemplation\, encouraging viewers to experience the rhythms of nature and the fleeting qualities of weather\, season\, and light. His restrained palette and masterful handling of atmosphere create spaces that feel simultaneously familiar and dreamlike. \nThroughout the exhibition\, themes of journey\, belonging\, and connection to the natural world emerge. The landscapes are not simply records of specific locations but meditations on our relationship with the environments that shape us. In Fry’s hands\, the coastlines\, mountain valleys\, and open fields become places of wonder and quiet emotional resonance. \nIan Fry’s paintings remind us that landscape remains one of the most powerful vehicles for storytelling\, expressing both the beauty of the visible world and the deeper currents of our human experience in nature. \nArtist Reception Saturday\, June 27\, 7-9pm. 526C Cumberland Rd in Courtenay\, BC. Exhibition runs thru July 18\, 2026. Gallery hours Weds to Sat\, 12-5pm. Visit www.artfulthegallery.com for more information.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/ian-fry-exhibition-landscapes-of-light/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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