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Fri 15th Nov, 2013
A TRIBUTE TO THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
4 groups/5 songs each, attempt to cover 20 songs from The Velvet Undergrounds vast discography. Featuring!! SCARS AND SCARVES http://scarsandscarves.bandcamp.com/ New awesome band in town featuring former members of the Primrods, The Summerlad and Woodpigeon. SPIRAL COYOTE http://spiralcoyote.bandcamp.com/ Low key super cool rockers from Victoria. BLACK VALLEY GOSPEL http://blac... read more...
Sat 19th Oct, 2013 - Sun 3rd Nov, 2013
Always Moving, Slowly Moving by Sara MacLean
Animated photograms illustrate the absence and presence of the lone figure in nature. The mechanical sounds of the film camera relentlessly mark the seconds as gloved hands animate papery mountain photograms, a gesture towards storytelling – a retelling of something already gone. A solitary retreat into the Rocky Mountains by a dancer (MacLean) who attempts to hold still poses against the wind a... read more...Sat 24th Aug, 2013
Integrate Arts festival
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Thu 23rd May, 2013 - Sun 9th Jun, 2013
The Canadian Disability Studies Association art showcase
The DisAbility at the Edge Art Show is a celebration of disAbled artists from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. The show is sponsored by the DisAbled Womyn’s Committee, the Canadian Disability Studies Association and the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective. We at the DisAbled Womyn’s Committee believe that disAbility is at the forefront of empowerment and equal rights movements. We are grat... read more...
Thu 21st Mar, 2013 - Sun 7th Apr, 2013
Jason Stovall
Join us for the Opening Reception March 21st 7-10PM ...Artist bio... I endeavor to reflect societal blindness. Where the temptation is to go no further than the surface, to take everything at “face value,” I strive to generate an investigation, a process of discovery, an attempt to make sense of why we see what we do. I attempt to do this by using imperfection and limitation. The s... read more...
Fri 22nd Feb, 2013 - Sun 17th Mar, 2013
Curiouser: Contemporary Art Inspired by Alice In Wonderland
The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective presents an exciting collection of new works by local artists and illustrators, all inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Since their original publication in 1865 Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass have had an unprecedented influence on the visual arts. The books are renowned for their humorous use of logic and word play... read more...
Sat 16th Feb, 2013
the fifty fifty Valentines Party at Logans
An excuse to dress up and flirt! Come celebrate the most over-rated day of the year in style. featuring Himalayan Bear http://himalayanbear.bandcamp.com/ Goose Lake http://gooselake.bandcamp.com/ and Le Rat http://thefiftyfiftyartscollective.bandcamp.com/track/waiting $8 read more...
Fri 1st Feb, 2013 - Sun 17th Feb, 2013
Hungry Ghost by Justine Sawyer
In an eleven-year career that spans guerilla street art and academic settings, Justine Sawyer has constantly deepened the roots of her work. In physical terms, her technique centers around drawing and print media. Frequent experimentation in acrylics and watercolors has honed her unorthodox understanding of color symbolism. The multifaceted, hard-working ideas throughout her portfolio can be attri... read more...
Fri 11th Jan, 2013 - Sun 27th Jan, 2013
the fifty fifty arts collective 10th Anniversary Celebration!!
We're turning 10 and we're going to have a huge group show and celebration. Since its inception the Fifty Fifty has thrived as an independent, volunteer run space promoting the emerging arts scene in Victoria. The exhibition includes artists that have shown at the gallery in its 10 year lifetime and other local artists supporting the grassroots movement for emerging art. After party featurin... read more... >
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