De-coy: a bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals. to lure or entice (a person or animal) away from an intended course, typically into a trap.
The song of the rain smattering the once silent landscape, rings in my ears like the aftermath of an earthquake - angrily rattling windows and poorly hung paintings.
I ground myself by digging my heels...
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Wed 4th Sep, 2024 - Thu 26th Sep, 2024
Georgia Devonshire is a painter and illustrator from West Vancouver, BC. She is currently finishing her visual arts degree at the University of Victoria. Her artistic practice is an exploration of the interplay between architecture and interior design, observing their influence on people's spatial awareness and relationship within private spaces.
Georgia gets most of her inspiration during nigh...
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Wed 14th Aug, 2024
Eventide Music Series and the fifty fifty arts collective bring in Vancouver's Devours and Future Star, Nanaimo's KMVP and locals Evil! for a free all ages outdoor concert in Centennial Square! Featuring a diverse lineup of rock, experimental and electronic acts. On site will be a beer truck from Victoria Beer Society, non alcoholic drinks by Free Beer*, and Filipino street food by Big Bad Bob's f...
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Thu 1st Aug, 2024 - Sat 24th Aug, 2024
"A Whimsical Dance of Porcelain" interlaces Mengya Zhao’s Asian heritage with Canada's vibrant multicultural ethos, exploring themes of resilience and fluid identity through porcelain tableware. Initially hesitant to embrace porcelain, Mengya discovered its profound connection to her cultural roots. This revelation led her to create tableware that transcends functionality, embodying the complexi...
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Thu 27th Jun, 2024 - Sat 27th Jul, 2024
to those found. in mirrored hearts
to be found, first is to be seen.
a visual conversation of material & emotional states of being.
a dedication to those tangible & intangible,
present // breathing / here
where was it found?
in the bite of an over ripe strawberry,
metal rusting in the rain (locked without a key) left lone at the park at 2:34am,
through the words spilled out of a lover’s mouth,
inside yourself, a feeling...
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Wed 19th Jun, 2024
THE END... DUO
A Fifty-fifty Arts Collective New Music presentation Celebrating 20 years.
Scandinavian innovative saxophone free blowers Kjetil Møster / tenor sax, clarinet and electronics and Mats Gustafsson / baritone sax, flute, electronics creative new perspectives of contemporary experimental music.
Cosmic Foam, Victoria's free improvisation experimental trio with jazz-rock psych noise influences.
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Thu 30th May, 2024 - Sat 22nd Jun, 2024
The Space in Between
The theme of Sina’s artistic practice has always been concerned with existentialist ideas that point to the state of our being in this world. This theme manifests itself through specific visualizations within various mediums such as painting, sound sculptures, and kinetic sculptures and installations. Sina graduated from the University of Victoria with a master of fine arts program. Before their...
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Sat 25th May, 2024
Celebrate two anniversaries!
The 20th of The Fity Fifty Arts Collective AND Canada’s 10th Annual International Drone Day.
Saturday May 25 2024. 12 to 5:00 pm. The 50/50 Collective’s Gallery Space, 2516 Douglas Street, Victoria (beside Cavity). Free Event. Please donate to our sponsor, the 50/50 Arts Collective if you are able. All ages.
What is Drone Day? Not those flying things! A son...
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Thu 2nd May, 2024 - Sat 25th May, 2024
Working in printmaking, sound and sculpture, Amanda Wood uses strategies of abstraction, translation, and volume to tease out material structures found in both the built environment and the natural world. She breaks down images, finds patterns through repetition and close looking, and then rearranges this data into new patterns and forms.
louder than the sum of its parts takes the halftone pat...
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Thu 28th Mar, 2024 - Fri 26th Apr, 2024
Stella Daisy McCaig is an artist working in installation and video. She currently lives in the traditional and unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people of the Esquimalt, Songhees, and W̱SÁNEĆ, Victoria, BC. She completed a BFA in Honors of Visual Arts at the University of Victoria in the fall of 2023. The places she has exhibited include The Vault Gallery, UVic’s Audain Galler...
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Thu 29th Feb, 2024 - Sat 23rd Mar, 2024
I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Lekuwgen speaking territory.
My art practice over the years has been prolific, resulting in a substantial and varied body of work. My artistic life began after graduating from the Lionel Fitzgerald School of Art, University of Manitoba in 1972. Winnipeg was where I maintained studios and nurtured my art making until moving to Victoria in 2004. During ...
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An exhibit investigating labour, family history and situating one’s disabled body in legacies of work, this project is informed by personal inheritance while offering up wider-reaching implications.
Opening 7pm Thursday January 4th 2024 and runs until January 28th.
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