Event Info
Making a Scene! Victoria’s Artists in the 1960's:
Curated by Emerald Johnstone-Bedell
With contributions by Josie Greenhill, Je...
Event Description
Curated by Emerald Johnstone-Bedell
With contributions by Josie Greenhill, Jenelle Pasiechnik, Caroline Riedel, Kate Riordon and Naomi Shields
Legacy Art Gallery Downtown
630 Yates Street
The 1960s marked a growing cultural awareness and pride in the contemporary visual arts of Victoria. Events such as the B.C. centennial celebrations in 1958 and Expo ‘67 created a widespread impetus for experimental cultural production. The opening of the University of Victoria’s Gordon Head campus expanded local arts education, which coincided with the opening of new commercial and public galleries. Both developments drew professional artists, often with international roots, to Victoria. At the same time a cultural resurgence was taking place in Indigenous art partly supported by the Provincial Museum’s Thunderbird Park carving program as well as new Indigenous owned and operated galleries and commercial ventures.
This exhibition features a selection of work by resident artists including Maxwell Bates, Henry Hunt, Eric Metcalfe, Margaret Peterson, Herbert Siebner, Robin Skelton, and Ina D.D. Uhthoff to demonstrate the spontaneous activity and networks that brought contemporary art to the forefront of B.C.’s capital city.
Venue
Resource
630 Yates St. Victoria BC
since 1997
In-Person Event
Thu. April 2nd 2015 - Sat. June 27th 2015 + Add to Calendar
Legacy Art Galleries
