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Subject: 	Press Release: Nanaimo Art Gallery-Permanent Art Collection
Date: 	Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:17:02 -0700



Hello. The Nanaimo Art Gallery is presenting a selection of works on 
paper from its permanent art collection. This is the first time this 
work has been presented to the public. Please find the attached press 
release. If you have any questions, I can be reached at 
scottm@nanaimogallery.ca <mailto:scottm@nanaimogallery.ca> Thank you.

Scott Marsden

Executive Director

Nanaimo Art Gallery


_Uptown_ _Downtown_

900 – 5^th Street 150 Commercial Street

Nanaimo, BC Nanaimo, BC

V9R 5S5 V9R 5G6

250-740-6350 250-754-1750

info@nanaimogallery.ca


Press Release September 4, 2007

Nanaimo Art Gallery 30^th Anniversary

Permanent Art Collection Exhibition

150 Commercial Street

September 16 – 28

Opening: Sunday September 16^th at 4:30pm

What do E. J. Hughes, Bill Reid and B.C. Binning; all well-known 
national visual artists have in common? They all have art work in the 
Nanaimo Art Gallery’s Permanent Art Collection!

To celebrate its’ 30^th Anniversary, the Nanaimo Art Gallery is 
exhibiting a selection of its works on paper from the permanent art 
collection for the first time. This exhibition will take place from 
September 16^th to the 28^th at the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s downtown location,

150 Commercial Street.

Since that first acquisition the Nanaimo Art Gallery has grown to an 
eclectic collection of over 97 works of art encompassing a variety of 
art mediums: there are 58 works on paper, 12 paintings, 26 photographs 
and a piece of sculpture. The art works deal with a variety of subject 
matter including figurative, landscape and animal themes, portraits, 
still life, and abstract work. Included in the collection are 10 works 
from First Nations artists.

The collection features the work of Wang Jinglong, Charles H. Scott, 
B.C. Binning, Bill Reid, E.J. Hughes, Jack Chambers, Mary Okheena, Akira 
Fujioka and Lawrence Paul.

The mandate of the Nanaimo Art Gallery permanent art collection is to 
help nurture the history and tradition of fine arts practice in Nanaimo 
and Central Vancouver Island.

The beginnings of the collection started in 1985 with the acquisition, 
from the Eaton Foundation, of a small watercolour and ink sketch by 
Lloyd Witham. The focus of our collection is to build, maintain and 
exhibit art works of past and present Central Island visual artists as 
well as acquire work from across Canada and internationally.

For more information, please contact Scott Marsden, Executive Director, 
Nanaimo Art Gallery, at 740-6351.

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