[Bcma-l] opening invite from CR Art gallery

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  Exhibitions Opening at the Campbell River Art Gallery

July 4th from 7-9pm

The Campbell River Art Gallery invites you to the opening of two new 
exhibitions, Red & White -- Chapter 2 by George Littlechild and The Doll 
Affect by Meinsje Vlaming on Friday July 4th from 7-9pm.


      In the Main Gallery:


    Red and White -- Chapter 2


      George Littlechild
      July 4 -- August 8, 2008

 

George Littlechild challenges us to understand the complexity, past and 
present, experienced by people of mixed Caucasian and First Nations 
ancestry. His images, based upon his own roots and well-known 
personalities like Canada's aboriginal poet Pauline Johnson, are a blend 
of digitally manipulated photographs and paintings. His subjects are 
placed in historical contexts that portray racial interaction, and the 
differences and similarities of the human condition.

George Littlechild is one of Canada's foremost artists, descended from 
Plains Cree and Irish/Scottish lineages. He was raised in Edmonton but 
now lives in Comox, where he continues his practice and teaches Fine 
Arts classes for ECIAD at North Island College. He has 26 solo 
exhibitions to his credit, in Canada, Japan and Germany. He has 
illustrated and/or authored seven books and received awards as a mentor 
and role model, including VADA and Canada Council.

 


      In the Discovery Gallery:


    The Doll Affect


      Meinsje Vlaming
      July 4 -- September 19, 2008

 

Dolls are links to our past -- objects of play, vehicles for 
self-expression and solace in moments of sadness or torment. Meinsje 
Vlaming draws upon this powerful cross-cultural icon to reflect 
experiences, memories and emotions that are at once personal and 
universal. The detailed features of Meinsje's paper clay dolls suggest 
reality while their skewed proportions evoke new meaning, in a 
netherworld between the tangible and the emotive.

Cortes Island artist Meinsje Vlaming was raised in the Netherlands. She 
is a self-taught artist who works primarily in figurative sculpture. 
Meinsje is a five-time award winner in the annual Member's Exhibition 
hosted by the CR Art Gallery and CR Arts Council. She has also exhibited 
her dolls, paintings and costume designs regionally, in Vancouver and 
Vlissingen, Ne.

Contact us at: Campbell River Art Gallery 1235 Shoppers Row Campbell 
River BC V9W 2C7 Phone: 250-287-2261 or visit our website: 
www.crartgallery.ca <http://www.crartgallery.ca>


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<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(76, 94, 110); font-weight: normal;">Exhibitions
Opening at the Campbell River Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
 style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(76, 94, 110);">July
4th from 7-9pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(76, 94, 110);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
 style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);">The
Campbell River Art Gallery invites you to the opening of two new
exhibitions,
Red &amp; White &#8211; Chapter 2 by George Littlechild and The Doll Affect
by
Meinsje Vlaming on Friday July 4th from 7-9pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(94, 74, 143); font-weight: normal;">In
the Main Gallery:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
 style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(94, 74, 143); font-weight: normal;">Red
and White &#8211; Chapter 2<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(94, 74, 143); font-weight: normal;">George
Littlechild<br>
July 4 &#8211; August 8, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->&nbsp;<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);">George
Littlechild
challenges us to understand the complexity, past and present,
experienced by
people of mixed Caucasian and First Nations ancestry. His images, based
upon
his own roots and well-known personalities like Canada&#8217;s aboriginal
poet
Pauline Johnson, are a blend of digitally manipulated photographs and
paintings. His subjects are placed in historical contexts that portray
racial
interaction, and the differences and similarities of the human
condition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);">George
Littlechild is
one of Canada&#8217;s foremost artists, descended from Plains Cree and
Irish/Scottish
lineages. He was raised in Edmonton but now lives in Comox, where he
continues
his practice and teaches Fine Arts classes for ECIAD at North Island
College.
He has 26 solo exhibitions to his credit, in Canada, Japan and Germany.
He has
illustrated and/or authored seven books and received awards as a mentor
and
role model, including VADA and Canada Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->&nbsp;<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(94, 74, 143); font-weight: normal;">In
the Discovery Gallery:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
 style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(94, 74, 143); font-weight: normal;">The
Doll Affect<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span
 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(94, 74, 143); font-weight: normal;">Meinsje
Vlaming<br>
July 4 &#8211; September 19, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->&nbsp;<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);">Dolls
are links to our
past &#8211; objects of play, vehicles for self-expression and solace in
moments of
sadness or torment. Meinsje Vlaming draws upon this powerful
cross-cultural
icon to reflect experiences, memories and emotions that are at once
personal
and universal. The detailed features of Meinsje&#8217;s paper clay dolls
suggest
reality while their skewed proportions evoke new meaning, in a
netherworld
between the tangible and the emotive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
 style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(93, 97, 98);">Cortes
Island artist Meinsje Vlaming was raised in the Netherlands. She is a
self-taught artist who works primarily in figurative sculpture. Meinsje
is a
five-time award winner in the annual Member&#8217;s Exhibition hosted by the
CR Art
Gallery and CR Arts Council. She has also exhibited her dolls,
paintings and
costume designs regionally, in Vancouver and Vlissingen, Ne.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(76, 94, 110);">
<div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Contact us
at:
Campbell River Art Gallery 1235 Shoppers Row Campbell River BC V9W 2C7
Phone:
250-287-2261 or visit our website: <a href="http://www.crartgallery.ca"><span
 style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">www.crartgallery.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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