Emily Carr

Salute to friends & colleagues at Point Ellice House!

Tying the Rooms Together: Heritage Restoration at PEH – Point Ellice House Museum and Gardens Tying the Rooms Together: Heritage Restoration at PEH September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Christeah Dupont, Assistant Curator, Point Ellice House Museum & Gardens Between March 2020 and September 2021, the inside of Point Ellice House was closed to the public. During this  19-month closure, staff ...

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"Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth" brings together the work of two artists who had a mutual understanding of the land as the source and meaning of their art. Both found a deep inspiration in the landscape—its colours, light, materials—returning again and again to sites that inspired their creativity and defined their practices.

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Image: Installation view of "Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth," exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery from July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery

Artists lead the way!

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗘 𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗣𝗨𝗭𝗭𝗟𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 ... In support of Performing Arts Lodge (PAL) Vancouver, located in Coal Harbour, artist Joe Average has launched sales of a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of his “One World, One Hope” painting, originally created for the 1996 XI International Conference on AIDS and featured on a Canadian stamp.

Purchase of the puzzle for $39.99 (plus taxes) includes automatic entry in a draw for more than 100 prizes, including $20,000 cash, two signed Canadian Mint Equality Coins featured another design by Joe Average, two signed limited edition framed Bee Safe face masks, and 100 limited edition One World One Hope face masks.
The One World One Hope Puzzle is made from high-quality, snug-fitting 1.9mm blue-chip board. It includes a bottle of sealing glue to bond the puzzle after assembly, and four strips of Velcro to easily hang the puzzle without nails or tools.
Partial proceeds of $2 for each puzzle sold will go directly to PAL Vancouver.
Details on how to purchase the puzzle or enter the contest for free (no purchase necessary to participate) https://www.joeaverage.ca/.

Thank you Audain Foundation

Audain Prize goes to 12 artist-run centres in B.C. in response to pandemic Oct 6, 2020 - Audain Foundation wants to support artists amid the difficult times.

Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast Take a fresh look at Emily Carr. Now she’s beloved as a Canadian icon of arts and letters. But first, she broke all the rules. In 1911, Carr visited France, where she charted new ground as a modernist painter. Time spent at her canvas and encounters with international artists changed her forever. ...

Become a member and support the work of the Bateman Foundation! For the month of December, Gallery memberships are 50% off ($25 for adults, $37.50 for a family). To check out the benefits or to purchase your membership today visit: https://batemancentre.org/product-category/membership/

Emily Carr Tours Customized tours featuring Victoria as seen through the eyes of Canada’s leading painter and writer Emily Carr (1871-1945).

Holy Heritage Rail Batman: Superheros come to Cloverdale historic train - Cloverdale Reporter The Fraser Valley Heritage Rail is hosting its third annual Halloween rail adventure Oct 28, 29

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Imagine Victoria, BC in 1858....

It’s a small town, around 500 – 2000 people. Most residents work for the Hudson Bay Company post, or in an industry supporting it. Suddenly, that summer, 30,000 new prospectors come into town. The harbour is practically overrun with miners, who set up tents where they can. Victoria is forced to undergo major development as a result, building warehouses, roads, and other infrastructure - including shipyards. The rest, as they say, is history!

Flash back Friday ⚡ Here's Emily Carr experiencing the Cariboo on horseback - some would say the only true way to do so!

📷 BC Archives

The federal government gives $3 million to the Museum of Anthropology at UBC The funding is provided through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund.

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Hippity Happity Hoppity Birthday to the founder of the feast known now as BC!

Emily Carr Country.

A piece of heaven at the Golden Spruce Trail

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The legacy of inspiration.

Did you know that May is Leave a Legacy Month? Check out the variety of options here: http://bit.ly/2qDw91H

The mystical journey of another artist....

Leonora Carrington, a British-Mexican Surrealist and once the paramour of Max Ernst, died on this day in 2011. We're celebrating her mystical, feminine style with 'The Giantess' of 1950.

Woot! Oh and also , hoot !

Ningiukulu Teevee Ningeokuluk Teevee April 8 - 22 2017 Opening Reception April 8 1-4 PM

Art feeds the soul

Photographer says his image of a Syrian man listening to records in his bombed-out bedroom is about life, not war The image has spread widely across the Internet of a man listening to a gramophone in what’s left of his bedroom in Aleppo, Syria. The AFP photographer, Joseph Eid, thinks he knows why it struck a chord with so many.

A place for quiet contemplation.

Yale Pioneer Cemetery is where settlers and gold miners lie holding the history of , there are headstones dating as far back as 1863. http://historicyale.ca/features/yale-pioneer-cemetery

The Tabernacle in the Woods....

Get Out of Here: Scientists Examine the Benefits of Forests, Birdsong and Running Water In “The Nature Fix,” Florence Williams looks at new research on how spending time in nature makes people happier and more creative.

And the beat goes on....

Just finished: Pears Blues, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30", and its available!

There are hundreds and thousands of women artists of note

Not Everyone Can Name 5 Women Artists, and One Museum Wants to Change That In honor of Women's History Month, we challenge you to name names.

Our compadres at Yale have so much story to tell

According to Omer Lavallée, there were 4 railway tunnels between Yale and Spuzzum, and 10 between Spuzzum and Hell's Gate built for the C.P.R.

The true spirit of Christmas in this time honoured take.

Craigchristmas Castle Experience Christmas through the romance of the Victoria era. We've decked our halls just for you.

Bravo and Brava to All!

A spiritual quest of its own.....

Jill Sharpe: Bone, Wind, Fire.

This series of paintings is based on imagery from the artist's award winning film 'Bone Wind Fire". They act as snapshots allowing the viewer to enter the world of iconic artists Emily Carr, Frida Kahlo, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Join us this Saturday for the opening reception, January 17th from 1-4 P.M.

Artist will be in attendance.

'Liquefied by Light', Jill Sharpe, 48” x 42”, Oil on Canvas.

Celebrate women writers!

Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf, and the Challenges of Historical Fiction Priya Parmar, author of Vanessa and Her Sister, reflects on the research rut novelists can slip into, and how an overstayed welcome in the archives of the past had her struggling to add the "fiction" to "historical fiction."

Emily Carr took a typing course from Sprott-Shaw. Sprott-Shaw has along and stellar tradition of helping community and really caring ,in meaningful ways, for their students. Bravo for this!

Scholarship awarded to woman who lost family in Typhoon Haiyan When local Filipino woman Nenita Yap, 44, heard the news of Typhoon Haiyan, she prayed for her family members there.