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2019
Small Works Exhibition
Friday Nov. 29th until Sun. December 1st
The Ministry of Casual Living Presents our First Annual SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
Support local artists at this amazing one of a kind sale! All works 12x12" or smaller, all priced $100 or less. 100% of proceeds go to the artist. (Keep reading for our submission guidelines, deadline Nov. 20)
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Free
Support local artists at this amazing one of a kind sale! All works 12x12" or smaller, all priced $100 or less. 100% of proceeds go to the artist. (Keep reading for our submission guidelines, deadline Nov. 20)
Openi... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
A Scene of Jouissance: Meichen Waxer
Thursday Nov. 21st until Sun. November 24th
A Scene of Jouissance
Meichen Waxer
Devonshire Studio Gallery
858 Devonshire Road, Esquimalt
Opening reception: Thursday, November 21, 2019, 7-9pm
Viewing: Fri, Nov 22, 1-5pm, Sat, Nov 23, 1-5pm, Sun, Nov 24, 1-5pm and by appointment
The garden is sublime, a vestige of ceremony, of outward... Read More
Free Thursday 7-9pm, Friday 12-5pm, Saturday 12-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Meichen Waxer
Devonshire Studio Gallery
858 Devonshire Road, Esquimalt
Opening reception: Thursday, November 21, 2019, 7-9pm
Viewing: Fri, Nov 22, 1-5pm, Sat, Nov 23, 1-5pm, Sun, Nov 24, 1-5pm and by appointment
The garden is sublime, a vestige of ceremony, of outward... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Transcendence: Tracey Farrington
Sunday Nov. 17th until Sun. December 8th
TRANSCENDENCE.....The dictionary explains it is the existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level.
This piece is a multilayered image consisting of sandwiching and melding two images together. The subjects are my teenage son, my partner, along with the spirit of my Dad who passed aw... Read More
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This piece is a multilayered image consisting of sandwiching and melding two images together. The subjects are my teenage son, my partner, along with the spirit of my Dad who passed aw... Read More
Film + Sound No. 5 INTERRUPT
Friday Nov. 8th
THE MINISTRY OF CASUAL LIVING presents:
FILM + SOUND SERIES No. 5: INTERRUPT
@ MoCL Studios 858 Devonshire Road 8pm
Texturize, manipulate, get in front of, build up, become
The fifth in an ongoing series featuring avant garde and experimental film by celebrated international directors, surpr... Read More
By Donation 9 - 11 doors at 8
FILM + SOUND SERIES No. 5: INTERRUPT
@ MoCL Studios 858 Devonshire Road 8pm
Texturize, manipulate, get in front of, build up, become
The fifth in an ongoing series featuring avant garde and experimental film by celebrated international directors, surpr... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
BRIDGE STUDIO CRAWL - MOCL STUDIOS
Friday Nov. 8th until Sat. November 9th
OPEN STUDIOS! The Ministry of Casual Living artists will be participating in the BRIDGE Studio Crawl.
Featuring work by:
Keith Baxter
Sabrina Blanchard
Kai Choufour
Audra Csak
Maddy Elia
Zola Kell
Naomi Kennedy
Leah McInnis
Chantal Solomon
Austin Clay Willis
Daniel Hutchinson
Kassa... Read More
Free Friday Nov 8 4-8pm*
Saturday Nov 9 12-5pm
*followed by after party FILM + SOUND No. 5 8-11pm
Featuring work by:
Keith Baxter
Sabrina Blanchard
Kai Choufour
Audra Csak
Maddy Elia
Zola Kell
Naomi Kennedy
Leah McInnis
Chantal Solomon
Austin Clay Willis
Daniel Hutchinson
Kassa... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Untitled (work/play): Ingrid Mary Percy
Sunday Oct. 27th until Sun. November 17th
48" x 48"
Paint on canvas.
2019
Ingrid Mary Percy studied visual art at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, BC, Canada (BFA, Dip FA, Studio) and at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (MFA, Painting).
Ingrid has taught visual art at numerous post-secondary instit... Read More
Free
Paint on canvas.
2019
Ingrid Mary Percy studied visual art at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, BC, Canada (BFA, Dip FA, Studio) and at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (MFA, Painting).
Ingrid has taught visual art at numerous post-secondary instit... Read More
There Were Four of Us: Cassie Shao
Wednesday Oct. 16th until Sat. October 26th
In a room, there are four people. Shao explores and reflects contradictions in herself within the dream realm. Despite their abandonment in isolation and surreality her characters remain eternally unmoved by their peculiar situations. Shao blends digital and analogue materials to evoke otherworldly ...
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Free
Film + Sound No. 4 SILHOUETTE
Friday Oct. 11th
THE MINISTRY OF CASUAL LIVING presents:
FILM + SOUND SERIES No. 4: SILHOUETTE
@ MoCL Studios 858 Devonshire Road 8pm
Shape, outline, the body, the binary, peeking into other people's windows at night, inventing our own truths, celebrating the shadows
Film + Sound is an ongoing series featuri... Read More
By Donation 9 - 11 doors at 8
FILM + SOUND SERIES No. 4: SILHOUETTE
@ MoCL Studios 858 Devonshire Road 8pm
Shape, outline, the body, the binary, peeking into other people's windows at night, inventing our own truths, celebrating the shadows
Film + Sound is an ongoing series featuri... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
It’s A Guy Thing: Clare Thomas
Saturday Sep. 21st until Sat. October 12th
It’s a Guy Thing is a series of paintings and embroideries about domesticity and female identity. The series came out of Thomas’s lifelong love of pattern and an interest in the historical use of homilies and religious platitudes in women’s domestic embroidery. Both paintings and embroideries ...
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Free
SUBLUNARY: A night Of Extraordinary Art: Maddy Elia, Zola Kell, Aimée Lévesque, Sabrina Blanchard, Anne-Marie Fortin, Aimée van Drimmelen, Ashley Ohtsijah Hall
Friday Aug. 30th until Sun. September 1st
SUBLUNARY: An exhibition featuring new experimental art by seven talented artists
Maddy Elia
Zola Kell
Aimée Lévesque
Sabrina Blanchard
Anne-Marie Fortin
Aimée van Drimmelen
Ashley Ohtsijah Hall
MoCL Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening Friday August 30th
Viewing: Sat, Aug 31th, Sun, S... Read More
Free
Maddy Elia
Zola Kell
Aimée Lévesque
Sabrina Blanchard
Anne-Marie Fortin
Aimée van Drimmelen
Ashley Ohtsijah Hall
MoCL Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening Friday August 30th
Viewing: Sat, Aug 31th, Sun, S... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Wolves: Mitchell Villa
Friday Aug. 30th until Fri. September 20th
Mitchell Villa's process follows movement, while his brush stroke reflects his subjects in motion. Villa works in layers, applying, reapplying, and distorting. Sections of the canvas seem like spliced film frames, while others imply motion blur, collage, trace-lines, smudge, and saturation among the...
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Free
THE EVER-EVOLVING, EVER-LOVING ART GARAGE SALE: Valerie Salez
Saturday Aug. 17th until Sun. August 25th
THE EVER-EVOLVING, EVER-LOVING ART GARAGE SALE
Objects, Curio, Materials, Printed Matter, Ceramics, Textiles, Books, jewellery and other surprises.
ABOUT:
Artist Valerie Salez is rifling through ALL her old, new and used art projects and materials, including her personal collection of art by ... Read More
Free
Objects, Curio, Materials, Printed Matter, Ceramics, Textiles, Books, jewellery and other surprises.
ABOUT:
Artist Valerie Salez is rifling through ALL her old, new and used art projects and materials, including her personal collection of art by ... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
I/we\You Live Here: Chris Dufour
Saturday Aug. 10th until Fri. August 30th
I/we\You Live Here is an experimental media project exploring expressions of queerness through performance and photography. It asks questions such as: what does it mean to be a subject and queer within a photographic frame? How do relationships of performance and queerness challenge our notions of g...
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Free
Achille’s Bellybutton: Jasmine Wright, Kai Choufour
Friday Aug. 2nd until Sun. August 4th
Achille’s Bellybutton:
Jasmine Wright
Kai Choufour
MoCL Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, August 2, 7-10pm
Viewing: August 3-4, 12-5pm
The term “Achilles heel” refers to an entity's singular weakness.
This idea, melded with the fact that our bellybutton is our o... Read More
Free Opening reception: Friday, August 2, 7-10pm
Jasmine Wright
Kai Choufour
MoCL Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, August 2, 7-10pm
Viewing: August 3-4, 12-5pm
The term “Achilles heel” refers to an entity's singular weakness.
This idea, melded with the fact that our bellybutton is our o... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
South of Cedar Keep: Skye Alexandra Skagfeld
Friday Jul. 19th until Fri. August 9th
Following a stretch abroad lasting nearly a decade, Skye took up painting to connect with the island where she was born. Through painting she is increasing her visual literacy and aesthetic intuition by looking carefully at the world and presenting her interpreted absorption visually. To combat an o...
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Free
inside (we are all): BOXCARSIX
Friday Jul. 5th until Sun. July 14th
inside (we are all)
BOXCARSIX
MoCL Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, July 5, 7-10pm
Viewing: July 6-7, 12-4pm, July 13-14, 12-4pm,
The concept of inside is the catalyst for a new installation created by BOXCARSIX, a Victoria-based feminist contemporary artist collective... Read More
Free Opening: Friday, July 5, 7-10pm
Viewing: July 6-7, 12-4pm, July 13-14, 12-4pm
BOXCARSIX
MoCL Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, July 5, 7-10pm
Viewing: July 6-7, 12-4pm, July 13-14, 12-4pm,
The concept of inside is the catalyst for a new installation created by BOXCARSIX, a Victoria-based feminist contemporary artist collective... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Nomadic Souveinier: Artemis Feldman
Friday Jun. 28th until Fri. July 19th
Nomadic Souveinier:
This work is a photo series documenting a multitude of moments of art practices in varying locations and settings. In the process, I would move within a city or landscape looking for an object with a unique perceptual value that I could perceive through an artistic lense, or in... Read More
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This work is a photo series documenting a multitude of moments of art practices in varying locations and settings. In the process, I would move within a city or landscape looking for an object with a unique perceptual value that I could perceive through an artistic lense, or in... Read More
Piece Of Soul Left: Martina Kocmanová
Friday Jun. 14th until Sun. June 16th
Piece Of Soul Left
Martina Kocmanová
MoCL Devonshire Studios Gallery, 858 Devonshire Road
Opening reception: Friday, June 14, 7-9pm
Viewing: Saturday, June 15, 12-5pm, Sunday, June 16, 12-5pm
Watching loudly, light of warm memories gently meshing lace of mind. Follow the direction of flatt... Read More
Free Friday 7-9pm, Saturday 12-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Martina Kocmanová
MoCL Devonshire Studios Gallery, 858 Devonshire Road
Opening reception: Friday, June 14, 7-9pm
Viewing: Saturday, June 15, 12-5pm, Sunday, June 16, 12-5pm
Watching loudly, light of warm memories gently meshing lace of mind. Follow the direction of flatt... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
The Light Earth: Neil McClelland
Friday Jun. 7th until Fri. June 28th
The Light Earth Flies Like Down
And Yet the Earth Exists
Where the Heart Should Be
I found a “tree of paradise” in a Victoria neighborhood. I don’t remember where. I don’t know what kind of tree it is. But it suggested a poem and I painted it. Three times. But only two paintings would f... Read More
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And Yet the Earth Exists
Where the Heart Should Be
I found a “tree of paradise” in a Victoria neighborhood. I don’t remember where. I don’t know what kind of tree it is. But it suggested a poem and I painted it. Three times. But only two paintings would f... Read More
An eye for an eye: Tamara Bond
Friday May. 31st until Sun. June 2nd
An eye for an eye
Tamara Bond
Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening reception: May 31, 2019, 7-10pm
Viewing: Sat, June 1, 1-5pm, Sun, June 2, 1-5pm
An exhibition of collages that created from an archive of artworks dating back to 1994. The works include watercolour characters and paper landscap... Read More
Free Fri, May 31, 7-10pm, Sat, Jun 1, 1-5pm, Sun, Jun 2, 1-5pm
Tamara Bond
Devonshire Studio Gallery
Opening reception: May 31, 2019, 7-10pm
Viewing: Sat, June 1, 1-5pm, Sun, June 2, 1-5pm
An exhibition of collages that created from an archive of artworks dating back to 1994. The works include watercolour characters and paper landscap... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
24/7: Nicholas Koby
Friday May. 31st until Fri. June 7th
“Teenage Nostalgia,” by Nicholas Koby, is an encapsulation of today’s teens; a generation that feels trapped by nasty stereotypes of being anti-social, stimulant and technology addicted, and incapable of holding a real conversation. A society that is segregated by generational differences, or ...
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Free
Petal’s Place: Cadence Planthara
Friday May. 24th until Sun. May 26th
Petal’s Place : Cadence Planthara
Petal’s place for objects and images
made and found in residence at the Bonnie McComb Kreye residency
on unceded Lekwungen land (“Victoria, BC”)
with clay, paint, pigment, paper, textile, peppercorn, pearl.
Petal’s place
Petal’s palac... Read More
Free Sat, May 25, 12-5pm, Sun, May 26, 12-5pm
Petal’s place for objects and images
made and found in residence at the Bonnie McComb Kreye residency
on unceded Lekwungen land (“Victoria, BC”)
with clay, paint, pigment, paper, textile, peppercorn, pearl.
Petal’s place
Petal’s palac... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Camp Namegans: Jeremy Herndl
Friday May. 10th until Fri. May 31st
Landscape is not passive - it is political and social and it bears the character of the people who live and work on it. It contains a human legacy, layered over the centuries - of unceded First Nations territory, colonization, agriculture, industrialization and gentrification. Landscape is also ab...
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Free
Artist Market: Elise Hendrickson, Stefanie Mudry
Friday May. 3rd until Sun. May 5th
Artist Market
Ministry of Casual Living,
Devonshire Studio Gallery,
858 Devonshire Road
Friday, May 3, 1-8pm
Saturday, May 4, 11am-5pm
Sunday, May 5, 11am-5pm
Come experience our first ever Artist Market!
Local artists of varied practices will gather, sell and showcase their wares.... Read More
Free Fri, May 3, 1-8pm, Sat May 4, 11am-5pm, Sun, May 5, 11am-5pm
Ministry of Casual Living,
Devonshire Studio Gallery,
858 Devonshire Road
Friday, May 3, 1-8pm
Saturday, May 4, 11am-5pm
Sunday, May 5, 11am-5pm
Come experience our first ever Artist Market!
Local artists of varied practices will gather, sell and showcase their wares.... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Moonlight 2019: Anne-Marie Fortin
Friday Apr. 26th until Sun. April 28th
Anne-Marie Fortin
Moonlight 2019
Moonlight has been created during the Bonnie McComb Kreye Residency. This installation is structured around dialectic movements (opposition and analogies) inviting the viewer to reorganize the meaning of what is there for them to see.
The philosophical disc... Read More
Free Friday 7-10pm, Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Moonlight 2019
Moonlight has been created during the Bonnie McComb Kreye Residency. This installation is structured around dialectic movements (opposition and analogies) inviting the viewer to reorganize the meaning of what is there for them to see.
The philosophical disc... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living
Menticality: Kaitlyn Dunsmore
Friday Apr. 19th until Fri. May 10th
Kaitlyn Dunsmore is an interdisciplinary artist from Glasgow, Scotland. She received a Ba (Hons) in Contemporary Art Practice from Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, and has since received an MFA from the University of Victoria. Her work is an exploration of paradoxical and binary relationships. By c...
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Free
Dog Show: Mary Patterson
Saturday Mar. 30th until Thu. April 18th
I wanted to have dog but my circumstances won't allow a furry sidekick. So made 18 miniature wood dogs that fit nicely in the condo and are pretty much easy care.
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Free
Frame & 3D Shapes: Austin Willis
Friday Mar. 8th until Fri. March 29th
I create multimedia abstract paintings, sculptures and installations, primarily concerned with colour, shape, material and form. My paintings use colour and shape to play with spatial illusions. Oscillating between foreground and background, the pictorial dimensions of the image shift as the combina...
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Free
64 Hexagrams: David Gifford
Saturday Feb. 16th until Fri. March 8th
Video work by David Gifford featuring the 64 Hexagrams from the I Ching
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Free
Block Mirror: Marlene Jess
Saturday Jan. 26th until Sat. February 16th
In the age of disembodiment, I believe humans may struggle for the capacity to maintain a sense of self beyond the accompaniment of a personal technological device. The device can record, alter and preserve the user’s sense of self for them. In a way, the device serves as a personal mirror.
I a... Read More
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Solar Tempests: Elyse Longair
Friday Jan. 4th until Fri. January 25th
‘Solar Tempests’ - Elyse Longair
Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
Odeon Alley (764 Yates)
January 4 - January 25, 2019
Open 24 Hours.
Everyone Welcome!
En Lieu of an opening feel free to send along a photo of you with the art:
elyselongair@gmail.com, @elyselongair, #elyselongair Read More
Free 24/7
Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
Odeon Alley (764 Yates)
January 4 - January 25, 2019
Open 24 Hours.
Everyone Welcome!
En Lieu of an opening feel free to send along a photo of you with the art:
elyselongair@gmail.com, @elyselongair, #elyselongair Read More
Solar Tempests: Elyse Longair
Friday Jan. 4th until Fri. January 25th
Elyse Longair Solo Exhibition: 'Solar Tempests' at The Ministry Of Casual Living Gallery.
Open 24 Hours.
Everyone Welcome!
En Lieu of an opening feel free to send along a photo of you with the art elyselongair@gmail.com, #elyselongair @elyselongair Read More
Free 24/7
Open 24 Hours.
Everyone Welcome!
En Lieu of an opening feel free to send along a photo of you with the art elyselongair@gmail.com, #elyselongair @elyselongair Read More
Coming Up
Small Works Exhibition
Friday Nov. 29th until Sun. December 1st
The Ministry of Casual Living Presents our First Annual SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
Support local artists at this amazing one of a kind sale! All works 12x12" or smaller, all priced $100 or less. 100% of proceeds go to the artist. (Keep reading for our submission guidelines, deadline Nov. 20)
Openi... Read More
Free
Support local artists at this amazing one of a kind sale! All works 12x12" or smaller, all priced $100 or less. 100% of proceeds go to the artist. (Keep reading for our submission guidelines, deadline Nov. 20)
Openi... Read More
@ The Ministry of Casual Living