Nov 17 - Dec 16

Calls for Artists: Christmas Boutique & Miniature Exhibition
Place des Arts

If you're an artist who likes to work on a smaller scale, Place des Arts offers a unique opportunity: the annual miniature exhibition and sale, Positively Petite.

Every year from November through December the Atrium Gallery is filled with miniature artwork in all media. As purchasers may take away artwork immediately, artists may enter up to eight works initially and replace any sold pieces throughout the exhibition.

In 2011, Positively Petite runs from November 17 to December 16. The opening reception is Thursday, November 17 from 7:30 to 9:00pm, in conjunction with the official opening of Place des Arts' Christmas Boutique.

Entry forms must be received at Place des Arts by Wednesday, October 12. This is also the date for new artists to drop off work, as it must be juried before acceptance.

Returning artists must deliver artworks to Place des Arts with Artwork Identification Cards attached to the back of each work between Monday, October 31 and Sunday, November 6.

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Oct 29/2011 - Jan 29/2012

Shore, Forest and Beyond. Art From the Audain Collection
Vancouver Art Gallery

The role of private collectors in the art world has always been essential to both artists and museums. Private collections are formed in a variety of ways, yet some achieve particular distinction for their depth, breadth and quality. The works assembled by Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa over the last two decades form one of the most important private holdings of work by First Nations and non-First Nations British Columbia artists. The Audains have created a collection that allows a particularly rich history of the art of British Columbia to be told.

Beginning with the powerful ceremonial objects of the First Nations peoples, Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection traces the important strands of artistic production in the province right up to the present day. The co-curators have selected some 170 works from the Audain’s personal collection, as well as past works they have donated for the Gallery’s permanent collection. It features their particularly strong collection of the work of British Columbia’s most distinguished painter, Emily Carr, while presenting work by other prominent Canadian Modernists, including Lawren Harris, Frederick Horsman Varley and B.C. Binning.

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