LOFOARFA

Date: August 17 and18, 2007 

Open Space presented an art fair of extreme proportions! Many of Victoria’s artist run centres and galleries assembled to offer the inquisitive, the playful and the unexpected for the art crawling public. Individual booths were presented inside Open Space,  aimed to entertain, amaze and subvert expectations. 

An indoor summer event like no other, LOFOARFA shed the commercial skin of traditional art fairs in exchange for an imaginative and creative work-out. Ten organizations were on hand to offer everything from virtual kite flying, interactive board games, burlesque and trading card design, visual art, live music, the written word and much that exists in between.

LOFOARA featured a range of Victoria’s arts community active contributors. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Media Net, The Ministry of Casual Living, Perro Verlag (Mayne Island), Polychrome Fine Arts, The Slide Room Gallery (at VISA), Studio 16 1/2 Gallery and Arts Emporium will all be on hand to offer a counter-spin on the local art scene.

Featuring:

 The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria

The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective

Island Blueprint, Island Blue Art Supplies

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

 Media Net

 The Ministry of Casual Living

 Perro Verlag

 Polychrome Fine Arts 

 The Slide Room Gallery (at VISA)

 Studio 16 1/2 Gallery and Arts Emporium 

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