An Evening With Kitty Scott
As a curator of contemporary art, Scott has worked at the National Gallery in Ottawa (2000 - 2006) and as chief curator at the Serpentine Gallery in London, one of London’s foremost contemporary arts spaces which attracts over 750,000 visitors per year. In 2006 Kitty was appointed director of Visual Arts at the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre where she also oversees the Banff International Curatorial Institute (BICI).
Open Word: Readings and Ideas. Ken Babstock
Open Word: Readings and Ideas. Ken BabstockWednesday February 6 at 7:30 pm.
Open Space and the Department of Writing, University of Victoria proudly announce Open Word: Readings and Ideas, featuring on-stage discussions with Canada’s top fiction and non-fiction writers and poets.
Ken Babstock, whose energetic, playful poems were short-listed for the prestigious 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize, and won the Trillium Book Award and Milton Acorn People’s Poet Award. Ken Babstock will lanch the sereis with a reading on Wednesday February 6 at 7:30 pm.
Quantal Strife
Quantal Strife
January 26 to March 6
Opening January 25, 8pm
Artist talk January 26, noon
Quantal Strife is an invitation to consider contemporary artworks as “signposts to a thought process, a body of knowledge, or a frame of reference.” The exhibition, curated by artist/critic/writer Sally McKay, samples the work of three artists: Scott Carruthers, Crystal Mowry and Marc Ngui.
Curator in residence Sally McKay
Curator in residence Sally McKay
January 19 to February 8
Introductory talk January 19, 7pm
Office hours for drop in visits: January 23 and 24, February 1 and 5, 12:00 noon to 5:00pm
Appointments: call Open Space at 383-8833
Sally McKay is excited to meet Victoria artists of all stripes. As a visitor to the city, she will have eyes and ears open, and is looking forward to a dialogue. Sally will be curating an ad-hoc exhibition for Open Space during her stay in Victoria, including works of artists she meets during her residency. Sally hopes that anyone and everyone who is interested in having a discussion about their work will come to see her while she is in town.