LOFOARFA - Indoor Summer Art Fair
LOFOARFA
August 17, 18, 2007
Opening Gala Friday, August 17, 8pm
Art Fair Saturday, August 18, 11am to 6pm
Victoria ---- Open Space presents an art fair of extreme proportions! Many of Victoria’s artist run centres and galleries assemble to offer the inquisitive, the playful and the unexpected for the art crawling public. Individual booths aim to entertain, amaze and subvert expectations. Join us for what will certainly be an an
entertaining celebration of Victoria’s burgeoning arts sector.
An indoor summer event like no other, LOFOARFA sheds the commercial skin of traditional art fairs in exchange for an imaginative and creative work-out. Ten organizations will be 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 features 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.
The public is invited to attend, free of charge, to both the opening gala at 8pm on Friday, August 17 and the art fair on Saturday, August 18 from 11am - 6pm. Door prizes, silk screens (bring your own t-shirt for screening on Saturday afternoon!) and food will be on hand.
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
The Slide Room Gallery (at VISA)
Studio 16 1/2 Gallery and Arts Emporium