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Shary Boyle in Vancouver

Canadian Art International Lecture Series & the CASv present:

Shary Boyle
Thursday June 5th, 2008, 7pm
HR MacMillan Space Centre- Lecture Hall
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver

Book signing and members-only reception to follow

CASV Annual Trip!

The Annual CASV trip destination this year is San Francisco! Mark your calendars for Friday May 16th to Monday May 19th. Thanks to Wesley Yuen, we are anticipating an amazing trip. Schedule of events are being finalized, but in the mix are 2 or 3 exclusive private collections, private viewings at 2 of the hottest commercial galleries in the city, CASV tour of 2 public institutions and up to 5 studio visits. There will be a group dinner on Saturday night and 3 nights accommodation at the trendy boutique Hotel Diva www.hoteldiva.com

Package options:

Single occupancy: $1100.00

Double occupancy: $1600.00

*Please note that these prices DO NOT include airfare. Each member is responsible for their own airfare.

*Package includes guided tour to the above destinations, 3 nights hotel accommodation, transportation to venues, one night out to dine with the group.

May 16-19 is an extremely busy weekend in San Fran, so we can only hold our block of CASV group rate hotel rooms for a very short time. To secure your space and avoid disappointment, please RSVP to us immediately with a valid credit card or deposit cheque written out to the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver.

Last day to confirm your spot with payment is May 1, 2008.

Need more information? Please contact CASV Vice-President Monica Reyes at info@casv.ca

Whitney Biennial 2008

Image: Curators Henriette Huldisch, left, and Shamim Momin amid the installation of Fia Backström's piece at the Whitney. (Photo: Jason Schmidt)

FlashArt's interview with Shamim Momin, co-curator of the Whitney Biennial 2008

SITE Santa Fe's Seventh International Biennial

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Site Santa Fe Biennial

Welcome to New Mexico. Now Create.
article by JORI FINKEL, New York Times, January 28, 2008

bayareaeventphotography.com

Some of the 22 artists who came to Santa Fe, N.M., from different countries to develop site-specific projects for the 2008 Site Santa Fe Biennial.

ERIC METCALFE: Artist Talk

Eric Metcalfe (b. 1940, Vancouver) received a BFA from the University of Victoria in 1970, exhibited at the University of British Columbia with Max Bates in 1967, Victoria Art Gallery with a solo show in 1968 and was included in the Whitney Museum of America Art exhibition of Ray Johnson's New York Correspondence School in 1970.

In 1973 Metcalfe co-founded The Western Front, one of the first pioneering artist run centres in Vancouver, BC. Metcalfe has worked on media based work since the mid 70s including Howard Hughes Inc., Crimetime Video Productions, Stravinsky’s Soldier's Tale in 1987 engaging sets, props and costumes, The Attic Project and, most recently, Laura (2004), a traveling installation/theatre piece, and Curtain Razors (2007).
Metcalfe’s work is in major collections including the National Gallery. He has been awarded the V.I.V.A. award in 1992, The Victor Martin Lynch-Staunton Award in 2000 and The Audain Foundation Award in 2006. He was Visiting Artist to The University of British Columbia’s undergraduate/graduate program in fine arts in 2006-2007.

The evening concluded with a members-only reception.

Pictures from Studio Visit with Susanna Blunt

SUSANNA BLUNT: Studio Visit

Internationally acclaimed as a portrait artist, Susanna Blunt created the new portrait of H.M. Queen Elizabeth ll for the Royal Canadian Mint. The new image was created in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee and has been used on all new Canadian coins.

Her contemporary art is influenced firstly by nature, observed, collected, drawn and photographed, but also by other arts, primitive, ancient and modern, from many cultures including Asia, Africa and Australia.

Susanna was educated in Canada and in Europe. She now lives in West Vancouver B.C., Canada. She produces art in a wide variety of styles, from realistic, to abstract contemporary art.

Mark Lewis: Artist's Tour tonight at the Vancouver Art Gallery

On November 2nd, 2005 The Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver presented an artist talk by Mark Lewis. Tonight, the Vancouver Art Gallery is presenting a tour of the exhibition, Mark Lewis: Modern Time led by Mark himself. The CASv would like to congratulate Mark on this exhibition which is on view until January 6, 2008.
Mark Lewis is represented by the Monte Clarke Gallery.

Mark Lewis
Thursday, October 18 at 7:00 pm
at the Vancouver Art Gallery

In conjunction with Mark Lewis: Modern Time we invite you to join the
artist for a special exhibition tour.

Over the past fifteen years, Mark Lewis has attracted widespread
acclaim for his work in film. Working within a distinctly minimal set
of parameters, he often dispenses with sound and limits the duration
of his work to about four minutes, the length of a standard roll of
35mm film stock. Presented directly on the walls of the gallery space,
these works deliberately blur the boundaries between film, painting
and photography.

Mark Lewis was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1957 and lived in
Vancouver during the later 1980s and early 1990s. He currently lives
in London, England where he is a Principal Lecturer in Research at the
Central St. Martin's School of Art and Design. His work has been
widely exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. He is
co-founder and co-editor of Afterall Journal (London and Los Angeles)
and editor of the "One Work" series published by Afterall Books.

Free with Gallery admission.

For information phone 604-662 4717.

Mark Lewis: Modern Time
Vancouver Art Gallery

October 13, 2007–January 6, 2008