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CVAG Solstice Celebration

December 20 2019 / 12:00pm - 9:00pm

COMMUNITY SOLSTICE CELEBRATION at the Comox Valley Art Gallery.
As part of the convergent program ROOT LOVE the community is invited to come together to participate in a day of activities at the gallery beginning at noon and running until 9pm.

WINTER MARKET 10am – 9pm features the work of local makers.

COMMUNITY MAKE ART ACTIVITIES 12pm – 7pm

LIVE SCREEN PRINTING with Gabrielle Moore-Pratt:
ROOT LOVE custom screen-printing: T-shirts / custom cushions / patches

T-shirts:
Bring a cotton T-shirt and print – $5
Purchase a printed T-shirt – $25 (limited sizes and amount available)

Handmade cushion covers 16 inches square (edition of 20)
Printed cushion cover – $25
Cushion fill – optional purchase

Patches – 4 for $10

STUDIO COYOTE PRESENTS: PRINT YOUR OWN HOLIDAY CARDS
Nadine Bariteau of Studio Coyote will be facilitating a community make art drop-in for creating and printing one-of-a–kind holiday cards.
The cost is $5 per card. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

LANTERN MAKE ART STATION
Bring a glass jar and a tea light. Supplies will be on hand for creating glowing lanterns to take home and enjoy. (A small supply of jars will be on hand.)

PLANT SHARING STATION
Bring plant cuttings to share and take home something different. (please include an identifier label with contributed plants and cuttings / no invasive plants)

SOLSTICE RECEPTION 7PM featuring The Town Choir performance; a reading by Spencer Sheehan-Kalina; a showcase of artwork in our George Sawchuk Gallery, GATHER:PLACE, and Community Gallery.

Physica
Clea Minaker
PHYSICA is a living installation and a time based performance producing ephemeral projections from the interactions of objects, light, and phenomena.
December 7, 2019 – January 4, 2020

INCUBATOR PRESENTATIONS

beside (presented in GATHER:PLACE)
New work from NIC Fine Arts Sculpture and Integrated Art Practices
artists: Mona Baker / Janina Brugman / bobbi denton / Tina Filippino / James Kormansek / Bran Mackie / Rennee Poisson / Spencer Sheehan-Kalina / Kelly Wilson
December 13, 2019 – January 4, 2020

untitled (presented in the Community Gallery)
New work in sculpture + mixed media + digital imaging (NIC Fine Arts Program)
artists: Gabrielle Moore-Pratt / Brandon St-Laurent
December 13, 2019 – January 4, 2020

Image courtesy of bobbi denton.