Recent Works by Claudia Lorenz, "History, as they say, is never just in the past. It lives alongside us, provoking, inspiring, and informing.

Three Themes: Three Women. Recent Works by Susan Corner, Betsy Tumasonis and Dorrie Pilon. In Celebration of Women's History Month. 

A collaborative exhibition by the Royal British Columbia Museum, the BC Provincial Archives and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

This collection of 39 charcoal drawings on loan from the Vancouver Art gallery have been brought together for the first time. They offer a look at costal British Columbia forests through the eyes of on of Victoria's favourite daughters, Emily Carr. 

The work of Emily Carr never ceases to inspire and as time passes, this inspiration continues to appear in increasingly varied forms. In response to the imagery of Emily Carr and her strong connection to the landscape of British Columbia, Victoria photographer Sylvie Cottell has produced a collection of stunning photographs that re-examine the landscape that figures so prominently in the paintings of Emily Carr. 

Emily Carr found personal and artistic sanctuary in the First Nations villages along the coast of British Columbia. During a period of more than 40 years she
visited, wrote about, drew and painted villagescapes, totem poles, canoes, traditional architectural features and, occasionally, the people she met.  This major national exhibition was curated by Peter Macnair and Jay Stewart and included works from the National Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the
AGGV. 

Carrís contemporaries, including Walter J. Phillips, A.Y. Jackson, and Langdon Kihn
sketched and painted many of the same scenes as did Carr. Their works provide an intriguing contrast to Carrís interpretations. Also part of the exhibition are the historical photographs taken from the same perspectives by Richard Maynard and Charles Newcombe and used by Carr as an aid in reworking her field sketches. 

Unity Of Movement
June 15th - September 6th, 1999 
Emily Carr House

The exhibition, Unity of Movement, displayed a selection of landscape works of Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island by West Coast artists Emily Carr, Katharine Maltwood and Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic. These images from the collection of the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery illustrate a number of major stylistic developments from the 1930s to the present. The works collectively illustrate modern ideas of how form, shape, line and colour can be used to create works that convey personally expressive or spiritually transcendental qualities. Some of the major art movements such as Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Symbolism, and Abstract Expressionism are evident in the works of these artists. Each artist expanded her artistic knowledge with inspiration from the landscape of the Canadian West Coast. Together, the works of these three modern women artists, demonstrate informed methods of artistic expressions which have contributed to the history of modern West Coast art. 

"The idea of a Bobtail kennel did not rush into my mind with a sudden burst. It matured slowly, growing from a sincere love of and admiration for the breed, awakened by my dog, Billie, a half -bred Old English Bobtail Sheep-dog. Billie's bobtail half was crammed with the loyalty, lovableness, wisdom, courage and kindness of the breed. His something-else half was negligible, through it debarred him from the show bench. Heart, instincts, intelligence - all were pure Bobtail." Flirt, Punk & Loo."

A wonderful turn of events has led Resident Curator, Jan Ross, to discover that one of Emily Carr's favourite Christmas stories was the Charles Dicken's classic - A Christmas Carol. 

When unpacking a box of Emily's belongings, Ross found a much loved, leather bound copy of the Dicken's fable. It was inscribed to Emily as a gift from good friends. This hitherto unknown treasure prompted Ross to invite the acclaimed Theatre Inconnu to perform their wonderful production of A Christmas Carol at Carr House. 

With no Bah, Humbug! in sight, Carr House is most pleased to host matinee performances beginning December 18th - until December 24th starting at 4:pm by reservation.

Emily's Victorian Christmas. Tour the Beautifully appointed rooms decked in seasonal splendor.

Readings by actor Molly Raher Newman as Emily includes special Celestial seasoning tea and cookies. 11: am to 3 pm daily December 18 to 30th. Drop in no reservation required.

(Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day).

Gallery

Shape and Rememberance
May 16th - May 31st, 2004
Emily Carr House
Recent Works by artist D.H. Shields

Old Places, New Faces
May 18th, 2004
( International Museums Day, )
10:30am to 4pm

Emily Carr House
 Along with nine other Victoria museums, including Fort Rodd Hill, St. Ann's Academy, The Art Gallery and Craigdarroch Castle Emily Carr House is celebrating with a special day of events. Open from 10:30am to 4:00 pm. Half price admission.

Madhatter's Tea Party
June 4th - September 4th, 2004 
Emily Carr House  As part of Victoria's celebration of "The World Tea Party", Emily Carr House is planning a series of very special events. The MadHatter's Tea Parties will take place on Saturday, July 10th. Join us for a children's day featuring hat making, biscuits and Celestial Seasonings tea. By reservation: seatings at 11am 1pm. and 3pm.

Madhatter's Tea and Hat Contest for Adults
Saturday 1:00 pm, July 25th, 2004

Emily Carr House
Tea and goodies in the garden, plus Alice, White Rabbit, Doormouse, and of course the Mad Hatter will be there! By Reservation.

Emily Comes to Tea
August 11th and August 14th at 1:00 pm.  Emily Carr House.
Actress Molly Raher Newman will make two very special appearances as Emily  Carr. Come join her for tea and readings from Emily's wonderful books.

Emily Carr Permanent Exhibition
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,
1040 Moss Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Monday to Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, 
Thursday 10 am - 9 pm, Sunday and Holidays 1 pm - 5 pm 

Emily Carr is one of Canada's most celebrated and beloved artists and writers. Born in Victoria, B.C., Carr created extraordinarily powerful images of the West Coast she loved. Using intense colours and swirling brush strokes in her paintings, she captured not only the grandeur of nature but also explored First Nations village scapes and totems. Her autobiographical novels and journals, such as Hundreds and Thousands, paint another form of imagery of Canada's West Coast and it's peoples.

This collection of 39 charcoal drawings on loan from the Vancouver Art gallery have been brought together for the first time. They offer a look at costal British Columbia forests through the eyes of on of Victoria's favourite daughters, Emily Carr.

  *Exhibition description from AGGV website.
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