A graduate of the Academy of Music in St. Petersburg, Russia he worked as a musician and actor around the globe with troupes like the Russian National Folkloric Band and the Footsbarn Travelling Theatre of France. Along the way, he collected instruments and learned how to play them from accomplished local musicians. Over 100 instruments
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Boundaries
Arthur Babiarz, Blaine Campbell, Brenda Fredrick, Christopher Friesen, David Floren, Davida Kidd, Dennis Greer, Grace Tsurumaru, Kenneth Newby, Shelley Stefan, Tetsuomi Anzai, Tom Konyves
19.11.09 - 03.01.10
The exhibition offers the public an opportunity to explore the eclectic mix of styles and approaches to the making of art that faculty members utilize in their particular art practices. This exhibition explores issues associated with the idea of boundaries of an artistic nature or boundaries that separate different aspects of experience.
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A Common Thread: Textiles from Stó:lō, South Asian & Mennonite Communities
24.09.09 - 03.01.10
It explores the complex stories and meanings that are contained within each of the artworks as a way of sharing their diverse cultural voices. The Stó:lō weaving tradition, which was almost lost until the 1960’s, is now a part of an international cultural renaissance of Salish weaving. Today Stó:lō weaving contains many beautiful designs each
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We have daily encounters with this pairing, from our computer screens, to our televisions, to the newspaper on our doorstep. Essential Information is an exhibition set up to examine the fundamentals about imagery and how we get it to work. George Seurat was an artist that used science to try to answer similar questions about
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Included in the show are landscapes, portraits, wildlife and graphic interpretations. For over 35 years, APAC has been helping its members develop their photographic skills. The Abbotsford Photo Arts Club grew from the desire of a handful of people to continue to share their experiences and improve their photography. Besides fulfilling a social function, the
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Abbotsford Collects: Selected Works from Local Collectors
24.06.10 - 03.10.10Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast
24.06.10 - 03.10.10
This exhibition explores Derek Besant’s impressions of fifteen nights spent over the course of one year in different motel rooms in different cities. Each morning Besant would photograph the unmade beds and record the rumpled sheets and pillows in what he calls “metaphoric landscapes”. The digital photos show rumpled sheets and pillows, but they represent
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Using a soldering iron, she burns small holes in synthetic fabric and sews photocopies of found images. The integrated lighting reveals complex images of flowers and gardens. Sylvie has always been interested in the strong design of traditional cultures from all over the world. West coast first nation carvings, Australian Aborigine sand painting, Japanese paper
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