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VIU’s View Gallery presents Kashmir Lesnick-Petrovicz’s Guardians of Land, Life, Seeds and Love
February 27, 2024
An artist talk is at the gallery on Wednesday, February 28 at 1 pm. In 2023, Queen Elizabeth Scholar and photographer Kashmir Lesnick-Petrovicz spent three months in South Africa to complete her internship in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Global Studies program. As a communications intern, she worked for the non-profit Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE), documenting their... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents bailey macabre exhibit in collaboration with the Nanaimo Arts Council
January 23, 2024
The exhibit is on display at VIU’s View Gallery until February 16. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is honoured to host ᐹᑭᒋᐦᒉᐤ" pâkicihew (she has swollen hands), an installation by Nanaimo-based artist bailey macabre, organized by the Nanaimo Arts Council and curated by Amber R. Morrison. A closing reception and artist talk is on February 15 from 5 to 7 pm at the gallery. The... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery hosts an exhibit featuring Nanaimo and mid-Island artists
October 10, 2023
The opening reception for OCTAD exhibit is Thursday, October 12 from 5 to 7 pm. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is excited to host OCTAD, Art and Community, an exhibit featuring exciting new artwork from eight Nanaimo and mid-Island-based artists. The exhibit runs from October 12 to December 8. An opening reception takes place Thursday, October 12, from 5 to 7 pm. Everyone is... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents an exhibition featuring faculty artists
September 20, 2023
The exhibit reception is on Thursday, September 21 from 5 to 7 pm. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is excited to host F23N14, its VIU faculty exhibition. The exhibit runs until October 6, with a reception on Thursday, September 21 from 5 to 7 pm. Many of VIU’s faculty artists will be present and everyone is welcome. Works in painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, sculpture... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents Taryn Walker, Echoes From a Time Not Yet Here
February 7, 2023
The exhibit runs from February 16 to April 7. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is honoured to host an exhibition by Indigenous artist Taryn Walker from February 16 to April 7. With their exhibition Echoes From a Time Not Yet Here, Walker will bring their engaged imagination, compassion and sensitive touch to the drawings preserved in wax, large-scale wall drawings, and the video... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents the 2023 Student Art Salon
January 6, 2023
Exhibit runs Tuesday, January 10 to February 9. Is the weather getting you down? Do you need some colour and pop, some enchantment and pizzazz to brighten up the January-February blahs? Swing by Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery anytime between Tuesday and Friday from 10 am to 4 pm from January 10 to February 9 to check out our 2023 Student Art Salon! The View Gallery is excited... Read more
Graphic design students address sustainability by rethinking product packaging
November 16, 2022
What: Unwrapped: A package design exhibit where less is more When: November 22 to December 1, 2022 Where: VIU’s View Gallery (Building 330), Nanaimo campus Product packaging is a major contributor to global waste and designers can make an environmental impact by choosing more sustainable options. Third-year graphic design students at Vancouver Island University (VIU) were challenged to select... Read more
View Gallery presents Cindy Stelmackowich – Trenched
September 7, 2022
The exhibit runs from September 15 to November 11. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery is excited to welcome Ottawa-based sculptor Cindy Stelmackowich to present new works in her exhibition Trenched. The projects explore notions of care and violence as each relates to the history of medical advancement and war. Trenched runs from September 15 to November 11, with an opening... Read more
VIU’s View Gallery presents Photo Salon 2022 hosted by Harbour City Photography Club
June 16, 2022
Exhibit that features some of the Island’s best photography runs from June 18 to 26. After a two-year hiatus, the Nanaimo Harbour City Photography Club’s annual photo salon is once again on display at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery. The exhibit, Photo Salon 2022, features some of the Island’s best photography. Early in the spring, photographers were invited to submit... Read more
VIU’s The View Gallery Presents Escape Artists
April 22, 2022
Bachelor of Arts Major in Studio Art graduating student exhibition runs from April 20 to May 13. After a year of taking studio art classes online, the 11 students in this year’s graduating student exhibition Escape Artists hit the ground running last September – challenging themselves in the final year of their Vancouver Island University (VIU) undergraduate degree. The result is the diverse... Read more