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June 29, 2024 - October 27, 2024

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April 27, 2024 - April 27, 2029

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🥁 Please join us for a drum-making demonstration on Thursday June 27, from 5:30 – 8:30pm. 🔥 Admission is free!

Coast Salish artist, Virgil Sampson, will share teachings on drum practices as well as traditional and contemporary techniques in the sphere of drum making. This will be an incredible opportunity to come together and learn, with Virgil leading us.

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Virgil Sampson is a Coast Salish artist from the Tsartlip Nation and Nez Perce Territory. Virgil practices traditional and contemporary Coast Salish art through painting, prints and drum making.

Image Credits: Virgil Sampson, courtesy of the artist.

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July 20, 2024

Art Gallery Paint-In 2024

Who's ready to paint the town?

Don't miss the 35th annual The Art Gallery Paint-In , the largest summer arts festival on Vancouver Island, bringing Vancouver Island artists together in celebration of art along Moss Street.

July 25, 2024

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Free Gallery Days

Join us for free admission every Thursday evening from 5PM to 9PM, generously sponsored by TD.

August 1, 2024

Feel Free!

Free Gallery Days

Join us for free admission every Thursday evening from 5PM to 9PM, generously sponsored by TD.

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AGGV Magazine

GENERATIONS: THE SOBEY FAMILY AND CANADIAN ART

By Steven McNeil, AGGV Chief Curator & Director of Collections and Exhibitions

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🥁 Please join us for a drum-making demonstration on Thursday June 27, from 5:30 – 8:30pm. 🔥 Admission is free!

Coast Salish artist, Virgil Sampson, will share teachings on drum practices as well as traditional and contemporary techniques in the sphere of drum making. This will be an incredible opportunity to come together and learn, with Virgil leading us.

Learn more 👉Link in Bio!

Virgil Sampson is a Coast Salish artist from the Tsartlip Nation and Nez Perce Territory. Virgil practices traditional and contemporary Coast Salish art through painting, prints and drum making.

Image Credits: Virgil Sampson, courtesy of the artist.

#AGGV #yyjArts #CoastSalish #DrumMaking #ArtGalleryVic

Territory Acknowledgement

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is located on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on this territory.

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