Creating Con[text] activates works of art in in the University of Victoria’s Michael Williams Bequest Collection through the oral history research of Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer and her graduate students. Over the course of a number of years Dr. Butler Palmer and her students have gathered an extensive array of interviews with people associated with the late downtown businessman and art supporter Michael Collard Williams and the artists he collected.  Featuring paintings by Angela Grossman, Jack Shadbolt and Emily Carr, eminent British Columbia painters whose careers span more than a century into present day, the exhibition allows the stories of artists, dealers, collectors, and viewers to infuse the works of art with more deeply understood meaning.

The Legacy Art Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm.

Free

MAY 22 & 23   (7:00 & 9:00)

THE GATEKEEPERS

Director: Dror Moreh   

Israel, 2012, 102 min; English & Hebrew with subtitles; PG

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE! BEST DOCUMENTARY

“PROVOCATIVE, REVELATORY AND ASTONISHING!”

–Hollywood Reporter

This film is a feat — of access and of passionate and unsettling political commentary. I don't know how Moreh persuaded six former heads of Israel's Shin Bet secret-service agency to talk to him; these are tough men who have never spoken about their work before. But talk they do about terrorism, torture, war, compromise, the relationships between Israelis and Palestinians, and, most depressingly, about the relationships among Israelis in a country being torn apart as much by citizens within as by enemies without. What they have to say is unnerving, surprising, and vital. —Entertainment Weekly   

UVSS Students: $5.75

SPECIAL FOR UVSS STUDENTS - 9pm shows (or later): $3.75

Seniors (65 & over), Children (12 & under): $5.75

Other Students: $6.75

Cinemagic Members: $6.75

Uvic Alumni, Faculty, Staff & their guests (1 only): $6.75

Non-members: $7.75

MATINEES all seats: $4.75

 

Astronomy Open House is sponsored by the UVic Department of Physics & Astronomy. This event is held every Wednesday from 8pm - 10pm from October to April and 9pm - 10pm from May to August. In January, April and December, the open house may not run regularly, please contact the Department of Physics & Astronomy by phone at 250-721-7700 or by email at physgen@uvic.ca to confirm.

Free and open to the public.

The Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award (DEYA) is a symbol of entrepreneurial excellence. It recognizes an inspirational entrepreneur who has had a significant and positive impact on the global community through their business leadership.

Join us in celebrating the vision and entrepreneurial accomplishments of Brant Louie, O.B.C., LL.D, FCA, Chairman, President & CEO, H.Y. Louie Co. Limited, Chairman of the Board London Drugs. This black-tie event takes place on Wednesday May 22nd at the Victoria Conference Centre from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm. For questions and inquiries please contact Pam Bartilucci at 250-721-6406 or e-mail pbartilu@uvic.ca.

Contact Pam Bartilucci for details at 250-721-6406 or e-mail pbartilu@uvic.ca.

3 ticket limit in effect per graduating student. Each ticket $5.00.Please book tickets under graduating student's name to avoid delays in receiving order.

Parking passes are available for purchase in advance.

Extra tickets not available online.

A limit of 2 extra tickets are available first come, first serve as of May 6, 2013.

3 ticket limit, tickets $5 each.

Tickets will be available for sale on 3 April 2013 at 8:30AM

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Guest curated by Dr. Andrea Walsh (Anthropology) and Dr. Robina Thomas (Social Work).

The vibrant and powerful paintings in this exhibition were created by children who attended the Alberni Indian Residential School in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The works were created in an extra-curricular art class run by artist Robert Aller. Over 50 years later, residential school survivors who attended the school and created these paintings are working together with UVIC faculty and staff to document the role of art in residential schools through individual stories and works of art. The paintings in this exhibition provide an exceptional and rare opportunity to witness the power of children's creativity during residential schooling, when their voices were actively silenced by assimilationist government policies. The exhibition asks viewers to consider the role of this art today at a time when Canada is attempting reconciliation around this history with Indigenous peoples.

The gallery is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm.

Free