It's hard to believe it's that time of year again - the coveted Xchanges Annual General Meeting - when we get together to review the year's achievements and challenges, get a sneak peek of the year ahead, elect a new board, renew our memberships and commitment to Xchanges success, and recruit some new volunteers. When:... Continue Reading →
Xchanges Gallery and Studios is thrilled to announce we have a new intern joining our team, starting full-time on January 29 for three months. Please welcome, Teresa Sammut our new Web and Public Engagement Intern funded by Canada's Digital Skills for Youth Program. Teresa (she/her) is a recent UVic English graduate (BA 2021) and an... Continue Reading →
Updated 04/12/2023: dates corrected from Sunday, April 23rd to Sunday, April 30th. It's hard to believe its that time of year again - the coveted Xchanges Annual General Meeting - when we get together to review the year's challenges and achievements, get a sneak peak of the year ahead, elect a new board, renew our... Continue Reading →
Xchanges Gallery and Studios is thrilled to announce that Alex Jensen is our new PIDC Project Multimedia Art and Technology Research and Development Intern! Alex comes to the project with a diverse range of skills, knowledge, and abilities and most important, curiosity, flexibility, a desire to learn and support the team as we navigate these... Continue Reading →
Images for poster above: Joanna Pettit (top left), Dave Richardson (top right), Maureen Calkins (centre), Richard Motchman (bottom left), German Mackenzie (bottom right) Opening: December 3, 2021 7-9pm Join the hybrid virtual/physical opening on Zoom and in person at the Gallery! Continuing: Sat/Sun until December 12, 11-4pm As we embark on another trip around the sun, we are... Continue Reading →
Finally! the long-awaited annual members' exhibition opens in the gallery Friday, June 25 at 7:00pm and runs weekends until Sunday, July 4, 2021. Check out what members have been up to this year in 2d and 3d media. Add a reminder to your calendar from the events page here. A selection of installation shots from... Continue Reading →
Xchanges Annual General Meeting to be held on April 24, 2021 at 3pm on Zoom. You can register for your Zoom link here if you haven't done so already. Please join us for this important meeting - to vote in the board of directors, find out about everything that has happened, and the challenges that... Continue Reading →
Xchanges is thrilled to announce our first virtual opening, celebrating the work of over 40 artists in two online exhibitions simultaneously! The recent Provincial Health Orders and strong signals from Dr. Bonnie Henry for people to limit social contact gave us a pause - but we decided to make lemonade and get the work of... Continue Reading →
Our 2nd Culture Days event was Peter Lobel's Guided Portrait session on Thursday, October 8th. It was well attended and over 30 folks registered from many areas outside Victoria, Canada, and even one from Finland! This was the second-time we ran an online Zoom session with an instructor. We used 3 cameras to capture the... Continue Reading →
Xchanges Members in the Community - October News Shannon Holms is an artist in Victoria, BC who is painting portraits of healthcare workers in British Columbia as a tribute to frontline workers who are making great sacrifices to help patients with Covid-19 or impacted by Covid-19. Her project "B.C. Healthcare Heroes" documents the faces, the... Continue Reading →
