The Gallery at 2031 Oak Bay Avenue is open daily from 11am until 5pm.
The show will continue until April 9th.
A new art show that opened last week at the Gage Art Gallery on Oak Bay Avenue is challenging the recent decision by B.C. Hydro and the Clark Government to go ahead with the controversial Site ‘C’ dam on the Peace River in northern B.C.. Artist Deirdre Kelly, speaking at the opening on Thursday evening said, “Clear cut logging and other site preparation has already destroyed important wildlife habitat, and is in direct contravention of the promises that were made in Treaty 8, the legal document that was signed in 1908 between First Nations and the government”.
She also said, quoting David Suzuki on his 80th birthday, “ he visited with the Rocky Mountain Camp protesters in January, and stated that ‘the site ‘C’ dam was a climate change disaster’.” Two of the paintings in the show are titled, “As Long As This River Shall Run”, and “As Long As This Land Shall Last”, which are lines taken from part of the promise made in the original Treaty 8 document.
On Wednesday, April 6th at 7pm, Deirdre Kelly will introduce Anna Simeon of the Sierra Club of B.C., and Susan Smitten of the Raven Trust, who will talk about the fight to stop the Site ‘C’ dam. Admission is free, but a portion of the proceeds from art sales at the show will be sent via the Raven Trust to support the legal efforts to stop the dam.
For further information please call Deirdre Kelly at 250-590-1277.
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