The University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries manages and exhibits the university’s extensive art collection. As a leader in cultural and academic collaborations, Legacy reaches across disciplines, within and beyond the university to engage curiosity, inspire creativity, and foster research and learning through art. All exhibits are free and open to the public. See website for current exhibition. Hours vary by season: (Jan to Mar) Thurs to Sat 10 am - 4 pm; (Apr and May) Wed to Sat 10 am - 4 pm; (Jun to Aug) Wed to Sat 10 am - 4 pm, Thurs noon - 7 pm; (Sept to Dec) Wed to Sat 10 am - 4 pm.
UVic Legacy Gallery Downtown
630 Yates St, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1K9
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UVic Legacy Art Gallery Downtown
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Visitors at the opening of The Ground Above Us, 2019
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On Beaded Ground installation image, 2021
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Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects installation image, 2018
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We Carry Our Ancestors installation image, 2019
630 Yates St, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1K9
250-721-6607
Hours vary by season: (Jan to Mar) Thurs to Sat 10 am - 4 pm; (Apr and May) Wed to Sat 10 am - 4 pm; (Jun to Aug) Wed to Sat 10 am - 4 pm, Thurs noon - 7 pm; (Sept to Dec) Wed to Sat 10 am - 4 pm.
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Elizabeth Yeend Duer slipped between two identities – an Englishwoman and a Japanese painter – during Victoria’s war years.
Jan 26, 2019
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![Cassils, "Becoming An Image, Performance Still No. 4" (National Theater Studio, SPILL Festival, London), 2013](https://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/12898/download/Cassils--Becoming%20An%20Image%20Performance%20Still%20No.%204%20%28National%20Theater%20Studio%2C%20SPILL%20Festival%2C%20London%29%2C%202013%20copy%20copy.jpg?cb=049bfb90e8d58d2449fb664e9ca81b8f&w=320 "Cassils, "Becoming An Image, Performance Still No. 4" (National Theater Studio, SPILL Festival, London), 2013")
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
An exhibition at the University of Victoria’s downtown Legacy Art Gallery gives voice to a community that faces prejudice and violence.
Feb 27, 2018
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Ellen Neel's Totem Poles
Ellen Neel’s show at the University of Victoria’s Legacy Gallery has a provocative subtitle: "The First Woman Totem Pole Carver."
Mar 13, 2017
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UVic Special Collections, Robin Skelton fonds, SC114 Acc.#1991-093, 1.1
MAKING A SCENE: To June 27, 2015 at the Legacy Art Gallery, Victoria
In "Making a Scene: Victoria’s Artists in the Sixties", curator Emerald Johnstone-Bedell demonstrates the spontaneous activity and networks that brought contemporary art to the forefront in the British Columbia capital.
Jun 8, 2015
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MARY KERR, "Copper Thunderbird: Invention, Inspiration and Transformation," July 9 to November 30, 2008, Legacy Art Gallery, Victoria
This exhibition combines two threads of inspiration. One focuses on Mary Kerr’s designs for costumes, props and stage design for Copper Thunderbird, a play about the life and paintings of Ojibwa artist Norval Morrisseau.
Aug 31, 2008
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