Legacy Downtown

630 Yates St, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1K9

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Address630 Yates St, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1K9

Phone250-721-6552

Fax250-721-6607

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Hours

Wed to Sat 10 am – 4 pm

Location Type - Art Galleries Public

The Legacy Downtown is the primary gallery space for the University of Victoria and features paintings, drawings and sculptures by some of the best-known artists in the Pacific Northwest, bequeathed to the University of Victoria by Dr. Michael C. Williams. Two gallery spaces feature a variety of rotating exhibits. 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 1 Comments
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
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
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
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