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ARTS event It Pays to Play B.C. in Postcards. 1950s-1980s For the Love of Art March/April venue Presentation House Gallery 986-1351 Jacqueline Frances Studio Gallery 983-2742 NV Museum & Archives, 987-5618 Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Silk Purse Arts Centre 925-7291 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 West Vancouver Museum & Archives 925-7295 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 Silk Purse Arts Centre 925-7291 Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Silk Purse Arts Centre 925-7291 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 Deep Cove Cultural Centre Presentation House Gallery 986-1351 Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Silk Purse Arts Centre 925-7291 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 details Calendar of Visual Arts date/time A group exhibition of 12 Vancouver artists. Until March 31 An investigation into the use of photographic postcards from the 1950s to 1980s. Walking tour by Peter White, March 2. 2:15 p.m. New gallery in Delbrook Plaza features Until March 22 Debra Drayton, Davor Dropulic, Jacqueline Frances. Elizabeth Griffiths and Jane Richardson. A look at the early hospitals and health-care workers of the North Shore. Asuman and Atanur Dogan, watercolours. Dorothy Mckenzie, Irene Poskitt andVi Alexander. Until March 31 March 5-17 March 5-17 In Sickness and in Health Turkey: Scenes, Places & People Group Show Discovery '96 West Van Collects Annual juried exhibition; 44 artists will be featured March 6-31 out of over 100 entries.This years theme is Spirit in Art. Featuring the West Vancouver schools' March 12--Aug. 18 photography and Lawson Family collections from the museum and some of West Van's personal collectors and collections. Chris Creighton-Kelly, internationally known artist and writer. Entrance: $2 donations. Joseph Gabanek and Antonia Lanik, oils. Sharon Christian, mixed media and collage. Presented by the Vancouver Guild of Fabric Arts: traditional and contemporary uses of fibre. Lauraine Russell, watercolours. March 12 March 19-31 March 19-31 April 2-14 April 2-14 Performance Art Mastering the Medium Queen of Scrap High Fibre Diet Solo Show A Rooted Passion Botanical artist, honourary artist forVanDusen April 3-28 Botanical Garden, Mary Comber Miles, will exhibit her botanical paintings. Also, a series of information workshops. Eleven students from Maplewood Elementary School will show flower paintings. April 3-28 Student Show All That Has Value Exhibit by Ron Benner on the history, April 6-May 12 economics and politics of food and crops. Off-site exhibits at Save-On-Foods, Park and Tilford and Lonsdale Quay Hotel. "The Best of South Granville's Gallery Row," Explore the Buschlen Mowatt Gallery and the galleries of South Granville and meet the artists. West Vancouver Secondary School juried grad show. Paul Price, Landscapes. April 10 I0a.m.-5.pm. April 16-28 April 16-28 April 20 City Art Tour Group Show Solo Show Demonstration Two members of the Adachi School will demonstrate Ikebana. Followed by a hands-on session. 9:30 a.m.-noon, cost $25, room for 10 people. Arts Alive, the T E L E V I S I O N S H O W airs M a r c h 5 at 8:30 p m . and Tuesdays at 8:30 p . m . and Sundays at 10:30 p . m . on Shaw C a b l e 4. If you would like to have your exhibit or event listed in the Arts Alive Magazine Calendar (free of charge), fax your listings to Gloria Loree, Editor, 984-3563.