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Showing Around Town .4 Rooted Passion, botanical paintings from around the world, together with provocative information of interest to the gardener, student of horticulture and school children, runs at the Sex 'mour Art Gallery. A p r i l 3--28. Below is a watercolour by M a r y Comber M i l e s (Paeonia Ltttea CV. Vesuvius), honourary artist to VanDusen Botanical Garden and a feature artist o f the show. Info: 924-1378. Photo: Raeff Miles. visual arts A feast for the eyes is High Fibre Diet, an exhibition o f textile art presented by the Vancouver G u i l d o f Fabric Arts at the Ferry Building Gallery. A p r i l 2-14. G u i l d members are excited by the possibilities available in the many techniques used in fibre arts, which include weaving, hand embroidery, applique, quilting, collage, handmade paper and two- and three-dimensional works. Above is West Vancouver resident Anne G . Love's piece, The Mother's High Fibre Pie. made of felted wool, K o o l A i d and commercial dyes. The Silk Purse Arts Centre presents Mastering the Medium, works by Antonia Lanik and Joseph Gabanek, M a r c h 19-31. The two met in art school in Prague and emigrated together after the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia. They work in a variety of mediums; pictured below is a portrait by Gabanek done in charcoal and conte. Info: 925-7292. Reused Wood Products by Annette Lacroix is showing in the window display of the North Shore Arts Commission ( N S A C ) at 148 East 2nd St., until March 4. From her shop near the Maplewood Flats, Lacroix creates garden products, woodracks, fireplace accessories and even gift boxes. Lacroix bases this venture on her experience as a gardener and her commitment to the environment. She w i l l also have a display at the Delbrook Craft Fair in May. For more information about these products, call 929-5207. For information about the N S A C display window, call 980-3559. ...THE F U N D FOR T H E ARTS O N T H E N O R T H SHORE CONTACT T H E N O R T H SHORE ARTS COMMISSION--980-J559