May/June event A Colourful Life Calendar of Visual Arts date/time venue Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Silk Purse Arts Centre 925-7291 W V Memorial Library 925-7400 West Vancouver Museum & Archives 925-7295 Presentation House Gallery 986-1351 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 Lucas Centre Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Silk Purse Arts Centre Presentation House Gallery 986-1351 Presentation House Gallery, 986-1351 535 East 1st St., N V 984-8574 3540 Marine D r . W V 922-5356 details Colin Righton's solo exhibition of his vibrant and dynamic acrylic paintings. Works by participants of the Vancouver Art Therapy sessions (see story on page 8). Homesteads and landscapes of B.C. in oils and watercolours by Wanda Griffiths. Until May 12 Until May 12 Until May 26 Exhibits Vancouver Art Therapy Up Country West Van Collects Featuring the West Vancouver schools' Until Aug. 18 photography and Lawson Family collections from the museum and some of West Van's personal collectors and collections. Exhibit by Ron Benner on the history, Until May 12 economics and politics of food and crops. Off-site exhibits at Save-On-Foods, Park andTilford and Lonsdale Quay Hotel. Lynne Green, mixed media paintings. May 1-26 Ruth Scheuing sculptural busts fashioned in aluminum sheeting. North Vancouver artist Margaret Witzsche's May 1 -June 30 acrylic panels in the lobby of Deep Cove Cultural Centre. Lions Gate Quilters' Guild quilt show. Nine North Shore artists'group show. Jim Southern, artist (925-7291). May 3-5 May I4-June 9 May 14-26 All That Has Value Patterns The Labryinth Cycle Album of Quilts Jurors Select Landscapes 1 became unconscious Multimedia installation by Katherine Knight. May 18--July 7 This work investigates the question of choice through the development of stories of water-related disasters. Early 20th-century botanical images by German May 18-July 7 photographer Karl Blossfeldt (see story page 22). Michael Binkley shows original sculptures May 23-26 designed to weather the elements in your garden. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monica and Barry Shelton show their works: mixed media, watercolours, acrylics and oil. Moira Thompson, clay and porcelain tiles. Ann Mitchell, ink and watercolours. Rosemary Schouw, artist (925-7291). Nancy Wientjes, solo exhibit of large acrylics. Coloured lithographs, watercolours and oils by artist Shyh-Charng Lo. May 25 1-8 p.m. May 26 1 - 6 p.m. May 27-June 30 May 28-June 9 May 28-June 9 May 29-June 23 June 8 6:30 p.m. June 1 1 -23 June 1 1-23 Art Forms in Nature The Garden Sculpture Show Spring Exhibition Royal Cats & Gilded Fishes W V Memorial Library 925-7400 Doors & Windows Watercolours Seawalk Fantasies Dialogues with Nature Art Auctions are Murder Children's Art Exhibit Silk Purse Arts Centre Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 Seymour Art Gallery 924-1378 Ferry Building Gallery Silent and live auction with professional auctioneer, refreshments, wine draw and murder mystery. Mixed media show (925-7290). 925-7291 Vancouver Sculpture Society Silk Purse Arts Centre The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation Harmony Arts Festival Vancouver Art Gallery 682-4668 Ferry Building Gallery 925-7290 A comprehensive look at the historical and June 20-Sept. 2 social/cultural significance of the Group of Seven. The deadline for applications to be one of the Art Beat Window Display Artists is June 28. Applications to be one of the artists creating in a West Vancouver park is July 5. Arts Alive, the TELEVISION SHOW airs Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30 p.m. on Shaw Cable 4. To have your exhibit/event listed in this calendar (free of charge), fax your listings to Gloria Loree, Editor, 984-3563, by June 15 for the July/August issue.