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visual arts Artist Hank Bull will give a talk at Presentation House Gallery on October 2. 7:30 p.m.. as part of the Transient Moments: Vancouver and the Performance Photograph exhibition which runs at PHG September 14-October 27. Photo: Hank Bull (left) and Eric Metcalfe, performance at the Western Front, mid-1970s. Photo courtesy of Western Front archives. Showing Around Town Close Out. acrylic on canvas by Jason Claridge, will be part of the exhibition Swell, No Swell at the Government of Canada Fine Arts Gallery (West Vancouver Memorial Library). September 3-28. For more information call: 925-7410. Tacking Up, a watercolour by Kelly Brook Allen, from her western Boots and Bums series, will be on the auction block, October 24, at the Squamish Nation Recreation Centre. Allen has a passion for horses and captures them in a whimsical and colourful way. She joins local artists Craig Yates, Damien George and Simon Dick in donating art work to Trebles with a Cause, a fundraising gala auction and entertainment showcase, presented by Pandora's Vox Vocal Ensemble. For more information call 922-2513. From the Earth, at the Ferry Building Gallery September 24-October 6, features the photographs of North Shore artist Heather Fisher (right) and the clay sculptures of Mas Funo (left). Fisher's photographs of the rocks of the West Coast, and other natural forms, will join with Funo's unique clay vessels which are reminiscent of rocks forged by the earth. Information: 925-7290.