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apri Diego Samper Mar 21 @ 7 pm Apr 18 @ 7pm Ferry Building Gallery at Ambleside Landing 925.7266 Diego Samper, photographer and traveler presents The Wind and the Writer's in our Midst Apr 23-27 North Van District Public Libraries 987.4471 A five-day long North Shore Writers' Festival celebrates the authors who live in our midst. Apr 23 award-winning poet Gary Geddes reads from his new book Sailing Home: a journey through time, place and memory. Apr 24 Doreen Armitage and Claudia Cornwall explore The Past: Provincial and Personal at the Capilano Branch. Gardeners and authors Elspeth Bradbury and Paddy Wales share their inspiration of gardening and writing on Apr. 25; Blanche Howard reads from her recent novel Penelope's Way and Stephen Miller introduces his latest mystery on Apr 26. Betty O'Keefe unearths a few Scandals on Apr 27. Suenos (Dreams) 8i In Your Dreams To Apr 8 Presentation House Gallery This exhibition features two installations that take an intriguing look at dreams. Suenos, is a series of unusual photomontage works by in the late '40s, early '50s for an Argentinean magazine. In Your Condor on Mar 21 - visions from the tropical Andes of Columbia and Ecuador to the Highlands of Peru and Bolivia. On Apr 18, Pacific Spirit focuses on Western Canada: the light, the land and the sea (see story page 9). Youthful Visions Apr 9 - M a y 12 Artists for Kids Trust Gallery 987.6667 The North Shore's Millennium Project Visions A Collection of Collections Mar 28-Apr 22 Seymour Art Gallery 924.1378 Bill Mayrs has created a diverse series of large acrylic on canvas paintings that feature "collections." Opening Reception is April 3, 7-9 pm Presentation House Theatre's Second Annual On The House Mar 30 Deadline 990.3473 You provide the show and Presentation House will provide the things you need to make your dream show a reality. Submissions should be creative and innovative without overlooking the essentials. Selected productions will receive 4 weeks in the theatre with use of all technical equipement, $3500 cash for the production, marketing assistance and staff assistance. For application packages, call Val @ 990.3473. Artists For Kids Mar 13 @ 7:30pm 810 W. 21st St North Van 903.3798 Artists For Kids (AFK) will be releasing for sale an exciting new print by BC artist, Roz Marshall on Mar 13. The artist will be in attendance. AFK programs are funded by the proceeds of sales. has resulted in the production of nent North Shore artists. This of the North Shore, exquisite prints created by promiexhibit combines these prints with delightful student works inspired during Artists-in-Residence programs with the artists in North Shore schools. The works will be augmented with interesting research project materials from the North Vancouver Museum and Archives programs. Needle Art Mar 29, 10am-9pm Mar 3 0 - 3 1 , 10am-6pm Lucas Centre, 2132 Hamilton Ave 987.8841/988.6843 Looking for something unique? North Shore Needle Arts is presenting all aspects of embroidery in displays, demonstrations, a merchants' mall and door prizes. Horizons: Art Quilts from the Fibre Arts Network To Mar 24 West Van Museum 8i Archives Tues-Sat 12-4:30 925.7297 This textile exhibition showcases the work of 22 exceptional artists who merge together the quilting craft medium with contemporary art practices and themes. German artist Grete Stern created Dreams, is an installation by Montreal artist Gisèle Amantea, consisting of 31 tiny globes, each containing tiny video projections (see story page 10). Aspects of Wood to March 25 Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove 924.1378 Painter Robert Buckham's latest works depict the artist's fascination with wood that developed during a memorable sketching trip to the Rouge River in Quebec (see story page 8). M a r c h | A p r i l