Connecting people to the arts in the Cowichan Valley,

Slam Dunk
  ~ Terry Una Lee
     & Ron Greenaway
A Magical Night
  ~ Ruth Steeves
     & Betty Locke
A Memory - A Distant Rain
  ~ Paulette Rivait
     & S.A. Stone
Birthday Wishes
  ~ Rachael Sinclair
     & Tanis Humeny
Brown
  ~ Beverly Koski
     & Bev Mountain
Cobble Hill
  ~ Margaret Cox
     & Elizabeth Symon
Deep Within Old Age
  ~ Susan Christensen
     & Jane Wolters
Dragonfly
  ~ Margaret Cox
     & Bonnie Cruickshank
Dreams
  ~ L.E. Hammocks
     & L. E. Hammocks
Eagle Creek
  ~ Leanne Boschman
     & Edie Miller
Eclipse
  ~ Ewa Sniatycka
     & Online Luinenburg
Forest Fires
  ~ Kate Sutherland
     & Neil A. Fatin
Fruition
  ~ C.E. Chapple
     & Doreen Tawse-Smith
It's Not about Princesses, Pretty Ponies or Pigtails
  ~ Lyndsey Wheat
     & Bernice Ramsdin-Firth
Joining Hands Around the World
  ~ Rachael Sinclair
     & Ellie Hallman
Journey To The Beach
  ~ Roberta Veenstra
     & Beckie Waldron
Knickers
  ~ C. E. Chapple
     & Lynn Starter
Lakelse Lake Haiku
  ~ Leanne Boschman
     & Renee de Bree
Line Dance
  ~ Judith Belton
     & Kaye Smillie
Loss
  ~ Bev Koski
     & Ron Greenaway
Malcolm
  ~ Tony Parr
     & Colleen Freeman
Ninety
  ~ Amy Kuta
     & Bettina C. Antle
Opal Love
  ~ Arleigh Trail
     & Ellie Hallman
Patience
  ~ Bev Mountain
     & Peter Lawson
Rain Sounds
  ~ Theo Gustafson
     & Pat Wheatley
Revolutionist
  ~ Rojan Zét
     & Rojan Zét
Rose
  ~ Tasheena George
     & Ellie Hallman
September
  ~ Joanna M. Weston
     & Ellie Hallman
Sex and Flowers
  ~ Bev Mountain
     & Alison MacKenzie
Suicidal Love
  ~ Alexis Harry
     & Ron Greenaway
Surrender
  ~ Susan Christensen
     & Kathie Fielding
The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
  ~ Abel R. Engstrom
     & Rebecca Barnard
The Old Country Store
  ~ Mag Mawhinney
     & Neil A. Fatin
This Clock
  ~ Keith Derek Harry
     & Beverlee McLeod
Time Traveller
  ~ Edward Bracken
     & Daniel Gintowt
What Do Eagles See?
  ~ George Robson
     & Jan de Bree
Windsurfers
  ~ Elizabeth Symon
     & Neil A. Fatin
Wintering Swans
  ~ Sharon Tilton Urdahl
     & Peter Lawson

Verse & Vision 2009

Wednesday, October 21 to Saturday, November 14

Opening Night: Wednesday, OCTOBER 21st, 2009

Reserve this date for CVAC's Gala Opening of Verse & Vision 2009 at the Cowichan Theatre's TELUS LOBBY.

Verse and Vision poetry and artwork

Doors open at 6 p.m. for Viewing and Refreshments.

This is your cordial invitation to attend and meet the Poets and Artists who together made this display a reality.

View local Artists' interpretations of over 80 poems by local Poets then, cast your ballot for Favourite Poem and for Best Artist's Interpretation of a poem.

Listen to poets' readings of choice poems at 7 p.m.

Awards will be presented, after ballot counting, about 8:30. Doors close at 9 p.m.

Show runs from Wednesday, October 21 to Saturday, November 14.

See the Verse & Vision Show in the Lobby when attending Cowichan Theatre performances and during the Special Viewings noted below.

Special Viewings: 12:00--4:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Oct. 24, 31 , Nov. 7 and 14.

Verse & Vision 2009 Poetry book and Artwork are available for sale. Prices will be noted on the information cards near each work.

Heads Up!.. for Verse & Vision Artists
Please note these important deadlines.
Artists entering work in the October 21st Gala Verse & Vision Show MUST deliver their labelled art to the TELUS LOBBY between 12-2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19th to ensure the volunteers time to hang/place their work for the Oct. 21st Gala event. No late arrivals, please!

Please note that after the 4 weekend viewings, the artwork MUST be picked up between 10-12 a.m. on Monday, November 16th, 2009. Delays will cause real hardship since the location will be given to another group at noon that day. There will be a $10.00 charge for any late pick-ups.

Original Call For Entry

Verse & Vision

After a 2 year gap, Verse & Vision 2009
Brings together 2 separate artistic forms, poetry and art,
in an unusual and intriguing way
Poems interpreted by local artists
in various media,
including watercolour, oils, acrylics, pottery, fabric
photography.

Poems will be published in book form and will be available for sale at the show’s opening in October.