Alcheringa Gallery is an art gallery in
Victoria, British Columbia
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. The gallery produces four to six new exhibitions every year, supplemented by ongoing new works by gallery artists.
It was one of the first galleries to make use of the
internet
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in 1996.
The word Alcheringa is an Aboriginal Australian word for the Dreamtime, the mythical time of creation, when the world and all living creatures were sung into existence. It is believed that singing and dancing maintain the state of the landscape, and that these invisible song lines hold the earth together. Alcheringa represents the sacred, supernatural, and mysteries in indigenous art that goes beyond what is shared and visible.
Alcheringa Gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada.The gallery sells indigenous art to private collectors, governments, museums, architects, designers, and corporate clients, as well as offering other art-related services.
See also
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Northwest Coast art
Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwest ...
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Contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
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Canadian art
Canadian art refers to the visual (including painting, photography, and printmaking) as well as plastic arts (such as sculpture) originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada. Art in Canada is marked by thousands of years of hab ...
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Coast Salish art
Coast Salish art is an art unique to the Pacific Northwest Coast among the Coast Salish peoples. Coast Salish are peoples from the Pacific Northwest Coast made up of many different languages and cultural characteristics. Coast Salish territory co ...
References
Northwest Coast art
Papua New Guinean culture
Australian Aboriginal art
Art museums and galleries in British Columbia
Museums in Victoria, British Columbia
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