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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com

The arts are ever expanding in Ladysmith, which now plays host to internationally acclaimed artists and a growing gallery by the waterfront.

Dennis Brown, the president of the Ladysmith & District Arts Council, said there are artists in every medium – glass, pottery fabric, leather, paint and more.

“Some people are working with metal,” Brown said. “The sculptors are really getting different. It’s mixed art.”

He said the arts are an important industry.

“It attracts people to the brighter side of life,” he noted.

Brown pointed out that all that is left of old civilizations is the arts.

“What moves through the ages is art,” Brown said.

He said it is important for the community to have arts so future generations can see what was valued.

The arts council also has a gallery made up of a compendium of artists.

The gallery is located just inside the entrance to Transfer Beach Park, on Oyster Bay Drive, a short, unpaved road.

The gallery and council have been housed in the space for two years.

“We have expanded,” Brown said.

Recently, the town agreed to rent space to more artists and the gallery is also going to have studio space for artists. That way, the public will be able to watch the artists at work.

For more information bout the gallery, call 250-245-1252 or see www.ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com.

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