In this powerful display of healing and sovereignty, the Nuxalk Nation demonstrate their resurgence and return to Stl’mstaliwa—the full human experience.
In this powerful display of healing and sovereignty, the Nuxalk Nation demonstrate their resurgence and return to Stl’mstaliwa—the full human experience.
Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
Step into the streets of Vancouver’s Chinatown through the lens of Fred Herzog. Vitality brings together a striking selection of Herzog’s photographs, capturing daily life in Chinatown, Strathcona, and along
Step into the streets of Vancouver’s Chinatown through the lens of Fred Herzog. Vitality brings together a striking selection of Herzog’s photographs, capturing daily life in Chinatown, Strathcona, and along historic Hastings St. from the 1950s to 1970s. Known for his masterful use of Kodachrome colour, Herzog documented the heyday of a neighbourhood in transformation —family-run shops, vibrant street scenes, and quiet moments of resilience and joy.
Each photograph is paired with personal and historical narratives uncovered by the Chinatown Storytelling Centre, adding new layers of meaning to Herzog’s iconic images. Scan QR codes throughout the exhibition to hear firsthand reflections that bring these moments to life.
Blending photography with storytelling, Vitality uncovers the hidden stories behind Herzog’s iconic images, offering a richer, more nuanced view of these historic neighbourhoods. By capturing the vitality, creativity, and resilience of the community during its heyday, this exhibition serves as a powerful reminder of what these neighbourhoods once were—and what they can become again.
Chinatown Storytelling Centre
Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop. The exhibition invites visitors into an enchanted dreamworld, where myths, memories
Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop. The exhibition invites visitors into an enchanted dreamworld, where myths, memories and materials come together to form a landscape—one that is strange, yet deeply familiar.
Entering the exhibition is like wandering into a forest of the imagination. Ceramic creatures in various scales and forms emerge from earthen mounds, tree stumps and scattered stones. The mazelike installation—constructed from materials foraged from local parks and forests—echoes Otani’s creative process, which transforms natural elements (clay, wood, flora) into figures brimming with presence and personality.
Visitors will encounter works inspired by the Pacific Northwest Coast, made during Otani’s Deer Lake Artist Residency at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in the summer of 2024. Other sculptures—produced in the artist’s studio on Awaji Island, situated on the Seto Inland Sea of Japan—draw on the deep traditions of ceramic-making but are shaped by his own intuitive experimentation. Ranging from human to animal-like figures, Otani’s ceramic works have a raw physicality, with textured and irregular surfaces, while his paintings capture more whimsical and adolescent sentiments of wonder, solitude, longing and hope.
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
MONOVA is looking at transportation on the North Shore through a historical lens with their latest exhibit: Are We There Yet? How did the early infrastructure decisions of almost a
MONOVA is looking at transportation on the North Shore through a historical lens with their latest exhibit: Are We There Yet? How did the early infrastructure decisions of almost a century ago shape our communities and how we move around today? The exhibit brings together rarely-seen archival materials dating back to the early 20th century, and tells a story of how communities were created on the North Shore, and with new roads and bridges, came more choices about where to live and work.
Museum of North Vancouver
115 Esplanade W, North Vancouver, BC V7M 0G7
Heather Woolley, an environmental designer and artist, finds inspiration in the West Coast’s landscapes. Her work fosters a dialogue between humanity and nature, emphasizing sustainability and community engagement. Central to Heather’s
Heather Woolley, an environmental designer and artist, finds inspiration in the West Coast’s landscapes. Her work fosters a dialogue between humanity and nature, emphasizing sustainability and community engagement.
Central to Heather’s practice is her passion project on rammed earth, where she explores the intersection of material technique, construction art, and sustainability. Through this endeavor, Heather aims to create enduring structures that harmonize with the environment while advocating for responsible building practices. Her goal is to inspire stewardship and sustainability in her viewers, promoting a deeper connection with the natural world.
Since 2011, Choi has been creating traditional Korean folk paintings, drawing inspiration from centuries-old techniques while also infusing them with her own creative expression. She primarily works with Oriental watercolour,
Since 2011, Choi has been creating traditional Korean folk paintings, drawing inspiration from centuries-old techniques while also infusing them with her own creative expression. She primarily works with Oriental watercolour, Mica Powder, and Hanji—a traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees. She occasionally incorporates other traditional materials, such as Bunchae—a traditional Korean powdered pigment made by mixing finely ground natural or mineral pigments with animal glue— and Bongchae— a premium pigment made by mixing powdered pigments with animal glue and hardening the mixture into solid stick form.
The works featured in this exhibition reflect both homage and innovation. While rooted in the forms and motifs of traditional Korean folk painting, Choi’s works are not mere reproductions. Instead, she reinterprets and transforms these traditions, creating original pieces that embody both reverence and personal vision. Her goal is to highlight the enduring beauty and emotional depth of Korean folk art while bringing a fresh perspective that resonates with contemporary audiences.
Choi is particularly drawn to natural themes—peonies, birds, and other elements of the natural world—which are rich symbols in Korean culture.
Each piece is created through a meticulous process that may take up to six months, involving multiple stages: sketching, outlining, and layering of colours. Through this careful craftsmanship, Choi seeks to preserve the traditional while also exploring her own evolving artistic language.
Choi began her artistic journey in community art classes, initially painting as a hobby. Over time, her dedication and talent led her to participate in various competitions and exhibitions.
Experience a three-channel video installation, created by LA based multidisciplinary artist Justen LeRoy that speaks to Black environmentalism, Black resistance, and Black liberation.
Experience a three-channel video installation, created by LA based multidisciplinary artist Justen LeRoy that speaks to Black environmentalism, Black resistance, and Black liberation.
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
The You Are Here exhibit presents the original artwork selected for the 2026 You Are Here Fundraising Calendar. Artists submit artworks of places that are recognizably in North Vancouver or
The You Are Here exhibit presents the original artwork selected for the 2026 You Are Here Fundraising Calendar. Artists submit artworks of places that are recognizably in North Vancouver or West Vancouver. The 2026 You Are Here Calendar features Mount Seymour, Lonsdale Quay, Whytecliff Park, Seaview Trail, Horseshoe Bay, Grand Boulevard, Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve Gazebo, Lighthouse Park, Spirt Trail, Deep Cove and The Shipyards. This calendar is a fundraiser for the North Shore Culture Compass, a free online map featuring arts, heritage, and stories of the North Shore.
North Vancouver District Public Library, Lynn Valley Branch
1277 Lynn Valley Rd
Examining how time is represented in narrative spaces, One Hundred Years uses site-specific installations, video and sculpture to explore meaning in various forms of reality. From stage to set to
Examining how time is represented in narrative spaces, One Hundred Years uses site-specific installations, video and sculpture to explore meaning in various forms of reality. From stage to set to gallery, Abbas Akhavan finds a natural duality in each piece, whether it be hospitality and hostility, or institutional and domestic.
BELKIN ART GALLERY
University of British Columbia 1825 Main Mall
Bob Prittie Library – For over 50 years, the Burnaby Photographic Society has supported Burnaby artists working in photography. The Burnaby Art Gallery is pleased to present these photographs made
Bob Prittie Library – For over 50 years, the Burnaby Photographic Society has supported Burnaby artists working in photography. The Burnaby Art Gallery is pleased to present these photographs made by members of this rich community of photographers and showcase the wide-ranging genres of images that the society creates.
The Burnaby Photographic Society (BPS) is a diverse community of photographers ranging from amateurs, emerging artists to professionals. BPS meets weekly, either in person or online, to share photos and ideas, learn from one another, hear inspiring guest speakers, enter competitions and organize photo outings. Interested photographers are sure to meet others with shared interests and approaches to photography and be encouraged to expand their artistic horizons.
Bob Prittie Library
6100 Willingdon Ave
Revealing over a decade of research and visits with collectors from British Columbia and internationally, The Collectors presents Christos Dikeakos’ photo-portraits of collectors with their collections from
Revealing over a decade of research and visits with collectors from British Columbia and internationally, The Collectors presents Christos Dikeakos’ photo-portraits of collectors with their collections from across the spectrum. Artists, patrons, curators, writers and art lovers alike, these stunning portraits reveal the inside world of collectors and their collections, providing a close view of the relations to the objects that have held their fascination. Working in collaboration with the support of photographer Barrie Jones, these precise and carefully ordered images reveal intimacy, desire and wonder–and bring the collectors, whose efforts support artists, museums, gallerists and arts ecologies and ultimately audiences–from behind-the-scenes into the fore.
Griffin Art Projects
1174 Welch St
Edge Effects features a combination of new commissioned works and projects never before seen by audiences in Canada, such as Liz Magor’s still poignant Blue Students/Alumnos en azul (1997). Originally
Edge Effects features a combination of new commissioned works and projects never before seen by audiences in Canada, such as Liz Magor’s still poignant Blue Students/Alumnos en azul (1997). Originally commissioned by INSITE97, the public project centred on photographic portraits of students from the School of Creative and Performing Arts in San Diego, California, and the Preparatoria Federal Lázaro Cárdenas in Tijuana, Mexico, that were placed throughout both cities. The film negatives were pressed with paper covered in iron salts, which converted into positive blue images as they were exposed to sunlight. By the end of the installation period, only a few portraits had not been completely obscured, with the artist stating that the legibility of the images represented the power of circumstance and chance that governs people’s lives.
Photo credit: Jin-me Yoon, video still from As the Crane Flies Bunker (Sonic Transformations), 2025. 4K and thermal 3-channel video installation with sound, sandbags, netting, and wood. 15:05 minutes, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist.
Gibson Art Museum
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of NDN Giver, from September 17, 2025 – January 25, 2026. Curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator, member of
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of NDN Giver, from September 17, 2025 – January 25, 2026. Curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator, member of the Tsiits Git’anee clan, and passionate Haida Nation scholar Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut, the exhibition examines reciprocity, identity, and the evolving practice of gift-giving within potlatch traditions. Bringing together contemporary potlatch gifts such as prints and mugs alongside archival records of historical potlatches, NDN Giver features select pieces from Amelia’s personal collection as well as works by artists from communities across the coast, including the Haida and Heiltsuk Nations. For admission information and complete event details, visit: billreidgallery.ca
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby Street
Phantom Scripts revisits three works by Geoffrey Farmer from the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection — Vampire Archive, November 22, 1974 (2010 – 2025), The Politics of Appearing (2012 –
Phantom Scripts revisits three works by Geoffrey Farmer from the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection — Vampire Archive, November 22, 1974 (2010 – 2025), The Politics of Appearing (2012 – 2025), The Good Sweeper (2017 – 2025)— reframing them through newly composed scripts, annotations, and didactic texts authored by the artist. The texts function as interjections — speculative, contextual, poetic — that reexamine and complicate the earlier works. In doing so, Farmer explores how art can be returned to, re-read, and re-situated under shifting historical and ethical awarenesses.
This exhibition is a return — not only to Farmer’s past works, and to the evolving conditions in which they are understood. Phantom Scripts highlights the artist’s curiosity to revisit the assumptions, forms, and the silences embedded in his earlier productions, treating the past not as fixed, but as an unsettled field of interpretation and implication. Early aesthetic elements remain — vivid, disorienting, alive — but are now considered by the artist within a broader awareness of colonial entanglements and queer disidentification, foregrounding the role of the museum not as neutral host, but as a site of complicity, memory, and potential transformation.
Audain Art Museum
4350 Blackcomb Way
Charles Atlas (b. 1949, St. Louis, MO) has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1970s. In 2024, the ICA Boston presented About Time, the first U.S.
Charles Atlas (b. 1949, St. Louis, MO) has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1970s. In 2024, the ICA Boston presented About Time, the first U.S. museum survey devoted to Atlas’ work. Other recent solo exhibitions include The Mathematics of Consciousness, a 100-foot long video installation commissioned by Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY (2022); Charles Atlas: Ominous, Glamorous, Momentous, Ridiculous, Fondazione ICA Milano, Italy (2021); and Charles Atlas: The past is here, the futures are coming and The Kitchen Follies, The Kitchen, New York (2018). Atlas’ work is included in the permanent collections of major institutions worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Tate Modern, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich; and De Hallen Haarlem, The Netherlands. In 2024, Atlas’ archive was acquired by The Getty Research Institute.
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street
Enemy Alien is the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama. His career, spanning over fifty years, began with his photographs of the Civil Rights
Enemy Alien is the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama.
His career, spanning over fifty years, began with his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States. Wakayama documented many of the social justice movements and countercultures of the 1960s and 70s. His work tells stories of community, joy and resistance in the face of injustice. The exhibition also highlights Wakayama’s documentation of Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan and the Doukhobors of eastern BC.
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
For more than ten years now, the paintings of Sojourner Truth Parsons have trafficked in the saturated and sensorial. Plumbing the space between abstraction and legibility, feeling and form, the
For more than ten years now, the paintings of Sojourner Truth Parsons have trafficked in the saturated and sensorial. Plumbing the space between abstraction and legibility, feeling and form, the language of Parsons’ work is an intuitive one. Building depth through accretion, collapsing interior and exterior realms, and traversing a shifting set of references — from the history of dance to the Gee’s Bend quilts of Alabama to her garden in the Catskill Mountains — her paintings give shape to intensities both atmospheric and embodied.
Louise brings together a selection of works produced by the Vancouver-born, New York-based artist over the past several years, surveying the dexterity of her movement between figuration and form and her canvases’ elemental approach to sensation, texture and tone. Titled after the work of poet Louise Glück — known for her decades-long meditation on the illusions and agonies of the self — the exhibition traces the enduring emotional registers, both individual and collective, that occupy Parsons’ time in the studio: desire, loss, isolation, redemption, resurgence.
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street
Kintsugi, the Japanese art of “golden joinery,” is a 500-year-old tradition of repairing broken ceramics with natural Urushi lacquer and powdered gold. Rather than disguising damage, it highlights it—honoring imperfection
Kintsugi, the Japanese art of “golden joinery,” is a 500-year-old tradition of repairing broken ceramics with natural Urushi lacquer and powdered gold. Rather than disguising damage, it highlights it—honoring imperfection and the passage of time.
Vancouver-based artist Naoko Fukumaru draws on this ancient practice as both a craft and a meditative process. Through her work, she offers a powerful metaphor for personal healing: like broken pottery, our cracks can become part of our story—transformed, illuminated, and made beautiful.
Respecting traditional materials and methods, Fukumaru also pushes the boundaries of kintsugi through instinctive, innovative techniques. Her approach redefines what restoration can mean—bridging history and emotion in work that is both raw and radiant.
This exhibition invites viewers to reflect on what it means to be beautifully broken—and to find strength and beauty in the imperfect.
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Center
6688 Southoaks Crescent, V5E 4M7
The Spaces of the Everyday exhibition came about after a thoughtful conversation with Erin McSavaney in which the role of architecture in painting first drew the curator’s attention to his
The Spaces of the Everyday exhibition came about after a thoughtful conversation with Erin McSavaney in which the role of architecture in painting first drew the curator’s attention to his practice. His depictions of houses and urban architecture offer a visually striking and intellectually provocative intersection of two historically divergent painting modes. McSavaney’s works are rendered with photographic precision—indeed, he uses a camera as a kind of sketchbook—evoking the immersive quality of high realism; meanwhile, at times, hard-edge abstraction takes over the subject matter as scenes are disrupted—sometimes subtly, sometimes boldly. Each of these traditions embodies a distinct discourse of image-making.
West Vancouver Art Museum
680 17th Street, V7V 3T2
Arts Whistler’s latest gallery exhibit celebrates the deep and undeniable attraction of these mountains—the kind of terrain that has inspired obsession for 60 years. From vast alpine bowls to legendary
Arts Whistler’s latest gallery exhibit celebrates the deep and undeniable attraction of these mountains—the kind of terrain that has inspired obsession for 60 years. From vast alpine bowls to legendary couloirs, endless groomers to iconic terrain parks, Whistler Blackcomb’s landscape is unmatched in scale, variety, and raw beauty.
This anniversary exhibit honours six decades of mountain culture, community, and adventure. It traces how these peaks have shaped—and been shaped by—those drawn to them, then, now, and for years to come.
Maury Young Art Centre
4335 Blackcomb Way
This exhibition highlights a vital current in contemporary artmaking today: the intersection between visual art and dance. Named for the process whereby a body comes into awareness of itself in
This exhibition highlights a vital current in contemporary artmaking today: the intersection between visual art and dance. Named for the process whereby a body comes into awareness of itself in space, Kinesthesia brings together an eclectic gathering of artists and groups whose respective practices acknowledge and celebrate the human body’s many ways of being in movement.
Kinesthesia includes visual artists, choreographers, dance collectives, and other performers from across the worlds of dance and art in Canada. Throughout their respective practices, visitors will experience extraordinary artworks that foreground the unique wisdom of bodily experience. The exhibition includes a vibrant variety of media, including sculpture, painting, textile, photography, film, and virtual reality. Combined, the array of work on display reflects ongoing conversations in the fields of dance and live artmaking, speaking to critical topics such as embodiment, choreography, healing, ritual, performance, and transcendence. Drawn from across the country, selected artists include All Bodies Dance, ĀNANDAM dance theatre, Justine A. Chambers, Fran Chudnoff, Brendan Fernandes, Ronald Li, Tanya Linklater, Lucy M. May, Dana Michel, Maisie O’Brien, Evann Siebens, and Sarah Nash Wong.
In all of their work, these artists, dancers, and performers present powerful models for the ways that a human body can present itself in space, whether as the grieving embodiment of inherited trauma, or the wisdom of healing; as an expression of the ways a body can query the paradigms of public space, and unpack their unspoken logics; as sites for both the enactment and subversion of choreographed movement; or as the presentation of alternative modes of identity. Dance relentlessly proposes and then enacts its own possibilities, in movement.
Along with objects and installations, Kinesthesia features a series of live performance works. These include an excerpt from Montreal-based choreographer Lucy M. May’s The Conditions; a dance battle with Funk’N’Sole Street Dance Society; an interpretation of Toronto-based ĀNANDAM dance theatre’s Ephemeral Artifacts sculptural installation; a staging of Vancouver and Surrey-based Justine A. Chambers’ and Simran Sachar’s Today is the evening to strike lightning / Aaj To Bijiliyan Girane Ki Shaam Hai; and a rendition of Montreal-based live artist Dana Michel’s durational work MIKE. For more details about these performances, visit our Events section.
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
We who have known tides begins from a poetic inquiry that seeks to understand what it means to exist at the edges of the Pacific Ocean. We who have known
We who have known tides begins from a poetic inquiry that seeks to understand what it means to exist at the edges of the Pacific Ocean. We who have known tides is an examination that unveils the ways in which the ocean and living in proximity to it has shaped the work of Indigenous artists, as well as their relation to territories across land and water, and their connections to communities that have witnessed the tides change for thousands of years. Drawn predominantly from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection, this exhibition asks us to consider where we are on a deeper level, looking to the ocean as a way of understanding how this place is ever changing.
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
This exhibition explores one of the most intense and productive chapters in the professional life of American photographer Lee Miller. Between 1932 and 1945 Miller was simultaneously a renowned portrait
This exhibition explores one of the most intense and productive chapters in the professional life of American photographer Lee Miller. Between 1932 and 1945 Miller was simultaneously a renowned portrait photographer running her own studio in New York (1932—1934), a photographer for perfume and cosmetic brands in advertising (1932—1945), and a fashion photographer and war correspondent for the British edition of Vogue (1939—1945). This short time span encompasses a rich history in which the photographer moved between and linked her various practices. Miller’s diverse professional activities, and the ease with which she stepped from one context to another, reveal a photographer whose work was defined primarily by its exchange and commercial value. Lee Miller: A Photographer at Work reveals the inner dynamics of managing a photography career amid the myriad challenges facing professional women at the time. The exhibition offers a rich and complex portrait of this important figure, previously known best for her collaboration with American artist Man Ray and her close ties to the Surrealist movement of the 1920s.
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court
Within The Mould, Against the Grain establishes itself as a case study on the genealogies and emergence of Black culture from within the Continent ( Africa) and across the diaspora. Utilizing
Within The Mould, Against the Grain establishes itself as a case study on the genealogies and emergence of Black culture from within the Continent ( Africa) and across the diaspora.
Utilizing Deforrest Brown Jr’s seminal text (Assembling A Black Counter-Culture) and Stuart Halls’s assertions on Black popular culture and identity as conceptual points of departure, this exhibition investigates the similarities, differences and connections that exist between instances of Black cultural production that have emerged from the Western Black diaspora as well as the Continent. Though united under the shared identity marker of “Black”, each one holds nuance based on separate histories, traditions, material conditions and varying stakes.
Through an intimate coalescing of lens-based works, schematics and sonic installations works, exhibiting artists Tati Au Miel, Odartey Aryee, Deforrest Brown jr, and Isabel Okoro expand on existing theoretical and conceptual frameworks that consider Black artists as knowledge keepers and producers, insisting that Black cultural identity, like Black cultural production, is a robust and complex process of both becoming and being that is ongoing.
Exploring themes like traditional spirituality, embodied knowledge, the limits of representation, global Black identity, and the tensions between appropriation, commercialization, and Black cultural production, this exhibition exemplifies the politics of style and oppositionality that position Black cultural production as existing against the grain, despite the hegemonic forces that attempt to dilute and subvert its potential.
The Black Arts Centre
The exhibition brings together artists Mike McNeeley, Chuck Melnychuk, and Sandrine Umuhoza in collaboration with WePress Community Arts Space. Their works reflect on lived experiences and social conditions of Vancouver’s
The exhibition brings together artists Mike McNeeley, Chuck Melnychuk, and Sandrine Umuhoza in collaboration with WePress Community Arts Space. Their works reflect on lived experiences and social conditions of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—narratives that also hold relevance with communities in Surrey.
Aligned with WePress’ commitment to working with those most impacted by systemic injustice, What Bodies Know grew from community workshops centering immunocompromised and disabled participants. These workshops focused on expressions of collective care, with McNeeley, Melnychuk, and Umuhoza contributing as peer workers. In these roles, they offered guidance, shared knowledge, and helped cultivate a supportive space grounded in accessibility.
Developed alongside the exhibition, descriptive and extend labels will provide visual details of the artworks, creating an inclusive experience that supports deeper engagement and understanding. Altogether, What Bodies Know reflects a collaborative and creative process, highlighting how art can serve as a tool for community connection and transformative dialogue.
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
Get festive and shop local at The Polygon Gallery Holiday Shop. Once again, we’re transforming our main floor retail space into a festive holiday experience and shopping
Get festive and shop local at The Polygon Gallery Holiday Shop. Once again, we’re transforming our main floor retail space into a festive holiday experience and shopping destination. Beautifully decorated and carefully curated, The Holiday Shop offers unique gifts by independent makers and artists.
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court
An extended presentation of the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection, From Sea to Sky celebrates the collection’s evolution from its inception in 2016 to the present. Built on the generous
An extended presentation of the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection, From Sea to Sky celebrates the collection’s evolution from its inception in 2016 to the present. Built on the generous donation of over 200 works by Founders Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa, the AAM’s Acquisition Committee has since guided the holding’s expansion through purchase, commission, and donation, to almost 300 outstanding pieces representing the art of British Columbia. Carving, painting, and photography serve as the pillars of the collection, featuring notable works by artists active from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first century. Such a display offers a unique visual evocation of the cultural differences that continue to shape BC’s socio-political identity.
From Sea to Sky showcases familiar masterpieces alongside newly acquired and previously archived works of art. These pieces by artists from the province, and those inspired by local environs, are all housed in Patricia and John Patkau’s stunning example of contemporary West Coast architecture. Among the active carvers and photographers of note are Robert Davidson, Dempsey Bob, Jeff Wall, Jin-Me Yoon and Stan Douglas, while paintings by Emily Carr, AY Jackson and BC Binning add a historical dimension to this sweeping display. Works acquired from Karin Bubaš, Rebecca Belmore, and Russna Kaur are indicative of a mid-point in their respective careers and each have also been featured in solo exhibitions at the Museum.
Audain Art Museum
4350 Blackcomb Way
The Ferry Building Gallery is pleased to welcome you to the opening of Great Gifts, our beloved annual holiday exhibition and gift sale. For over 25 years, this much-loved West
The Ferry Building Gallery is pleased to welcome you to the opening of Great Gifts, our beloved annual holiday exhibition and gift sale. For over 25 years, this much-loved West Vancouver tradition has celebrated the season with a thoughtfully curated selection of art, fine crafts, and unique, one-of-a-kind gifts.
Step into our festive gallery shop and explore an inspiring collection of handmade creations by 42 local artists and artisans. Discover original artworks, ceramics, ornaments, cards, calendars, home décor, textiles, jewellery, body care items and more, perfect for gifting or keeping for yourself.
The Ferry Building Gallery
1414 Argyle Avenue
The first solo-exhibition by Marika Swan, A Circle Strong Enough to Carry Both Sides explores her deeply woven understandings of the nature of duality held in all things. In elaborate,
The first solo-exhibition by Marika Swan, A Circle Strong Enough to Carry Both Sides explores her deeply woven understandings of the nature of duality held in all things. In elaborate, large-scale imagery, Swan depicts truths about the human experience through playful imaginings of spiritual realities. Using an emotional visual language entirely her own, Swan’s woodblock printmaking is informed by the rich philosophical and carving traditions of her Nuu-chah-nulth lineage. Introduced to printmaking as a tool for political organizing, her work speaks to the challenges and world we must face now. As the only public art museum dedicated to collecting works on paper, the Burnaby Art Gallery is honoured to host this exhibition, which features new works alongside Swan’s extensive portfolio.
Burnaby Art Gallery
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the world premiere of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images, on display from November 20, 2025 to March 29, 2026. Curated by Dr.
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the world premiere of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images, on display from November 20, 2025 to March 29, 2026. Curated by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, in collaboration with Tibetan-Canadian community members and artists, the bilingual exhibition explores Tibet’s rich cultural heritage alongside its current political context, through the lenses and voices of the Tibetan diasporic community. The exhibition features photography, letters, objects, and belongings from MOA’s archives alongside contemporary contributions from Tibetan-Canadian artists: Lodoe Laura will have several works on display, alongside the screenings of two short films from filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong, whose work was recently screened at the Toronto and Vancouver International Film Festivals. MOA will celebrate the opening of Entangled Territories on November 20, 6–9pm, with free museum admission for all. To learn more about the exhibition, as well as ancillary events, visit moa.ubc.ca
Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
The Potters Guild of BC enters its 70th year with its newest exhibition – Earth, Fire and Form: A BC Ceramics Celebration featuring the work of over 50 BC artists.
The Potters Guild of BC enters its 70th year with its newest exhibition – Earth, Fire and Form: A BC Ceramics Celebration featuring the work of over 50 BC artists. All works are for sale and there is a mug wall.
Artist talks on Saturdays, 2 – 3pm: November 29, December 6, 13, 20 & January 10
Italian Cultural Centre
3075 Slocan St, Vancouver, BC
Celebrate the holiday season at Festive Village with presenting partner Concord Pacific. Experience the special atmosphere of festive lights and traditional decorations to get you into the holiday spirit. Gate admission is
Celebrate the holiday season at Festive Village with presenting partner Concord Pacific. Experience the special atmosphere of festive lights and traditional decorations to get you into the holiday spirit.
Gate admission is free. View the full schedule of events.
Please note that during times of high attendance, entry onto the site may be limited to ensure the safety of our visitors and staff. Updates will be posted on this webpage and on our social media.
Bring your family and friends to experience the wonder of Festive Village. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the holiday season and create lasting memories.
November 22-December 15, 2025
December 16, 2025-January 2, 2026
Please note: Last admission into the Museum is 30 minutes before closing.
https://www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca/EN/main/what-s-on/heritage-christmas.html
Burnaby Village Museum
Over 600, 8″ x 8″ unique artworks created by local emerging and professional artists are for sale at $120 each. The magic of this show is that each artists
Over 600, 8″ x 8″ unique artworks created by local emerging and professional artists are for sale at $120 each. The magic of this show is that each artists remains anonymous until after their artwork has sold! With every artwork you buy, you are supporting North Van Arts, a non-profit charitable organization, and local artists!
When a work sells, the artist who created it receives 50 % of the sale, and the other 50 % goes to North Van Arts.
Cityscape Community ArtSpace
335 Lonsdale Ave
Join us for a delightful holiday experience. Weave your way through the sparkling lights and aisles of 100+ wooden stalls selling unique artisanal gifts. Enjoy festive music, skate on the
Join us for a delightful holiday experience. Weave your way through the sparkling lights and aisles of 100+ wooden stalls selling unique artisanal gifts. Enjoy festive music, skate on the ice rink, admire the City’s Christmas tree, visit Santa’s chalet, appreciate community entertainment, and indulging in seasonal treats like bratwursts, mulled wine and hot cocoa. Over 140 vendors bring the finest European cuisine and greatest gifts to the City of North Vancouver.
The Shipyards
125 Victory Ship Way
Oasis of Abstraction brings together the work of Nova Scotia–based painter Samantha Battaglia and Ontario artist Lawrence Morton. Battaglia’s fractured
Oasis of Abstraction brings together the work of Nova Scotia–based painter Samantha Battaglia and Ontario artist Lawrence Morton. Battaglia’s fractured geometric abstractions evoke shifting architectural and landscape forms, while Morton’s luminous colour fields unfold as meditative horizons. Together, their works create an oasis within abstraction—a space of balance and stillness where form and atmosphere converge, inviting the viewer to pause, reflect, and breathe.
RSVP Opening Reception November 22nd, 3-6pm
Exhibition runs November 21st – December December 7th
Ashdale Art Gallery
#113 - 175 West 3rd Street
Visit Whistler in late fall for Canada’s Coolest Film Fest with events to connect audiences, filmmakers and industry. This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary with events including film premieres,
Visit Whistler in late fall for Canada’s Coolest Film Fest with events to connect audiences, filmmakers and industry. This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary with events including film premieres, industry summits, talent programs, celebrations and special guest appearances by actors and directors. Round out the festival with skiing, après, fine dining and more in Whistler.
Various venues in Whistler
December 4-7 & 11-14 PNE Forum We are so excited to be back at the PNE Forum, this time with a double weekend show! Join us to find the best handmade
December 4-7 & 11-14
PNE Forum
We are so excited to be back at the PNE Forum, this time with a double weekend show! Join us to find the best handmade items to give and receive, while soaking up some holiday cheer. There will also be food trucks and a fun, lively atmosphere to be enjoyed by folks of all ages!
Passes are $15 at the show ($5 off online).
Make It Passes get you in for the entire duration of the show, so you can come back and shop anytime over both weekends.
PNE Forum
2901 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC
Where Mountain Cats Live is a lush invitation for strengthening community bonds, while acknowledging the precarity that we often build our roots upon. Via table-based installation, prints, and accompanying artist’s
Where Mountain Cats Live is a lush invitation for strengthening community bonds, while acknowledging the precarity that we often build our roots upon. Via table-based installation, prints, and accompanying artist’s books, artist Jenie Gao collapses layers of global and local colonization, childhood memories, and familial narratives of home, displacement, and perseverance, embedded in individual objects.
The centrepiece of this exhibition is the iconic ‘lazy Susan’ table, a post-colonial innovation emblematic of Chinese American and Canadian restaurants. The table features hand-carved images of rabbits and cats in a cyclical chase, from a story that Gao’s mother tells of her bravery while facing ‘mountain lions’ outside her childhood home on a mountainside in Keelung, Taiwan. The work captures a moment when a mother’s stories are suspended between a child’s imagination and an elder’s recollection, and as Gao deals with their present-day dilemmas: the predatory realtors encroaching upon their mother’s home in rural Kansas, increasing pollution and land destruction, and the stubborn resilience of native flora and fauna that nevertheless persist and return.
Where Mountain Cats Live is an investigation of material culture, an homage to the ‘imagination of the oppressed,’ and a love letter to Jenie Gao’s mother and extended communities who, in the face of many uncertainties, maintain a sense of home.
Grunt Gallery
350 E 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC
05decAll Day06Dream State(All Day)(GMT+00:00) August StudiosEvent TypeExhibitionAdmission TypeFree
Dream State is a collaborative exhibition and installation opening this December at August Studios in Vancouver, bringing together a small group of artists working across various disciplines, such as fashion,
Dream State is a collaborative exhibition and installation opening this December at August Studios in Vancouver, bringing together a small group of artists working across various disciplines, such as fashion, photography, painting, weaving and print.
For the third time, Laura Clark and Maya Bergeron from Uni Design will be collaborating, creating a limited-piece handmade clothing collection beyond wearable pieces, rather sculptural textural works of art.
Surrounding them are interpretations of the same source photographs by invited artists; Kirk Gower, Corrina Hammond and Rosemary Burd, each working in their own medium, such as stitchwork, screen printing, painting and more.
The result is an immersive environment where materials, methods, and perspectives intersect. It’s tactile, intimate and rooted in collaboration, a space where the boundaries between garment, artwork and installation are intentionally blurred.
August Studios
A holiday market of BC art, craft and design.
A holiday market of BC art, craft and design.
Western Front
303 East 8th Ave
Now in its 7th year, Fleurs de Villes NOËL returns to Vancouver this December with our beloved annual floral trail celebrating the magic of the holiday season. From December 5 –
Now in its 7th year, Fleurs de Villes NOËL returns to Vancouver this December with our beloved annual floral trail celebrating the magic of the holiday season.
From December 5 – 14, enjoy a FREE, self-guided tour of stunning floral installations created by Vancouver’s top floral artists, on display throughout downtown Vancouver and along Robson Street. Don’t forget to enter our ‘Smile and Share’ contest – just follow @fleursdevilles and tag #NOELVancouver on Instagram when you post your favourite NOËL moment.
Various location in Vancouver
716 E Hastings St
For over a year artists from all over the world have been mailing us 4″x6″ postcards with original art they made on the front of them. There are drawings, paintings,
For over a year artists from all over the world have been mailing us 4″x6″ postcards with original art they made on the front of them. There are drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, block prints, and more. It is pretty amazing.
We have received about 300 postcards from over 15 countries and more will be added as they come in the mail after the show opens.
All postcards will be for sale for only $20 each with all proceeds going to support Outsiders and Others.
8 Japanese artists + coffee & snacks Fusion of Tradition and Modernity Japanese aesthetics that enhance daily life Find thoughtful gifts and festive decor, featuring local and Japanese-inspired goods.
8 Japanese artists + coffee & snacks
Fusion of Tradition and Modernity
Japanese aesthetics that enhance daily life
Find thoughtful gifts and festive decor, featuring local and Japanese-inspired goods.
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Center
6688 Southoaks Crescent, V5E 4M7
The Metropolis at Metrotown (MET) is unwrapping a brand-new experience with the launch of its first-ever Holiday Hive Market – a free-to-enter, open-air event filled with festive flavours. Sponsored by
The Metropolis at Metrotown (MET) is unwrapping a brand-new experience with the launch of its first-ever Holiday Hive Market – a free-to-enter, open-air event filled with festive flavours. Sponsored by Novus and produced by the team behind the Artisan Farmers Market, the event will feature more than 30 local vendors
Metropolis at Metrotown
4700 Kingsway
Celebrate the Season at our Winter Indigenous Artisans Market and discover the magic of the holidays at the Bill Reid Gallery! Join us on Saturday, December 6, 2025 (11 AM –
Celebrate the Season at our Winter Indigenous Artisans Market and discover the magic of the holidays at the Bill Reid Gallery!
Join us on Saturday, December 6, 2025 (11 AM – 4 PM) for a day filled with Indigenous creativity, community, and connection.
✨ Explore beautifully handcrafted jewelry, artwork, apparel, and more from 21 Indigenous artists and makers, perfect for thoughtful holiday gifts or a special piece for yourself.
🎟 Free admission for the first time ever, thanks to the generous support of BMO.
Come shop, connect, and celebrate with us. Everyone is welcome!
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby Street
Looking for unique gifts made by local artists this holiday season? We invite you to visit your favourite neighbourhood and explore the Mount Pleasant Holiday Art Walk, Saturday, December 6,
Looking for unique gifts made by local artists this holiday season? We invite you to visit your favourite neighbourhood and explore the Mount Pleasant Holiday Art Walk, Saturday, December 6, 11am-5pm. You’ll discover a wide range of local artist studios (30+ participating studios) all within 10 minute walking distance from each other including painting, ceramics, candles, jewellery, illustrations, prints, embroidery and so much more! Participating buildings & art galleries include the iconic City Centre Artist Lodge (2111 Main St)/One More Life Gallery, The Triangle Building (2414 Main St) and Omaha Studios (108 E Broadway)/THIS Gallery.
City Centre Artist Lodge
2111 Main Street
You’re invited to a special evening with acclaimed artist Taylor Smith on December 13,2025 from 4:00–6:00 PM at the Hilton Whistler. This casual cocktail reception is a unique opportunity to
You’re invited to a special evening with acclaimed artist Taylor Smith on December 13,2025 from 4:00–6:00 PM at the Hilton Whistler. This casual cocktail reception is a unique opportunity to meet Taylor in person, learn about her artistic journey, and experience her striking portraits exploring technology, pop culture, and consumerism: all in an intimate, welcoming setting.
Whistler Contemporary Gallery
#110 - 4293 Mountain Square
Enjoy a nostalgic 1950s Christmas with The Gingerbread Men—where it feels like you’re stepping back in time into a live Bing Crosby Christmas Special. With debonair charm, velvet jackets, and
Enjoy a nostalgic 1950s Christmas with The Gingerbread Men—where it feels like you’re stepping back in time into a live Bing Crosby Christmas Special. With debonair charm, velvet jackets, and timeless holiday harmonies, The Gingerbread Men come together in a heartwarming, vintage-style celebration that whisks audiences back to the Golden Age of Christmas, just like the ones you used to know.
With a repertoire spanning doo-wop, jazz, Broadway, holiday standards, and a cappella, The Gingerbread Men expertly deliver the songs you know and love—over 30 timeless classics like “White Christmas,” “Happy Holidays,” and “Carol of the Bells.”
Surrey Arts Centre
13750 88 Avenue
Experience Clara’s dream come to life as she embarks on a magical journey through the Land of Snow, across the Lemonade Sea, to the Kingdom of Sweets where she is greeted by
Experience Clara’s dream come to life as she embarks on a magical journey through the Land of Snow, across the Lemonade Sea, to the Kingdom of Sweets where she is greeted by the enchanting Sugar Plum Fairy. An unforgettable adventure awaits as her gallant Nutcracker battles the evil Mouse King and his army of mischievous mice.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
630 Hamilton St
Join us on December 18 for a festive evening of shopping and saving at Arthentic, home to Whistler’s largest collection of local artisan-made goods.
20% off storewide for Arts Whistler members10% off storewide for non-membersComplimentary sparkling wine for the first 50 shoppersArtisan custom creations on site!Maury Young Art Centre
4335 Blackcomb Way
Imagine a Christmas far, far away…in both time and place. The Winter Harp ensemble performs your favourite classic Christmas songs, as well as ancient tunes, on harps, flute and other
Imagine a Christmas far, far away…in both time and place. The Winter Harp ensemble performs your favourite classic Christmas songs, as well as ancient tunes, on harps, flute and other rare medieval instruments live on stage at The BlueShore at CapU on Vancouver’s North Shore. Listen to poetry and enchanting folk tales, take in the scene of rich velvet gowns against a backdrop of cathedrals and snow, and instantly be transported to a Christmas long, long ago.
BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University - North Vancouver
2055 Purcell Way
Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dance and light show. Enjoy a unique fusion of classical ballet and modern technology, where local dancers literally light up the stage
Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dance and light show. Enjoy a unique fusion of classical ballet and modern technology, where local dancers literally light up the stage with glittering routines and glow-in-the-dark costumes. The timeless tale of the cursed princess awakened by her true love’s kiss comes to life on stage, as pirouettes and gravity-defying leaps cast a kaleidoscope of colours across the space. It’s a beautiful production you won’t want to miss! Get your tickets now for We call it Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Dance and Light Show in Vancouver!
Michael J Fox Theatre
Nikkei Mochitsuki welcomes you to experience mochitsuki traditions, flavours, and entertainment that promise a delightful experience for all ages. Event highlights: Fresh and Frozen Mochi for Sale Mochi Pounding Demonstration Pound Your Own Mochi Stage
Nikkei Mochitsuki welcomes you to experience mochitsuki traditions, flavours, and entertainment that promise a delightful experience for all ages.
Event highlights:
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Center
6688 Southoaks Crescent, V5E 4M7
Combining British propriety with an unabashed love for the unexpected, London’s 3-time Impresario Award-winning duo steep an outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive show reminiscent of classic British pantos. Rich in wordplay,
Combining British propriety with an unabashed love for the unexpected, London’s 3-time Impresario Award-winning duo steep an outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive show reminiscent of classic British pantos.
Rich in wordplay, comic physicality, and cleverly crafted interactive elements, O Christmas Tea is uproarious fun, yet it is the duo’s boundless imagination and endearing chemistry that provide the real magic and heart of this play.
When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas tea party, flooding the world with tea, the duo conjure wildly funny solutions to stay afloat, and sweep the audience out to sea in a jolly aquatic escapade brimming with whimsy, action, and ingenuity in a celebration of friendship at Christmas.
Centennial Theatre
2300 Lonsdale Ave
