Burnaby, as a proudly diverse city, lives up to its moniker by reaching into the past to understand our present, always with eyes wide open to the future of arts and culture. Go deep inside the conceptual experiments at the galleries of Simon Fraser University, or dance on the lawn at Deer Lake Park where the world’s biggest acts grace one of our region’s most gorgeous outdoor stages. Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll find it in Burnaby.
This solo exhibition by Kim Kennedy Austin runs from February 7 to April 20 at the Burnaby Art Gallery and centers upon the artist’s interests in 20th century advertising, media,
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This solo exhibition by Kim Kennedy Austin runs from February 7 to April 20 at the Burnaby Art Gallery and centers upon the artist’s interests in 20th century advertising, media, and popular culture in myth and meaning making. Drawing on a range of movies and books through this body of work, she explores topics such as conformity, consumer capitalism, risk, and blind faith.
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Kim Kennedy Austin: What Price Salvation
Photographer: Blaine Campbell
In our 25th anniversary year at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, we celebrate artists of Japanese ancestry with the Umami: Savouring Artistic Nikkei Identity exhibition from February through
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In our 25th anniversary year at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, we celebrate artists of Japanese ancestry with the Umami: Savouring Artistic Nikkei Identity exhibition from February through September in the Karasawa Gallery. Many are Japanese Canadian Legacies Art fund awardees and/or artists who are exhibiting at the NNMCC for the first time. From traditional to contemporary art practice, the Umami exhibition shares the rich essence of our Japanese Canadian creative community.
Do you hear it? Can you feel it? Festival host The Long Table Society and Burnaby’s creative community bring you StrideFest 2025, a celebration of creativity and connection. Enjoy visual art displays
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Do you hear it? Can you feel it? Festival host The Long Table Society and Burnaby’s creative community bring you StrideFest 2025, a celebration of creativity and connection. Enjoy visual art displays and installations, live music, poetry, artist demos, workshops and more. With accessible and free family friendly programming and exhibits spreading out from North Burnaby, StrideFest serves as a colourful reminder that creativity is happening all around our city all year long.
With this year’s theme Just Imagine!, anything is possible.
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