21febAll Day04janNuxalk Strong
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In this powerful display of healing and sovereignty, the Nuxalk Nation demonstrate their resurgence and return to Stl’mstaliwa—the full human experience.
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In this powerful display of healing and sovereignty, the Nuxalk Nation demonstrate their resurgence and return to Stl’mstaliwa—the full human experience.
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February 21 (Friday) - January 4 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
11aprAll Day31decVitality: Iconic Images, Hidden Stories
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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
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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.
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April 11 (Friday) - December 31 (Wednesday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Chinatown Storytelling Centre
168 East Pender Street
04may(may 4)9:00 am26oct(oct 26)2:00 pmAmbleside Artisan Farmers Market
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Enjoy a relaxing Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, just steps away from the Ambleside Village shopping area and Ambleside Beach, where you can meet growers, bakers and artisans.
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Enjoy a relaxing Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, just steps away from the Ambleside Village shopping area and Ambleside Beach, where you can meet growers, bakers and artisans.
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May 4 (Sunday) 9:00am - October 26 (Sunday) 2:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
Ambleside Market
1000 Argyle Avenue at 13th Street
15mayAll Day13octVALUE: Rebecca Belmore
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For more than four decades, Rebecca Belmore has been a force for change through her embodied artistic practice. Her work confronts the dominant narratives and social structures of colonialism,
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For more than four decades, Rebecca Belmore has been a force for change through her embodied artistic practice. Her work confronts the dominant narratives and social structures of colonialism, and implicates us all in her concern with the social realities of Indigenous experience of capital.
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May 15 (Thursday) - October 13 (Monday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
25mayAll Day04janOtani Workshop: Monsters in My Head
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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
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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.
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May 25 (Sunday) - January 4 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
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Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
25mayAll Day13octWe Come From Great Wealth
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This undergraduate student exhibition follows the life story, art and legacy of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Ḵaḵaso’las-Ellen Neel (née Newman). Ḵaḵaso’las-Ellen Neel was an innovative force in the Indigenous art scene who
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This undergraduate student exhibition follows the life story, art and legacy of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Ḵaḵaso’las-Ellen Neel (née Newman).
Ḵaḵaso’las-Ellen Neel was an innovative force in the Indigenous art scene who continues to influence Indigenous artists. She was part of a lineage of artists and leaders, which she passed on to her children and grandchildren. As a political leader, advocate and knowledge keeper, she left an impact on the world and the city of Vancouver that can still be seen today. Key to the exhibition is Ḵaḵaso’las, the totem pole that stood in Stanley Park for nearly 50 years and was returned to MOA in September 2024.
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May 25 (Sunday) - October 13 (Monday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive
14junAll Day13octGathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault
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Rarely Seen Masterworks from the National Gallery of Canada—Degas, Klimt, Munch & More at the Audain Art Museum! The Audain Art Museum proudly presents a landmark exhibition featuring rarely seen drawings
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Rarely Seen Masterworks from the National Gallery of Canada—Degas, Klimt, Munch & More at the Audain Art Museum!
The Audain Art Museum proudly presents a landmark exhibition featuring rarely seen drawings from the National Gallery of Canada’s renowned Prints and Drawings collection. Established in 1921 as the first of its kind in Canada, this collection spans the 15th to 20th centuries, showcasing works in graphite, ink, pastel, watercolour, and more.
Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault is organized by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC). This exceptional exhibition highlights masterpieces by Edgar Degas, Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch, Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, and many other celebrated artists, alongside newly acquired and never-before-displayed works. The selection ranges from preparatory sketches for iconic paintings to striking depictions of history, mythology, portraiture, landscapes, abstraction, and intimate explorations of the human experience.
Accompanying the exhibition is Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault, a richly illustrated catalogue by Sonia Del Re with Kirsten Appleyard and contributions by Erika Dolphin. Published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Canada, the catalogue showcases remarkable discoveries from the collection.
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June 14 (Saturday) - October 13 (Monday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Audain Art Museum
4350 Blackcomb Way
03julAll Day01marAre We There Yet? The Sustainable Transportation Journey
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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
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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.
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July 3 (Thursday) - March 1 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
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Museum of North Vancouver
115 Esplanade W, North Vancouver, BC V7M 0G7
17julAll Day17octVibrant Visions: The Art of Black Girlhood in Canada
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Vibrant Visions: The Art of Black Girlhood in Canada, is an ode to the registers of freedom, refusal, and self-regard that compose Black girl being and belonging in the Great
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Vibrant Visions: The Art of Black Girlhood in Canada, is an ode to the registers of freedom, refusal, and self-regard that compose Black girl being and belonging in the Great White North. This dynamic assemblage of media and material objects recovers sight lines of Black girl joy and defiance across time and geographies. It illuminates these important modes of agency, which are often obscured by media representations and traditional archival practices that overlook and distort the vibrancy of black life in our shared history, through moving and still images, soundscapes, and memory work.
The exhibition takes its name from the radical imaginings and ways of knowing shared by the teen girl co-researchers of the SSHRC-funded Mapping Black Girl Geographies and Belonging in Canada project, many of whom live in the Greater Toronto and Vancouver areas. A selection of their analogue collages reflects the many ways that Black girls navigate hypervisibility and invisibility in spaces that are sometimes inhospitable.
Visitors will be invited to contemplate how adornment practices offer opportunities for care and alternative worldmaking through hair-based, sun-activated and interactive works. Broadening our field of vision will be a series of historical portraits that confront and refuse the formal erasures of the fullness of black lives in early-20th century Vancouver with imagination, care, and ethical storytelling. Together, these aesthetic accounts offer a reparative unfolding of black lives and histories where futures are conjured, reshaped, and fiercely claimed.
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July 17 (Thursday) - October 17 (Friday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Black Arts Centre
10305 City Pkwy #105, Surrey, BC
23julAll Day20octArt in the Hall: John Clinock – Short Stories
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Each panel is a story, and a short one because it’s only a small work. I see them as visual haikus, Tarot cards, dream fragments. They are complete in themselves—as
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Each panel is a story, and a short one because it’s only a small work. I see them as visual haikus, Tarot cards, dream fragments. They are complete in themselves—as metaphorical vignettes of my life and as an endless sequence of magical synchronicities. They are images that appear daily in my mind. They are the picture book of my life. They are hung in a random sequence.
Each panel is neither a memory nor an anticipation. It simply reflects the energy of your eyes at the very moment you see it. You give your attention, and in return, it gives you a story of your own.
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July 23 (Wednesday) - October 20 (Monday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Ferry Building Gallery
1414 Argyle Avenue
31julAll Day14janHeather Woolley | Rammed Earth
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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
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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.
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July 31 (Thursday) - January 14 (Wednesday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
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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,
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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.
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July 31 (Thursday) - January 14 (Wednesday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
31julAll Day25octLay Me Down in Praise - UrbanScreen
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Experience a new video projection at UrbanScreen in Surrey City Plaza, created by LA based multidisciplinary artist Justen LeRoy that speaks to Black environmentalism, Black resistance, and Black liberation. Exhibition begins
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Experience a new video projection at UrbanScreen in Surrey City Plaza, created by LA based multidisciplinary artist Justen LeRoy that speaks to Black environmentalism, Black resistance, and Black liberation.
Exhibition begins 30 minutes after sunset and ends at midnight
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July 31 (Thursday) - October 25 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Surrey Civic Plaza
13450 104 ave, Surrey, BC
02aug10:00 am02nov5:00 pm20 Years of South Asian Arts: A Photographic Journey
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This exhibition celebrates two milestones: the 20th anniversary of the South Asian Arts Society (SAA) and the 10th anniversary of the Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts. The photographs highlight dance,
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This exhibition celebrates two milestones: the 20th anniversary of the South Asian Arts Society (SAA) and the 10th anniversary of the Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts. The photographs highlight dance, music, and theatre practices rooted in South Asian diasporic communities.
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August 2 (Saturday) 10:00am - November 2 (Sunday) 5:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
09aug(aug 9)10:00 am01mar(mar 1)5:00 pmLay Me Down in Praise
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Experience a three-channel video installation, created by LA based multidisciplinary artist Justen LeRoy that speaks to Black environmentalism, Black resistance, and Black liberation.
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Experience a three-channel video installation, created by LA based multidisciplinary artist Justen LeRoy that speaks to Black environmentalism, Black resistance, and Black liberation.
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August 9 (Saturday) 10:00am - March 1 (Sunday) 5:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
20augAll Day25octSummer Group Show
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This exhibition gathers artists whose practices transform material and perception into experiences that linger, works that shift the way we see light, inhabit space, and feel the weight and presence
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This exhibition gathers artists whose practices transform material and perception into experiences that linger, works that shift the way we see light, inhabit space, and feel the weight and presence of form. United by a balance of beauty and thought, these pieces invite us to step into moments where looking becomes a deeper act of seeing.
We are pleased to welcome Marion Landry, whose geometric abstract paintings, grounded in a deep engagement with light, perception, and phenomenology, offer meditative glimpses into atmosphere and stillness; James W. Chiang, a BC artist whose paintings merge chromatic purity and precision with an intense dialogue between passion and perception, creating what he describes as a “kinetic exchange” in which beauty and existence are unbounded by thought or time; Jan Hoy, whose elegant abstract sculptures in bronze and steel explore balance and spatial clarity; Ronald T. Crawford, a Salt Spring Island painter and sculptor whose practice unites contemporary painting with the physical poetics of stone, and whose influence reaches beyond his studio through the founding of the Salt Spring National Art Prize; and lastly, Edward Burtynsky, one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary artists, whose monumental photographs confront the scale and complexity of our industrialised world, rendering beauty and devastation with equal and uncompromising clarity.
The exhibition also features new works by our beloved artists Michael Bjornson, Deirdre Hofer, Robert Kelly, David Spriggs, Charlotte Wall, and many more, whose evolving practices continue the gallery’s conversation with space, materiality, and form. A selection of newly acquired works will also be unveiled over the course of the exhibition, inviting visitors to return and experience how the dialogue develops.
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August 20 (Wednesday) - October 25 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Paul Kyle Gallery
4-258 East 1st Ave
04sepAll Day16janYou Are Here 2026
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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
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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.
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September 4 (Thursday) - January 16 (Friday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
North Vancouver District Public Library, Lynn Valley Branch
1277 Lynn Valley Rd
12sepAll Day10octGAME ON! Art Show
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Join us for GAME ON! This FREE art event celebrates video games in all its glory, from arcade games to expansive multiplayer worlds, who doesn’t love a good game? This
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Join us for GAME ON! This FREE art event celebrates video games in all its glory, from arcade games to expansive multiplayer worlds, who doesn’t love a good game? This show features over 25 local artists.
Show on display until October 10.
GAME ON!
@ One More Life Gallery
2111 Main St, Vancouver
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Friday September 12th – 7 pm – 11 pm
🎮 Opening reception, artists in attendance
🎮 Snack and beverage bar
Saturday September 13th – 12 pm- 4 pm
🎮 Free button making workshop for kids. Drop in style. While supplies last.
🎮 Mini artist shop, grab goodies from our artists!
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September 12 (Friday) - October 10 (Friday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
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One More Life Gallery
Vancouver
12sepAll Day02novBurnaby Art Gallery: New Acquisitions
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New Acquisitions celebrates recent gifts and purchases to the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, a creative resource that tells the story of our community and connects Burnaby to artists and
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New Acquisitions celebrates recent gifts and purchases to the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, a creative resource that tells the story of our community and connects Burnaby to artists and practices worldwide. Representing both the collection trends of local citizens who have generously donated artworks, as well as the mandate of the Gallery to preserve works from diverse perspectives into the future, New Acquisitions showcases a deep plurality of voices. The exhibition features recent work from Shuvinai Ashoona, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Rawan Hassan, Karice Mitchell, Kimberly Fulton Orozco, Manuel Axel Strain, and Tania Willard, as well as historical works by Garo Antreasian, Glenn Brown, Honoré Daumier, Salme Kaljur, Concordia Klar, Pedro Puerta, Ann Newdigate, Robert Rauschenberg, Parviz Tanavoli, Kunisada Utagawa, Andy Warhol, and more.
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September 12 (Friday) - November 2 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Burnaby Art Gallery
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
13sepAll Day18octPushing Boundaries: The Body Is A Present
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Pushing Boundaries 2025: The Body Is A Present Exhibition Opening: Friday, September 12, 6 – 8pm Curator: Jake Kimble Artists: Jake Kimble, Maria-Margaretta Cabana Boucher, Cheyenne Rain LeGrande and Vance Wright Four artists create
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Pushing Boundaries 2025: The Body Is A Present
Exhibition Opening: Friday, September 12, 6 – 8pm
Curator: Jake Kimble
Artists: Jake Kimble, Maria-Margaretta Cabana Boucher, Cheyenne Rain LeGrande and Vance Wright
Four artists create a metaphysical body; one that celebrates the importance of Indigenous joy, humour, and care.
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September 13 (Saturday) - October 18 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Cityscape Community ArtSpace
335 Lonsdale Ave
17sepAll Day25janPotlatch Gifts
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This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida). Centered on the act of gift-giving within potlatch traditions, it explores reciprocity and the evolution of this
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This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida).
Centered on the act of gift-giving within potlatch traditions, it explores reciprocity and the evolution of this practice over time. Featuring work by multiple artists and select pieces from Amelia’s personal collection, the exhibition showcases contemporary potlatch gifts such as prints and mugs, alongside archival records of historical potlatches.
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September 17 (Wednesday) - January 25 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby Street
19sepAll Day12octBC Culture Days
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Culture Days takes place from September 19th – October 12th, 2025! Thousands of free events are presented in hundreds of communities across Canada, welcoming millions of participants to create, share,
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Culture Days takes place from September 19th – October 12th, 2025! Thousands of free events are presented in hundreds of communities across Canada, welcoming millions of participants to create, share, and celebrate a life enriched by arts and culture. Culture Days encourages the public to discover and champion the importance of arts, culture, and heritage in their communities, and to inspire year-round support for local artists, creators, and organizations. Anyone can organize an event and participate in Culture Days! From grassroots community volunteers, public libraries, and independent artists and collectives to major arts, culture, heritage institutions, specialty festivals, and municipalities—everyone is invited to join the celebration!
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September 19 (Friday) - October 12 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
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Various locations in Metro Vancouver
19sepAll Day19novA Soft Geometry
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What happens when textiles are used as canvas both foreground and background—when softness is not just material, but metaphor? Propellor Studio is proud to present A Soft Geometry, a solo exhibition
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What happens when textiles are used as canvas both foreground and background—when softness is not just material, but metaphor?
Propellor Studio is proud to present A Soft Geometry, a solo exhibition by Vancouver-based artist Tristesse Seeliger, on view from September 19 to November 12, 2025.
This new body of work explores the intersection of weaving and contemporary abstraction, where traditional textile techniques are transformed into visual language—both structured and intuitive, deliberate and expressive.
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September 19 (Friday) - November 19 (Wednesday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
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Propellor Studio & Gallery
1247 Cartwright St, V6H 4B7
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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
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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.
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September 20 (Saturday) - February 15 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Gibson Art Museum
Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr W, Burnaby, BC
20sepAll Day14decChristos Dikeakos: The Collectors
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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
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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.
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September 20 (Saturday) - December 14 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Griffin Art Projects
1174 Welch St
25sepAll Day09novAnna Binta Diallo: Predictions
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Across successive bodies of collage works, Anna Binta Diallo has portrayed complex interconnections between human activity and the natural world. These series began with Wanderings, which analysed folk stories and
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Across successive bodies of collage works, Anna Binta Diallo has portrayed complex interconnections between human activity and the natural world. These series began with Wanderings, which analysed folk stories and the tales that structure a society’s perception of the world. Gathering visual material from scientific, literary, and historical sources, Diallo applied a diasporic and cross-cultural approach as she constructed various folkloric motifs and archetypes. Continuing from Wanderings, her Voyageur/Almanac works expanded into ecology, speculating on how different mythologies and folklores across cultures might inform our coexistence with various forms of life, and broaden environmental awareness.
Predictions, the newest iteration of this project, extends Diallo’s work into the study of forecasts – scientific and otherwise. With visual references to geology, earth science, mapping, weather events, and topography, the artist has researched data pertaining to astronomical cycles, calendars, tide tables, and farmer’s almanacs of the past and present. Her latest works ask: What was projected into the future by past peoples? What has come true? What hasn’t? What could?
Diallo envisions her own imaginative set of predictions, proposing infinite loops of imagery that can be re-interpreted multiple times, in different cycles. She integrates nonlinear and even nonverbal storytelling, suggesting both new and ancient notions of narrative formed by images in relation. Through layering flora, fauna, human connection to land, and the cosmos, Diallo imagines speculative paths that our ecological and cultural landscapes might follow, and the unexpected constellations of meaning that can guide us through uncertain times.
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September 25 (Thursday) - November 9 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court
25sepAll Day04janNancy Lee and Simran Sachar: These hands are still at work
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This dance film brings together two longtime collaborators Nancy Lee and Simran Sachar. These hands are still at work features wh/aacking infused with gestural elements performed by cyborg-like characters (portrayed
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This dance film brings together two longtime collaborators Nancy Lee and Simran Sachar. These hands are still at work features wh/aacking infused with gestural elements performed by cyborg-like characters (portrayed by choreographer, dance artist, and actor Sachar, inspired by Corporate HR, Gen Z social media reels and early 2000s computer-generated characters), along with site-specific projection user interface design by media artist Lee. The resulting artwork portrays the power of movement, migration, and labour in a more-than-human world.
These hands are still at work was commissioned by FORM (Festival of Recorded Movement). FORM screens and commissions films that explore the limitless possibilities of the body in motion through film and provides a platform for youth and emerging artists. These hands are still at work is a part of the Kinesthesia fall exhibition and performance series.
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September 25 (Thursday) - January 4 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
26sepAll Day05octBabe Siegl - Dark Wreath
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THIS Gallery is excited to present Dark Wreath (September 26 – October 5), a solo exhibition by Vancouver artist Babe Siegl. Blending the digital shimmer of animated worlds with the tactile
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THIS Gallery is excited to present Dark Wreath (September 26 – October 5), a solo exhibition by Vancouver artist Babe Siegl.
Blending the digital shimmer of animated worlds with the tactile depth of oil painting, Siegl creates dreamlike compositions that explore the frictions and fantasies of contemporary queer identity. His bold, surreal canvases sparkle with humour, hope, and the potential for transformation.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 27, from noon to 4 pm at THIS Gallery, 108 e Broadway (alley entrance), Vancouver, BC
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September 26 (Friday) - October 5 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
THIS Gallery
108 E Broadway
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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
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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
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September 27 (Saturday) - January 25 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby Street
27sep(sep 27)10:00 am19oct(oct 19)4:00 pmHarvest Days: Sculpture Stroll featuring Nickie Lewis
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Explore the garden’s autumn highlights afterwards, including sugar maples, ginkgo trees, bald cypress, and the stunning Autumn Stroll. This year’s displays will feature the works of local artist, Nickie Lewis, who
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Explore the garden’s autumn highlights afterwards, including sugar maples, ginkgo trees, bald cypress, and the stunning Autumn Stroll.
This year’s displays will feature the works of local artist, Nickie Lewis, who specializes in eco-friendly art created entirely out of natural, organic, and 100% biodegradable materials. Take a walk down Sculpture Stroll to spot her nature-inspired artwork.
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September 27 (Saturday) 10:00am - October 19 (Sunday) 4:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
VanDusen Botanical Garden
5251 Oak St, Vancouver, BC
01octAll Day31Burnaby Halloween
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An event for every body, spirit and soul Whether you’re faint of heart or you have the thickest of skin, attend any or all of the thrilling events in Burnaby this
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An event for every body, spirit and soul
Whether you’re faint of heart or you have the thickest of skin, attend any or all of the thrilling events in Burnaby this Halloween. Bring the little goblins, or go it alone if you dare. From eerie displays and elaborate immersive experiences, to eye-popping horror flicks, zombie-themed events and haunted adventures, prepare to be breathless.
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October 1 (Wednesday) - October 31 (Friday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Various Locations around Burnaby
Various Locations
02octAll Day02novWhere Are We Now?
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The Ferry Building Gallery is delighted to present Where are we now? a group exhibition that delves into locating the self through the act of creation. In their sculpture, Coral Patola
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The Ferry Building Gallery is delighted to present Where are we now? a group exhibition that delves into locating the self through the act of creation.
In their sculpture, Coral Patola explores the complexities and intersectionality of their identity: the immigrant culture of Chinese Canadians, the Southeast Asian diaspora of Singapore and Malaysia, and their paternal Ukrainian heritage. Through sculpting and surface decoration, their work becomes a form of escapism inspired by their personal narratives and internal landscapes. Coral proudly identifies as not halves of cultures but a whole, entirely mixed identity.
Jenny Judge’s drawing practice is rooted in a deep sense of place, both as an inner exploration of belonging and not belonging, and the physical response of living between two countries. Her work is inspired by the idea of meeting points: imagined spaces where different worlds touch, merge or overlap. Where the sand meets the sea, where the Northern and Southern Hemispheres appear to touch—these liminal zones are constantly shifting, negotiated both physically and metaphysically, echoing the transient nature of identity and home.
Using collage as a response, Ilze Bebris engages with the fragmented nature of contemporary life. In a world where dominant narratives have unravelled and countless new voices and technologies compete for our attention, we are constantly challenged to navigate an overwhelming influx of information, distraction, and contradiction. This cultural oversupply leaves us feeling scattered, destabilized—perpetually on edge. Collage, with its inherent layering and juxtaposition, becomes a fitting medium for making sense of this disarray. Ilze’s collages invite the viewer to pause, reflect, and find moments of balance amid flux, highlighting not only the chaos but also the beauty and resilience within it.
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October 2 (Thursday) - November 2 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Ferry Building Gallery
1414 Argyle Avenue
02octAll Day02febGeoffrey Farmer: Phantom Scripts
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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 –
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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.
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October 2 (Thursday) - February 2 (Monday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Audain Art Museum
4350 Blackcomb Way
02octAll Day12Vancouver International Film Festival 2025
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Over 170 films, 80 shorts, VIFF Live performances, Talks and special events will light up the screens and stages across Vancouver. Take a moment, explore the program and get ready
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Over 170 films, 80 shorts, VIFF Live performances, Talks and special events will light up the screens and stages across Vancouver. Take a moment, explore the program and get ready to VIFF!
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October 2 (Thursday) - October 12 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Various location in Vancouver
03octAll Day25janCharles Atlas: Hail the New Puritan
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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.
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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.
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October 3 (Friday) - January 25 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street
03octAll Day28febSojourner Truth Parsons
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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
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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.
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October 3 (Friday) - February 28 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street
04octAll Day05White Rock & South Surrey Culture Crawl
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Celebrate the vibrant arts, culture, and heritage of the Semiahmoo Peninsula during the White Rock & South Surrey Culture Crawl, happening this fall over two exciting days. On October 4
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Celebrate the vibrant arts, culture, and heritage of the Semiahmoo Peninsula during the White Rock & South Surrey Culture Crawl, happening this fall over two exciting days. On October 4 and 5, 2025, explore local creativity through art exhibits, live music, heritage displays, theatre, guided tours, and more—all hosted at venues across the community.
This self-guided cultural experience invites residents and visitors alike to discover the people, stories, and spaces that shape our region’s creative identity.
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October 4 (Saturday) - October 5 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Venues throughout South Surrey and White Rock
04octAll Day05North Shore Art Crawl
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Get ready for an incredible weekend of art exploration! The North Shore Art Crawl is back October 4-5. This free, annual arts festival offers art enthusiasts an insider’s look into the vibrant
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Get ready for an incredible weekend of art exploration!
The North Shore Art Crawl is back October 4-5.
This free, annual arts festival offers art enthusiasts an insider’s look into the vibrant North Shore arts scene. With opening receptions, art practice demonstrations and open studio tours, from over 300+ participating artists across North Vancouver and West Vancouver, there is plenty to see and do. Grab your friends and family and make a weekend of it here on the North Shore.
In its fifteenth year running, the North Shore Art Crawl partners with local galleries, community centres, businesses and art schools to invite the public to celebrate the talent of local artists by viewing their works and learning about their passions. This annual event is made memorable and unique by the wide range of media displayed by the artists, including textiles, jewellery, pottery, graphic design, sculpture, painting, glass and photography.
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October 4 (Saturday) - October 5 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Various locations on Vancouver's North Shote
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Welcome to The Family Long, an exhibition featuring Molly, Ricky, and Fern Long. Molly Long, the daughter, creates contemporary invisionings of Métis embroidery and beadwork through murals, paintings, fashion and tattoos.
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Welcome to The Family Long, an exhibition featuring Molly, Ricky, and Fern Long.
Molly Long, the daughter, creates contemporary invisionings of Métis embroidery and beadwork through murals, paintings, fashion and tattoos. She has never formally trained but comes from many generations of artists and makers. Molly identifies a LGBTQ2S+ and is of Metis heritage.
Ricky Long, the dad, is also a self-taught artist. He is a father, grandfather, husband, auto mechanic, skateboarder, collector, hoarder, punk, recovering alcoholic, and all around nice human. “I like to take found objects and arrange them into visual objects of art. Collage is a main practice. Finding old photographs and cutting them up into some satirical observations. I will take a photo and add paint making the image colorful and unrecognizable. I use acrylics and oil pastels. I add words to collage making the viewer laugh or maybe think about it. Often I will take old photographs of children and give them cigarettes, or old people and give them rotten teeth. Frequently my portraits will have black spaces for eyeballs simply because I can’t paint a good looking eyeball.”
Fern Long, the mom, is formally trained who has a practice that moves between painting, photography and collage. Making collages and mixed media assemblages as a way to process her life as a mother, daughter, grandmother, and a postie as well as a way to respond to the epic saga unfolding daily in the world at large.
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October 4 (Saturday) - October 25 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
07oct1:00 pm3:00 pmExploring Collage with Ilze Bebris
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Join exhibiting artist Ilze Bebris for a hands-on opportunity to create at least one 12 x 12″ abstract collage. Session includes guided exercises in composition and a discussion of colour
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Join exhibiting artist Ilze Bebris for a hands-on opportunity to create at least one 12 x 12″ abstract collage. Session includes guided exercises in composition and a discussion of colour and texture offering multiple approaches to abstract collage-making.
Materials will be reviewed along with practical tips and common pitfalls to avoid. These strategies will then be applied in the creation of a final expressive composition.
No prior experience is required just a willingness to explore and create. All materials will be supplied but bring collage materials if you have some you would like to work with.
Cost: $45
Register at 604-925-7270 (course # 198715 ) or through our website.
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Time
October 7 (Tuesday) 1:00pm - 3:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Ferry Building Gallery
1414 Argyle Avenue
09oct(oct 9)8:00 pm10(oct 10)8:50 pmCo.ERASGA - Eternal Gestures
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A visionary World Premiere from Co.ERASGA, Eternal Gestures is a trilogy of evocative solo works commissioned from Indigenous Coast Salish-based choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson and Margaret Grenier, and performed
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A visionary World Premiere from Co.ERASGA, Eternal Gestures is a trilogy of evocative solo works commissioned from Indigenous Coast Salish-based choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson and Margaret Grenier, and performed by Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This poetic work uplifts the voices of Indigenous women, asserts our deep connection to the land, and speaks to truth, healing, and the decolonization of art. Tolentino’s captivating performance becomes both a spiritual journey and a vessel for knowledge-sharing. This milestone production celebrates Co.ERASGA’s 25 th anniversary and reaffirms the company’s fierce commitment to cross-cultural, experimental dance which explores identity, ancestry, and the environment.
An established choreographer, Tolentino is also renowned as a performer with a distinctive stage presence, and has created many solo works over the past three decades. This new commission will see him focus on interpreting the works of three Indigenous female choreographers. “Through this project I hope to honour and celebrate the knowledge and legacies of Indigenous women as matriarchs, grandmothers, mothers and sisters – their care and nurturing of the world,” says Tolentino. “It is important to amplify their creative voices, to be danced and to be embodied for the world to see.” Eternal Gestures shares his reflections as a mature artist, a migrant visitor, and a settler living on Coast Salish territories.
The Choreographers:
Margaret Grenier is of Gitxsan and Cree ancestry. She is the Executive and Artistic Director for the Dancers of Damelahamid. She has produced the Coastal Dance Festival since 2008. Margaret’s multimedia choreographic works bridge Gitxsan and Cree dance forms with current expressions.
Dancer/choreographer and educator, Starr Muranko is of mixed Cree (Moose Cree First Nation), German and French ancestry, a mother, and Co-Artistic Director with Raven Spirit Dance. As a choreographer she is most interested in the stories that we carry within
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October 9 (Thursday) 8:00pm - October 10 (Friday) 8:50pm(GMT+00:00)
11octAll Day21febBeautifully Broken – Kintsugi by Naoko Fukumaru
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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
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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.
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October 11 (Saturday) - February 21 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Center
6688 Southoaks Crescent, V5E 4M7
11oct(oct 11)10:00 am12(oct 12)4:00 pmOddities & Curiosities Expo
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The Oddities & Curiosities Expo is the largest internationally traveling oddities/subculture event in the world. A space showcasing hand selected vendors, artists and small businesses with all things weird. You’ll
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The Oddities & Curiosities Expo is the largest internationally traveling oddities/subculture event in the world. A space showcasing hand selected vendors, artists and small businesses with all things weird. You’ll find items such as: taxidermy, preserved specimens, original artwork, horror/halloween inspired pieces, antiques, handcrafted oddities, creepy clothing, odd jewelry, animal skulls/bones, funeral collectibles & much more. We truly have something weird for everyone at our shows. All items you see at our shows are legal to own and sustainably sourced.
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October 11 (Saturday) 10:00am - October 12 (Sunday) 4:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
Vancouver Convention Centre
1055 Canada Place,
11oct7:00 pmArts Whistler Presents: VIMFF World Tour 2025
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The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) World Tour returns to Arts Whistler for another unforgettable evening of outdoor adventure and mountain culture films on the big screen. This year’s
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The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) World Tour returns to Arts Whistler for another unforgettable evening of outdoor adventure and mountain culture films on the big screen. This year’s hand-picked lineup invites adventure-seeking Whistlerites to experience stories that highlight the community and connection inspired by life in the outdoors. From the thrill of skiing and snowboarding to the challenges of climbing and biking, these films represent the pinnacle of independent storytelling in the world of extreme sports.
This event sells out every year so grab your tickets early!
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October 11 (Saturday) 7:00pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
Maury Young Art Centre
4335 Blackcomb Way
15octAll Day18iF3 Whistler 2025
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Come and enjoy the screening of some of the best SKI & Snowboard movies on the 2025 official Selection in this beautiful settings… The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) embodies the
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Come and enjoy the screening of some of the best SKI & Snowboard movies on the 2025 official Selection in this beautiful settings…
The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) embodies the spirit of partnership between two unique Nations who wish to preserve, grow and share their traditional cultures. It stands as a testimony to their proud heritage – from time immemorial to the present. Located on six forested acres along Fitzsimmons Creek in Whistler’s Upper Village, the SLCC provides visitors with the opportunity to explore the heritage and living culture of the Squamish and Lil’wat First Nations.
The SLCC is located in the Upper Village and across the street from the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. It is within easy walking distance of Whistler’s village centre. The SLCC is one of six cultural institutions that form part of the Cultural Connector.
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October 15 (Wednesday) - October 18 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Various venues in Whistler
15octAll Day25Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, The Alchemist Heart
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A multimedia art exhibit presented alongside the World Premiere of Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, created by Dafne Sarlay-Blanco Opening Reception: October 15, 6–8 PM, featuring an artist talk. FREE
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A multimedia art exhibit presented alongside the World Premiere of Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, created by Dafne Sarlay-Blanco
Opening Reception: October 15, 6–8 PM, featuring an artist talk.
FREE Admission.
Co-presented with the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC) as part of the Latin’s Expressions Festival.
To complete your experience, consider reserving tickets for the Preview of Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project the same evening at 7:30 PM. Bookings can be made at The Cultch Website
About The Exhibition:
Inspired by the play Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, The Alchemist Heart is based on the concept of an open heart suffering because of injustice and oppression: an image of a heart open to ongoing, active loving and caring for others. Ultimately, the heart is an alchemy lab where the transmutation from lead –pain and suffering, into precious matter happens through our active commitment to social justice, despite the personal cost of militancy for so many over the course of history.
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October 15 (Wednesday) - October 25 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Cultch
1895 Venables St, V5L 2H6
15octAll Day13decErin McSavaney: Spaces of the Everyday
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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
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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.
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October 15 (Wednesday) - December 13 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
West Vancouver Art Museum
680 17th Street, V7V 3T2
21octAll DayHand Made Marks: Exploring Gesture with Inks
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Inspired by an upcoming exhibition in the gallery, we’ll explore gestural abstract art by creating our own mark-making tools from a variety of materials. Participants will experiment with different types
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Inspired by an upcoming exhibition in the gallery, we’ll explore gestural abstract art by creating our own mark-making tools from a variety of materials. Participants will experiment with different types of ink, including making their own natural inks, and use their handmade tools to investigate the connection between the body, movement, and abstraction through pattern, texture, and colour.
Suitable for all skill levels. Note the gallery will be closed to the public during the workshop.
Cost: $45.00 – All materials will be supplied.
Register at 604-925-7270 (course # 200984 ) or through our website.
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October 21 (Tuesday) All Day(GMT+00:00)
Location
The Ferry Building Gallery
1414 Argyle Avenue
24octAll Day26PHOTOGraphie Festival
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PHOTOGraphie is a festival-style event designed to bring people together and open up conversations about photography. It’s not just a workshop; it’s a place to meet and mingle with the
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PHOTOGraphie is a festival-style event designed to bring people together and open up conversations about photography. It’s not just a workshop; it’s a place to meet and mingle with the creative community and to make lasting connections that will strengthen your business and keep you inspired well after the weekend is over.
We aim to empower the creative community to stay connected and work together to shape the photography industry in BC.
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October 24 (Friday) - October 26 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Harbour Centre
555 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC
25octAll Day14decKinesthesia: Body as Form
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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
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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.
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October 25 (Saturday) - December 14 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 Ave
25octAll Day02novVancouver Opera - Rigoletto
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The tragic tale of a father’s desperate love for his daughter—and the dangerous double-edged sword of vengeance—set against a backdrop of decadence and dark intrigue. The jester Rigoletto had long enjoyed
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The tragic tale of a father’s desperate love for his daughter—and the dangerous double-edged sword of vengeance—set against a backdrop of decadence and dark intrigue.
The jester Rigoletto had long enjoyed the privilege of mocking the Duke of Mantua’s adversaries, but when his beloved daughter becomes the target of the morally corrupt Duke’s abuse, Rigoletto sets in motion a revenge plot that careens with the propulsive energy of an edge-of-the-seat thriller while bringing themes of opulence and oppression into sharp focus.
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October 25 (Saturday) - November 2 (Sunday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
630 Hamilton St
31octAll Day08nov22nd Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
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For twenty-two years, the Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning from the community’s cultural practices. The Festival works
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For twenty-two years, the Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning from the community’s cultural practices. The Festival works with, for, and about the Downtown Eastside community to carry forward our community’s stories, ancestral memory, cultural traditions, lived experiences, and artistic processes to illuminate pathways of resilience.
This year’s Festival invites artists, neighbours, and audiences to reflect on what it means to live with dignity – on unceded land and with each other. Dignity in Community honours the everyday and extraordinary ways people care for each other, resist displacement, and make space to belong. We celebrate the strength and creativity found in our connections and imagine what is possible when dignity is a shared foundation for us all.
The 2025 Festival features over 100 events at over 40 local venues, including music, stories, poetry, theatre, ceremony, films, dance, readings, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, art talks, history walks, and more!
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October 31 (Friday) - November 8 (Saturday) (All Day)(GMT+00:00)
Location
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside