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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Canadian premiere exhibition of True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel from June 15, 2022–March 19, 2023. Curated by artist and muralist Xémontalót Carrielynn Victor (Stó:lō), True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel examines the
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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Canadian premiere exhibition of True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel from June 15, 2022–March 19, 2023. Curated by artist and muralist Xémontalót Carrielynn Victor (Stó:lō), True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel examines the artistic practice of 10 Northwest Coast Indigenous artists, whose expanding boundaries and embracing of contemporary styles and techniques are informed by personal and collective traditions of form, story, and place. The group exhibition explores a spectrum of colour palettes – from bright neons to muted ochres – and features painting on a variety of mediums, including canvas, wood, paper, sculptural forms, traditional basketry, as well as digital creations.
“This exhibition offers a compelling perspective into the artistic process of many Indigenous painters from across the Northwest Coast,” says Victor. “Indigenous artists have historically and persistently seized any new tools at hand as a means of expression, moving forward in their practice from a place of history, tradition, and storytelling. Through the preservation of culture and principles of traditional form, artists use these grounding elements as a springboard to take their art expression further. Through the examination of process, quality, colour, and transformation, visitors are welcomed to explore new approaches, ideas, and innovations in painting that are place-based and story-rich.”
The exhibition’s subtitle – stímetstexw tel xéltel – was chosen with assistance from artist and language keeper, Thomas Jones, in the Upriver Stahlo, Halq’emeylemqel dialect. Translated as “Keeping the pencil moving forward,” the subtitle offers an essential and complementary element to the exhibition’s theme of moving forward from a place of history and tradition.
True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel features a striking collection of works from many emerging and established painters from across the Northwest Coast, inspired by contemporary issues, urban environments, and ancestral stories. Contributing artists include Atheana Picha, Corey Bulpitt, Crystal Worl, Eliot White-Hill, Luke Parnell, Ocean Hyland, Robert Davidson, Shawn Hunt, Steve Smith, and Thomas Jones.
Time
June 15 (Wednesday) 11:00 am - March 19 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Location
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby Street

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It's Showtime! Visit one of the largest collections of costumes, props, posters and photographs that Hollywood’s North has to offer! Film production in Surrey impacts the workforce, the economy and how
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It’s Showtime!
Visit one of the largest collections of costumes, props, posters and photographs that Hollywood’s North has to offer! Film production in Surrey impacts the workforce, the economy and how Surrey is seen by its citizens and people outside the city. The exhibit will look at film production in Surrey from three key perspectives – people, profit and places. Through these lenses, the exhibit will show how filming in Surrey informs the city’s identity and shows the legacy of film in Surrey.
Even see a collection of objects used in Surrey film and television productions on loan from Warner Bros. Archives of Los Angeles and artifacts from Surrey Heritage Collection.
Time
August 18 (Thursday) 9:30 am - April 17 (Monday) 5:00 pm
Location
Museum of Surrey
17710 56A Avenue

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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Canadian premiere exhibition of Keeping the Song Alive from November 2, 2022 to March 19, 2023.Through a rich mix of traditional
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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Canadian premiere exhibition of Keeping the Song Alive from November 2, 2022 to March 19, 2023.Through a rich mix of traditional music and regalia, contemporary art, film, and historical documentation, Keeping the Song Alive explores the decades-long work between ethnomusicologist Dr. Ida Halpern and the late Kwakwaka’wakw Chiefs Billy Assu and Mungo Martin to document hundreds of sacred and traditional songs. Guest curated by Cheryl Kaka’solas Wadhams and co-developed with the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC.
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November 2 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - March 19 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Location
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby Street

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In the early 2000s, Tobias Wong (1974–2010) took the design world by storm. Born and raised in Vancouver, Wong was a brilliant and prolific artist whose career was all too
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In the early 2000s, Tobias Wong (1974–2010) took the design world by storm. Born and raised in Vancouver, Wong was a brilliant and prolific artist whose career was all too short. Defying easy categorization, his work was wide ranging, pushing and dissolving disciplinary boundaries between conceptual art, performance and product design. Wong’s international career took off and developed in New York City, where he resided until his untimely death in 2010.
Wong’s work was irreverent, witty and thought provoking. He edited pieces by famous designers, appropriated brand imagery and tweaked everyday objects to give them new status and meaning. His work questioned notions of authorship, originality and the value we assign to objects in our lives.
All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project is an invitation to revisit Wong’s artistic contribution with fresh eyes. Recent social, environmental and technological events have transformed the way we see the world and inevitably the way we see Tobias Wong’s work. The title of the exhibition refers not only to his interest in conspicuous consumption but also to what we, the exhibition team, felt as we worked on this project: the more we delved into Wong’s work, the more we wanted to know about him. We know you’ll want more too!
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November 17 (Thursday) 10:00 am - July 1 (Saturday) 8:00 pm

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The Vancouver Art Gallery is pleased to present: NEXT: Provisional Structures: Carmen Papalia with Co-Conspirators, a new project by Carmen Papalia and his co-conspirators that
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The Vancouver Art Gallery is pleased to present: NEXT: Provisional Structures: Carmen Papalia with Co-Conspirators, a new project by Carmen Papalia and his co-conspirators that centres disability cultures within the Gallery.
For Papalia, the process of making spaces accessible to a broader cross-section of the public is inherently creative and works created by the artist are often a means to test, model and share his ideas about accessibility. At the centre of the exhibition is an ambitious architectural installation created by the artist in collaboration with local architect Michael Lis. The piece is comprised of a large acoustic dome that visitors can enter, encircled by tall, wooden towers. The structure appears to be temporarily and briskly constructed, giving tangible form to Papalia’s notion of a model for accessibility that can rise spontaneously in response to the given needs of a group.
In the artist’s words, “Provisional Structures is at once an installation, an institutional intervention and a call to action that serves as a platform for disabled artists, curators and cultural workers by requiring the institutions that exhibit it to dedicate time, space and resources to the development of the systems necessary to hold disability culture and artistry in its wholeness.”
In keeping with the principles of Papalia’s practice, the artist has also invited a group of co-conspirators to support and generously share ideas that resonate and relate to disability justice and social cohesion. Works by participating artists including Sharona Franklin and Heather Kai Smith complement and poetically extend some of the themes and ideas within Papalia’s practice. Rebel Fayola Rose and the collaborative duo, The Curiosity Paradox, both access advocates and artists will be participating in the exhibition through a series of public programs and performances. Details on the activities and dates will be available in the coming weeks.
Public engagement and programming are key components of the exhibition and workshops, talks and discussions will be held during the exhibition throughout its duration. Additional resources are also available on the Gallery’s app.
“In working with Carmen Papalia and Co-Conspirators, the Vancouver Art Gallery welcomes audiences to consider the possibilities of art as a non-visual experience,” said Anthony Kiendl, CEO & Director of Vancouver Art Gallery. “This exhibition is an example of contemporary art as a language that exceeds the visual – it is clearly about challenging ways of thinking and ideas. At the same time, the project introduces other voices and narratives from the contemporary disability movement. This creates not only an important but vital and relevant environment for the public to experience. We are very excited to be a hub for people to gather over the coming weeks of the exhibition.”
Time
December 3 (Saturday) 10:00 am - April 16 (Sunday) 8:00 pm
Location
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street

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Since opening in December 2021, MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver has been engaging the community by exploring the past, present and future of North Vancouver and its people. And soon,
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Since opening in December 2021, MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver has been engaging the community by exploring the past, present and future of North Vancouver and its people. And soon, it will connect with the community in new ways with the opening of its Feature Exhibit Gallery.
Opening December 8, 2022, MONOVA’s newest feature exhibition, You Are Here @ The Shipyards, invites visitors to imagine the area around the Museum in its earliest days as North Vancouver – on the site of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) village of Eslhá7an – and follow its evolution as a vibrant waterfront community.
Time
(Thursday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Museum of North Vancouver
115 Esplanade W, North Vancouver, BC V7M 0G7

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Meet Me at The Gallery is a new daytime art program dedicated to enriching the lives of adults and seniors in our community with monthly get-togethers inspired
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Meet Me at The Gallery is a new daytime art program dedicated to enriching the lives of adults and seniors in our community with monthly get-togethers inspired by the gallery’s current exhibitions. Visitors are invited to drop-in on the first Wednesday of every month at 10:00 am to make new connections with art, and each other! A different activity will greet visitors every month, with social time to follow.
Coffee is on us!
Advance registration below is appreciated, but walk-ins are always welcome.
Upcoming Meet Me at The Gallery Dates
Wednesday, January 4
Wednesday, February 1
Wednesday, March 1
Wednesday, April 5
Wednesday, May 3
Wednesday, June 7
Wednesday, July 5
Wednesday, August 2
Wednesday, September 6
Wednesday, October 4
Wednesday, November 1
Wednesday, December 6
Time
January 4 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - December 6 (Wednesday) 12:00 pm
Location
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court

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North Van Arts’ famous Art Rental show will be on display from January 13 to February 11, 2023! This salon-style exhibition will represent brilliant works by local artists in many
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North Van Arts’ famous Art Rental show will be on display from January 13 to February 11, 2023! This salon-style exhibition will represent brilliant works by local artists in many techniques, such as woodcut prints, lithography, photography, oil, acrylic, watercolour, and mixed media, to express themselves through the magic of art. 195 new artworks have been added to the Art Rental Programme, with pieces ranging from 8″ x10″ to 48″ x48″ in size.
Stop by CityScape Community ArtSpace to see a world of colourful paintings, dazzling photographs, breathtaking landscapes, and unique abstract artworks. You can rent your beloved piece or buy it right off the wall! The rental fees vary from 10$-60$, and we have over 400 pieces in our collection; there is art for everyone! And don’t miss our opening reception on January 12 from 7 to 9 pm! It has been two years since we have been able to host an opening reception for Art Rental, and we are excited to celebrate the new works with the community. Join us to meet and mingle with the artists in the programme.
You can find out more about the Art Rental Programme here.
Time
January 13 (Friday) 9:00 am - February 11 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
Cityscape Community ArtSpace
335 Lonsdale Ave

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Hacer Memoria is an outdoor sculpture that will extend along the top of The Polygon Gallery’s east-facing façade. This public artwork consists of nine oversized blue and orange shirts sewn from
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The title of the work is taken from the Pope’s penitential speech in which he recognized the importance of remembering the devastating impacts of the residential school system. Belmore co-opts his phrase “hacer memoria,” or “try to remember,” by highlighting the challenges of not forgetting. In colours that carry significance – blue for the uniforms that students wore and orange to mark the resilience of survivors – the provocative artwork offers an opportunity to acknowledge Indigenous people. Invoking the word “hereafter,” the artist places emphasis on the troubled present and unknown futures.
Time
January 14 (Saturday) 10:00 am - April 1 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court

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For 27 years since 1991, Deanna Dikeman took photographs as she waved goodbye and drove away from visiting her parents at their home in Sioux City, Iowa. In the progression
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For 27 years since 1991, Deanna Dikeman took photographs as she waved goodbye and drove away from visiting her parents at their home in Sioux City, Iowa. In the progression of the photographic narrative, we see seasons change from winter to spring and back again. Her son grows from an infant in a car seat to a young man at the steering wheel. As silent passengers, we accompany the photographer on her seasonal pilgrimages home, her camera marking the passage of time, aging and mortality with candor and affection.
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January 19 (Thursday) 10:00 am - April 2 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Location
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court

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Attention art lovers! We are excited to announce the first of our five art exhibits featuring the winners of the 2022 Artist to Watch Awards. The first artist being showcased
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Attention art lovers! We are excited to announce the first of our five art exhibits featuring the winners of the 2022 Artist to Watch Awards. The first artist being showcased is Christine Delay, an emerging artist originally from Ontario, now living in Burnaby, BC.
Join us at the B1 Gallery at the Beaumont Studios on January 26th at 7pm for the opening reception of Christine’s exhibit.
Time
January 26 (Thursday) 10:00 am - February 16 (Thursday) 4:00 pm
Location
B1 GALLERY
316 West 5th Ave, V5K 1K4

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This micro-exhibition, Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect, provides an opportunity for the YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) 2021 Emerging and Mid-Career Artist Scholarship recipients to exhibit their artworks.
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This micro-exhibition, Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect, provides an opportunity for the YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) 2021 Emerging and Mid-Career Artist Scholarship recipients to exhibit their artworks. Through the YVR Art Foundation Scholarship Program these artists continued their studies or worked with mentors to expand their personal knowledge of Indigenous art and design. The results are breathtaking and inspiring. MOV is honored to showcase the work of these ten talented artists, and we raise our hands in respect and appreciation for those who have inspired and taught them.
Time
January 26 (Thursday) 10:00 am - April 26 (Wednesday) 5:00 pm
Location
Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Steet, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9

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For over three decades, Kathy Slade has produced conceptually driven work that engages techniques of copying, repetition and reenactment, often coalescing in materially sumptuous objects. In her wide-ranging interdisciplinary practice,
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For over three decades, Kathy Slade has produced conceptually driven work that engages techniques of copying, repetition and reenactment, often coalescing in materially sumptuous objects. In her wide-ranging interdisciplinary practice, Slade inhabits sources from literature, art history, philosophy, and popular culture, weaving her references into absurd and frequently playful loops and voids.
At the Contemporary Art Gallery, Slade presents As the sun disappears and the shadows descend from the mountaintop, a new body of work rooted in a research trip to Sils Maria, Switzerland, where Friedrich Nietzsche spent the majority of his summers during the decade he wrote his most enduring works. There, Slade retraced the philosopher’s steps along the shore of Lake Silvaplana, where upon encountering a large, pyramid-shaped rock he arrived at what he called “my truly abyssal thought”: eternal recurrence, “the unconditional and infinitely repeated circulation of all things.” In the exhibition, Slade reimagines Nietzsche’s encounter in two depictions: an enormous tapestry representing the rock to scale, and a series of graphite rubbings that maps the entirety of the rock’s surface over twenty monochromes.
Time
January 27 (Friday) 12:00 pm - May 7 (Sunday) 6:00 pm

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We will be taking requests to purchase art works only by telephone starting at 10am, Vancouver time, Saturday, January 28. The gallery will open to the public at 11 AM
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We will be taking requests to purchase art works only by telephone starting at 10am, Vancouver time, Saturday, January 28. The gallery will open to the public at 11 AM on opening day, Saturday, January 28th.
We highly recommend that you speak with one of our knowledgeable art consultants if you have any questions about the opening procedures or the artworks themselves. We hope you enjoy the collection and we look forward to discussing the artworks with you!
Time
January 28 (Saturday) 10:00 am - February 17 (Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
Inuit Gallery
120 Carrie Cates Ct

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The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins–McClaran Print Collection provides a glimpse into the making of what became one of the foremost private collections of European prints in Canada. Built over the course
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The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins–McClaran Print Collection provides a glimpse into the making of what became one of the foremost private collections of European prints in Canada. Built over the course of four decades, the core of this collection comprises a wealth of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish prints. Drs. Jonathan Meakins and Jacqueline McClaran recently donated a significant portion of these works to the National Gallery of Canada, thus doubling the holdings of early Dutch and Flemish prints in the national collection. This generous gift advances the study of early Northern European printmaking, and includes an impressive number of print series depicting seasons or months of the year, times of the day, planets, elements, animalia and more. These works enrich our understanding of the role played by prints in Early Modern Europe, illustrating humanity’s quest to make sense of the world and find order in chaos.
This touring version of The Collectors’ Cosmos at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler features over 170 works and includes prints by such notable European Masters as Rembrandt van Rijn, Hendrick Goltzius and Jacob van Ruisdael.
Time
January 28 (Saturday) 11:00 am - March 15 (Wednesday) 5:00 pm
Location
Audain Art Gallery
4350 Blackcomb Way

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Two distinct bodies of work from two artists who capture the impermanence and fleeting memories of their subject. Both Julia Di Sano and Victoria Klassen, whose inspirations come from different
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Two distinct bodies of work from two artists who capture the impermanence and fleeting memories of their subject. Both Julia Di Sano and Victoria Klassen, whose inspirations come from different sources, explore the mystery of brief moments in time, of fragmented and fleeting memories that are translated to the canvas as an expression of emotion.
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January 30 (Monday) 10:00 am - March 22 (Wednesday) 8:00 pm
Location
Anvil Centre
777 Columbia St

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Please join us at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, for the exhibition of Crystal Noir’s “Guilty as Skin”. “The concept for “Guilty As Skin” was born from my own feelings of
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Please join us at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, for the exhibition of Crystal Noir’s “Guilty as Skin”.
“The concept for “Guilty As Skin” was born from my own feelings of fear being a Black woman, as we continue to witness harrowing displays of police violence towards BIPOC communities throughout Turtle Island (North America).” ~ says Noir. “Having one’s identity dismantled, marginalized and regulated to non-human status demands both awareness and action. This series was created as a personal call-to-action to end the unjust policing of minority and disenfranchised bodies, and state-sanctioned acts of violence used as a tool to oppress BIPOC communities.”
The Gallery will also be hosting an artist talk and presentation, with Noir, on Sunday Feb. 19th from 1:00-3:00pm.
Time
1 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - 26 (Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
Gallery at Queens Park
Centennial Lodge, Queens Park

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Join us at CityScape Community ArtSpace for a creative evening of artmaking with someone special. Explore acrylics, watercolours, upcycling, pride posters and drag life drawing. This reoccurring monthly event series will
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Join us at CityScape Community ArtSpace for a creative evening of artmaking with someone special. Explore acrylics, watercolours, upcycling, pride posters and drag life drawing.
This reoccurring monthly event series will take place on February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1
Time
February 2 (Thursday) 6:30 pm - June 1 (Thursday) 8:30 pm
Location
Cityscape Community ArtSpace
335 Lonsdale Ave

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Made by neighbours for neighbours STRIDE is part arts festival, part community catalyst and all fun! The 2023 Stride Burnaby Arts Festival on the culturedays.ca website as well as
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Made by neighbours for neighbours STRIDE is part arts festival, part community catalyst and all fun!
The 2023 Stride Burnaby Arts Festival on the culturedays.ca website as well as your social media. We, at The Burnaby Neighborhood House, are a non profit organization focused on strengthening our community with innovative programs designed to connect with and engage our members.
Burnaby’s vibrant arts and culture scene hits the streets and lights up the city during the 2023 Stride Burnaby Arts Festival, proudly hosted by North Burnaby Neighbourhood House. From February 3-12 Stride will shine brightly and offer some much needed warmth during a cold and damp winter here on Canada’s west coast.
Enjoy free, safe, low-barrier programming and experiences for all ages. Discover your newest art piece and the words of local poets along the Heights Art Walk. Take in the colours and sounds of an outdoor art installation, attend a workshop and tap your feet at a music concert.
Time
february 3 (Friday) - 12 (Sunday)
Location
Burnaby Heights
4908 Hastings Street

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Before biosphere, before life, there were only the non-living, abiotic factors and a world of water. The three installations in aBIOTIC abstract and synthesize the ethereal and mysterious behaviours of water. Technology, sound,
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Before biosphere, before life, there were only the non-living, abiotic factors and a world of water.
The three installations in aBIOTIC abstract and synthesize the ethereal and mysterious behaviours of water. Technology, sound, chemistry and time are used to further reveal or extend fundamental patterns and laws.
In this exhibition phases of water are a physical and structural material to be used as an expressive and conceptual tool: liquid, gas, solid; water, steam, bubbles, ice. We see water mirrored, suspended, projected and directed. Water becomes the surface, the object and the medium, over, through and around which play precise exchanges of light, movement and sound. Manufactured, incidental and composed sound is integrated into the fabric of this water, becoming a defining component of each installation.
The first work one encounters is The Long Now (2015), by Cologne-based Verena Friedrich. The gallery at the centre of the exhibition, contains this technology-based still-life, framed inside a clear perspex box, sitting on a table. A single, perfect bubble floats, persisting long after all other bubbles would have collapsed; the artificial atmosphere holds it aloft for a variable and uncertain length of time. Friedrich’s innovative use of technology & science greatly prolongs the normal life of each fragile sphere. But it eventually succumbs. The technology that produces the bubble and evacuates the atmosphere is triggered again and again; the brief, violent sound of working technology…followed by… the wonder. The work builds on a long art tradition of depicting soap bubbles in still life & portraiture. Known as Vanitas, the bubble serves to remind us that life is transient and our demise is certain.
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February 4 (Saturday) 10:00 am - April 23 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Location
New Media Gallery
3rd Floor Anvil Centre

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THIS Gallery is excited to announce Make Me A Summary of The World, a new solo exhibition by California based artist elin o’Hara slavick. This exhibition, made up entirely of collaged works,
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THIS Gallery is excited to announce Make Me A Summary of The World, a new solo exhibition by California based artist elin o’Hara slavick.
This exhibition, made up entirely of collaged works, is full of hysterical surprises, fragmented landscapes, delirious layers of appropriation and ambiguity, shocks of juxtaposition, subconscious reactions, and automatic narratives in the surrealist spirit. Many of the collages focus on the female body and celebrate, critique, or otherwise make visual the complexity of feminism, pleasure, eroticism, psychological states, marginalized positions, sexuality, political identifications, and historical positions. Many of these conditions overlap and clash. Making feminist art is critical for emotional, political, and actual survival.
These works address child detentions along the Mexico border, transgender rights, feminist liberation, climate change and terrorism – all through the use, juxtaposition, and transformation of images of the human body. A terrorist becomes a nursing mother. Trees suddenly have eyes and mouths. An image of important modernist artists – all men – is turned into a meeting of diverse women. “I am making my own summary of the world.” says slavick.
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4 (Saturday) 12:00 pm - 24 (Friday) 5:00 pm
Location
THIS Gallery
227-475 Main Street

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Come join us to practice your drawing skills in a friendly, non-competitive environment. We alternate professional models that will pose unclothed, aiming for a diversity in age, gender and body
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Come join us to practice your drawing skills in a friendly, non-competitive environment. We alternate professional models that will pose unclothed, aiming for a diversity in age, gender and body shapes. This group is for both amateur and experienced artists, and we welcome all skill levels.
The 3-hour session will have a series of short poses to warm up ( 1 and 2 minutes) and a few long poses (5 minutes to 15-25 minutes).
What should I bring?
We have the life drawing essentials : chairs, many easels and a few drawing donkeys, music…
Bring your drawing materials, paper and a board. Our artists are using pencils, charcoal, ink, pastels, watercolor… The poses in the regular sessions are too short to have time to paint with acrylics or oils.
We will have a break in the middle of the session so you are welcome to bring some food for yourself or even something to share.
If you have a light portable easel, you can bring it too.
Time
February 5 (Sunday) 11:00 am - June 11 (Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
Maplewood House
399 Seymour River Pl

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Outsiders and Others is proud to present Jack Procters’ first major exhibition, Into the Unknown at the Pendulum Gallery from February 7th to March 3rd, 2023. www.pendulumgallery.bc.ca/upcomingexhibition/ The opening
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Outsiders and Others is proud to present Jack Procters’ first major exhibition, Into the Unknown at the Pendulum Gallery from February 7th to March 3rd, 2023. www.pendulumgallery.bc.ca/
The opening reception will be held on Thursday, February 9th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Proctors’ pieces give a pleasant escape from the regular day to day. This exhibition will slap you in the face with the colour and the fantastical joy you need right now!
Born and raised in East Vancouver, 75 year old Jack Procter has been making art for over 50 years. He is well known for his eye catching public display of art that is continuously rotated 365 days a year at his centrally located Vancouver home. A self-taught artist, Procter has been developing and honing his artmaking skills throughout his life. Often unable to afford the luxury of traditional paint and other art making
materials, he employs salvaged objects, found materials, and industrial products in his inventive art making.
Procter has lived a blue collar life, doing what needs to be done to get by, however his real passion is creating masterful collages, mobiles, and paintings. Procter reclusively operates at the margins of culture and the Vancouver art scene. His artwork is directly informed by his trade knowledge and life experiences. He resists the capitalist logic of consumer culture and, whatever the materials may be, Procter’s finished work is made with impeccable details and craftsmanship.
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February 7 (Tuesday) 9:00 am - March 3 (Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
Pendulum Gallery
885 W Georgia St, V6C 2G2

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Vancouver born and raised Jack Procter has been making art for over 50 years. He employs salvaged objects, found materials, and industrial products in his inventive art making. Influenced by
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Vancouver born and raised Jack Procter has been making art for over 50 years. He employs salvaged objects, found materials, and industrial products in his inventive art making. Influenced by the work of Alexander Calder, The Group of Seven, Henri Matisse and Frank Stella, Procter’s work also reflects complex intercultural references, such as the organic symmetry of Inuit or German folk art, the vibrating compositions of Surrealism or the playfully expressive shapes and vibrant palettes of Yayoi Kusama. This exhibition presents a curated selection of his extraordinary practice, featuring abstract paintings, sculptures, collages and mobiles.
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February 7 (Tuesday) 9:00 am - March 3 (Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
Pendulum Gallery
885 W Georgia St, V6C 2G2

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Saltwater Cures All is a compilation of video works featuring Racquel Rowe in her native island of Barbados. Rowe explores ideas of the formation of the Black Atlantic, personal and
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Saltwater Cures All is a compilation of video works featuring Racquel Rowe in her native island of Barbados. Rowe explores ideas of the formation of the Black Atlantic, personal and familial connections to the sea, relationships between Black people and water and the idea of rebirth. Many of the works feature the East coast of the island, the first point of contact that European colonialists would have made; through the juxtaposition of land and sea, Rowe asks viewers to consider the implications of these idealized scenes and their historical and present-day implications for the Black populations that call these islands home. We invite you to join us on opening night for light refreshments and an artist talk.
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February 11 (Saturday) 12:00 pm - March 11 (Saturday) 6:00 pm
Location
Gallery Gachet
9 W Hastings St

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Come enjoy an evening of magic filled with the ethereal beauty of Britten’s atmospheric score and Shakespeare’s fantastical story. Based on the famous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows a
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Come enjoy an evening of magic filled with the ethereal beauty of Britten’s atmospheric score and Shakespeare’s fantastical story. Based on the famous play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows a myriad of hilarious characters in a whimsical whirlwind of magic potions, love triangles and mistaken identities. Vancouver audiences will be thrilled to welcome back Jacques Lacombe as conductor in this company premiere.
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11 (Saturday) 7:30 pm - 19 (Sunday) 9:30 pm
Location
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
630 Hamilton St

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On February 17, Ñswe niiminwinan (3 Dances) features 3 new solo performance works - journals of adoption by Sophie Dow, kaqwiⱡȼi by Samantha Sutherland and Homelands —Yakón:kwe by Kaha:wi Dance
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On February 17, Ñswe niiminwinan (3 Dances) features 3 new solo performance works – journals of adoption by Sophie Dow, kaqwiⱡȼi by Samantha Sutherland and Homelands —Yakón:kwe by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre.
In journals of adoption, Sophie Dow sifts and moves through 2 journals of origin: one from her birthmother’s pregnancy & process of offering her up and one from her adoptive mother’s journey of receiving a child.
Samantha Sutherland created kaqwiⱡȼi with a practice of translating words and stories in the Ktunaxa Language to movement. Through the work, she leads audiences through stories told by Samantha’s Elders, and her own journey of learning her language.
Braiding earthy and cinematic media, sound design and performance, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’sHomelands—Yakón:kwe places Yethi’nihstenha (many womxn) within their ancestral homelands and waters in Kahnyen’kehàka territory of upper state New York and around the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.
On February 18, we present the world premiere of Maamawi (ᒫLᐏ): Together Through The Fire from O.Dela Arts & Pepper’s Ghost New Media Collective. An expression of the Anishinaabe Seven Fire Prophecies, as shared by Anishinaabe Elder, Gloria May Eshkibok, Maamawi imbues us with heart-light, stewarded by the Original Ones through an immersive mix of dance, virtual reality, projections and sound.
Screening February 16-18, TOMO VR from Atamira Dance Company (Aotearoa/New Zealand) is an innovative digital experience capturing the dream space with its haunting tale of life and death.Viewers find themselves in a cavern of endless time, a world within a world, watching two travelling wairua (the bodiless self) and the generations of ancestors before them.
From February 13-18, our Dance Film Series will be available to stream on our website featuring works by Indigenous artists across the globe.
Time
February 13 (Monday) 7:00 pm - March 18 (Saturday) 9:00 pm
Location
Scotiabank Dance Centre
677 Davie St

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Join Pinata artist Meaghan Kennedy of Your Pinata and learn step by step how to create the pinata of your dreams! Meaghan provides everything you'll need- just bring your imagination! Fable
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Join Pinata artist Meaghan Kennedy of Your Pinata and learn step by step how to create the pinata of your dreams! Meaghan provides everything you’ll need- just bring your imagination!
Fable Diner has lots of great beers on tap and great food- sounds like a perfect combo!
Time
(Tuesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
16febAll Day26VMF Winter Arts(All Day) Event Type:Art Event,Performing ArtsAdmission Type:Free

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VMF Winter Arts is a free, all-ages festival transforming downtown Vancouver into an open-air gallery and celebration of art, lights and entertainment. Over 11 days, our award-winning festival will
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VMF Winter Arts is a free, all-ages festival transforming downtown Vancouver into an open-air gallery and celebration of art, lights and entertainment.
Over 11 days, our award-winning festival will bring together local and international public art with live experiences—including music, tours, talk, dance parties, food and drink—to connect, reflect and celebrate our city and its diverse communities.
Time
february 16 (Thursday) - 26 (Sunday)

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VMF Winter Arts is a free, all-ages festival transforming downtown Vancouver into an open-air gallery and celebration of art, lights and entertainment. Over 11 days, our award-winning festival will
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VMF Winter Arts is a free, all-ages festival transforming downtown Vancouver into an open-air gallery and celebration of art, lights and entertainment.
Over 11 days, our award-winning festival will bring together local and international public art with live experiences—including music, tours, talk, dance parties, food and drink—to connect, reflect and celebrate our city and its diverse communities.
Time
february 16 (Thursday) - 26 (Sunday)

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North Van Arts is proud to present "To fold; To fault," an exhibition featuring the works of three interdisciplinary artists who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary fibre-based mediations. The
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February 17 (Friday) 9:00 am - March 25 (Saturday) 5:00 pm

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Join us at Museum of Vancouver this Family Day and receive complimentary admission during opening hours (10-5pm) and register for scheduled programming with local storytellers! Come check out the local stories
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Join us at Museum of Vancouver this Family Day and receive complimentary admission during opening hours (10-5pm) and register for scheduled programming with local storytellers!
Come check out the local stories featured in our History Galleries and explore our feature exhibitions: A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia, All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project, That Which Sustains Us and Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect.
Scheduled Programs:
Puppets Tell Stories: Puppetry Workshop with Ventriloquist Kellie Haines
Stories from the Land: Live storytelling with Chief Ian Campbell
A Ventriloquist in Vancouver: Fun for the whole family with Master Ventriloquist Don Bryan
Time
(Monday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Steet, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9

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Co-presented by Vancouver Winter Pride Festival and VMF Winter Arts. Poetry and storytelling is a conduit for inter-generational healing, but inter-generational joy as well. In commemoration of Black History
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Co-presented by Vancouver Winter Pride Festival and VMF Winter Arts.
Poetry and storytelling is a conduit for inter-generational healing, but inter-generational joy as well. In commemoration of Black History Month, we amplify, celebrate, and illuminate the unique intersections that Black-Indigi-Queer folks bring to community. Our legacies can never be erased as we bear witness to them together. Our Feature Poet and special guest for the evening will be none other than world reknown poet, the remarkable Stacyann Chin.
Poet, actor, and performing artist Staceyann Chin is the author of the new poetry collection Crossfire: A Litany For Survival, the critically acclaimed memoir The Other Side of Paradise, cowriter and original performer in the Tony Award–winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, and author of the one-woman shows Hands Afire, Unspeakable Things, Border/Clash, and MotherStruck. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and 60 Minutes, and her poetry has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She proudly identifies as Caribbean, Black, Asian, lesbian, a woman, and a resident of New York City, as well as a Jamaican national.
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(Thursday) 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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The ethos of community is at the heart of the collection from which this exhibition is drawn. Established by Dr. Kenneth Montague, the Wedge Collection is Canada’s largest
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The ethos of community is at the heart of the collection from which this exhibition is drawn. Established by Dr. Kenneth Montague, the Wedge Collection is Canada’s largest privately owned collection committed to championing Black artists. The title As We Rise is borrowed from a phrase that Dr. Montague’s father would often invoke: “Lifting as we rise.” By this, he emphasized the importance of parlaying one’s personal success into communal good. He believed in investing back in the Black community to which he and his family belonged. As an ethic, “lifting as we rise” suggests an expanded sense of family, one that reaches beyond close relatives. As an exhibition, As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic embraces this expansive sensibility, centering the familial alongside the familiar.
Familiarity resides not just in the exhibition collectively, but in the photographs unto themselves. Black subjects are depicted by Black photographers, presented as they wish to be seen. Largely, these subjects are aware of the camera, and yet they never seem rigid or unnatural. The gaze is mutual and consensual. But the imagery produced is far from uniform. It is as varied, surprising, and heterogeneous as the Black Atlantic itself. Like a family album, it is idiosyncratic.
The concepts of community, identity, and power intersect and merge, discernable in many of the photographs not as features to be singled out but rather as a recognizable essence; a recognition of the complex strength, beauty, vulnerability, and irreducibility of Black life.
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February 24 (Friday) 10:00 am - May 14 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Location
The Polygon
101 Carrie Cates Court

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Journey through the world of textiles with our in-house fabric dying expert. Learn how to dye natural fabrics using the principles of the Japanese Shibori dyeing method. The workshop will include. Different
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Journey through the world of textiles with our in-house fabric dying expert.
Learn how to dye natural fabrics using the principles of the Japanese Shibori dyeing method.
The workshop will include.
- Different ways of folding, pleating, wrapping, tying, and clamping the fabric in order to create beautiful patterns.
- Yardage of fabric to be used for larger at-home projects
- A scarf, to keep for yourself or to be given as a special gift.
- An informative talk on the rich history of Japanese Shibori dyeing.
Time
(Sunday) 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Maplewood House
399 Seymour River Pl