“What would it take to transform society for the betterment of all?” That is the question posed by the National Arts Centre to live performance companies across Canada for The Transformations Project. With 2020 being one of the most transformative years of our lives, the pandemic forcing most of us and many industries to…
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David Wilson is Close To Home at Kurbatoff Gallery
With his newest collection, Close to Home, artist David Wilson offers a look back, to, the seemingly long ago, pre-COVID days at the start of the year. In the poignantly titled “Come Back to Me”, on display at Kurbatoff Gallery until October 22nd, Wilson’s vibrant acrylics capture the Stanley Theatre’s grand marquee as it presides over…
MOA at UBC reveals Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC has reopened after its months-long COVID-19 closure with new safety protocols and timed-entry tickets. This week, MOA is preparing for their upcoming exhibition, Kent Monkman’s timely Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, on display from August 6, 2020 to January 3, 2021. Curated by Monkman — a Canadian artist of Cree…
Presentation House Theatre Creates PHT Creative Hub Co-op
Like all Arts and Theatre institutions across the country, Presentation House Theatre (PHT) has had to think of ways to recreate themselves while dealing with COVID era restrictions and closures. After much organizational soul searching, research, and preparation in response to COVID-19, today, Presentation House Theatre launches the PHT Creative Hub Co-operative, transforming how the…
Bill Reid Gallery celebrates the Artist’s Centennial.
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art has reopened and is preparing to celebrate the centennial birthday of Bill Reid (1920–1998) with a new exhibition; To Speak With A Golden Voice. The exhibition highlights the legendary artist’s extraordinary life and legacy, To Speak With a Golden Voice, runs at the Gallery from July 16, 2020 to April 11, 2021….
Visit The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency
The public launch and first open house of the historic Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency on August 25, is the result of a campaign by grunt gallery, Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, and Creative Cultural Collaborations (C3) to revive the historic floating cabin at the Plaza of Nations in False Creek. Originally built in 1927 as a floating house in Coal Harbour,…
Discover Robert Rauschenberg at Vancouver Art Gallery.
This summer, the Vancouver Art Gallery dives into its permanent collection to present Robert Rauschenberg 1965–1980, an exhibition of important but rarely seen works by the prolific twentieth-century American artist. The presentation features billboard-sized prints, intimate drawings, collages, sculptural works and large-scale fabric constructions from one of the most experimental periods of Rauschenberg’s career. “The Vancouver…