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In the heart of Surrey, The Black Arts Centre looks to serve as a crucial hub of community and creativity. Founded with a mission to provide a dedicated platform for Black artists across British Columbia, the youth-owned centre has since evolved into a cultural hub, providing a space where artistic expression can flourish and diverse…
Indian Summer Festival returns again in 2024, holding host to a breadth of musical and artistic talent. While many of the most prominent artistic events include various musical acts, the festival also includes the work of returning set designer and artist Kimira Reddy, in collaboration with Boca Del Lupo arts company. Having previously created Under the…
For Italian-Canadian and non-binary artist Shel Stefan, the connection between their cultural heritage and gender identity is more than surface level. In line with the Italian values of passion, emotion and pleasure, Stefan feels that putting forth a passionate affirmation of their right to love and live as they are, experiencing the world and being…
The works of Iranian-Canadian artists Mitra Mahmoodi and Jamal Tabasinejad will be on display at the Evergreen Cultural Centre this month, as the centre is set to host an exhibition highlighting their representations of Iranian adobe architecture, as well as the meaning it holds for the artists themselves. The exhibition, unearthed: Mitra Mahmoodi & Jamal Tabasinejad,…
Russian-based feminist art collective Pussy Riot has put the spotlight on government oppression, political silencing and cultural hypocrisy in their country for more than a decade. But while they’re known for their boisterous, colourful and attention-grabbing political art, what’s less known are the consequences the collective has faced for speaking out. Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s…
GEORGE CLUTESI: ḥašaḥʔap / ʔaapḥii / ʕc̓ik / ḥaaʔaksuqƛ / ʔiiḥmisʔap is a retrospective exhibition currently premiering in Vancouver until Jan 19, 2025 at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. The exhibition explores the life and legacy of George Clutesi, a Tseshaht First Nation artist, actor, writer and ambassador for Canadian Indigenous culture, recognized…
In their first exhibition in Canada, Chinese visual artist and storyteller Shen Xin explores how languages act like an ecosystem. The installation, titled but this is the language we met in; 我们在这个语言中相遇, includes a film, Grounds of Coherence #1, and four paintings, all created by the artist. Shen is particularly interested in the existence of language in humans…
Showcasing the tenacity, resolve and responses to the injustice of the Japanese Canadian internment and forced relocations, the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre hosts the permanent exhibit Taiken: Generations of Resilience. Depicted on the panels on the museum walls and through the programming offered, the exhibit looks to honour and share the history and heritage…
Inside/Out: the art show my dad never had, a new exhibit currently on display at grunt gallery, examines the life and work of the late Sue Dong Eng, co-curated by his daughter Mercedes Eng. The exhibit is composed of archived family images, copper etchings in handmade frames and literary work, featuring some of Mercedes’ own…
Refuge Canada, an exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver, details the experiences refugees have faced from deciding to leave their home country to settling in Canada. Denise Fong, curator of urban cultures at the Museum of Vancouver, says the exhibit is meant to help visitors connect with the individual stories and challenges of refugees –…
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has recently unveiled the art exhibition J.E.H. MacDonald? A Tangled Garden. The journey to this exhibition has been long and winding, stemming from the 2015 discovery of 10 sketches allegedly painted by J.E.H. MacDonald. As MacDonald was one of the founding members of the Group of 7 (seven influential Canadian…
Hosted by Vancouver Art Gallery, from now until May 12, Rooted Here: Woven from the Land is an exhibition that displays the weavings of four local Salish artists; and offers a glimpse into their participation in the design of the gallery’s new building. The exhibition looks into the history of Salish weaving, its connection to the land,…
Gallery Gachet hosts an exhibit from Vancouver-based artist Dion Smith-Dokkie that investigates maps and their meaning, from Nov. 24 to Jan 20. In This Will Be the First of a Thousand Worlds We Give Life To, Smith-Dokkie modulates various maps, including locations of northeastern British Columbia, transforming them artistically through overlays and modulation. The resulting…
