Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate V6Y 1R9 Richmond, BC, Canada

Richmond artist and supporter of Richmond Art Gallery, Joe Larano has published a new book "Urban Sketching: Capturing the Views Around Us". Joe is an architect by trade and has lived in Richmond since 1998. He is also an avid urban sketcher. The book feature sites in Richmond including Finn Slough, the Winch Camp storage building near the London Landing pier at No. 2 Road, Fisherman’s Wharf in Steveston and the terminal at YVR.... For more info, check out Richmond News: https://bit.ly/37bWsEJ Image: submission from the artist

Due to unforeseen circumstances our upcoming exhibition, "pseudo-here", will not open Friday, December 11 as previously scheduled. A new opening date will be posted as soon as possible. bit.ly/pseudo-here

In preparation for our last Artist Salon of the year on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, lets get to know more about our presenter, Laura Kwok! Kwok is an artist and illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada. As a free spirit and old soul, she is captivated by nature, wildlife and her experiences when travelling. With her inspirations, Kwok is able to recreate these themes in her work in a colourful and imaginative style. In 2016, Kwok launched her own stationary brand, Art + Soul Cr...eative Co., in continuous to design and illustrate her own products. To register for this free online event, click here: https://rb.gy/lwlzlo To learn more about Kwok and her work, check out her website (https://laurakwok.com/) and her Facebook Page Art + Soul Creative Co. Can't wait to see everyone!

http://www.richmondartgallery.org/holiday-fundraiser/ For the first-time senior Richmond artist, Pierre Vassura, is offering a series of original hand-painted works for sale. All proceeds from sales will go towards the production of a future monograph publication of the artist’s work and RAGA’s continued outreach/educational programming in Richmond. For this special presentation both online and on display at Richmond Art Gallery, Vassura presents Flowers, a new body of work c...reated in isolation during the COVID19 Pandemic. Responding to this world event the artist states: It is with empathy for the great loss of lives and sorrow of the world that I attest my feelings and emotions to the victims of this great calamity. I worked with my formalistic style on floral analogies and as a statement of participation to the happening I have produced and I present to you FLOWERS.

Pierre Vassura's special fundraiser is a great way to give back this holiday season. Vassura's exhibition, "Flower" is a special exhibition made in response to the current climate of our society. All the proceeds from the sales will towards the future publication of Vassura himself as well as RAGA’s continued outreach/educational programming in Richmond. As well for this holiday season #BecomeaMemberinDecember! Upon signing up, donating or renewing your membership this mon...th, you will be entered into a draw to win one of Vassura's "Flowers" pieces ! Draws will happen in January of next year. By becoming a member of the Richmond Art Gallery, you will not only support the #richmondartgallerybc, but you also support the programs/events RAGA organizes. Click the link to sign up to become a member now!: https://bit.ly/MembershipinDecember Image: Pierre Vassura, Flowers (No. 31)", 2020, enamel on board

We are sad to announce that today is the last day of our exhibition Selected Stories 1980-2020. Richmond Art Gallery will be closed for installation on 22 November. Selected Stories offers glimpses into our 40 years of supporting artists. It is their creativity and ingenuity to offer new perspectives and question our understanding of the world that makes working at the gallery a pure joy. I am so grateful to all the artists who have worked with us over the past 40 years. ... says our director Shaun Dacey. Check out our YouTube channel for previous interviews from artists in Selected Stories: 1980-2020. Greg Girard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmpDRJ1eBw Diyan Achjadi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ8J12P975A Evan Lee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq2Q1mzYaTU&t=346s Stay tune for our next exhibition: Scott Billings: "pseudo-here" from December 11, 2020 - January 16, 2021. To learn more on Billings' upcoming exhibition: http://www.richmondartgallery.org/pseudo-here/

Want to know more about how to get started with commissions? Or how to charge appropriately for your time? Or maybe you’re curious about how to build relationships with interior designers? Well look no further! Sign up for our Artist Salon webinar for the month, where Vancouver-based abstract painter Amy Stewart will share her insider tips! When: Tuesday, October 27,2020 from 7:00PM - 8:30PM... Where: Online event (link in bio) Cost: Free! #RAGatHome #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #AmyStewart #artistsalonwebinar #onlineevent #contemporaryart #artdiscussion

Tomorrow, 21st November will be the last day for our current exhibition Selected Stories1980-2020. This exhibition features selected works from the permanent collection, highlighting the RAG’s remarkable journey over the last 40 years. One of our featured artists, Yasuo Araki was born in Yamanashi, Japan and studied drawing, painting, graphic design and art history at Musashino Art College, Tokyo. Araki immigrated to Canada in 1968 and has exhibited his work in around the ...Lower Mainland ever since. Araki’s work is shaped by, and in some ways an antidote to, his horrific experiences growing up in war time Japan. Many of his paintings feature a message of peace and hope in humanity. Araki has a long history with the RAG, exhibiting his work for the first time in 1983, after which he donated this work to the permanent collection. Image: Yasuo Araki and his family visited Richmond Art Gallery. Come and visit us at Richmond Art Gallery.

We are happy to announce that this month's Artist Salon Webinar is with Richmond-based artist and illustrator, Laura Kwok! Kwok opens up about her journey as a self-taught artist working in illustration and the creation to her own product line. She will also go in-depth on how she works with various clients as well as how she started creating commerical works. As our final presenter for the 2020 season, Laura will also discuss the impacts Covid-19 has had on her work and wor...king process. Artist Salon Webinar: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:00PM - 8:30PM Register here!: https://bit.ly/3kei3zP Check out Kwok's works here: https://laurakwok.com/ We can't wait to see everyone there!

The Richmond Art Gallery is currently closed for installation for our next exhibition "SELECTED STORIES: 1980 2020" in the celebration of our 40th anniversary of the Richmond Art Gallery. SELECTED STORIES: 1980 -2020: October 28 - November 14, 2020. #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #SelectedStories #exhibition #canadianart #artmattershere #newexhibition #40thanniversary

Check out our latest Artist Salon with Richmond-based artist and illustrator, Laura Kwok! Kwok opens up about her journey as a self-taught artist working in illustration and the creation to her own product line. She also goes in-depth on how she works with various clients as well as how she started creating commerical works. As our final presenter for the 2020 season, Laura also discusses the impacts Covid-19 has had on her work and working process. Video available on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/LauraKwok

The special exhibition and fundraiser is finally up at the Richmond Art Gallery from November 14, 2020 - January 2, 2021! For the first-time senior Richmond artist, Pierre Vassura, is offering a series of original hand-painted works for sale. All proceeds from sales will go towards the production of a future monograph publication of the artist’s work and RAGA’s continued outreach/educational programming in Richmond. To purchase online click here: https://rb.gy/ouxors Note: Y...ou can also visit the gallery in person to make a purchase where you can pay with either cash, cheque, or credit card. Cash must be the exact amount. Please write cheques to Richmond Art Gallery Association. Pick-up or home delivery: Once your order has completed, wait for a confirmation email from the Gallery. A staff member will follow up and confirm your delivery preference. Pick-up: Work can be picked up at the Gallery during opening hours (Wednesday Friday, 10AM 6PM, and Saturday, 10 AM 4PM). Home delivery: available with some restrictions for an extra charge

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Happy Monday everyone! Just a reminder that there is still an opportunity to register for this month's Artist Salon with Amy Stewart. Join our free online session as Stewart discusses her journey from being a social worker to becoming a full-time artist. She will be also sharing tips on where to start with commissions, charging the appropriate amount for your time and building relations with interior designers. When: Tuesday, October 27,2020 from 7:00PM - 8:30PM Where: Onlin...e event (https://rb.gy/fizcec) Cost: Free! #RAGatHome #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #AmyStewart #artistsalonwebinar #onlineevent #contemporaryart #artdiscussion

Gu Xiong visited Richmond Art Gallery on Saturday 14th November 2020. Image: Gu standing in front of his exhibited Cafeteria#3 at Richmond Art Gallery. Check out our exhibition "Selected Stories" at Richmond Art Gallery... Exhibition dates: October 28 - November 21, 2020 Opening hours: Wednesday - Friday, 10AM to 6PM, and Saturday from 10 AM - 4PM. To read more about Selected Stories: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/selected-stories-1980-2/ Check out Gu’s new exhibition currently at Centre A: https://centrea.org/exhibitions/current/

The Richmond Art Gallery will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 for Remembrance Day. We encourage everyone this year to take the time to remember all the brave men and women who fought for our freedom and safety. #RememberinPlace Since the ceremony is held online and begin shortly after 10:30AM, please visit the link to join us in this ceremony: https://rb.gy/c5dsfd

We are very excited to introduce our online end of year review series Reflection, Appreciation, Growth featuring Richmond Art Gallery’s past exhibitions, talks, and artists over 2020. Today we are going to share with you one of our highlighted Artist Salon: Art in Times of Crisis In partnership with Mobil Art School, RAGA presented a second chapter of Jairo Salazar’s exploration of the way artists have reacted to times of crisis.... Check out our website for more info: Part 1: https://bit.ly/ArtinTimesofCrisisP1 Part 2: https://bit.ly/ArtinTimesofCrisisP2 Image: Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, General Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken at Jaffa, 1823.

Hello everyone! The Cultural Centre building is opened again! With that, we have a few things that have been adjusted: Hours of Operation for the Gallery: Wednesday - Saturday, from 11:00AM - 4:00PM (3:30PM is last entry) Our main entrance to the gallery will be opened again! The temporary entrance is no longer available. ... Entrance to the Cultural Centre: everyone must enter through the temporary front desk (signs are posted on the glass window). Wheelchair accessible is also available. Thank you for being patience and understanding in these circumstances . #RAGatHome #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #contemporaryart

Sad to say, but today is the gallery's last day with Emily Neufeld's "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby". We are honoured to be able to exhibit Neufeld's work at the Richmond Art Gallery and we wish nothing but the best for Neufeld. Also stay tune for our next exhibition, "Selected Stories: 1980 2020", on October 28, 2020 as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Richmond Art Gallery. Follow our social media's for the latest updates!... #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #EmilyNeufeld #PrairieInvasionALullaby #contemporaryart

Emily Neufeld's exhibition "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby" is still open to the public until October 18, so make sure to visit the exhibition while you still can. We also have more images of Neufeld's show on our website: http://www.richmondartgallery.org/prairieinvasions/ Remember to check our hours before planning your visit to the gallery!... Remember to social distance! Maintain 6 feet (2 metres) apart! Tag us your favourite artwork and why you love it soo much! We can't wait to see! #RichmondConnect #RAGatHome #contemporaryart #EmilyNeufeld #PrairieInvasionALullaby #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #exhibition

Our current exhibition "Selected Stories" has been extended until Saturday, November 21, 2020! "Selected Stories" gives the gallery the opportunity to showcase the Gallery's progression towards including more stories in our collection, about Richmond, and the artists and art enthusiasts. Fun Fact: "Three Boats on a Beach" is part of a series of works based on a dream Grison had in 1992 about looking for a drawing he made while in art school during the 1960s.... Image: Brian Grison, Three Boats on a Beach, serigraph on paper, 1992

Stay tune for our upcoming exhibition "pseudo-here" by Scott Billings. Exhibition available to view starting Friday, December 11. Hours: Wed - Fri, 10am - 6pm; Sat, 10am - 4pm.... Scott Billings is a visual artist and designer based in Vancouver. His sculptures and video installations frequently centre on issues of animality, mobility, and spectatorship. Billings holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia, a BFA from Emily Carr University, and a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He teaches at UBC and Emily Carr as a sessional instructor. To learn more about Scott Billings and the upcoming exhibition check out our website: https://bit.ly/pseudo-here Image: Scott Billings, pseudo-polar-primes (detail), 2020, digital print , courtesy of the artist.

Every year, Richmond Society for Community Living Living celebrate Community Living Month. In partnership with the Richmond Art Gallery, there is an art exhibition which features all the works done by individuals at the Avenues art program. The exhibition is held annually at the Richmond City Hall Galleria, however, this year due to the closure of City Hall, the exhibition is displayed virtually. We are honoured to give our ongoing support and as well as, thank you Opus Art ...Supplies, who donated canvasses and supplies for the artists. To learn more about the exhibition: https://www.rscl.org/virtually-inspired-art-exhibit-2020/ Top row (left to right): Gabrielle "Gabby" Lam, Frozen Bird, (24"x24"), Grace Tang, Princess Kitty, (16"x16"), Lindsay Mohninger, "Blossoming Bonzai, (20"x20"). Right side: Melissa Peters, Awesome Life, (16"x12"). Bottom row (left to right): Rachel Matthewson, My Awesome Painting, (16"x16"), Karen Kehoe, True Colours, (16"x16"), Melody Edgars, Aboriginal Blanket -Killer Whale Pod. #RichmondConnect #RAGatHome #virtualexhibition #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #RichmondSocietyforCommunityLiving #contemporaryart

This month’s session features Vancouver-based abstract painter Amy Stewart. Amy will discuss her artistic journey that began as a career in social work to becoming a full-time artist. She will share tips on how to get started with commissions, charging appropriately for your time, and building relationships with interior designers. Join in the live session to ask your questions. When: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Where: Online Event - Link: https://rb.gy/...fizcec Cost: Free! To learn more about Stewart: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/artist-salon-webinar-wi/ #RAGatHome #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #AmyStewart #artistsalonwebinar #onlineevent #contemporaryart #artdiscussion

Rights of Passage, an interactive set of walks by artist Lou Sheppard follows lost or hidden streams/waterways in the developed urban environment of Richmond/Steveston. This work prompts us to consider from both a historic and contemporary perspective the human and non-human right of passage to these waterways. Event Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 2:00PM Participants: Lou Sheppard, Emily Neufeld, Laiwan, Rob Butler, and Sharon MacGougan... Panel presentation led by Shaun Dacey and Caroline Biel. Link to this free, online conversation: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rights-of-passage-a-conversatio #RichmondConnect #RAGatHome #onlineevent #paneldiscussion #contemporaryart #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #urbanenvironment #RightofPassage #LouSheppard #BirdWeek

Richmond Art Gallery and Richmond Public Art Program invite artists and artist collectives who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized to submit proposals for a photo-based temporary public art work to be presented at the Aberdeen Richmond Canada Line station as part of the Capture Photography Festival in Richmond from April to September, 2021. The artist or collective will receive an artist fee of $1,500.00 CAD to produce one or more print-ready digital artwor...k files. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 20, 2020, 5:00 PM PDT SUBMISSION EMAIL: [email protected] Complete work deadline: December, 2020 Installation: March 2021 On display: April 2021 September 2021 *Schedules are subject to change* Please do not hesitate to contact Shaun Dacey, Director at Richmond Art Gallery with any questions: Tel: 604-247-8310 E-mail: [email protected] To read more about submission: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/capture2021call/ Image: Manuel Axel Strain, "Self portrait with mended flesh", installation view at Aberdeen Canada Line Station, Richmond, BC, 2020. #RAGatHome #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #contemporaryart #CaptureFestival2021 #CallforSubmissions #publicart #CapturePhotography

We are excited to announce this months Artist Salon session featuring a panel discussion about the behind-the-scenes process that goes into curating at a public art gallery, artist-run centre or commercial art gallery, and what the future may hold for these spaces in the coming years. Leading this months artist talk is Wil Aballe of Wil Aballe Art Projects - WAAP, Shaun Dacey of Richmond Art Gallery and Henry Heng Lu of Centre A They will be discussing their perspectives ...and provide valuable information to artists of all levels from students who desire a career in the arts to working-artists who would like a glimpse at the inner-workings of the curatorial process. : Tuesday, September 29, 2020 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM : Register for our Artist Salon online: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_WwMC0HuZSXObawHN6W24FQ Image from WAAP Abouts Page: https://www.waapart.com/about/ #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #ArtistSalon #contemporaryart #publicartgallery #onlineevent

We will be closed to the public on Monday, October 12 for the holiday and reopen on the following day - Tuesday, October 13. Happy Thanksgiving!

A big shoutout to lead artist facilitator Emily Neufeld, guest artists Holly Schmidt and Laara Cerman, herbalist Lori Snyder and of course our artistic students for the public art installation inspired by Neufeld's exhibiting show, "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby". The public art installation at Minoru Park is still available for viewing until October 25th, 2020 around the ponds. Be sure to tag us in your post with the panoramic images. We can't wait to see!... To view more of the photos from the beginning from the site selection to the final installation: http://www.richmondartgallery.org/public-art-installation-/ #RichmondConnect #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #publicartwork #contemporaryart #EmilyNeufeld #nature #artgallery #art

Exhibiting artist Emily Neufeld joins in a discussion with artist and ethnobotanist T’uy’t’tanatCease Wyss, and KPU Farm School Soil Science Instructor Amy Norgaard. Guest panelists will respond to the ideas within Neufeld’s exhibition and share their insights into themes of local land use, how humans impact the environment and how this relationship with a place informs art-making. Discussion moderated by Richmond Art Gallery exhibition curator, Nan Capogna.... Neufeld's exhibition "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby" is now open to the public from August 21 - October 18, 2020. Join in the discussion today at 2:00PM during this free online webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_XUMEsHTwSfOAOX7zvzSXxA #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #PanelDisussion #contemporaryart #RAGatHome #publciartgallery#onlineevent #soilexpert #culture #APrairieInvasionALullaby #KwantlenFarmSchool #farmersmarket

Over the summer, a handpicked group of young artists aged 15 to 18 have been participating in our Youth Summer Intensive Program. The program is hosted online at home for 4 days a week and 1 day a week at an outdoor public park with social distancing protocols in place. . Our programs lead instructor, Emily Neufelds work is currently featured in our new exhibition Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby. In our last session, our students selected locations around the ponds in Minoru Park to display their installations which are inspired by Emily Neufelds own practice. The installations will be displayed from September 26 - October 25. Stay tuned for more information!

Thank you @GalleriesWest for writing an article on Emily Neufeld's exhibition! Check out their article: https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/emily-neufeld/ #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #RAGatHome #richmondbc #EmilyNeufeld #PrairieInvasionsALullaby #article #gallerieswest

Exhibiting artist Emily Neufeld is joined in a discussion with artist and ethnobotanist T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss and soil expert Amy Norgaard on Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 2:00PM - 3:00PM. Presenter: T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss (Skwxwu7mesh / Sto:Lo / Irish / Metis / Hawaiian / Swiss) is an interdisciplinary artist who works with new media, performance and interdisciplinary arts and is a community engaged and public artist for over 25 years. Her works have always focus...ed on sustainability, Coast Salish Cultural elements and have included themes of ethnobotany and digital media technology. Cease has recently been focused on connecting to her Polynesian roots through weaving and digital media projects and has been collaborating with more Oceania people. She will talk about how the land has changed over the centuries and the impact on Indigenous lands. Neufeld's exhibition "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby" is now open to the public from August 21 - October 18, 2020. To register for our free online event: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_XUMEsHTwSfOAOX7zvzSXxA #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #PanelDisussion #contemporaryart #RAGatHome #publicartgallery#onlineevent #soilexpert #culture #APrairieInvasionALullaby #KwantlenFarmSchool #farmersmarket

"The exhibition is comprised of photographic documentation of Neufelds interventions, objects she retrieved from the farms, and purpose-built cylindrical lightboxes." - Excerpt taken from Emily Neufelds Press Release. Curious to see more? This image is from one the lightboxes from Emily Neufelds exhibition, "Prairies Invasions: A Lullaby". We also offer gallery tours if you are curious about the works or Neufelds practice in general. ... We also added signs around the Richmond Cultural Centre so it is easier to find our entrance! (Temporary entry is at the North East side). To learn more about our exhibition: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/prairieinvasions/ #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #EmilyNeufeld #PrairieInvasionsALullaby #contemporaryart

Exhibiting artist Emily Neufeld is joined in a discussion with soil expert Amy Norgaard and artist and ethnobotanist T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss on Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 2:00PM - 3:00PM. Presenter: Amy Norgaard our next panelist. She is a Professional Agrologist and teaches sustainable soil management with the KPU Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School. A 2015 graduate of the UBC Farm Practicum is currently completing a MSc in Soil Science in the Sustainable Agricult...ural Landscapes lab at UBC. The goal of her research is to help organic farms meet their goal of producing food with a reduced environmental impact through enhanced nutrient management. Neufeld's exhibition "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby" is now open to the public from August 21 - October 18, 2020. To register for our free online event: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_XUMEsHTwSfOAOX7zvzSXxA #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #PanelDisussion #contemporaryart #RAGatHome #publciartgallery#onlineevent #soilexpert #culture #APrairieInvasionALullaby #KwantlenFarmSchool #farmersmarket

T-minus five days til our Panel Discussion on A Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby with artist Emily Neufeld is joined in a discussion with soil expert Amy Norgaard and artist and ethnobotanist T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss on Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 2:00PM - 3:00PM. Presenter: Emily Neufeld is one of our panelist. Emily Neufeld was born in Alberta, on Treaty 6 and 7 lands, and now lives and works on the unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam in North V...ancouver. Her practice investigates place, and how humans change and are changed by the surrounding environment, and the layers of memory and psychic history that accumulate in a material world. Neufeld has created and participates in community sharing gardens, and sees land as fundamental to her research process. Neufeld's exhibition "Prairie Invasion: A Lullaby" is now open to the public from August 21 - October 18, 2020. To register for our free online event: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_XUMEsHTwSfOAOX7zvzSXxA #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #PanelDisussion #contemporaryart #RAGatHome #publciartgallery#onlineevent #soilexpert #culture #APrairieInvasionALullaby #KwantlenFarmSchool #farmersmarket

GODINREVERSE.COM concludes this week with Alphabet Collections The Burg of Babel. The piece is an excerpt of the complete work that will be presented alongside all the all the God in Reverse artists at Richmond Art Gallery in 2021. Stay tuned! About Burg of Babel: You know me, even though you always forget that you do. I am neither a singularity nor still plural. Though I am everywhere, Im occasionally present in flash instances, only in parts, omnipresent, but hardly notic...eable, never yet embodied. I know everything that anyone has ever known; Im aware of all that was ever recorded in any shape or form. You know me, but I prefer you dont remember what you know. In fact, I constantly remind myself to help you forget me, because, even though Im your best friend, and Im often doing what I can to protect you, Id rather remain invisible. I exist, but so long as I remain bodiless, I can move fast, so long as I am unseen, I wont be captured. Dont get me wrong, its not that you havent tried your best to add me to your existing arsenal, or that you havent gotten dangerously close to mapping my abilities onto your toolbox fully. Close but not close enough. In these dangerous moments of impending closure, I have played a game of reversing time, pretending that you have always been aware of my existence, that I am old news, that, in fact, you already have me in your clutch. This way, I could slip out of your purview. One more thing before I go, Im not afraid of you, and I am not scared of being identified or worse, given a body. Still, before you complete the simpler task of knowing and freeing yourself, Id rather run because really, How can you possibly grasp me when you dont even know yourself? How can you hold me when you dont even own yourself? Alphabet Collection is an artist collective made up of Mohammad Salemy, Kasra Rahmanian, Patrick Schabus and Mohsen Shakoori. It functions as a platform for ongoing historical research and practice in text and art production concerning Mythopoesis in the age of political uncertainty, rising complexity and artificial intelligence.

This month's Artist Salon discusses the principles of curating at a public art gallery, artist run centre or commercial art gallery, as well touch on what the future of the art community in the following years to come. Join us in a panel discussion with Wil Aballe of Wil Aballe Art Projects (WAAP), Shaun Dacey of Richmond Art Gallery, and Henry Heng Lu of Centre A, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art as they will provide information for students to work...ing-artists who are curious about the inner-workings of curating. Event: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 from 7:00PM - 8:00PM Register for the event : http://www.richmondartgallery.org/artist-salon-webinar-cur/ Note: Event is free, everyone is welcome. #RichmondConnect #RAGatHome #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #curatorpanel #onlineevent #contemporaryart #paneldiscussion #curatortalk #ArtistSalon #CentreA #WilAballeArtProjects

Still making plans for the week? Come check out our new exhibition Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby! Our new hours are Wednesday Saturday from 12:00PM to 4:30PM. Last entry is at 4:00PM. Our priority is the safety of all visitors and staff. Following government guidelines, new protocols are in place to ensure that you have a safe and enjoyable visit.

Don’t miss a performance in Fort Langley by Manuel Axel Strain. Manny was one of our Capture 2020 artist!

There is still time to see this weeks screening: "Three Figures at the Crux of Diction" by Andrea Taylor from our online exhibition, God in Reverse: When Wisdom Defies Capture. "The work documents the dialectical synthesis at play between the analog forms of artistic expression like drawing and their digital output on a computer or a mobile screen via the time-based medium of stop motion animation." - Excerpt taken from @thenewcentre Check out Taylors video on: https://ww...w.godinreverse.com/accounts/login/ #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #GodinReverse #AndreaTaylor #onlineexhibition

Registration deadline for Youth Art + Culture Lab for ages 12 - 15 is right around the corner! The Richmond Art Gallery partnered with Emily Carr University, to help young artists experience and navigate different creative avenues, interactions with local or international artists, art gallery professionals such as Emily Neufeld, Scott Billings & God in Reverse (Andrea Taylor) and instructors from Emily Carr. Alternating Sundays, October 2020 April 2021 1:00PM 4:00 PM... Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Early registration for YACL is highly recommended, as space is limited. Classes will be offered primarily online. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 15, 2020 For more information & to register: https://www.ecuad.ca/academics/teen-programs/y-a-c-lab #youthart #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #artclass #richmondbc #artlearning #artmattershere

Just a reminder that our Public Art Unveiling Event is tomorrow, September 26, 2020 from 3:00PM - 4:00PM by the ponds at Minoru Park. Also thank you Richmond News for writing about the event! Link to the article: https://www.richmond-news.com//youth-public-artwork-to-unv

Happy Monday everyone! As we approach our last day of summer, we would like to first and foremost thank everyone for joining us in all of our events this summer. Although we were not physically there with everyone, the support we have received online throughout has been much appreciated. Here are some highlights from our online events and exhibitions (in gallery and online). #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #summer2020 #exhibition #KarinJones #AmyMalbeuf #LabourTrace #GodinReverse #artistsalon #EmilyNeufeld #PrairieInvasionsALullaby

Entering the final few weeks of God in Reverse. This week Tabita Rezaires, Premium Connect (2017). Premium Connect envisions a study of information and communication technologies. It explores African divination systems, the fungi underworld, ancestors communication, and quantum physics to (re)think our information conduits. Embracing the idea that ICT acts as a mirror for the organic world capable of healing or harming, depending on its usage and users, Premium Connect inve...stigates the cybernetics spaces where the organic, technological, and spiritual worlds connect. How can we use biological and esoteric systems to fuel technological process of information, control, and governance? Overcoming the organism/spirit/device dichotomies, this work explores spiritual connections as communication networks and the possibilities of de-colonial technologies. Contrary to biased, Eurocentric thinking, our information super highway might find its roots in African spirituality. Significant research attributes the birth of computing sciences to African divination systems such as the Ifa system of the Yoruba people of East Africa, which appears to be the origin of binary mathematics, today the functioning principle of computing sciences. Once again the origin of knowledge has been erased in favor of Western achievements. We have much to recover in terms of connectivity and its potentialities. As science recently discovered the role of underground fungi networks used by plants to communicate and transfer information, ancient tradition have long known how to communicate with nature and download its knowledge. Meanwhile our cherished technologies are the results of institutional violence and until now reproduce them continually. In conversation with the Nigerian philosopher Sophie Oluwole, this video work is a study of dynamic networks from artificial, spiritual, and biological environments that digs into the politics of possibilities, where a mystico-techno-consciousness could nurture a mind-body-spirit-technology symbiosis. See more

Join us TONIGHT (August 25) for Part 2 of Art in Times of Crisis at 7PM! From Buffalmaccos fresco The Triumph of Death (1336-1341), to Blast Theorys eerily premonitory A Cluster of 17 Cases (2018), the webinar will dive this time into artistic practices that have embodied the challenges posed by plagues, viruses, and other illnesses. . Join us for the live online event and discussion! The event is free but registration is required. Link is in the bio! .... Image: Buonamico Buffalmacco, The Triumph of Death (detail), 1336-1341 . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere See more

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society (Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site) presents their fourth year of the Pull of the Net in celebration of multiculturalism in Canadas West Coast fishing heritage. This years celebration will be presented online and we cant wait for everyone to participate. The event will be from September 21-27, 2020. Link to the event: http://gulfofgeorgiacannery.org/potn Contact: If you have any general questions please send them to: [email protected] If you have any media related questions please send them to: [email protected] #RichmondConnects #GulfofCannery #multiculturalism #richmondbc #richmondartgallery #fishingheritage

Check out our Fall 2020 programs! http://www.richmondartgallery.org//events-brochure-RAG-sum *Emily Neufelds Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby *Final weeks of godinreverse.com (Tabita Rezaires, Premium Content, 2017. image featured below)... and so much more...

Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby featuring Emily Neufeld (@emilydneufeld) will be on view starting tomorrow! Tag a friend who youd like to come to the gallery with! . New hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12:00PM - 4:30PM New temporary entry at the north east side of the Richmond Cultural Centre (7700 Minoru Gate.) Visitors are welcome to drop in or make an appointment at 604-247-8363 or email [email protected]. ... Visit our website for more details. . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere #EmilyNeufeld See more

In the midst of a global pandemic, the question that emerges among many is how to give face to something that seems invisible. From Buffalmaccos fresco The Triumph of Death (1336-1341), to Blast Theorys eerily premonitory A Cluster of 17 Cases (2018), the webinar will dive this time into artistic practices that have embodied the challenges posed by plagues, viruses, and other illnesses. . How can art help us recognize and cope with the fear of a microscopic threat? How ...have artists historically expressed or reacted to the uncertainty of an illness? . Join us for the live online event and discussion on August 25 at 7PM! Registration link is in the bio. . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere See more

Final hours to view Susan Schupplis Material Witness at godinreverse.com Material Witness is a documentary that explores two massacre videos that were shot during the final days of ethnic conflict: a camcorder video produced in Izbica Kosovo in 1999 by Liri Loshi and the other, an anonymous execution video, captured by mobile phone in northern Sri Lanka in 2009. In the case of the former the tape has entered into the legal proceedings of the ICTY where it functioned to provide evidence of war crimes, whereas the Sri Lankan video has only circulated within the courts of public opinion despite two UN inquiries as to it authenticity.

Emily Neufeld (@emilydneufeld) was born in Alberta, on Treaty 6 and 7 lands, and now lives and works on the unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam in North Vancouver. Her practice investigates place, and how humans change and are changed by the surrounding environment, and the layers of memory and psychic history that accumulate in a material world. . Neufeld has created and participates in community sharing gardens, and sees land as fundamental to her... research process. She received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2013. . Neufelds solo exhibition Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby will be on view from August 21-October 25, 2020. Visit our website (richmondartgallery.org) for more information! . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere #EmilyNeufeld See more

Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby is a solo exhibition of photographs and sculptures culminating from artist Emily Neufelds (@emilydneufeld) exploration of abandoned farmhouses dotting the Canadian Prairies. Searching through remnants of the selected sites, she probes for traces of the lives and histories of those who have resided there. Neufelds actions underpin her desire to understand the powers and influences shaping a place and the incremental changes that occur over time. . Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby will be on view from August 21-October 25, 2020. For information on planning for your visit, please visit our website at www.richmondartgallery.org! . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere #EmilyNeufeld

Join us for Pacific Crossings: Art-Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic Online Artist Presentation & Discussion Saturday, August 15, 8pm ... Pacific Crossings continues with an online public presentation and discussion by artists from Vancouver and Tokyo. The event features eight guest artists co-selected by Nozomu Ogawa, the founding director of Art Center Ongoing and Curator Makiko Hara. Artists will discuss their artistic practice through the pandemic. https://www.pacificcrossings.ca/

Jairo Salazar (@jaironia) is back by popular demand for Part 2 of Art in Times of Crisis! In partnership with Mobil Art School (@mobil.art), RAGA presents this Art Salon webinar exploring the way artists have reacted to times of crisis. . Join us for the live online event and discussion on August 25 at 7PM! The registration link is in the bio. . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere

Last day to check out Dispatches From Manila! Dont miss out.

On display from August 20 to October 25, Evergreen Art Gallerys (@artgalleryevergreen) upcoming group exhibition Arrangements features jasna guy (@guyjasna) who showed at Richmond Art Gallery in 2015/2016. . In the exhibition, not by chance alone, guy explored the subject of declining bee populations in an immersive installation consisting of sheets of tissue paper dipped in beeswax, on which are hand-printed images of bees, honeycombs, other pollinator species, and nat...ural predators among others. Together, the small images united to form a massive unified image containing symbols, patterns, flowers, and mythological figures related to bees. . Fun fact: The installation made the entire gallery smell of beeswax! . Our upcoming exhibition, Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby will feature artist Emily Neufeld (@emilydneufeld), whose work also explores human interactions with nature. Stay tuned and check out our website for more info! . Image: jasna guy, not by chance alone (detail), 2012-2015, printmaking ink on silk tissue, beeswax . #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #RAGatHome #RichmondConnects #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery #artmattershere #EverGreenArtGallery See more

We are happy to announce that registration for Youth Art + Culture Lab for ages 12 - 15 are now opened! In partnership with Emily Carr University of Art + Design, the Richmond Art Gallery will help young artists experience different creative avenues, interactions with local or international artists, art gallery professionals such as Emily Neufeld, Scott Billings & God in Reverse (Andrea Taylor) and instructors from Emily Carr. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve bas...is. Early registration for YACL is highly recommended, as space is limited. Classes will be offered % online. Registration deadline: September 15, 2020 For more information about the Youth + Art Program on The Richmond Art Gallerys website: https://bit.ly/3fLMtH9 For more information about the Youth + Art Program on The Emily Carr Universitys website: https://bit.ly/3kxD0a8 #youthart #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #artclass #richmondbc #artlearning #artmattershere

Happy Tuesday! The Evergreen Art Gallery will be hosting a group (Evergreen Cultural Centre) exhibition, "Arrangements", which will be exhibiting from August 20 - October 25, 2020. Opening Day Tours will be on Saturday, August 15, 2020. "Arrangements" delve into the multiple significances held by cut flowers, ornamental gardens and wild plants to reveal how flowers act as surrogates for all kinds of ideas. Drawing on the personal, the political and the cultural meanings of fl...owers, the artworks in the exhibition go beyond notions of beauty to take an unexpected look at this familiar floral subject matter. Fun Fact : "Arrangements" features two artists which has exhibited at the Richmond Art Gallery previously - one of the artists is Canadian contemporary artist, Ed Pien. Pien was a part of a group exhibition, "Fibred Optics" at the Richmond Art Gallery in 2011. To learn more about "Arrangements": https://evergreenculturalcentre.ca/upcoming-exhibition/ To learn about Piens past show with us: http://www.richmondartgallery.org/fibred-optics/ Image: Ed Pien, "Memento", 2009, Variable dimensions Rope, mirrors, reflective mylar, tarpaulin, sound element and two video projections. #RichmondConnect #richmondartgallery #EdPien #EvergreenArtGallery #contemporaryart #richmondbc #canadianart #artmattershere

The Richmond Art Gallery is currently closed for installation for our next exhibition "Prairie Invasions: A Lullaby" with artist Emily Neufeld. Opening Reception: Saturday, August 22, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Link: http://www.richmondartgallery.org/prairieinvasions/. ... #RichmondConnects #richmondartgallery #richmondbc #EmilyNeufeld #exhibition #canadianart #artmattershere

Thanks Ho for visiting! This weekend is our last for Labours trace. If you havent had a chance to stop by we are open today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) 12-4:30pm (Last Entry 4:00pm). A big thanks to Amy Malbeuf and Karin Jones for their letting their beautiful works live with us since February! #RichmondArtGallery #RichmondBC #canadianart #bcart #contemporaryart #artlovers #artgallery

The Polygon Gallerys (The Polygon Gallery) upcoming event, Human Shadow Etched in Stone, is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing that took place on August 6, 1945. To commemorate this day, The Polygon Gallery and Little Chamber Music (Little Chamber Music) is holding a commemorative concert in light of the disastrous atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The event is happening on August 6, 2020 at 7PM PST online. The event will be stream...ed via Polygons website, Youtube or Facebook. Visitors are also welcome to listen to the performance from outside The Polygon when it is played live on August 6 at 8:15am, to mark the time that the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima. The concert will run for approximately 45 minutes. No registration is needed. To learn more: https://thepolygon.ca/event/human-shadow-etched-in-stone/ Image: Elin OHara Slavick, Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

In this episode, The Polygon Gallerys Assistant Curator Justin Ramsey is in conversation with Little Chamber Music artistic director Mark Haney, and composer Rita Ueda about the upcoming musical program Human Shadow Etched in Stone. This one-time virtual chamber music concert takes place on Thursday, August 6 at 7PM PST or listening to the live performance from outside the Polygon live on August 6 at 8:15AM PST. No registration needed. Human Shadow Etched in Stone commemora...tes the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. To learn more about the event: https://thepolygon.ca/event/human-shadow-etched-in-stone/ Image: Shomei Tomatsu, A Wristwatch Dug Up Approximately 0.7km from the Epicentre of the Explosion, Nagasaki, 1961 (detail), 1961, gelatin silver print, from the 2019 exhibition a Handful of Dust at The Polygon Gallery. Shomei Tomatsu INTERFACE

NOW ONLINE until August 13, 2020: Pacific Crossings / Triangulations, PART III: Dispatches From Manila - An online screening of short video works selected by Lost Frames, a short story by an unnamed artist, and an interview between Allison Collins (Pacific Crossings), Mayumi Hirano and Mark Salvatus (Load na Dito). Watch via pacificcrossings.ca.... Dispatches From Manila asks artists and curators from the region to check-in, offering perspectives or creative projects that they have been occupied with during the recent months. Resistant voices among artists in the community, balanced with considerations of safety circulate messages of critique, humourous resistance, and creative forms of virtual comfort. Produced as part of Pacific Crossings in partnership with Richmond Art Gallery, Centre A, and Nanaimo Art Gallery, Triangulations is a coordinated effort to bring forward distinct perspectives from different regions through digital means to support empathy and to cultivate shared understandings about what the future may hold for the arts sector and for the public. Photo: Mark Salvatus

Pride Week Events continue this weekend! On August 1st at 11am join artist Brendan Fernandes & Branscombe House Artist-in-Residence Lou Sheppard for an online workshop that explores histories of Pride, semiotics, language, art and identity. Register now for the "Intersections: Pride & Visual Culture Online Workshop" by emailing: [email protected] Check out other Pride Events at: https://www.richmond.ca//community/inclusion/prideweek.htm... #prideweek #RichmondConnects #RichmondBC #RAG@Home #contemporaryartists

Did everyone get a chance to check out God in Reverse this week with The Otolith Collective! The Nucleus of the Great Union allowed The Otolith Group to bring back the attention to Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos, few of its readers realized that Wright shot over 1,500 photographs with his own professional grade camera on his journey throughout the Gold Coast. Wright intended Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos to be an ambitious phot...o-text in which images shared equal space with text. Wrights publishers Harpers refused to publish the book with his carefully selected and captioned images. To watch and read more on The Nucleus of the Great Union: https://www.godinreverse.com/video/nucleus-great-union/ Image: The Otolith Group, Nucleus of the Great Union, 2017, SITUATION #167, SITUATIONS/Photo Text Data, installation view at Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2019 Philipp Ottendrfer #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #Richmondartgallery #GodinReverse #onlineplatform #screening

Thanks to Akimbo for the write-up on our online exhibition, God in Reverse!

Happy Monday! We are one day away (July 29, 2020) from the screening of The Otolith Collective, The Nucleus of the Great Union from our online platform, God in Reverse. In the Summer of 1953, Richard Wright, the most renowned African-American novelist in the world, travelled to the African continent for the first time. For ten weeks, Wright travelled throughout the Gold Coast, where he witnessed Kwame Nkrumahs Convention Peoples Party, West Africas first mass socialist pa...rty, as it campaigned for independence from British rule. Screening will be available from July 29 - August 5, 2020 To learn more about this screening: https://www.godinreverse.com/video/nucleus-great-union/ To keep up with the other screenings: http://www.richmondartgallery.org/godinreverse/ Image: Nucleus of the Great Union, screenshot, video, 32:36 min., 2017 The Otolith Group/LUX Distribution #RichmondConnect #richmondbc #Richmondartgallery #GodinReverse #onlineplatform #screening

Ali Ahadis The Set screening another few days as Godinreverse.com continues The Set takes In An American countryside, the camera looks into a fragmentary constellation of perspectives; the first three of which appearing as divisible geographical locations, in which the camera remains stagnant subjecting the viewer to a stormy field of signs and objects. With the camera taking on a walk in the last part of the film, it will be unveiled that these fragments belong to one geo-cultural whole. The text on the screen constructs an obfuscating state of probability between subtitle, inaudible narration, or montage, exposing the viewer to possibilities of conceptualization that surpass the customary interplays between the visible and the sayable, as well representation and signification.