Vancouver Art Gallery
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Today at 4 PM, we're excited to welcome back Indigenous Brilliance for their Fall Reading Session, a poetic and artistic response to the exhibition "Uncommon Language." Invited poets Afuwa, Jónína Kirton and Michelle Sylliboy join Emily Dundas Oke to respond to the Eurocentric promiseand presumptionof a single overarching artistic language and instead offer decidedly relational and specific expressions. Find out more and register to join on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3oI460u!

Need some last-minute #Halloween costume inspiration this year? Look no further! How about Kate Craig's Lady Brute leopard? One of Larry Fink's boxers? A knight of the Armada? Or Vincent Trasov's Mr. Peanut for Mayor? Take a closer look at these works in ... The Tin Man Was a Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics and Performances of Power" before the exhibition ends this Sunday, November 1! Book your tickets now at https://bit.ly/31QEMLB. See more

FINAL WEEKS! Immerse yourself in Vancouver-based artist Matilda Aslizadeh's mesmerizing video and photographic installation "Moly and Kassandra" before the exhibition closes November 1. When you walk into the darkened room of "NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh," you encounter three sculptural components that recall scenery flats, commonly used in theatrical productions and moviemaking. A video image is projected onto each flat, which features operatic performances by three solitary female performerssoprano vocalistswho appear to be standing in open-pit mines. The results are enchanting. Come experience it for yourself while you can! Book tickets at https://bit.ly/2GTQk9O.

#MakerMonday: Look around your dinner table this evening. Are there any cherished dishes that have been passed down through your family, used to mark special occasions or to bring you joy every day? Pottery plays an integral role in our day-to-day lives; however, we often take these ceramic art forms for granted in their daily use. Axel Ebring (1874-1954) is recognized as the first professional studio potter in BritishColumbia, introducing Scandinavian handcrafted potterythe... trade of his father and grandfatherto the province. Raised in Uppsala, Sweden, Ebring immigrated toNorth America in the late 1800s to pursue logging, mining and railway work. In the mid-1920s, he established one of the earliest studio potteries in WesternCanada in Notch Hill, BC. When clay ran out there, he moved to the Vernon area, purchasing an old brickyard property with a high-quality clay and making earthenware on a kick wheel, which he glazed with local materials and fired in a wood-fired kiln. He sold his pieces directly to tourists who stopped at his workshop. Ebring’s modest, functional pots and jugs demonstrate both how cultural practices move with people and how transported knowledge adapts to new environments. His work evokes his origins while also clearly referencing new ideas about modern domesticity that had begun to percolate in the Interior region of BC. Many aspiring young potters from Vancouver are known to have visited Ebring in the late 1940s, before he stopped production around 1950. Every object has a story. Gain new appreciation for the beauty in the everyday at the Gallery in "Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia," only on view until January 3: https://bit.ly/3nCi82U. Images: Axel Ebring, Pitcher, c. 1940s, ceramic, Collection of John David Lawrence, Photo: Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery; Axel Ebring working in his studio, Vernon, BC, c. 1943, Vernon Museum and Archives, photo no.48

LAST CHANCE! Experience Vancouver artist Matilda Aslizadeh's immersive installation "Moly and Kassandra" at the Gallery before the exhibition closes this Sunday, November 1. Find out more at https://bit.ly/3kCk0Xv! Watch this episode of Art Connects with Aslizadeh and curator Grant Arnold to learn more about her work and the making of the exhibition!

Get creative as a family with #ArtAtHome! Look closely. What animals do you see in this bracelet by Haida artist Bill Reid? Can you see repeated shapes used to make the animals? How do you think Reid made these shapes and lines in gold? Every part of this design tells a story about Reid’s family history and his Haida cultural heritage. Watch the latest episode of #ArtAtHomeLIVE on our YouTube channel to delve deeper with Family Programs Coodinator Christina Jones and special ...guest Jordana Luggi from Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art: https://bit.ly/2GVg5pH! CREATE! What you’ll need: aluminum foil, cardboard, a pencil and paper clips. Step 1: Think of a shape or image that represents you, your family history or stories. Christina chose to draw a lighthouse because it represents Newfoundland, where her familyis from. Step 2: Draw your design onto the matte (less shiny) side of the foil with your pencil. Be sure to push hard enough to create an indent. Step 3: Flip over your drawing to see the lines that you have created jump from the surface of your foil, similar to the technique Bill Reid used known as repoussé, meaning he hammered the back of the bracelet to create shapes on the front. Step 4: Add more lines onto the front (or shiny) side of your creation to make the shapes really stand out, just like Reid did! Discover more activities you can try at home at https://bit.ly/2SHBMwd. Fun for all ages and abilities! Image: Bill Reid, Beaver and Eagle Bracelet, 1970, 22-carat gold, on loan from the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art Simon Fraser University Bill Reid Collection, 2006.1.2.1, Gift of Anton and Hildegard Cavelti

TONIGHT! We’re open until 8 PM (and by donation from 5-8 PM)! Pay what you can and immerse yourself in all that the Gallery has to offer. Find out what's on at www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/. Make reservations for dinner at 1931 Gallery Bistro at www.1931gallerybistro.com/. We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with our online ticketing system. Please visit the Admissions Desk in the lobby to purchase your tickets. We look forward to welcoming you to the Gallery! #repost from Jax Hsu

OPENING SOON: The Gallery's exciting fall line-up highlights the legacy of Op Art in Vancouver! Opening October 17, "Victor Vasarely" presents a selected survey of paintings, sculptures and prints produced in the 1960s and ‘70s by the Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) at the height of his popularity. Today, Vasarely is celebrated as the father of Op Art and is world renowned for his colourful abstract patterns and playful, visually engaging aesthetic. Read more in The Province, and then book your advance tickets at https://bit.ly/3iCbpCs!

Need some inspiration for your next #Inktober illustrations? Grab your sketchpad and a pencil and head to the Gallery! We're open as usual all weekend long from 10 AM to 5 PMincluding the holiday Monday. Book your tickets online at www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Love this #urbansketch of the Gallery's facade by Heather Souliere (@heathersouliere).

This Thursday, October 29 at 4 PM, Indigenous Brilliance returns to #ArtConnects for their Fall Reading Session, a poetic and artistic response to the exhibition "Uncommon Language"! Invited poets Afuwa, Jónína Kirton and Michelle Sylliboy join Emily Dundas Oke to respond to the Eurocentric promiseand presumptionof a single overarching artistic language and, instead, offer decidedly relational and specific expressions. Register today for this free online gathering at https:...//bit.ly/3e0tEB2! Organized by Room magazine and Massy Books, Indigenous Brilliance is a quarterly reading and performance series dedicated to raising the voices of Indigenous women, Two-Spirit and queer writers, artists and storytellers. It is a collective approach to realizing resurgence, a coming together with the shared desire of celebrating Indigenous stories and the different ways we think, share and perform. Did you catch Indigenous Brilliance’s Spring Reading Session on Art Connects? Watch it now at https://bit.ly/2HIZxC4!

#TeenArtExchange: In this work, I show, through the symbol of a quilt, the joy that comes from two things: the synthesis of different cultures in our communities, and the returning to the earthrotting and decomposing. Through my use of an abundance of flowers, I signified the duality of vulnerability and strength that we need to go forward. In this piece, I show the beauty of all the things we come from and how we come back to them. Zachary Munday-Ritchie, Artist Stateme...nt Image: Zachary Munday-Ritchie, "All the fear and the fire," 2020, digitally made This work was created as part of the 2019/20 full-scholarship visual arts program, Art Exchange, presented in collaboration between the Vancouver Art Gallery and Arts Umbrella and generously supported by Terrence and Lisa Turner and Elmar and Christine Klukas. See works by teens aged 12-15 now in the 3rd Floor Rotunda at the Gallery as part of "The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics and Performances of Power"! Find out more at https://bit.ly/3c9GbkF.

BCLiving recommends a visit to see "Victor Vasarely" to "take your mind off 2020." Don't wait! Book tickets today at https://bit.ly/3ow8HT4.

Get to know the Gallery's new CEO and Director Anthony Kiendl, who was recently interviewed by The Vancouver Sun about his experience and his hopes for the future of the Vancouver Art Gallery! Read the article to find out more.