BARBORA Vladas VildziunasSept 2009 to 2011
Thornton Park, 1150 Station Street
As part of the Vancouver Biennale—a free 22-month open air exhibition featuring the world’s most prominent sculptors and New Media artists—a sculpture has been installed in the DTES neighbourhood’s Thornton Park in front of the Pacific Central bus and train station. Here you will find Barbora, a cubist-style sculpture by Lithuanian sculptor, photographer and social activist Vladas Vildziunas. Barbora stands about 12’ tall and is made from textured stainless steel. www.vancouverbiennale.com. Free
ART FAIR
September 10 to December 19
Sacred Circle for Women, 33 W. Cordova
A sacred community space opens its doors every weekend for nine local community artists-in-residence to create and sell their work. Featuring original paintings, photography, jewelry, hand crafted objects, fabric art, and prints; art ranging from North Coast to Contemporary. The featured artists include Keene Alexander, Monica Barros, Casey Dale Bowman, Arjuna Cogan, Janicka Grayston, Pat Haram, Montana King, Pottie, and Teina Smith. Open to the public on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 9pm until December 19. All proceeds of sales go to the artists.
FUTURE – EXPLORART 2010
October 10 to 28
Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
555 Columbia
Future-ExplorArt 2010 is a children’s painting exhibition co-sponsored by Global Chinese Cultural Association and Chinese Canadian Artists Federation in Vancouver. This bi-annual exhibition of 150 award winning paintings selected from over 500 entries from children and teenagers aged 5 to 16 shows you the energetic creativity of our younger generation. A distinguished panel of artists and art educators from Emily Carr University and the Federation of Canadian Artists make the selections. It’s a guarantee you will be impressed! (www.cccvan.com) Regular hours Tues – Sun, 11am-5pm, admission $5.50, Tuesdays free
LOVE LETTERS FROM THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE
October 16 to November 14
Carnegie Community Centre
3rd floor Gallery, 401 Main
Opening Reception Friday October 22, 6pm-7pm
Full description: see Pre-Festival events
“her rain” Lani Maestro
October 16 to December 4
Centre A, 2 W. Hastings
Centre A is pleased to present her rain, new work by internationally acclaimed Canadian artist Lani Maestro, curator: Makiko Hara. Maestro’s work uses simple visual language that is poetic, powerful and complex, and defies conventional interpretation. her rain responds directly to the location of Centre A and its cultural significance based on the artist’s preliminary visit in 2008. In the space Maestro creates, she poses an open-ended philosophical question: “how is subjectivity situated?” She transforms the gallery into a large sculpture using minimal elements: text made in neon that is reflected on the floor and visitors are invited to experience a “mindful presence.” The installation is accompanied by the animated text video brenda console, a rear projection viewed from the street that acts as sculpture and architecture. Lani Maestro is a Canadian artist born in the Philippines who now divides her time between France and Canada. For more information www.centrea.org
NOT MY LOVE(R) Bernadine Fox
October 26 to November 13
InterUrban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
Opening Reception Friday October 29 7pm-10pm
Full description: see October 29
GARDEN WORKS II
October 28 to December 2
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 578 Carrall
In the second annual show of local artists inspired by the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, the Garden will have a wide variety of media that stretches the impact of this Taoist space. The Suzhou Scholar’s home is once again open to intrepid creative types to pull out interesting and arresting impressions for the rest of us to see. Included with regular admission. For more information: 604-662-3207 or www.vancouverchinesegarden.com.
THROUGH THE EYE OF THE RAVEN
Ongoing from October 29
Urban Aboriginal Fair Trade Art Gallery, 458 E. Hastings
Gallery Opening Friday October 29
7pm-9pm
The Urban Aboriginal Art Gallery is a new artist managed social enterprise that is also a working studio focusing on Aboriginal artists. A team has worked collaboratively on a number of projects, including Looking Forward Looking Back and most recently they created Through the Eye of the Raven, a mural project on the west wall of the Orwell Hotel that is fast becoming a landmark on the Downtown Eastside. Now they are working with Vancouver Native Housing to open a gallery and working studio. Artists will work in the Gallery five days a week: from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am until 4pm. Come and see original works and limited edition prints by this talented team of Aboriginal artists including: Jerry Whitehead, Cree; Richard Shorty, Norther Tutchone; Sharifah Marsden, Anishnabe; Haisla Collins, Tsimshian, and Eric Parnell, Haida. For more information: www.urbanaboriginal.org
SUSTAINING MEMORIES Colleen Carroll
November 4 to 30
radha yoga & eatery
728 Main 2nd floor
Opening Reception
Thursday November 4, 6pm-8pm
Colleen says,“…you see beauty everywhere you go if you are looking for it.” You can see some of her work here: http://web.mac.com/colleencarroll1/iWeb/Site/About%20Me.html.
Full description: see November 4
PANDORA’S TOY BOX Diane Wood
October 30 to December 24
Lolo’s Café, 611 Alexander
Opening Reception Saturday October 30 7pm-9pm
Full description: see October 30
10 x 10
November 5 to 28
Gallery Atsui, 602 E. Hastings
Opening Reception Friday November 5
8pm
Full description: see November 5
The Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show
IN OUR BACKYARD IS YOUR BACKYARD
November 5 to 28
Gallery Gachet, 88 E. Cordova
Opening Reception Friday November 5, 6pm-9pm
Full description: see November 5
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
Permanent Exhibition
Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
555 Columbia
From Generation to Generation – A History of Early Chinese Immigrants in BC is a permanent exhibition of photographs from the City Archives and private donors. The collection documents the history of early Chinese immigrants from the Gold Rush period, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, to the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947. (www.cccvan.com) Regular hours Tues – Sun, 11am-5pm, admission $5.50, Tuesdays free