Thursday, Sept. 20; 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
On Thursday evening Symposium attendees have the option to visit textile exhibitions especially mounted by local galleries to coincide with the TSA Symposium:
Within moderate walking distance from the hotel, the Bill Reid Gallery invites Symposium attendees to the opening of The Shape of Spirit, guest curated by Kwakwaka’wakw and Haida weaver and Symposium keynote speaker Meghann O’Brien, and to view Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest. Also downtown, the Roundhouse Centre is host to the exhibition Local Threads: relearning, reciprocity, reconnection on Salish land and sea by the EartHand Gleaners Society, with an opening 6 – 8 pm and featuring artists’ talks 8 – 9 pm.
Slightly out of the downtown core, attend a VIP reception for Intertwined, an exhibition of fiber/textile-based work by students, faculty and staff of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and take a guided tour of the university facilities. A short walk from ECUAD, the grunt gallery hosts Woven Work from Near Here, curated by Emily Hermant and T’ai Smith and highlighting contemporary woven work from the Lower Mainland and the US Pacific Northwest. Bus transportation is available for a nominal fee; please pre-register (limited seats); see full details below.
Further afield, travel to the Italian Cultural Centre Museum (Il Museo) to view Women’s Work: Feminist Histories in Fibre, featuring work by 17 of BC’s leading female professional fibre artists, and the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery to see Divine Sparks, a solo show by tapestry artist Barbara Heller. These galleries can be reached by public transit, car or taxi; see full details in the list of Local Exhibitions.
Please be advised that it will not be possible to see all of the galleries in one evening. Attendees are also welcome to arrange their own transportation during open gallery hours.
Transportation
A shuttle bus will be available between the hotel and Emily Carr University ONLY for $15 per person. Seats are limited, and those who desire to take the bus must register along with their symposium registration. The bus is not wheelchair accessible.
Exhibitions
Bill Reid Gallery
639 Hornby St
The Bill Reid Gallery invites symposium attendees to view Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest and to attend the opening of The Shape of Spirit, guest curated by Kwakwaka’wakw and Haida weaver and Symposium keynote speaker Meghann O’Brien. This exhibition explores Chilkat (naaxin) dance aprons, both contemporary and historic, and the transfer of traditional knowledge. Named after the acclaimed Haida master goldsmith, carver, and sculptor Bill Reid (1920-1998), the Gallery presents contemporary Indigenous art of the Northwest Coast. https://www.billreidgallery.ca.
Roundhouse Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews (Corner of Davie & Pacific)
Visit the Roundhouse Centre to see the exhibition Local Threads: relearning, reciprocity, reconnection on Salish land and sea by the EartHand Gleaners Society. Local Threads focuses on growing crops in local parks to be used for basketry, cloth, dye, tool making and musical instruments, as well as up-purposing fish skins from food industry waste into leather. Opening 6-8 pm, with talks by visiting guest artists June Pardue and Peter Ananin, 8-9 pm. https://earthand.com.
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
520 E 1st Avenue
TSA Symposium attendees are invited to attend a VIP reception for Intertwined, an exhibition of fiber/textile-based work by students, faculty and staff of Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and a private reception in the Aboriginal Gathering Place, located next to the Michael O’Brian Exhibitions Commons. During the evening there will be guided tours of select University facilities to show how textiles are integrated into different curriculum areas. A cash only bar (beer and wine) will be available.
grunt gallery
350 E 2nd Avenue #116
At the grunt gallery, a short walk from ECUAD, view Woven Work from Near Here, curated by Emily Hermant and T’ai Smith. The exhibition highlights contemporary woven work from the Greater Vancouver region, Washington, and Oregon. Juxtaposing experiments in materials and methods, Coast Salish weaving and basket-making techniques, the works stretch what it means to be a textile both technically and metaphorically. As media that have existed since time immemorial, plaited, twined, and woven forms transmit messages of tradition and change, while manoeuvring around and against the expropriation of lands and cultures.
Italian Cultural Centre Museum & Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery
3075 Slocan St. and 950 W. 41st Ave
Travel to the Italian Cultural Centre Museum (Il Museo) to view Women’s Work: Feminist Histories in Fibre. This invitational exhibition feature a selection of work by 17 of BC’s leading female professional fibre artists. Curator Angela Clarke selected significant Italian works of art that either deal with themes pertaining to women or were created by women; the artists used the paintings as a starting point for their own exploration and interpretation of the history of women.
The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery presents Divine Sparks, a solo show by Barbara Heller. Barbara is a passionate proponent of tapestry and its place in contemporary art. She has exhibited widely over the past forty years, locally, nationally, and internationally. The Zack Gallery exhibits visual art by professional visual artists in the Jewish community and/or art with a Jewish theme.
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