As we head closer to the coldest and darkest time of the year, the desire to go out and enjoy the city depletes. I have a lovely option for you to add a little light into this darker season: Art Exhibits! The relaxation from taking a stroll through creativity and stories is therapeutic and helps you take yourself out of the everyday. Here are 3 different exhibits to choose from, located right here in the Lower Mainland.
Currently, this venue is presenting what is the most interesting topic known to man. Food! ‘FOODWAYS’ displays 11 different artists, exploring how food influences relationships and cultural identities. You’ll get to walk through multi-media works, including photography, video, printmaking, ceramics, and installations. Cooking and food are a large segment of what brings people together, connecting and finding common ground. These artists encompass this fact through their stories. If you’d like to explore upcoming events surrounding FOODWAYS, visit the WAG website. They are offering special activities the public gets to do with artists involved in the exhibit, including a tea service, printmaking and a collage workshop! You can enjoy all FOODWAYS has to offer Monday-Fridays from 10 am – 6 pm and the weekend from 12 pm – 5 pm until December 31st.
Six artists at the Chinese Canadian Museum, located at the Wing Snag building, are a part of launching a new exhibit titled “Reshaping Collections”. They will use the Chung Collection as inspiration, employing 3D scanning technology to reinterpret historical objects. Their new works, spanning photography, sculpture, animation, and more, explore Canadian identity by blending history, art, and culture. The exhibit is interactive and family-friendly, the perfect place to spend your day between Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm.
Contemporary Art Gallery
What better way to cheer up the gloomy season than with an exhibit center titled “Live Laugh Love”? This art gallery in Vancouver is newly introducing the Equal Opportunity Statement. This is an exceptionally unique piece as it appears to be nothing to the naked eye. From a distance, all you see is a blank room. Look closer, and you’ll see white text in satin paint, covering the walls. This references a racist advertisement circulated in a Vancouver suburb last year.
These are only a few of many significant, educating and creative art exhibits to explore this upcoming season. Give yourself a break, take your whole family and indulge yourself in stories portrayed with colour and creativity.