The human mind is a miraculous creation of nature. We can create art by using our imagination to bring life to the creations that have until only recently been an abstract thought bouncing around in our heads looking for a way to get out into the world and be seen for the wonderous creations we are all capable of creating.
That is the beauty of art it can be created with any medium you find inspiration to tell your story. To share sometimes painful moments of sorrow all the way to the beauty from pure happiness as a snapshot of who we were in that moment. That is the trick by being vulnerable and open, it allows so many other to feel the way you do and are touched that the piece is almost a perfect representation of how we all feel in various moments of our lives in various moments.
You can witness unbelievable works of art and be inspired and moved in ways you never thought possible when you open your soul and visit the Vancouver Art Gallery located at Georgia and Howe it’s one of Canada’s largest and most significant art galleries with the works of Canadian and internationally renowned artists exhibits on display.
The Vancouver Art Gallery has a permanent collection of over 10,000 pieces of art, although usually only a tiny percentage is on display at any one time. It’s home to the most significant collection of Emily Carr’s paintings in Canada as well as many of famous BC artist’s drawings and ceramic works. It has one of North America’s best photographic collections.
The Vancouver Art Gallery is over 100 years old is in the former provincial courthouse building. Sir Francis Rattenbury designed the building along with BC’s Legislature and the Empress Hotel in Victoria, and Roedde House which is now a museum in Vancouver’s West End. The gallery draws as many as 600,000 visitors each year.
Since 2018, the north plaza’s official name is šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square the word is pronounced approximately as “Hootlacken”. šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ which is used in the local Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish First Nation languages as a term to refer to places where important cultural gatherings take place.
The best thing about going to an art Gallery like Vancouver’s is that you don’t have to be able to paint or carve to get lost in the journey the artis is taking you on.
Brian Smith
bsmith288@my.bcit.ca