The Hetux, featured in Art Connects Departures and Arrivals event.
By Loose Lips Mag
@looselipsmag
Hello 2021! Celebrate the beginning of the new year with a lineup of Vancouver’s best performances, festivals, and events.
Indigenous Women Rise Drum Circle: “Rise up and join us in the Indigenous Women Rise Drum Circle! We invite Indigenous women of all nations and all ages to come share their songs and healing energy. Bring your drum, or just bring your presence!” *Indigenous ancestry required
Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 6-8 PM
Location: Virtual, please register via their online form
To Speak with a Golden Voice Exhibit: Many people associate the works of Bill Reid with the recognizable style of Northwest Coast Indigenous art. The Haida goldsmith, carver, sculptor, writer, broadcaster, mentor, and community activist has created a monumental legacy—one that is being honoured in To Speak With a Golden Voice, the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art’s latest exhibit. Read more in our preview, here.
Date: July 16 – April 11, 2021
Time: During gallery hours
Location: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 639 Hornby Street, Vancouver.
Exhibition: John Velten | The Gravitation That Forms Us: “John Velten’s artistic practice is a relational philosophy made material. Deeply invested in understanding selfhood from a continual, circular, set of emergent relationships, Velten prompts visitors to ask themselves: what connections have been crucially important to me? Velten’s artistic biography is rich with community and collaborative projects, having worked on initiatives such as Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Vancouver Art Community Live Painting, Vancouver Mural Festival, and many more.”
Date: Until January 18
Time: Massy Books hours
Location: Massy Books, 229 East Georgia Street, Vancouver. Learn more, here.
Riley Park Farmers Market: Find 70+ farms and producers, along with food and coffee trucks. #SupportLocal
Date: January 9, 16, 23, and 30
Time: 10 AM- 2 PM
Location: 50 East 30th Avenue and Ontario Street. Find out more, here.
Hastings Farmers Market: Find 35+ farms and producers, along with food and coffee trucks. #SupportLocal
Date: January 10, 17, 24, and 31
Time: 10 AM- 2 PM
Location: Hastings Park Farmers Market, 2901 E Hastings St, Vancouver. More info, here.
BIG BRAVE LOVE Breathwork with Shayla: Start the new year off right with a powerful breathwork class.
Date: January 12
Time: 6:30-7:45 PM
Location: Virtual; tickets by donation
Drink and Draw Series: Fill up your glass of wine and learn specific art techniques with this weekly series. Join for all or take your pick.
Date: January 13 (Still Life), January 20 (Figure), and January 27 (Landscape)
Time: 7 PM
Location: Online
Art Connects | Departures and Arrivals: A Conversation with Connie Watts: Join in for a virtual tour and discussion with Nuu-chah-nulth, Gitxsan and Kwakwaka’wakw artist Connie Watts. The tour will include an exploration of YVR’s Pacific Passage, a public art installation centred around the sculpture Hetux (2000).
Date: January 14
Time: 2 PM
Location: Online
Watercolour for Beginners: “Join Susan Pearson for this beginner’s class in watercolour painting. Whether you’re painting a still life, botanical subject, landscape, or abstract expression, these skills will be essential for any painter. Susan will guide you through colour mixing, and the techniques of applying paint to paper. Experiment with wet into wet, wet on dry, and bringing colours to clear in this fun and foundational workshop.”
Date: January 16
Time: 10 AM- 12 PM
Location: Virtual through VanDusen Garden
Graveyards and Gardens: Witness an album unfold before your eyes, complete with archival and electronic sounds.
Date: January 28-29
Time: 4:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Location: Livestream
PuSH Festival Rally: “A free online series designed to respond directly to this deeply uncertain moment in our cultural sector by connecting PuSh audiences, artists, and industry leaders in Vancouver and around the globe in vital and meaningful dialogue.”
Date: January 28- February 6
Time: Varies
Location: Online
VIOLETTE: Made through a mix of virtual reality and live theatre, this show explores the mysterious Violette and her private home. Described by PuSh as, “realistic enough to convince, magical enough to enchant, and dark enough to serve as a shadowy likeness of our own shared reality.”
Date: January 28- February 6
Time: 5-8:30 PM
Location: Studio 16, 1555 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver. Timed entry is in effect.
Artist Talks- PuSh Festival Rally: “Carmen Aguirre and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory are two of our country’s leading performance makers. Their works grapple with conversations of identity and place, reflecting an influence of other cultural practices and histories that confront what western practices often don’t know. We invite them to share their visionary practices with audiences at The Rally.”
Date: January 29 and February 6
Time: January 29, 10 AM; February 6, 11 AM
Location: Online
Trauma Informed Systems Change- PuSh Festival Rally: “If existing systems of presentation have been revealed as inadequate (ie: exclusionary) – then how do we do the necessary work of evolution? How deep does this go? And what might a trauma-informed approach to change in the arts look like? Vanessa Kwan, Caroline Liffmann and Justine Chambers expand upon this exploratory conversation.”
Date: January 30
Time: 12 PM
Location: Online
iMADE Online Market: Support local this January/February by shopping small through iMADE Online Market! With an impressive lineup of handmade goods, you don’t want to miss this virtual event.
Date: January 31- February 28
Time: 24/7
Location: Online
Kristi and Brittany are the co-founders and co-editors of Loose Lips Mag. Together, they’re building their feminist media empire—leaving the patriarchy, charcuterie boards and empty bottles of wine in their wake. The monthly Marquee column is compiled with the help of Tayvie Van Eeuwen. Loose Lips Media is grateful to operate on the unceded Coast Salish territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nation.
