Events

Friday, September 27 to Sunday, September 29
Vancouver Art Gallery and World Arts Centre, SFU Woodward's

Great Ocean Dialogues is an Indigenous-led gathering produced in partnership between the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective / Collectif des commissaires autochtones, Simon Fraser University Art Galleries and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

This ticket package gives you access to all 3 Sessions, plus a special invitation to a private reception celebrating the opening of Transits and Returns on Friday, September 27 from 6-8 PM.

A Note on Welcoming: Please note that local First Nations will be granted free admission to these events. If cost is a barrier to you, please contact us by phone at 604-662-4700 or by email at customerservice@vanartgallery.bc.ca.

*Gallery Members must show current membership card upon arrival.

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Saturday, September 28, 10 AM-4:15 PM
Room 4East

Great Ocean Dialogues is an Indigenous-led gathering produced in partnership between the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective / Collectif des commissaires autochtones, Simon Fraser University Art Galleries and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Session 1 will feature conversations between local First Nations artists and knowledge keepers alongside international and Vancouver-based guests.

*Gallery Members must show current membership card upon arrival.

Saturday September 28, 7:00 PM
Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre
SFU Woodward's, 149 West Hastings Street

Presented as part of the Great Ocean Dialogues conference, this keynote panel discussion will focus on the Great Ocean and the artistic and cultural connections which exist between its edges. The session will weave together stories of exchange, collaboration and learning that bring us together across distance and difference.

Sunday September 29, 9 AM-6:30 PM
Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre
SFU Woodward's, 149 West Hastings Street

Great Ocean Dialogues is an Indigenous-led gathering produced in partnership between the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective / Collectif des commissaires autochtones, Simon Fraser University Art Galleries and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Session 3 will feature conversations between local First Nations artists and knowledge keepers alongside international and Vancouver-based guests.

Tuesday September 10, 5-8 PM
Room 4East, In the Gallery

Join us at the annual Associates Welcome Back Event and take a curator-led tour of our feature summer exhibition Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time.

Spend the evening with your fellow Associates and friends enjoying delicious appetizers and wine from Mission Hill. Activities will also include a presentation from the Sculpture Society of BC and after-hours access to the Gallery all evening long.

Everyone welcome!