EXHIBITIONS
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere of the retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist, on display February 1, 2025 – February 1, 2026. The exhibition is an expansive examination of the multidisciplinary Haida artist – whose work ranges from intricate argillite carvings and monumental sculptures to ocean going cedar canoes and gold and silver jewelry – as well as his lifelong commitment to the preservation and celebration of Haida stories, songs, and dances. The exhibition will also feature numerous carved works created in collaboration with eight of White’s key apprentices, representing the next generation of contemporary Haida artists. A series of public programs, featuring White and his apprentices, will take place during the exhibition’s year-long run - including an artist talk, a panel discussion, and art demonstrations. For admission information and complete event details, visit: billreidgallery.ca
(Bill Reid Gallery, Feb. 1 - Feb. 1, 2026)
Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display at MOA from February 21, 2025–January 5, 2026. This first-of-its-kind exhibition is dedicated to showcasing the rich culture and worldview of the Nuxalk Nation, an Indigenous community that has lived and stewarded land on the central coast of BC for more than 14,000 years. Featuring treasures and artworks housed at MOA, and loans from six participating museums, private and Nuxalk family collections, Nuxalk Strong will highlight the resurging strength and sovereignty of the Nuxalk Nation as it heals from colonization. Witness how the community is reclaiming and restoring the knowledge found within their masks, regalia, weavings, and carvings for living and future generations. MOA will celebrate the opening of the exhibition on Thursday, February 20, from 6 to 9pm, with free museum admission for all. To learn more about the exhibition, visit moa.ubc.ca
(Museum of Anthropology, Feb. 21 – Jan. 5, 2026)
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents a solo exhibition of internationally-lauded contemporary Indigenous artist Rebecca Belmore in VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology, on display from May 15–October 19, 2025. The exhibition offers an examination of four important works from the Anishinaabe artist’s four-decade career, which embody Belmore’s persistent critique of the ongoing condition of colonialism. Through these four large-scale installation works, Belmore challenges our notions of collective value defined by colonial institutions and contemporary social structures, prompting visitors to reflect and, perhaps, redefine their own understanding of value in terms of our relationship to land, water, objects, and, ultimately, to one another. The four works will be displayed in spaces throughout MOA. To learn more about the exhibition, visit moa.ubc.ca
(The Museum of Anthropology, 6393 NW Marine Dr, May. 15 - Oct. 19)
Stitch Vocabulary
‘Stitch Vocabulary’ with renowned textile artist @matzkuhn at Craft Council BC on Granville Island — happening October 7, 6–9 PM. Dive into creative textile techniques, expand your stitch vocabulary, and connect with fellow makers in an inspiring setting.
(Craft Council of BC, 1386 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3T5, Aug. 4—Oct. 3, 2025)
Tunnel
Katlin Aarma's Tunnel – A Window Installation at the Craft Council of BC. The Craft Council of BC invites media to experience Tunnel, a striking new window installation by textile artist Katlin Aarma. Drawing the eye down a long, fabric-lined corridor, Tunnel invites viewers into an immersive world where time slows and reflection takes hold. Created entirely from reclaimed and secondhand materials, the piece explores texture, scale, and illusion, marking a bold new direction in Aarma’s fibre-based practice. Inspired by the Land Art movement, the installation challenges the line between craft and fine art through thoughtful reuse of everyday materials, reflecting on sustainability, spatial perception, and natural forms.
(1386 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3T5, Aug. 4—Oct. 3, 2025)
Maya Beaudry: Nesting
Maya Beaudry builds spaces that breathe. Through layered textiles, stitched architectures, and photographic, sculptural surfaces, she gives form to the emotional residues of place—homes lost, cities transformed, and bodies remembered. Her practice is rooted in the material language of cloth and the conceptual terrain of memory, navigating the threshold between the built and the felt. Drawing on the visual language of gentrified cities and vanishing spaces, her practice recalls what has been lost while imagining new forms of habitation—ones that honor slowness, decay, and renewal. In doing so, she transforms textiles into mnemonic architectures and offers viewers a place to dwell.
(Art Gallery at Evergreen | Evergreen Cultural Centre, Sept. 6—Nov. 16)
North Van Arts | Fall 2025 Art Classes
Explore your creative side with North Van Arts this fall. Offerings include Figure Drawing, Oil and Watercolour classes at Maplewood House, plus Urban Sketching and Figure Drawing online. Two fun Date Nights—Felting Ornaments and Vintage Card Making—are also available.
(North Van Arts, 335 Lonsdale Avenue, Sept. 7—Dec. 6, 2025)
PoMoArts presents Symbiotic Echoes
Symbiotic Echoes brings together four distinct exhibitions by Ilze Bebris and Robin Ripley, Dave Mutnjakovic, James Pocock, and Artem Struyanskiy. Across different gallery spaces, each artist explores the crucial balance between humanity and the environment, the need for interconnectedness, resilience, and active engagement in response to the crises of our time. From challenging societal systems to envisioning ecological harmony, the artists invite viewers to reflect on a path towards a future of symbiosis and restoration.
(PoMoArts, 2425 St Johns Street, Port Moody, Sept. 11–Oct. 26, 2025)
Pushing Boundaries 2025: The Body Is A Present
Four artists create a metaphysical body; one that celebrates the importance of Indigenous joy, humour, and care.
(Cityscape Gallery, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver BC V7M 2G3, Sept. 13 – Oct. 18, 2025)
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents NDN Giver
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of NDN Giver, from September 17, 2025 – January 25, 2026. Curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator, member of the Tsiits Git’anee clan, and passionate Haida Nation scholar Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut, the exhibition examines reciprocity, identity, and the evolving practice of gift-giving within potlatch traditions. Bringing together contemporary potlatch gifts such as prints and mugs alongside archival records of historical potlatches, NDN Giver features select pieces from Amelia’s personal collection as well as works by artists from communities across the coast, including the Haida and Heiltsuk Nations.
(Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC, Sept. 17, 2025 — Jan. 25, 2026)
Tradition Continuum
Experience the incredible work of several local Indigenous artists, coming together to share their passions, perspectives, and stories. Artists from a variety of First Nations and backgrounds are on display, working across media including carving, painting, fashion, and jewelry. These diverse artists tell their stories with their distinct visions and impeccable skills, carrying on the traditions and teachings of their respective cultures while exploring new creative directions. Exhibiting artists include Rebecca Baker-Grenier, Stone Sam, John Velten, Lyle Williams, and Exhibition Advisor Kolten Khasalus Grant.
(Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver, Sept. 17—Oct. 12)
A volar entre rocas
A volar entre rocas is an intimate processing of self, relation to place, and migration. Aspects of memory and home are raised alongside questions about land, place, and power. Mariana Muñoz Gomez brings their two homes on opposite ends of Turtle Island into relation with one another through an engagement with the natural and social histories surrounding Tyndall stone and volcanic rock as vessels of time, embodiments of movement, witnesses to history, and links between distant places. A volar entre rocas compares and contrasts experiences and knowledge surrounding the artist’s two homes by exploring feelings derived from diaspora, including considerations of memory, movement, reaching, and belonging.
(grunt gallery, #116–350 East 2nd Avenue Vancouver, BC, Sep. 18 — Nov. 1, 2025)
North Shore Art Crawl 2025
What started with just two artists and a big idea has blossomed into the incredible North Shore Art Crawl! Now in its 15th year, North Van Arts partners with local galleries, breweries, cafes, and more to showcase over 100 artists in 70 locations across West Vancouver and North Vancouver. Explore textiles, jewelry, pottery, graphic design, sculpture, painting, glass, photography, and more—all free, all weekend long! Meet artists, join a workshop, or catch a live demonstration for an unforgettable weekend of art and inspiration.
(Multiple Locations across the North Shore, Oct. 4–5, 2025)
The Alchemist Heart - Opening Reception
A multimedia art exhibit presented alongside the World Premiere of Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. The Alchemist Heart was created by Dafne Sarlay-Blanco. Opening Reception: October 15, 6–8 PM, featuring an artist talk. FREE Admission. Co-presented with the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC) as part of the Latin's Expressions Festival. To complete your experience, consider reserving tickets for the Preview of Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project the same evening at 7:30 PM. Bookings can be made at The Cultch Website.
(The Cultch, 1422 Venables Street, Oct. 15)
One Take Super 8
Join us for the world premiere of 20 new analogue movies presented LIVE on celluloid Super 8 film at Metro Studio Theatre! Earlier this summer, participants from Victoria and the surrounding region were given a camera, a roll of film, and one week to create their own 3-minute Super 8 movie. The only catch: no editing. Filmmakers will witness their work for the first time along with the audience at two live screenings. This year’s participants used the new Kodak Super 8 digital/analogue hybrid camera, which will be on display at the screenings.
(Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra Street, Oct. 17—18)
WORKSHOPS
Ongoing Mixed Media Art Classes - Join Anytime!
Join Art Classes in Vancouver Anytime! For beginners to practicing artists. Perfect for all levels of artists! Start your creative journey or take your paintings next level! Learn mixed media techniques with the Mixed Media Master! If you don't have supplies, use mine!
(Sonya Iwasiuk, Ongoing)
