Belmont Freeman Architects founded in 1986, has active projects that are half institutional and half residential, with a special focus on adaptive reuse.
Imagine Van Gogh 2020 (Imagine Van Gogh)
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A new week means new things to do around Vancouver. From online events to physically distanced outdoor and activities, indoor exhibits and more, here are 17 things to keep you busy this week.
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Artistic rendering of BRIGHT Downtown’s projection mapping installation on the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver’s east facade. (Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association)
What: Starting in March, BRIGHT Downtown will illuminate the eastern side of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. The light show will feature 3D animations that play with the hotel’s architectural elements, using the building’s structural outline as the foundation for bold and bright optical illusions.
The theme is “Tangled,” which will explore “how art is intrinsically interwoven into every step of the human experience,” using joyful imagery and soundscapes.
When: March 6 to 12
Time: Every night
Where: North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery (viewing of the east facade of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver)
Exhibition presents Brendan Fernandes Inaction, an exploration of collective action and solidarity
Brendan Fernandes, Free Fall: for Camera, 2019, video still. Image courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche, Chicago.
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.-Richmond Art Gallery is presenting the timely exhibition Inaction, a new solo show by renowned Canadian contemporary artist Brendan Fernandes on display from February 12 to April 3, 2021. The exhibition, co-produced with the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, is RAGs first collaboration with a U.S. based institution. Inaction addresses violence against queer and POC bodies, as well as the potential for change through collective action.
The social upheavals of 2020 catalyzed the global conversation around human rights and equality, says Shaun Dacey, RAG director and the exhibitions curator. Inaction reflects on the continued visible and invisible impacts of hateful rhetoric on marginalized bodies. More than ever, it is
What:
Inaction is a new solo show by renowned Canadian contemporary artist Brendan Fernandes. The exhibition, co-produced with the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, is RAG’s first collaboration with a US-based institution.
Inaction addresses violence against queer and POC bodies as well as the potential for change through collective action.
When: Until April 3
Admission: By donation
Morris Lum, Xam Yu Seafood Restaurant, Toronto, 2016
What: This exhibit at Griffin Art Projects in North Vancouver brings together an art history of Chinatowns and their communities by historical and contemporary Canadian artists.
When: Until May 1
Time: The museum is open on Saturdays from 12 to 5 pm