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Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project
On view until August 7, 2024
Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project, curated by Propellor Studio, in collaboration with Museum of Vancouver, celebrates the creativity and craft of Vancouver’s design community, while engaging with questions central to the role of design in advancing sustainability as well as social and environmental justice.
A diverse group of 31 emerging and seasoned local designers and makers were selected to create 22 objects made from vintage mahogany provided by MOV. The exhibition features a wide array of design objects from furniture, lighting and household objects, to jewelry, and much more. The idea for Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project was born out of a desire to honour this material and the places from which it originated.
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Why I Design: Meet Indigenous Artist & Jewelry-Maker Jody Sparrow
Saturday, July 29, 2023 | 11:00am - 4:00pm
Jody Sparrow, a talented artist, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm born and raised Coast Salish will be hosting a drop-in demonstration and discussion of his jewelry at MOV. You'll have the chance to see him in action and learn about what inspires his designs. Registrants may drop in anytime between 11:00am - 4:00pm on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Registration includes admission into Museum of Vancouver. Don't miss this opportunity to meet Jody and immerse yourself in a day of creativity at the museum!
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Unity Garden Plant Walk with Deanna Miller
Friday, August 11, 2023 | 11:15am - 12:00pm and 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Did you know that Museum of Vancouver has a “living exhibition”? The Unity Indigenous Plant Garden - was created in partnership with the Musqueam, Skwxwu7mesh and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. The Garden was also planted and designed by T'uy't'tanat Cease Wyss, Indigenous Plant diva from the Skwxwú7mesh Nation.
This summer, we invite you to take a special guided plant walk of the garden with Katzie educator and knowledge-holder Deanna Miller. Deanna will highlight the Indigenous uses of the plants that are featured in the Garden, as well as speak to the connections between plants, land and language.
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Across Our Queer Bodies: A Sash Decorating Textile Workshop to Celebrate Pride
Sunday, August 13, 2023 | 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Celebrate Pride by joining queer interdisciplinary artist Sarah Wong in a textile workshop that explores pageant sashes as wearable objects of pride that reflect both movements of resistance and expressions of fantastical glamour. Each participant will be given a pre-sewn sash and materials to decorate it. They will also be guided through a brainstorming session to conjure imagery and language to inspire their crafting. Facilitated from an embodied approach, participants will be encouraged to craft as a form of care, and to reflect on the ways their bodies can act as a canvas for expressions of queer multiplicity.
No sewing or textile experience required. All materials will be provided, but guests are welcome to bring their own personal objects and materials (pins, patches, etc.) that they may want to include in their sash decorating.
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All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project
On view until July 23, 2023
In the early 2000s, Tobias Wong (1974–2010) took the design world by storm. Born and raised in Vancouver, Wong was a brilliant and prolific artist whose career was all too short. Defying easy categorization, his work was wide ranging, pushing and dissolving disciplinary boundaries between conceptual art, performance and product design. Wong’s international career took off and developed in New York City, where he resided until his untimely death in 2010. All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project is an invitation to revisit Wong’s artistic contribution with fresh eyes.
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Vintage mahogany reclaimed and redone in imaginative new Vancouver museum exhibit
Vancouver Sun
As the director of collections and exhibitions at the Museum of Vancouver, Viviane Gosselin gets calls about all sorts of stuff. But recently she got a very unusual offer. “This person contacts me and says we literally have tonnes of mahogany,” Gosselin recounts. “Would you be interested?” She was, but was left with a conundrum: “What can we do with this amazing gift?” The answer is in a new exhibition, “Reclaim And Repair: The Mahogany Project,” which opened Thursday at the museum in Kitsilano.
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La passion de Melanie Talkington pour le corsets
CBC Radio-Canada
The cultural journalist Lyne Barnabé met Melanie Talkington, a corsetiere from Vancouver who lent a few corsets from her own collection for an exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver.
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Know before you go:
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Museum of Vancouver is open from Sunday-Wednesday 10:00am - 5:00pm and Thursday-Saturday 10:00am - 8:00pm.
- Please note that ticket sales end 45 minutes before closing.
- Visit MOV on the first Sunday of each month and pay what you can for admission.
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We are located at 1100 Chestnut Street in beautiful Vanier Park in the neighborhood of Kitsilano in Vancouver.
- The Museum is wheelchair, stroller and scooter accessible, including washrooms, ramps and elevators, and wide entrances and exits.
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When booked in advance, groups of 10 people or more are eligible for a discounted rate. Learn more.
- Admission is free for the people who self-identify as Indigenous.
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"Noel Robinson 1880 - 1966: Military Serviceman, BC Historian, Plauwright, and Journalist" - Curated by James Gibson
“Noel Robinson 1880-1966: Military Serviceman, BC Historian, Playwright, and Journalist-Some Personalities He Wrote About and One He Didn’t”, is curated by board member James Gibson and is now on display in our Collections Room on the second floor of the museum.
The exhibit features the history of Noel Robinson, a local journalist who wrote about prominent figures and events in Vancouver. The exhibit highlights Robinson’s articles on Pauline Johnson, Joe Fortes, and many other famous Vancouver personalities during the time of the Roeddes. While Gustav Roedde found himself in the news during WWI, he was not written about by Noel – find out why when you visit the exhibit!
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Vancouver Civic Theatres FREE Summer Programs
Dance Dance Dance and Sunset Cinema
July & August on šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (formerly the QET Plaza)
Vancouver Civic Theatres’ popular FREE summer programs Dance Dance Dance and Sunset Cinema make their return. Every Friday from Jul 28 to Aug 18, join them for free open-air Latin dance classes - no experience required. Each class begins with a beginner-friendly lesson followed by social dancing as the sun sets. Every Wednesday from August 2 to 30, VCT invites all movie lovers to Sunset Cinema, a free outdoor movie series. Come enjoy a hit movie on our huge inflatable screen under the stars. Bring your blankets, chairs, and pillows, and we’ll provide the movies! Explore the full line-up of dance classes and movies at: vancouvercivictheatres.com
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We acknowledge that MOV is located within the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. | | |
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Vancouver, BC
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