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September 28 – December 21, 2008
Acting about Art: Feminism and Art
Sundays 1:00 – 4:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
The Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver Youth Theatre bring together young performers who develop scripts under the direction of Bev Sauvé over 12 weeks in response to WACK! culminating in a unique performance theatre piece premiered at December’s supersunday.
Girls aged 10 – 15 years of age.
Please call (604) 877-0678 for registration details.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 877-0678
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October 2, November 6 and December 4, 2008
Philosophers Café: The F Word
7:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
This Philosopher Café series will explore three issues pertinent to both historical and current feminist thought: race and ethnicity, masculinity, and gender queer politics. Guest philosopher Susan Stewart is an interdisciplinary artist who produces video, photography, writing, and multi-media performance and installations. She was a member of the queer art collective, Kiss & Tell.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 4 – October 5, 2008
WACK! Weekend: A conference, a conversation and a tour
11:00 – 5:00pm & 11:00 – 4:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Revolutionaries: A Conference
Saturday, October 4
11:00am – 5:00pm
Keynote speakers Griselda Pollock and Abigail Solomon-Godeau are joined by Faith Wilding, Orlan, Harmony Hammond, Mary Kelly, Marian Penner-Bancroft, Mimi Smith, Liz Magor and curators Connie Butler, Daina Augaitis and Heidi Reitmaier for discussion and performances.
Griselda Pollock and Mary Kelly: A conversation
Sunday, October 5
11:00am – 1:00pm
Iconic feminist thinkers return to Vancouver for another conversation about feminism, feminist art and the
changing landscape.
A Revolutionary Tour
Sunday, October 5
2:00pm
A unique collective tour bringing together many voices from the exhibition to talk about their work and experiences featuring exhibiting artists and curator Connie Butler.
Full weekend: $60 per person, $48 members and seniors, $30 students
Saturday OR Sunday only: $40 per person $32 members and seniors, $20 students
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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Monday October 6, 2008
ORLAN
THIS IS MY BODY THIS IS MY SOFTWARE BETWEEN WESTERN ART AND NON WESTERN ART
Lecture by Orlan with open discussion
11am to 1pm
Thea's Lounge
6371 Crescent Road
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Free, accessible, and open to the public.
ORLAN (www.orlan.net) is one of the most prominent body performance artists worldwide. Born in Saint-Etienne, France, she has been active in photography, sculpture, installation, and performance art since 1965. She became famous by performing a series of aesthetic surgeries as artwork on her own body in the 1990s, and thus invented “carnal art.” Through radical performance broadcast in institutions throughout the world, Orlan asks questions about the status of the body in society.
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A Series of Talks
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Jeanne Randolph
Thursday, October 16 at 7:00pm
Dr. Jeanne Randolph, psychoanalyst, theorist, critic, art writer, and performer reflects on materialism, imagination and her new book The Ethics of Luxury.
Sneja Gunew
Thursday, November 20
Sneja Gunew, Professor of English and Women’s Studies and Director of the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, at UBC, explores multiculturalism, the postcolonial and encounters with women artists.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 19, 2008
TentEvent: Generating Exchange
12:00pm orientation, 1:00 – 5:00pm event
Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for
Contemporary Asian Art
2 West Hastings Street
What contemporary theories, ideas and practices generate new possibilities for exchange? TentEvent is an opportunity to engage in open-ended discussions about contemporary art practices that depend on interaction and exchange. TentEvents is organized by the SLOW/Relations and Practices working group including: Lorna Brown, Makiko Hara, Candice Hopkins, Kristina Lee Podesva, Elspeth Pratt, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Marian Penner-Bancroft and Jin-me Yoon.
Participation is free, but advance registration is required: makiko.hara@centrea.org
www.centrea.org
(604) 683-8326
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October 20, 2008
Dear Joanie, I’m making a movie
7:30pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
200-1131 Howe Street
The Pacific Cinémathèque’s monthly screening series DIM, presents Dear Joanie, I’m making a movie, curated by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk. The program surveys the 19 “Chainletter Tapes” compiled by Miranda July, between 1996 and 2007, for her Joanie4Jackie project. As a DIY Distributor Joanie4Jackie played a seminal role in encouraging women to make films and share their stories, attesting to the force of Riot Grrrl era cultural production and dissemination.
Admission: $9.50
www.cinematheque.bc.ca
(604) 688-8202
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October 21 – December 2, 2008
Adult Course: Considering WACK!
Tuesday evenings, 6:30 – 9:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Taught by artist and educator Elizabeth MacKenzie, this seven-week course offers a unique collaborative learning opportunity to engage with the extraordinary international feminist art represented in WACK!. Participants will engage in a range of activities to creatively explore this exhibition in a number of feminist frameworks, including activism, the body, language, material practices and spirituality. The course will culminate in a collaborative event celebrating local women’s contributions to the feminist revolution.
$120, $96 members and seniors, $75 students.
For more information contact the Gallery.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 24, 2008
Creating Resistance: Arts Practice/Political Praxis
9:00am – 5:00pm
Presented by Gender Performance Research Project UBC and the Vancouver Art Gallery
First Nation’s Longhouse
1985 West Mall, University of British Columbia
This one-day event brings together academics, artists, curators and activists engaged in research and creative practices that work to challenge or re-imagine commonly held ideas about gender, sexuality, class and race, as well as notions of performance, art and curatorial practice. The keynote address will be given by Ann Cvetkovich whose work engages academic discourse, arts-based practice and contemporary politics in provocative and compelling ways.
For information contact:
ubc.genderperformance@gmail.com
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Inside WACK!
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
A series of talks in the exhibition that celebrate and address the lived contemporary feminist experience.
Free with Gallery Admission.
Ann Cvekotich on public feelings
Thursday, October 23 at 7:00pm
Judith Penner on AIDS and the power of grandmothers
Tuesday, November 4 at 7:00pm
Geraldine Pratt on women and work
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00pm
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 25 & November 29, 2008
Dance Workshops: Between Mothers and Daughters
2:00 – 4:30pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Dancer, choreographer and leading supersunday instructor, Kathryn Ricketts invites mothers and daughters to move and perform. With WACK! as inspiration, this workshop will celebrate the mysteries between mothers and daughters through drama, creative writing and imaginary games.
For 7 – 10 year old girls and their mothers.
$40 for one adult and child, and $15 for each extra child.
Pre-booking required, limited availability. Price includes entrance to the exhibition. No previous experience is necessary. Wear comfortable clothes.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 25, 2008
A Question of Difference: Vancouver and its Feminisms
10:00am – 5:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
A day that explores the evolutionary practices and contexts that emerged in Vancouver and beyond; bringing together artists, writers, historians and critical thinkers from various disciplines and generations to talk about the unique and vibrant local and national histories.
Moderated by Lorna Brown and Marina Roy, and invited guests include Jin Me-Yoon, Marion Penner Bancroft and Jacqueline Levitin.
$30 per person, $24 members and seniors, $15 students
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 26, 2008
Political Fashion Show: In collaboration with Philippine Women Centre of B.C.
Centre A: Vancouver International Centre forContemporary Asian Art
2 West Hastings Street
As part of The Living Blanket/La Couverture Vivant, the third Political Fashion Show by the Philippine Women Centre of B.C. will use art and fashion by local Filipino designers to raise awareness about issues facing the Filipino community in Canada and overseas.
For more information: Makiko Hara: makiko.hara@centrea.org
www.centrea.org
www.couverturevivante.org (French)
(604) 683-8326
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October 29, 2008
2008 Heller Lecture: Judy Chicago
7:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party, a symbolic history of women
in the western world, is one of the most important American feminist works of the late 20th century. Chicago discusses her life and work as an artist, author, and educator.
$25 per person, $20 members and seniors, $10 students
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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October 30, 2008
Doris Buttignol: Artists Talk
7:00pm
Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Doris Buttignol, lead artist on the Living Blanket gives a public talk on this evolving project.
www.centrea.org
(604) 683-8326
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November 5, 2008
Alanis Obomsawin: A Talk with Film
7:00pm
Pacific Cinématèque
200-1131 Howe Street
Alanis Obomsawin is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent who has produced and directed films for the National Film Board for over 35 years. She introduces some of her seminal work and talks about being an artist and documentary film guide.
$9.50 per person, $8.00 students and seniors
For more information or to buy tickets:
www.cinematheque.bc.ca or (604) 688-3456
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November 7 & 8, 2008
PERSISTENT RESISTANCE: EARLY FEMINIST VIDEO IN VANCOUVER
VIVO Media Arts Centre
1965 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
604.872.8337
info@vivomediaarts.com
This two evening event celebrates early feminist video practice by artists working in Vancouver in the 70s and 80s. It includes Sara Diamond's seminal work with memory and documentary-based narrative, Elizabeth Vander Zaag's playful exploration with technology, a program of experimental, performative and documentary-based shorts as well as video by individuals and collectives mobilized for change.
Friday, November 7th
7 - 8 pm: Reception and launch of Documentaries and The Rise Of Women's Collectives. Work by Amelia Productions, Peg Campbell, Paula Levine, Reel Feelings Media, Barbara Steinman and Women in Focus. Tapes available for viewing at VIVO Library from Nov. 7 through to Nov 11, 11 am – 6 pm (closed Monday).
8 - 10:30 pm: Early Video by Sara Diamond, and artist talk
Saturday, November 8th
7 - 8:30 pm: Early Video by Elizabeth Vander Zaag, and artist talk
8:30 – 10 pm: Experimental Short Video by Marion Barling, Kate Craig, Crista Dahl, Deborah Fong, Saralee James, Nomi Kaplan, Shawn Preus, Ruby Truly and Cornelia Wyngaarden.
Curated and organized by Jennifer Fisher, Elizabeth MacKenzie, and Marina Roy.
This program is presented thanks to the support and preservation efforts of Video Out Distribution. Co-sponsored by Video Out Distribution, VIVO Media Arts Centre and the University of British Columbia, through a Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Research Grant.
A related exhibition of archival material from the 70s and 80s, Persistence: An Archive of Feminist Visual Art Practices in Vancouver, will be shown at Artspeak Gallery from November 8, 2008 - January 13, 2009, with an opening Saturday, November 8, 2-5 pm.
This exhibition is organized by Artspeak with Crista Dahl, Jennifer Fisher, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Marina Roy and Jessie Caryl.
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November 13, 2008
Louise Noguchi: Public Talk
7:00pm
Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
www.centrea.org
(604) 683-8326
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November 14, 2008
Margaret Dragu: Artist Talk
MARGINALIA: Getting Out of the House
5:00 – 6:00pm
Richmond Art Gallery
100 - 7700 Minoru Boulevard
Free admission
www.richmondartgallery.org
(604) 247-8301
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November 18, 2008
post-punk feminist xxox
7:30pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
200-1131 Howe Street
Zinesters, musicians, activists and super 8 hobbyists make sexy moving pictures with each other, for each other, forming a post-punk continuum from the cinema
of transgression to DIY media through homocore and Riot Grrrl. This Cineworks screening, curated by Kika Thorne, includes artists GB Jones, Peggy Awesh, Linda Feesey, Nadia Siistonen, Greta Snider, amongst others.
Admission: $8 – $10
www.cineworks.ca
(604) 688-3456
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November 25, 2008
International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
Gallery Gachet
88 Cordova Street East
www.gachet.org
(604) 687-2468
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November 25 – Dec 10, 2008
Flesh Mapping: Vancouver Markets Pacific Women
2:00 – 4:00pm
Vancouver Rape Relief and Gallery Gachet
at the Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Two-hour daily roundtables in WACK! with women from Pacific Rim countries exploring, combining and responding to experiences of the modern migration fostered by the domestic Canadian demand for the sex trade.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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November 28, 2008
FUSE
6:00pm – midnight
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
An evening of women on the run with Tara Goerzen’s pole dancing puppet in FLUFFY 10TH STREET: CONFESSIONS OF A DIRTY PUPPET, explorations into the sensual nature of sound with Pauline Oliveros, performance by NORMA, feminist rants and much much more.
www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
(604) 662-4700
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December 6, 2008
Montreal Massacre Programming
Vancouver Public Library
3981 Main Street
www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca
(604) 331-3600
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Written by YaYah Studios,
on 08-09-2008 14:17
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