Pow Wow Jacket Workshop with Becky Lyon

1 – 3 PM, June 19, 2022

Join Becky Lyon, creator of Pow Wow Jackets, in an upcoming workshop where you can create your own 'Pow Wow Jacket' adorned with ribbons. Pow Wow jackets are everyday streetwear that embody regalia that is worn at Powwows and are meant to be worn by anyone, every day.

No experience is necessary, and all are welcome. Participants will learn how to create their own jacket or vest as well as learn from Becky about culture, identity inspiration, and using your work as a tool to decolonize fashion.

"Composing Us": A Conversation between the artists of A Seat at the Table

7 PM, May 29, 2022

Join us for a “hot pot style” conversation with three of the artists featured in our “A Seat at the Table” exhibition: Judy Jheung “Composing_You Chinatowns”, Paul Wong “Grandmother’s Cupboard”, and Stella Zheng “Thank You, Come Again”. Each artist will talk to us about their pieces in the exhibit and then simmer together on what it means to have a “seat at the table” as Chinese Canadian artists across genres, mediums, and diasporas. A q&a portion with the audience will follow. The panel will be moderated by Winnie Kwan.

Neon Vancouver, Ugly Vancouver

On view until this June 29, 2022

Check out the exhibition before it leaves MOV on June 29!

In the 1950s Vancouver had approximately 19,000 neon signs – more than Las Vegas! While some thought that thousands of signs signaled excitement and big city living, others thought they were a tawdry display that disfigured the city’s natural beauty. This deep civic controversy resulted in a turning point in Vancouver’s history and a change to the city’s urban landscape. Immerse yourself in Vancouver's neon history and enjoy the big city lights of Vancouver and catch a glimpse of the city from the 1950s through to the 1970s with this extraordinary collection of neon signs.

The Importance of Mapping Cultural Activity for Tsleil-Waututh Consultation

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Tsleil-Waututh knowledge holders, Michael George, and his daughter Michelle, share the importance of mapping cultural activities and practices for upholding Tsleil-Waututh Aboriginal rights and title with youth from sxʷnetəɬew̓txʷ Tsleil-Waututh Nation School. Learn about contemporary land and water stewardship, while exploring the visible impacts of colonization on Tsleil-Waututh territory.

After Over a Decade, Vancouver's Museum Show of 'Ugly' Neon Signs is Turning Off the Lights

Vancouver is Awesome

"The Museum is proud to partner with The Post’s developer, QuadReal Property Group, in bringing these pieces of Vancouver history back into the downtown core where they will be on display in the publicly accessible areas of the building," says the museum.

The new display will be bigger and brighter with other additions coming out of the museum's collection as well. It's expected to be set up in the fall of 2023.

Before they're shut off for a final time at the museum, though, there will be one last Museum of Vancouver event around the lights in late June, though a date hasn't been released...

Vancouver's Neon Signs Exhibition Turns Out Lights Until 2023

City News Vancouver

The iconic “Neon Vancouver, Ugly Vancouver” exhibition will be relocating to The Post on Georgia Street next year. The exhibition, which has been housed in the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) since it opened in late 2011, will close to the public on June 29 ahead of its move to the redeveloped Canada Post building. The announcement has come from the MOV to mark International Museum Day on May 18. The popular exhibit consists of 22 neon signs salvaged from Vancouver’s past as the neon capital of North America, along with some new signs from the MOV’s collection...

Unpacking Indigenous Curation With Miranda Belarde-Lewis

2 PM, May 27, 2022

Join Miranda Belarde-Lewis, guest curator for the Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery exhibition for an in-person discussion of her curatorial practice, past and present. In all her projects, Miranda works to highlight and celebrate Native artists, their processes, and the exquisite pieces they create.

Dr. Miranda Belarde-Lewis is a citizen of Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico and a member of the Takdeintáan Clan of the Tlingit Nation. She is an independent curator, writer and an Assistant Professor and the inaugural Jill and Joe McKinstry Endowed Faculty Fellow of Native North American Indigenous Knowledge at the University of Washington’s Information School. 

Qwalena: The Wild Woman Who Steals Children

7 PM – 8:30 PM, Jun 21, 2022

Join H.R. MacMillan Space Centre to honour National Indigenous Peoples Day as Indigenous Educational Storytellers - 3 Crows Productions return to perform their scary multimedia story of “Qwalena: The Wild Woman That Steals Children” in the Planetarium Star Theatre.

Siksika First Nation member Dallas Yellowfly, blends his experience in stand up comedy, music and filmmaking to create engaging multimedia storytelling performances. In this unique theatrical performance, Yellowfly blends Oral Tradition, multimedia and a bit of humour to explore the intergenerational impact of Indian residential schools. Qwalena provides an opportunity to bridge Indigenous and non-Indigneous communities by creating awareness and understanding about the problems still faced today by Indigenous Peoples.

Sound of Dragon Music Festival

June 23–26, 2022

Katajjaq (Inuit throat singing) and Khoomei (Mongolian throat singing) meet in the collaboration between Orchid Ensemble (Vancouver), Oktoecho (Montreal), and Anand Avirmed (Mongolia). Katajjaq and khoomei are ancestral throat singing techniques that reproduce sounds heard in nature – water flowing, the wind blowing, echoes in mountains, the calls of birds… Coincidentally, these are also major themes in traditional Chinese music. In addition, the two ensembles offer unique cross-cultural instrumentations. This concert is a hybrid that crosses between Inuit, Mongolian, Chinese, Japanese, European, and Arabic music and it will be the first time katajjaq and khoomei are presented together on stage in BC.