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The Tobias Wong Project: Catalogue Launch
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us for an in-person catalogue launch of "All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project". Visiting guest and speaker Aric Chen, from the National Museum and Institute for Architecture, Design, and Digital Culture in Rotterdam will be in special attendance in Vancouver for this event. Aric was one of Tobias Wong’s friends and collaborators. He will be speaking about his work and collaborations with the artist – as well as his own perspectives on design trends and its future.
Two Vancouver-based collaborators of Tobias Wong’s - Pablo Griff and Nancy Bendtsen – will also be in attendance to share their memories and work with Wong. Exhibition Curator, Viviane Gosselin will moderate the event and the Q&A with the audience.
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Poetry & Place - A Writing Workshop with Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm
To celebrate poetry month and inspired by Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam’s City Poems Contest – we invite you to come and bring your own memories of your favorite places in the city. With Fiona’s guidance, learn how to shape your memories of place into your very own poem through fun writing prompts and supportive sharing. Writers of all levels welcome! Spaces are limited so register early.
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World Autism Acceptance Day at MOV
Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 10:00am - 5:00pm
Join us on Sunday, April 2, 2023 for World Autism Acceptance Day at MOV! Autistic people can be sensitive to loud noises, bright lights, and strong smells so creating a space that minimizes noise and lighting can allow for a more inclusive and enjoyable experience.
Join us on this day for a “relaxed” or low sensory day at Museum of Vancouver. During opening hours, most non-voluntary sounds will be turned off or lowered in our galleries. Sensory support kits, goggles and headphones are available to borrow from the front desk. Admission is by donation all day and all proceeds will be accepted on behalf of Autism Canada.
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Only a couple more weeks to view
this award winning exhibition!
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A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia
On view until April 2, 2023
Grab a seat while you can! 📢 Only a couple of weeks left to catch A Seat at the Table at MOV. This feature exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in BC, and their struggles for belonging. It looks at food and restaurant culture as an entry point to feature stories that reveal the great diversity of immigration experience, and of communities immigrants develop.
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Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect
On view until April 24, 2023
This micro-exhibition, Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing and Respect, provides an opportunity for the YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) 2021 Emerging and Mid-Career Artist Scholarship recipients to exhibit their artworks. Through the YVR Art Foundation Scholarship Program these artists continued their studies or worked with mentors to expand their personal knowledge of Indigenous art and design. The results are breathtaking and inspiring. MOV is honored to showcase the work of these ten talented artists, and we raise our hands in respect and appreciation for those who have inspired and taught them.
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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 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.
This exhibition is an invitation to revisit Wong’s artistic contribution with fresh eyes. Recent social, environmental and technological events have transformed the way we see the world and inevitably the way we see Tobias Wong’s work.
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Neon Vancouver | Ugly Vancouver
Ready to explore a virtual space? Dive into our very popular Neon Vancouver exhibition, which was on display from October 2011 until June 2022, and discover glowing works of art online!
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.
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.
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Animating History
Full day Program | Grades 5+
Work with professional animators to storyboard a plot, create and animate characters, and add dialogue and sound effects. Students complete a one to two-minute animated story by the end of the day. For grades 5 and over.
Story themes include Vancouver Fire, 1907 Anti-Asian Riots, and Japanese-Canadian Internment. Presented in partnership by Reel 2 Real with the Museum of Vancouver.
Cost: $450 per class.
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All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project
Fairchild TV
Watch this interview with MOV's Director of Collections & Exhibitions and Curator of Contemporary Culture, Viviane Gosselin, speaking about the exhibition All We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project at MOV.
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Meet Alyssa Sy de Jesus, our Program Manager at MOV!
Here at MOV, Alyssa works to develop further engagement with the exhibitions and collections through performances, talks, lunches, and workshops in support of the museum's mandates of: redress and decolonization; immigration and diversity; environment and sustainability; urban and contemporary issues.
In this position, she is grateful for the opportunity to continue learning how to better support communities in telling their stories on their own terms – especially as a form of intervention in spaces and institutions that traditionally function on colonial narratives.
Previously, Alyssa was part of MOV’s Visitor Services and Education departments. Prior to joining the team at MOV, she has worked as a cultural and community programmer for various local museums and organizations.
She holds an MA in English Literature from UBC. Her writing has been published by Chinatown Today and Living Hyphen.
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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 in at 1100 Chestnut Street in beautiful Vanier Park in the neighborhood of Kitsilano in Vancouver.
- Join us on every last Sunday of the month for a “relaxed” or low sensory day at MOV. Learn more.
- 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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Italian Design Day - Highlights
On March 9, 2023 the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West, and the Museum of Vancouver, presented the 7th edition of Italian Design Day: an annual recurrence dedicated to the celebration of the excellence of the design “Made in Italy” all around the world. The theme for this edition was: “La qualita’ che illumina. The quality that illuminates: the energy of design for people and the environment”. Thank you to everyone who made it to this successful event!
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Ideal City, Sustainable City: From Amiens, France To North Vancouver, Canada
MONOVA hosts an international education program aimed at engaging students to take action in sustainable community building. In partnership with MOV.
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Rubaboo
March 30 - April 30, 2023
The Arts Club Theatre Company invites you to experience Rubaboo, a theatrical Indigenous cabaret, at the Granville Island Stage in Vancouver running from March 30–April 30, 2023.
Created by acclaimed Métis singer-songwriter and actor Andrea Menard with co-composer Robert Walsh, experience an evening of masterful storytelling and songs in a grand musical feast of reconciliation, unity, love, frustration, and resilience. Rubaboo is a world premiere production and a co-production with the Grand Theatre (London, ON).
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World Autism Acceptance Day
Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Celebrate World Autism Acceptance Day, April 2 in gym D at The Britannia Community Centre. There will be prizes, giveaways, yummy treats, and of course skateboarding. Bring your skateboard and helmet or use one of theirs.
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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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