Event Schedule
7 PM: Early event access for Gallery Members
7:30 PM: Doors open for Standard Ticket Holders
11 PM: Last call for drinks
11:30 PM: The event concludes
Bar Locations
Bars are located in the Gallery Lobby, in the 1st Floor Forecourt, on the 4th Floor Rooftop Pavilion and at 1931 Gallery Bistro.
Performances
1ST FLOOR
Gallery Lobby | 7–10 PM
Red Carpet Host: Mx. Bukuru
Art Party host Mx. Bukuru will welcome guests on the red carpet. A melanated, nonbinary draglesque fantasy brought to life, Mx. Bukuru commands every stage with electrifying lip syncs, captivating choreography and unforgettable presence. The inaugural winner of Mx. Burlesk Vancouver (2025), a member of Vancouver’s acclaimed drag collective Enby 6 and cofounder of Juicy Gems, Mx. Bukuru has dazzled audiences across Vancouver and beyond—from the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival to Fatlesque Seattle.
1st Floor Rotunda | 7:30–11:30 PM
DJ Set: Rina Pellerin
Founder and Outreach Coordinator for OURO Collective, Rina Pellerin is a powerhouse street dancer whose versatility and artistry have taken her across North America and Asia as a performer, judge and competitor. A winner of the Vancouver Street Dance Festival and Last One Stands (2014), Pellerin has trained with pioneers of street dance while shaping her own distinct voice in the form. At Art Party: Ancient Futures, Pellerin steps into the DJ booth, bringing the same precision, instinct and deep musicality that has defined her movement practice to the dance floor.
1st Floor Rotunda | 7:45, 9:30 & 10:10 PM
Performance: In the wake of a sleeping machine by Shion Skye Carter
in the wake of a sleeping machine is a dance performance choreographed by Shion Skye Carter and performed by danielle Mackenzie Long, Kayla DeVos, Kaya Tsurumi and Shana Wolfe. Carter’s artistic practice peels apart layers of identity and reflects on the complexities of the human experience through a movement language of sensitive intensity, hybridizing choreography with heritage art forms, like calligraphy, and interweaving materiality into performance. In in the wake of a sleeping machine, the dancers form an organic, creature-powered machine—an abstract exploration of collective care, interdependence and resistance to individualist systems.
1st Floor Rotunda | 10:30 PM
Paper Dress Creations Runway Show by FakeKnot
Participants in the paper dress-making activity will be invited to take part in a collaborative runway performance inspired by FakeKnot Artistic Director Ralph Escamillan’s work Croquis, which was originally created in residence at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2023 with Material MattersLab Here//Too//For during the exhibition Fashion Fictions.
3RD FLOOR
3rd Floor Exhibition Title Wall | 8, 9 & 9:45 PM
Hot Spot Tour: Highlights from the Collection with Adrienne Fast
Join art historian and humorist Adrienne Fast for lively, accessible Hot Spot Tours of Highlights from the Collection. Expect sharp insights, unexpected connections and a fresh way of seeing familiar favourites—guided with warmth, wit and curiosity. The perfect way to experience the permanent collection differently at Art Party: Ancient Futures.
4TH FLOOR
Room 4East | 7:30–11 PM
Hands-On Workshop: Paper Dress by FakeKnot
In this hands-on activity, FakeKnot Artistic Director Ralph Escamillan will share his unique process for building a dress using the unexpected versatility of a humble material like packing paper. You’ll learn how to pleat, cord and knot paper into a wearable garment, while also exploring how when worn it can inform movement.
Rooftop Pavillion | 8–11:30 PM
DJ Set: MAMALIA
A JUNO-nominated singer/songwriter, MAMALIA’s sets move across soul, jazz, funk, disco and global rhythms, shaped by a lifelong obsession with her father’s record collection and a career that’s taken her from Shanghai to Stockholm, Tokyo to Berlin, and beyond. From opening for Yoko Ono’s exhibition Riverbed to sharing stages with icons like Erykah Badu, Angelique Kidjo and Cinematic Orchestra, MAMALIA brings deep musical lineage and unstoppable energy to the dance floor.
THROUGHOUT THE GALLERY
Various Locations | 7–11 PM
Performance: Landings for Six by Action at a Distance
Landings for Six by Action at a Distance invites audiences to pause in liminal spaces often traversed but rarely inhabited. Moving through thresholds, corridors and transitional architectures, the work lingers inside moments of suspension, spaces where memory, intimacy and encounter quietly accumulate. Expanding on the narrative world of Between the Landings (2024), created in collaboration with Justin Calvadores and Dorchel Haqq, this iteration explores how sound, proximity and collective presence reshape our experience of movement through institutional and urban space. Through subtle choreographic interventions, six performers transform overlooked environments into spaces of reflection, tension and connection. Choreographed by Vanessa Goodman and performed by collaborating artists Shion Skye Carter, Alder Graye, Ryan Jackson, Allison Lang, danielle Mackenzie Long and Anya Saugstad. Created with generous support from The Dance Centre.
1931 Gallery Bistro | 7:30–11 PM
Hands-On Workshop: Paper Dress by FakeKnot
In this hands-on activity, FakeKnot Artistic Director Ralph Escamillan will share his unique process for building a dress using the unexpected versatility of a humble material like packing paper. You’ll learn how to pleat, cord and knot paper into a wearable garment, while also exploring how when worn it can inform movement.
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