Families
Spring Break at the Gallery | March 23
Mon Mar 23, 2020 | 12 PM - 4 PM
In the Gallery
Courtesy of Chrystal Sparrow
SUSPENDED
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Gallery has suspended all hands-on educational activities including Spring Break programs, Weekly Family Programs and Described Tours until March 30.
At this time, the Gallery remains open during our regular business hours. We continue to closely monitor the evolving situation. For the latest updates, please check the Visit page here »
Drop in over Spring Break from March 23 to 27 to get creative as a family!
Take part in Interactive Workshops led by a different local artist every day of the week. Explore, chat and play in the exhibition spaces with our team of Art Agents. Then experiment with the materials, processes and ideas that you see in the artworks on display in The Making Place.
Free for children 12 and under, when accompanied by an adult
The Making Place
Brian Jungen’s artwork Cetology (2002) makes us think about how plastics impact the world around us. Together, we’ll transform plastic materials into real or imagined sea creatures, while carefully considering how much plastic we actually use every day and how we can make an effort to use less
Artist Workshop
MARCH 23, 1:30 PM
Experience Cedar with Chrystal Sparrow
Learn about the role of cedar in Coast Salish culture with xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) carver Chrystal Sparrow. Discover and experiment with design processes involved in her work, and use your senses to experience her cedar weavings and carvings for yourself.
Spaces are limited. Sign-up at the Information Desk in the Gallery Lobby!
*Registration will open on the day of the workshop at 11:45 AM.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Chrystal Sparrow is a Musqueam Coast Salish artist who lives in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She comes from a long line of Coast Salish artists, weavers and carvers. Her late father, Irving Sparrow, was a master carver that passed down the tradition to Chrystal and her brother, Christopher. Sparrow works in mediums of red and yellow cedar, metal, leather and acrylics, and has completed commissions for the Vancouver School Board (2018), Starbucks Canada and the Broadway Youth Centre (2017) and the City of Vancouver (2016). In 2018, she also became the first Coast Salish artist to work in the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh (MST) Cultural Residency in Stanley Park.
Activities are designed for visitors aged 5- to 12-years-old, but all ages and abilities are welcome to participate.