SUSPENDED
Spring Break at the Gallery | March 25
12-4 PM

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 25, 1:30 PM
Map Your World in Paint with Landon Mackenzie

Inspired by Governor General Award-winning artist Landon Mackenzie’s large-scale paintings on view in lineages and land bases, consider multiple ways of mapping and create your own multimedia work.

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

Landon Mackenzie’s paintings have been widely exhibited in Canada and internationally, and her work has been collected by many museums, including the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Recent shows include Emily Carr and Landon Mackenzie; The Wood Chopper and the Monkey at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2014); Landon Mackenzie; Parallel Journey: Works on Paper (1975-2015), a touring retrospective organized by Kelowna Art Gallery (2015); and Landon Mackenzie: Recollects at the West Vancouver Art Gallery (2019). Mackenzie is an influential arts educator, and, after three decades of teaching in Vancouver, is now Professor Emerita at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She has received numerous awards, including both the Queen Elizabeth II Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals for her outstanding contribution to Canadian culture and the Governor General Award in Visual and Media Arts (2017). Acclaimed for her large-scale mapping paintings, her work is represented by Art45 in Montreal and Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto.

Activities are designed for visitors aged 5- to 12-years-old, but all ages and abilities are welcome to participate.