SUSPENDED
Spring Break at the Gallery | March 27
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 27, 1:30 PM
Cedar Weaving with Jessica Silvey

Coast Salish weaver and fibre artist Jessica Silvey will share her knowledge of yellow cedar harvesting and lead a cedar weaving workshop. Together we will learn to create a band bracelet, a mat or a small basket.

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

Growing up with her paternal grandmother, Jessica Silvey spent many hours in the forest, and it is still her favourite place to be, surrounded by cedar trees and silence. Her love of Coast Salish basketry comes from the cedar root baskets in her grandmother’s home, baskets of various shapes, sizes and patinas that were woven by her aunts and grandmothers. The memory of those baskets still speaks to Silvey in a silent language that only weavers understand. She learned traditional techniques from research, as well as trial and error, and now harvests and prepares her own materials, as well as traditional plants for dyes and medicines.

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