Weekly Family Programs

Art Agents + The Making Place

Every Sunday from 12 to 4 PM, the Gallery offers unique activities geared toward visitors aged 5- to 12-years-old and their families.

Throughout the month of December and into the New Year, we will explore the themes and various approaches to art making seen in the exhibition Transits and Returns, which showcases the work of 21 Indigenous artists from across the Pacific.

All activities are free for children aged 12 and under, when accompanied by an adult. Adult participation is free for Members with Gallery admission.

Join our team of Art Agents as they bring the exhibitions to life. Then move on to The Making Place to experiment with themes, processes and materials that you see in the artworks on display in a number of engaging art-making activities. Drop in any time between 12 and 4 PM to take part.

The Making Place Activity

December 8: Printmaking Your Own Design of the Land onto Fabric

A prominent geological landmark, the dormant volcano Lēʻahi (also known as Diamond Head or Kaimana Hila), located on the southern shores of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, has become an ever-present motif on tourist t-shirts. Working with his cousin Nāpali Aluli Souza, artist Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick looks at the role that Lēʻahi’s silhouette has played in the representation of Hawaiʻi as a tropical paradise by residents and visitors alike.

How do local landmarks take on new meaning when their images are used to represent a place? What local monuments or natural geological features from the British Columbia landscape have made their way into our visual culture? Is there a landmark that represents BC for you? Design your own logo inspired by a local landmark. Then, using drypoint and relief printmaking techniques, you will print this design onto a piece of fabric.