Josephine Meckseper
Wednesday, May 23, 7pm
Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Third floor
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings Street
Free, all welcome.
Artist Josephine Meckseper discusses her practice exploring therelationship between politics and consumerism, key to her work. This event is presented in partnership with SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs.
Bulletin - full texts on Matthew Monahan, Josephine Meckseper and Scott Massey
Guided visits are free and open to the public. They provide visitors with an excellent opportunity to develop new skills for interpreting contemporary art.
Exhibition opening:
Josephine Meckseper, American Leg
Thursday May 24, 7 - 10 pm
Sunday, May 27, 3pm
A guided visit of the exhibitions in French led by CAG volunteer
and educator Patricia Huijnen.
Sunday, June 3, 3pm
CAG Director Nigel Prince gives a tour of current exhibitions
whilst focusing on Matthew Monahan's work and their working
relationship.
Sunday, July 1, 3pm
Curator and Educator, Heidi Reitmaier explores the work of
Josephine Meckseper and Matthew Monahan in relationship to
other contemporary cultural practices.
Sunday, August 5, 3pm
CAG Curator, Jenifer Papararo gives a talk on the work of
Josephine Meckseper exploring her recent installation in the
gallery windows.
We also encourage visits from primary and secondary schools, ESL groups, university and college students and community groups. We are pleased to offer free guided visits for groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Visits can also be arranged in French or German. For more information or to book a guided visit for your group, please email info@contemporaryartgallery.ca or telephone 604 681 2700.
Our learning programmes are generously sponsored by Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
Bulletin - full texts on Guo Fengyi, Frances Stark and Scott Massey
The Contemporary gratefully acknowledges the support of the volunteers who assist in the development of our educational programming.
Lesson Plans developed by:
Jerry Allen
Alicia Barcenas
Cynthia Bronaugh
Janice Cheung
Christina Gray
Heather Emery
Emily Hamilton
Asia Harvey
Naomi Hui
Leah Janzen
Nina Krieger
Alma Krilic
Victoria Lam
Karen Lee
Barb Moore
Kelly Milton
Stefanie Nora Wüest
Rosalee Yagihara
Multimedia Resources developed by:
Sean Arden
Dinka Pignon
Daniela Tovar
Sebnem Koyuncy
Support provided by the CAG Education Committee members past and present:
Anne Jenkins
Nadine Kalin
Chris Nicholson
Nicole Porter
Regan Rasmussen
Phyllis Schwartz
Aubin van Berckel
Elizabeth Walker
Links to art education resources:
ArtStarts
BC Art Teachers' Association
Landon Mackenzie
Map Room: The Act and State of Drawing
Saturday, June 9, 12-4pm
As part of Draw Down, the city wide initiative, artist and
educator, Landon Mackenzie orchestrates a day of drawing for
visitors at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Rooted in her own
practice and critical thinking, Mackenzie invites everyone to
explore the potentials of drawing and mapping as an act and
state of being.
This event is made possible with kind support from Opus Art and Framing.
Audio Feedback
June 9 to September 2, 2012
What do you get if you invite a writer, an angry anarchist garage band duo, a virtuosic pianist/singer/songwriter, an architect turned spoken word poet, a poet slam champ and a multimedia dance artist to give audio feedback? Josephine Mitchell, Mark Charles, Michael Wadham and Natasha King from The IGNITE! Mentorship Program at The Cultch create audio responses to the current exhibitions. From prose and poetry to song, these audio works show how contemporary art can generate new forms of thinking and creativity, and for the visitor, in tandem with a gallery visit, create new meanings and different kinds of experiences.
This program is made in collaboration with The Cultch's Youth Program, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and VIVO Media Arts.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Contemporary Art Gallery, we contacted 1,000 artists who have exhibited at the gallery. We asked them why they became artists, what impact the exhibition here had on their careers and broadly how they situate their work. The result is the Contemporary Art Gallery 40 Data Project, a visualization of their responses created by RETHINK.
Explore the CAG 40 Data Project here
Take part in the conversation about the project on twitter and facebook
The 1,000 artists who have exhibited at the Contemporary Art Gallery
The Contemporary Art Gallery offers guided visits of our exhibitions for all age levels. The presentations introduce themes in contemporary art and help the audience develop interpretive skills by involving them in the meaning making process of viewing the exhibition. We encourage visits from primary and secondary schools, ESL groups, university and college students and community groups.
For more information, or to book a guided visit please contact
info@contemporaryartgallery.ca or tel: 604.681.2700.
This series invites cultural and critical producers to present
thoughts and ideas rooted in their own interests and practices,
and invites audiences to join in the conversations that will explore relevant contemporary issues, theories, ideas and culture.
Nicky Levell: Art Through Anthropology
Tuesday, May 15, 7pm
Anthropologist, curator and UBC Professor Nicky Levell's
interests are located in the interdisciplinary folds of
anthropology, theoretical museology, material culture and
critical curatorial studies. She will respond to Matthew
Monahan's work.
Due to unforseen circumstances the talk by Todd Falkowsky that was scheduled for Tuesday, June 12 has been cancelled.
Damian Moppett: History and its Sculpture
Tuesday, June 26, 7pm
Artist Damian Moppett draws from his own practice as he tours
the Matthew Monahan exhibition, and talks about the many
practices of sculpture and its contemporary relationship within
history and art.
Gareth James: The One and the Many
Tuesday, July 17, 7pm
Prompted by Josephine Meckseper's work, artist, writer and
Associate Professor Gareth James speaks to the theoretical and experimental methodologies that underpin his own practice to investigate the artistic considerations which emerge when one artist considers the work of another.
Education and Outreach Founding Sponsor Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.