Month: June 2019

Heart and Soul: New Works by Sandhu Singh

Sandhu Singh has been a long-time friend of the Art Rental and Sales Program at the AGGV, and this collaboration was celebrated at the opening of his exhibition at the Massey Sales Gallery in early April.

Encounter: Exploring & Art-Making at the AGGV

Encounter is a quarterly event developed by the AGGV Education Department to enhance learning and social opportunities for adults who love art and love talking about art. Participants discover new ideas and connections to art and through art, within the context of an exhibition on show at the Gallery.

A Glimpse into the Life and Work of Paul Horiuchi

By Marina DiMaio, AGGV Curatorial Assistant

Horiuchi was a painter and collagist whose work has become an important hybrid of Western-style abstraction, Asian calligraphy, and eastern philosophies. His body of work has helped situate an alternative narrative to the development of modern art in the Pacific Northwest, one that fully considers Japanese and North American relations.

10 Things To Know About Murals

In recent times, mural art has played a significant role in public engagement projects in cities around the world, with artists and the local community collaborating for a cause.

Students Say Something at New Extreme

Every year, the AGGV’s New Extreme Program pairs local artists with groups of youths at schools in a unique art mentoring program. This year, with invaluable support from the RBC Emerging Artists Project, Lydia Beauregard, Raphael Divi, Kerri Flanagan and Cameron Kidd took on the challenge with amazing results that inspired both themselves and the groups of teens with whom they collaborated.