Pop-Up Art Programs, Spring Break Camps, and More!

February 2019

Upcoming Family Drop-In Programs

Pop-Up Art Program at Bob Prittie Library (Metrotown)

Sunday, February 10 | 1-4pm
Bob Prittie Library (Metrotown) | 6100 Willingdon Ave.
Free (Drop-in) | 7 yrs & up with an adult
Tap into your creative imagination and get your mind humming with family-friendly art projects inspired by BAG's upcoming library exhibit at Bob Prittie Library - Cloud Art: Paper Marbling by Candace Thayer-Coe.
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Pop-Up Art Program at McGill Library

Saturday, February 23 | 1-4pm
McGill Library | 4595 Albert St.
Free (Drop-in) | 4 yrs & up with an adult
Explore and expand your creative potential with family-friendly art projects inspired by BAG's upcoming McGill Library exhibit - How's the Weather?
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Spring Break Camps

Spring Art Days

M-F, March 18-22 (6-9 yrs)
12:30-3pm, $107.50
Still time to register! Visiting the gallery for inspiration, budding artists are introduced to painting, drawing and sculpture as well as storytelling with pictures. Children stretch their abilities and creativity with projects specially designed for young active minds and bodies.
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Offsite Exhibitions

Cloud Art: Paper Marbling by Candace Thayer-Coe

On until March 24, 2019
Bob Prittie Library | 6100 Willingdon Ave
Candace Thayer-Coe explores the ancient technique of paper marbling, a technique thought to have originated in China in the 11th century.
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How's the Weather? Works from the Collection

On until March 25, 2019
McGill Library | 4595 Albert Street
This exhibition includes work by Richard Yates, J.Carl Heywood, Joseph Therrien and Arnold Shives.
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Gallery Renovations

Renovation Closure February 2019

The Burnaby Art Gallery is temporarily closed for renovations. During this closure period, offsite exhibitions and new pop-up/drop-in programs are running at Bob Prittie Library and McGill Library. Check out the Winter 2019 Program Calendar for details.

The gallery will re-open in March with a solo exhibition, Lynne Cohen: These Walls, a Capture Photography Festival exhibition featuring Cohen's images of institutional interior spaces with works from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, March 14 at 7pm (add to calendar) and check out our newly renovated space.

Online program registration requires a Family PIN and Client Number, if you do not have a current Webreg profile, please call 604-297-4422. Our staff will assist you with issuing a PIN and client number. Please register early to avoid disappointment. Courses may be cancelled one week ahead, if there are not enough people registered at that time.

Image Credits:

Drop-In Programs: Photo: Tim Matheson

Offsite Exhibitions
(top) Candace Thayer-Coe, Paper Marbling on handmade paper (detail), Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Blaine Campbell

(bottom) J. Carl Heywood, Flower and Rain (detail), 2003, serigraph on paper, ed. E/A, 65.0 x 50.0 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of the Artist, BAG AN 2012.5.93, Photo: Geoff Scott

Our mailing address is: Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 2J3 Canada
Phone: 604 297-4422
Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday-Sunday: 12noon-5pm, Closed Mondays and statutory holidays
Admission: By donation, suggested donation $5; parking is free.

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The Burnaby Art Gallery (BAG) is dedicated to collecting, preserving and presenting a contemporary and historical visual art program by local, national and internationally recognized artists. The BAG acts as a leader in the collection, preservation and exhibition of artists who choose to work on paper – we are the only art museum in British Columbia dedicated to works of art on paper. Through our collection and exhibition practices the BAG endeavours to represent the best and most promising artists within the Canadian print culture community. The BAG cares for and manages over 5,800 works of art in the City of Burnaby’s Permanent Art Collection.