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The AFS provides programs and activities for the Francophones of Surrey. It is based in L’École Gabrielle-Roy, in Surrey. When it changed its name to the AFFGVFV, it encompassed the Francophones of the Fraser Valley. Its first publication was L’Écho…

Accompanying an exhibit at Artspeak of the same name, Cop Puppet employs stuffed animals as narrative vehicles that critique the darker side of state power and popular culture. The stuffed animal impart a pleasant familiarity and provide an…

pucker is the story of how one woman's sexuality revolves around and inside her mouth. With falling ice, secreted hairnets and golden handbags, Goldwater revels in the pleasure of words as they roll off the tongue.

Since the early 1980s Stitt has collected photo snapshots of people and places in his adopted community in London and wherever he traveled making performances. As such these images function as a connection with a moment, a memory; as cultural…

This series includes publications and magazines that were collected by John Vance because they contained stories about his career and forensics work. Includes True Crime magazines. Digitized pages include the specific article about Vance.

Empire is an allegory about the establishment of one of the largest corporations in the world. Au pair explores the often hilarious relationships of adventure-seeking childcare workers from Europe with their affluent American employers. A screening…

Talent Hut, established in 1989, is rearing its ugly head once more after an extended run in hell. Mainstays MC Jimmi Schmmoz, Orlan Fortrel, Big Glory (guitar) Hole, Ina Pavolvina, Jean Poole, Boofka Putz, Countess Turnoff, and new recruits take…

Artist and educator Andrea Fraser gives a talk on her performance practice, critical interrogation of art history, and institutional critique of exhibition spaces as addressed through one of her best known works, Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk,…

A three-day online performance exchange between Sydney, Australia, Vancouver, Canada, and Lancaster, UK. Chiasma presented live streams of Léa Donnan's Adult Female, Rebecca Belmore's Tent City, and Hester Reeve's The British Umpire…

Using two record players in a DJ-like manner, Diane Landry conducts a true circle of casual objects: various kitchen tools, toys, shoes, skates, for example, randomly take their turn on the plates one after another. Caught in a kind of merry-go-…

The hole of the female genital organs may appear in another part of the body, the penis as a stiffness or as a piece of wood somewhere else. The artist takes on the role of patient and survivor of psychaitry, and attempts to convey the experience of…

The B.C. Workers’ News began publishing as a labour and progressive newspaper in 1935. It changed its title several times in ensuing years. Other titles were People’s Advocate, Advocate, The People, People, Pacific Advocate and The Pacific Tribune.…

Gordon Cornwall delighted in shooting on location throughout the Lower Mainland and incorporated settings as diverse as hydroelectric dams and helicopters into the marketing images he created for LMW throughout the decades.

The John Vance Fonds contains records related to the personal and professional activities of John Vance as a City Analyst and forensics investigator for the Vancouver Police Department. The records include both personal and professional…

Vancouver-based fashion designer Lore Maria Wiener (31 March 1920 – 16 July 2019) dominated local fashion during the mid-century and continued designing well into her 80s. Wiener combined elegance with comfort in creations ranging from flapper-…

LMW News spanned over 20 years, highlighting the coming season’s offerings for LMW clientele. The newsletters were a family affair: Lore Maria Wiener’s daughter, Claudia Cornwall, created whimsical illustrations of her mother’s designs and provided…

The Museum of the Cariboo-Chilcotin is the only Museum in BC to focus on ranching and rodeo and honours both the cowboys of the past and the present. The Museum is home to the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame and has a special display area featuring photos,…

The Kaatza Historical Society was established in 1975 and opened the Kaatza Station Museum in the Town of Lake Cowichan in 1983. The Society collects, conserves, catalogues, researches, and interprets the history of the Cowichan Lake area, which…