Harsha Walia

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For the second event in CAG’s Timelines Talks, Harsha Walia will deliver a lecture that explores the legacies of displacement and dispossession that have shaped present-day "Vancouver."

Timelines Talks is a series of talks and conversations that invite open reflection on the future of “Vancouver.” Programmed as part of the gallery’s forthcoming Timelines project — which welcomes fifty artists, activists, community leaders, and other thinkers to speak to the social and cultural histories that have shaped the city over the past five decades — these talks look toward the questions set to shape the next fifty years.

### RSVP
This event is free; advanced registration is required. RSVP to secure your seat [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/timelines-talk-with-harsha-walia-tickets-754075097917).

### Accessibility
This event is held in a second-floor space, with elevator access from the parking garage and main floor. ASL interpretation will be provided. 

All attendees are asked to wear masks for this event. Disposable masks will be available at the door. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) for more information.

### Biography
Harsha Walia is a Punjabi Sikh writer and organizer who has been an unpaid organizer in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, abolitionist, and anti-colonial movements for the past two decades, including through grassroots collectives such as No One Is Illegal, Defenders of the Land, and Anti-Capitalist Convergence. Her day gig is in an anti-violence service provider organization supporting survivors of gender-based violence. She is the award-winning author of Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021) and Undoing Border Imperialism (2013), and co-author of Never Home: Legislating Discrimination in Canadian Immigration as well as Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

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Timelines Talk

Lindsay McIntyre

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One Saturday each month, CAG invites a guest host to lead walkthroughs of our current exhibitions, offering their insights and response to the works on view. In November, we welcome Lindsay McIntyre to speak on the work of Trinh T. Minh-ha.

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

### Biography
Lindsay McIntyre is a filmmaker and artist of Inuit and settler descent with a process-based analogue practice. Her short documentaries, animations and experimental films engage with themes of portraiture, place and personal histories. With a strong interest in DIY, alternative processes, analogue technologies, and making things more difficult, she also creates expanded cinema performances and sometimes makes her own handmade emulsion for 16mm film. She has been honoured with the REVEAL Indigenous Art Award, received the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for Excellence in Media Arts from the Canada Council for the Arts and her personal documentary Her Silent Life won Best Experimental Film at imagineNATIVE. Having made over 45 short films, she is working on her first feature The Words We Can’t Speak (in development), which won the 2021 WIDC Feature Film Award. She is an Associate Professor of Film + Screen Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on unceded Coast Salish territories.

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Lindsay McIntyre on Trinh T. Minh-ha

CANCELLED: Saturday Session

Vanessa Richards

Khelsilem

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CAG is pleased to welcome Khelsilem and Vanessa Richards to present “Legends of Vancouver,” the first event in the gallery’s Timelines Talks series. 

The history of Vancouver shapes the future of Vancouver. First called Granville, but popularly known as Gastown, then officially Vancouver, this city has a significant history, especially from the perspective of the Squamish People who have called this area home for thousands of years. Join Indigenous community leader Khelsilem from the Squamish Nation with transdisciplinary artist and facilitator Vanessa Richards in a fireside chat to reflect on the stories of Vancouver’s history, including legendary people and places. Khelsilem will share stories handed down or researched by them over the years in a reflection of what history means for the future of Vancouver.

Timelines Talks is a series of talks and conversations that invite open reflection on the future of “Vancouver.” Programmed as part of the gallery’s forthcoming Timelines project — which welcomes fifty artists, activists, community leaders, and other thinkers to speak to the social and cultural histories that have shaped the city over the past five decades — these talks look toward the questions set to shape the next fifty years.

### RSVP
This event is free; advanced registration is required. RSVP to secure your seat [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/timelines-talk-with-khelsilem-tickets-754066111037)

### Accessibility
This event is held in a ground floor space with a wheelchair-accessible entrance/exit. There are no stairs or steps to navigate the venue. ASL interpretation will be provided. 

All attendees are asked to wear masks for this event. Disposable masks will be available at the door. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) for more information.

### Biography
Khelsilem is a prominent Indigenous leader and current Chairperson of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). First elected to Council in 2017, Chairperson Khelsilem was an official Spokesperson and active in leading work on various projects and initiatives, including developing an affordable housing not-for-profit that is building 1,000 units of subsidized affordable homes and the 6,000-market apartment development at his Nation’s Sen̓áḵw lands, the largest Indigenous housing development in Canadian history. Chairperson Khelsilem’s lifelong work has focused on progressive social change, including climate justice, social democracy and gender equity. Chairperson Khelsilem brought this passion for change when he became leader of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) in 2021. Chairperson Khelsilem has been a strong advocate for democratic reform, good governance, and policy change that addresses the material needs & conditions of his people.

[Vanessa Richards](www.vanessarichards.com) works as a transdisciplinary artist and facilitator. She brings this practice to her work in education, social enterprise, and culture moving in solidarity towards a just, joyful and liberated life for a right-relationship with each other and the living Earth. 

Portraits of Khelsilem and Vanessa Richards

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Khelsilem & Vanessa Richards

Timelines Talk 

Sidney Gordon

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Open Studio is a monthly program for young visitors and families inspired by contemporary art practices and CAG’s current exhibitions. In November, we invite you to join us for an art-making workshop led by artist Sidney Gordon.

Inspired by CAG’s current exhibition *Lotus L. Kang: In Cascades*, participants will learn how to make lumen prints through a cameraless process with photo-sensitive materials. Throughout the course of the session, participants will use their body, shadows and light in and around the gallery to capture passages of time and place.

### RSVP
Registration for this event is free, but limited. A number of spots are reserved for families. RSVP to secure your place [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-studio-place-based-lumen-printing-with-sidney-gordon-tickets-718047197497?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl).

### Biography
Sidney Gordon (they/them) is a queer artist and cultural worker, born and raised on Treaty 4 territory. They hold a BMA in Film + Screen Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in so-called “Vancouver”, where they have lived and worked since 2018. The main focus of their film work is creating experiential embodiment, often portraying and deriving from personal subconscious experiences, while their cameraless photographic practice focuses on questioning authorship through ecological co-creation. They are co-founder and curator of XINEMA, a local experimental film series and a member of the artist run space and collective Liquidation World. 

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

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Place-based Lumen Printing with Sidney Gordon

Open Studio

Join CAG’s Executive Director Matthew Hyland for a walkthrough of the current exhibitions.

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

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with Matthew Hyland

Curatorial Tour

Astrida Neimanis

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Alongside Lotus L. Kang's exhibition *In Cascades*, we are pleased to welcome Astrida Neimanis to deliver a talk titled "Holdfast (Learning Feeling)."

In a time of extinction and climate catastrophe, how are we to feel? Feeling intensifies, but also wavers. Feeling’s temporal container pulses, its membrane now more porous: the past seeps in, the future jumps the gun. Feeling anything swims in a feeling for what once was, and is burdened by a feeling for what will or will not remain tomorrow. Meditating on various instances of multispecies contact, this talk examines the curious relationships between language and feeling, presence and absence, solid ground and untethered at sea.

### RSVP
This event is free; advanced registration is encouraged. RSVP to secure your seat [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/talk-astrida-neimanis-holdfast-learning-feeling-tickets-732454881267?aff=oddtdtcreator).

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### Biography
Astrida Neimanis writes at the intersection of feminism and environmental change, with a focus on weather, water, and bodies. Often in collaboration with artists, scientists, poets, and various communities, their current projects explore the biodiversity of gender and how climate change feels. They currently live and work on unceded syilx territories, where they are Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Feminist Environmental Humanities at UBC Okanagan, and Director of the FEELed Lab.

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Astrida Neimanis, "Holdfast (Learning Feeling)"

Talk

Coco Zhou

One Saturday each month, CAG invites a guest host to lead walkthroughs of our current exhibitions, offering their insights and response to the works on view. In October, we welcome Coco Zhou to speak on the work of Lotus L. Kang. 

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

### Biography
Coco Zhou is a writer and cultural worker living on the unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. She comes to these lands via Shenzhen, China. The affective intensity of being located in broader historical patterns, and the ellipses, gap, and singularities within their lines of continuity, compel much of her thinking and writing. She was awarded the Canadian Art editorial residency in 2021 and holds an MA in Decorative Arts, Design History and Material Culture from Bard Graduate Center.

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Coco Zhou on Lotus L. Kang

Saturday Session

Kyla Gilbert

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Open Studio is a monthly program for young visitors and families inspired by contemporary art practices and CAG’s current exhibitions. In October, we invite you to join us for an art-making workshop led by artist Kyla Gilbert.

Inspired by CAG’s current exhibition *Lotus L. Kang: In Cascades*, attendees will be introduced to the casting technique known as bas-relief. Throughout this workshop, Kyla will guide participants in working with a range of botanicals and vegetables to create a “still life” composition. By embedding these organic materials into clay, each participant will craft their own unique plaster cast tile. Alongside learning about bas-relief casting, participants will also get the opportunity to be introduced to a variety of other casting methods.

### RSVP
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### Biography
Kyla Gilbert is a visual artist based out of Vancouver BC on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She graduated with a BFA in performance from Concordia University in 2017 and spent the two subsequent years touring as a puppeteer with DJ Kid Koala. Her current practice revolves around intuitive encounters with materials. As a former puppeteer and performer, she approaches her process as a site for improvisation that results in the creation of objects full of discrepancy, juxtaposition, awkwardness, and joy. Kyla completed her MFA in Studio Art from Emily Carr University in spring of 2022.

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

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Still Life Casting with Kyla Gilbert

Past Talks & Events

Upcoming Talks & Events

Justine A. Chambers

Vanessa Kwan

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In the third and final installment of Timelines Talks, artists and cultural workers Justine A. Chambers and Vanessa Kwan will present *crying at work (a score for the future)*, a dialogue that considers how we might adapt to, address, embrace, and inhabit the future ahead. 

Timelines Talks is a series of talks and conversations that invite open reflection on the future of “Vancouver.” Programmed as part of the gallery’s forthcoming Timelines project — which welcomes fifty artists, activists, community leaders, and other thinkers to speak to the social and cultural histories that have shaped the city over the past five decades — these talks look toward the questions set to shape the next fifty years.

### RSVP
This event is free; advanced registration is required. RSVP to secure your seat [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/timelines-talk-with-justine-a-chambers-and-vanessa-kwan-tickets-754078377727)

### Accessibility
This event is held in a second-floor space; there are twenty-six stairs, with a landing and turn after the first eleven stairs. ASL interpretation will be provided on-site. A high-quality livestream of the event with CART captioning will also be available [here](https://vimeo.com/event/3865069).

All attendees are asked to wear masks for this event. Disposable masks will be available at the door. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) for more information.

### Biographies
Justine A. Chambers is an artist and educator living and working on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Her movement based practice considers how choreography can be an empathic practice rooted in collaborative creation, close observation, and the body as a site of a cumulative embodied archive. Privileging what is felt over what is seen, she works with dances that are already there – the choreographies present in the everyday. Her work has been hosted by galleries, theatres and festivals locally, nationally and internationally. She is Max Tyler-Hite’s mother.

Vanessa Kwan is an artist, producer, and curator with a focus on collaborative, site-specific and cross-disciplinary practices. They are currently Director + Curator, Gallery and Exhibitions at Emily Carr University on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories (Vancouver, Canada). They have worked in artistic leadership roles since 2003, contributing to organizations such as grunt gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, Access Gallery, Powell Street Festival and Out On Screen. They regularly write, speak and publish on art and culture, and since 2017 have been producing residency projects across the Pacific Rim (Vancouver, Seoul, Melbourne and Sydney) exploring artist-led creative exchange.


Portraits of Justine A. Chambers and Vanessa Kwan

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Justine A. Chambers & Vanessa Kwan

Discussions, workshops and more

Upcoming Talks & Events

Past Talks & Events