July 2, 2021 @ 9:30 am - August 13, 2021 @ 12:00 pm Morada do Caboclo – Photography Exhibition Consulate General of Brazil in Vancouver 1111 Melville St #1050, Vancouver, BC This photography exhibition in partnership with the Consulate of Brazil in Vancouver is open to all, but RSVP is needed. Please email cg.vancouver@itamaraty.gov.br advising the date and time of your visit. The Consulate is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 12 pm (noon). The photographic essay Morada do Caboclo proposes a reflection on the […] Free
August 28, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sound & Colour: Let’s Make Art Together Victoria Park 1425 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC Drum Circle and Screen Printing at Victoria Park (1425 Victoria Drive, Vancouver). Join us with your children for a morning of music and art where YOU will be the artists! Together, we will be exploring the infinite and rhythmic potential of recyclable materials. Israel (Toto) Berriel will facilitate this drum circle designed for families to […]
September 11, 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm ATACAMA Book Launch – A novel by Carmen Rodríguez University of British Columbia's Downtown Campus University of British Columbia's Downtown Campus, Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, room C680-HSBC Hall, Vancouver, B.C. Join us for the book launch of ATACAMA, Carmen Rodríguez's new novel! Doors will open at 1:30 and Carmen will read from the book starting at 2:00 p.m. Her reading will be followed by a Q&A period and a book signing session. The entire program will be complemented by Hugo Guzmán's and Aldo Araya's beautiful […]
September 29, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Art Talk – Exiles: Latin American Artists in the Diaspora Online The Art Talk is back! Joins us on Zoom on September 29th. The reasons for Latin American artists fleeing their birth homes are many: personal, political, ideological or even artistic. It is due to this movement of people that artists not only broadened their artistic horizons but also embraced the Latin American experience in a […]
October 12, 2021 @ 6:00 am - 7:30 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | October Vancouver, B.C. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom this October 12th! VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with UBC’s Latin American Studies program, a reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. On October 12th, Tamara Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Spanish at the University of British Columbia, will present […]
October 21, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Alex Cuba: Streaming Live from The Orpheum Vancouver, B.C. In honour of Latin American Heritage Month, The Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC) is thrilled to present Alex Cuba: Streaming Live from The Orpheum. On October 21st at 8 pm PDT, Cuban-Canadian musician Alex Cuba will delight with a scintillating performance of Afro-Cuban jazz and pop. Viewers across Canada and around the world can […]
October 27, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Art Talk: (SUR)Realisms – Surrealism in Latin America? Vancouver, B.C. (SUR)Realisms – Surrealism in Latin America? This month's Art Talk will explore some artists in the region who have been traditionally categorized as Surrealists. Can Latin American art be considered Surrealist? What are the risks of using this category? Grouping fantasies and cosmologies of these artists under a European category might forcefully reduce autochthonous expressions […]
November 4, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm TRASIEGO: An Installation by Dafne Blanco-Sarlay and Carmen Rodríguez Marpole Neighbourhood House 8585 Hudson Street, Vancouver, B.C. TRASIEGO: The Multiple Voices and Languages of Uprooting and Re-rooting Come to the launch of Trasiego, an installation by Visual Artist Dafne Blanco-Sarlay and Writer Carmen Rodríguez. The artists will be in attendance and, following a brief presentation, they will be pleased to answer your questions. Thursday, November 4th, 5:30pm Marpole Neighbourhood House: 8585 Hudson […]
November 9, 2021 @ 6:00 am - 7:30 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | November Vancouver, B.C. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom this November 9th! VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with UBC’s Latin American Studies program, a reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. On November 9th, Jon Beasley-Murray, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of British […]
November 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm ART TALK | DIASPORAS – Latin American Artists in Canada Vancouver, B.C. Join us on November 24th for another exciting visual arts talk. To what degree are the practices of contemporary artists born in Latin American soil altered once they decide to live overseas? For the final talk of the year, Jairo Salazar will explore selected works by Vancouver-based artists Guadalupe Martinez (Argentina), Carlos Colin (Mexico), and […]
December 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Open Doors to Art: Live interview and Studio Visit with Josema Zamorano Online Do you ever wonder what an artist studio looks like? What type of art Latin Americans are making today? In partnership with Curated Tastes, VLACC has made a selection of Latin American artists in Canada and the spaces that represent them. These artists are opening their doors for us to experience the joys of visiting […]
December 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | December The Greenhouse Studio 1885 Venables St, Vancouver, British Columbia VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with the Consulate General of Brazil, this special edition of our Latin American Short Stories Reading Group. This event is open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. On December14th, Pedro L. dos Santos, instructor of Portuguese at UBC and Ph.D. Candidate in the […]
