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What is the role of an artist? | A conversation with Manuel Piña

Manuel Piña’s work invites us to rethink what art is, how it is diffused and what the role of an artist is. “Resisting cultural assimilation has become central to my practice and resulted in a very free (yet unresolved) relationship with images and mediums; the gallery and museum systems. As a teacher, I am interested […]

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 […]

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Verano de Colores [in Spanish]

Victoria Park 1425 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC

FREE event “Verano de colores” es un programa de dos eventos al aire libre a realizarse los sábados 10 y 24 de julio en el Victoria Park (1425 Victoria Dr., Vancouver) de 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. Las facilitadoras Ana Lorena Pérez (Ecuador) y María Helena Morales (Colombia) de Cacatúa Entertainment, nos estarán regalando una […]

Guided Exhibition Visit – Ari De La Mora’s Syncretism

The Beaumont Studios 2109 Alberta Street, Vancouver, BC

Exhibition visit  - Syncretism: New Works by Ari De La Mora Join us for this special visit to Ari de La Mora's new show. the artist and curator will be in attendance to give us an insight into this new body of work. Please RSVP and join us for a fun and enlightening Saturday afternoon. […]

Verano de Colores [in Spanish]

Victoria Park 1425 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC

FREE event “Verano de colores” es un programa de dos eventos al aire libre a realizarse los sábados 10 y 24 de julio en el Victoria Park (1425 Victoria Dr., Vancouver) de 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. Las facilitadoras Ana Lorena Pérez (Ecuador) y María Helena Morales (Colombia) de Cacatúa Entertainment, nos estarán regalando una […]

Argentine Art and Design from the 1960s

Join us on Thursday, July 29th, for this FREE online talk by Wustavo Quiroga, a designer, cultural manager, institutional advisor, and researcher from Argentina. He is the president of IDA Foundation (2013) in Buenos Aires. Quiroga will share his experience as the editor of the publication “Material Ideas. Argentine Art and Design in the 1960s.” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]