NEW WORK Christian Kliegel, Ed Pien, and Alison MacTaggart January 20th – February 25th, 2012 Access has been a vital space for emerging artists for the past twenty years. In celebration of this, we’ve invited past artists to engage with works they originally presented at Access. Now well-known local, national, and international artists, Christian Kliegel,
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Groove is in the Art Annual Access Auction Extravaganza Friday February 17th, 8 – 11pm The Waterfall Building 1540 West 2nd Ave. $15 entry, Free for Members. A silent and live auction of works by over 40 locally, nationally, and internationally acclaimed artists! Highlight Auction Item: The return of the MALIBU A 1976 Chevy Malibu
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Access Gallery is pleased to present a series of roundtable discussions and a film club in conjunction with Tonik Wojtyra’s Paragraph of Possibility (November 5 – December 17, 2011). The roundtables are focussed on our dreams, possibilities for our “community” and are collegial conversations open to all. With each roundtable, emerging artist Malika Montague will
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Once it is a story it remains one or fades… ARTIST TALK and LONG TABLE DINNER (artists in attendance) Thursday October 20, 2011 Artist Talk: Free! Access Gallery invites you to an artist talk for Once it is a story it remains one or fades… with Kyla Mallett, Michael Markowsky, and Lyndl Hall. Following the talk,
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Come visit Access’ new space starting 9 Sept 2011! We are pleased to announce that effective 1 Sept 2011, Access Gallery relocated to 222 East Georgia St in historic Chinatown! A few steps from the world famous Phnom Penh Restaurant to fill any pre or post Access visit hunger.
Sweaty Bones: The Last Party @ 437 West Hastings August 26, 2011 (10pm) For a bit over a year Access has lived underground. For one last night we will embrace this dark, sweaty, and musty space through dancing, performances, and installation! GET SWEATY WITH US! /// WE’RE HERE TO LOSE IT! Please join us for the
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The Long Table Dinner is back! Wednesday June 22, 2011 $20 plus tax and gratuity On Wednesday June 22 members and donors of Access Gallery are invited to an artist talk and exhibition preview with artist-in-residence Elizabeth Milton. Following the talk, we will join the artist for a drink and a meal at the Irish
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Fundraiser Auction: Total Eclipse of the Art Friday, February 18, 2011 8PM $15 entry / Free for Members (Become a member!) Limited Edition of 30 Signed Posters by Brendan Fernandes You are invited to the 2011 Access Art Auction fundraiser! Please join us on Friday, February 18th for Total Eclipse of the Art, a memorable
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Osvaldo Yero: Passage Book Launch Friday, January 14th 6-8PM Burrow Closing Reception 8PM Access Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of the exhibition catalogue Passage on Friday, January 14th from 6-8pm. Published in collaboration with artist Osvaldo Yero and guest curator Charo Neville, the catalogue features an introduction by Neville and an essay by
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New Director/Curators Kim Nguyen & Shaun Dacey Back by popular demand, Access Gallery is hosting its second Long Table Dinner at the Irish Heather! Please join us on Thursday July 22nd at 8PM for a delicious meal and a drink. On this occasion, Access Gallery will say goodbye to Jesse Birch and Liz Park, former
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Terrestrial/Celestial: Artist Talk by Diane Borsato Sunday May 9th, 2pm Western Front Lux 303 E8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Access Gallery presents an artist talk by Sobey award nominated artist Diane Borsato at the Western Front Lux, 2pm Sunday May 9th. In Vancouver to complete a new project for Access Gallery’s summer exhibition, Field Work (June
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Come EAT! Holiday Feast! DRINK! mulled wine, hot apple cider with rum, and other libations! DANCE! to Weekend Leisure Club’s karaoke performance! BE MERRY! hang out at Artist-in-Residence Kate Sansom’s post-apocalyptic cocktail lounge! There will be music, Bad Santa, SURPRISE AUCTION, raffles for cool prizes! This holiday event honours and celebrates hard working artists,
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Happy Belated Birthday Charles! Regards, Wallace Jesse Garbe and Sean Coggins February 21 to April 4, 2009 Opens Friday February 20, 7pm Artist talk February 21, 4pm. “I will give a proof of my zeal: one day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand; then
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— Press Release — Please join us on Friday, February the 13th for AEXCESS: Access Gallery’s annual fundraising auction. For almost twenty years, Access Gallery has been committed to facilitating new and critically engaging work by Canadian and International visual artists with a strong emphasis on work by local, emerging artists. This history is reflected
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A holiday concert fundraiser featuring: Aileen Bryant Hello Blue Roses Rough Noble Kurtis Interruptis Friday December 12, 2008 7pm until 11pm and the backroom photo booth!
Manipulating Digital Documentation: The Basics, Facilitator: Peter Mintchev, November 6, 2008, 7-9 pm at Access, $25 members/ $40 non-members/ $15 membership Who Should Attend This workshop is aimed at artists with little to do no digital formatting experience, and/or those who have a mental block around digital formatting. The Workshop The workshop will discuss the
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Father Zosima Presents… Nate Wooley- Trumpet (NYC) Gust Burns- Tapes (Seattle) Friday, May 23rd, 8pm Access Artist Run Centre 206 Carrall St. By Donation Nate Wooley (b. 1974) grew up in a Finnish-American fishing village in Oregon. He has spent the rest of his life trying musically to find a way back to the peace
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Father Zosima Presents… Ken Roux & Pedal Decay Saturday, April 26, 8pm Access Artist Run Centre 206 Carrall Street By Donation Kenny Roux’s handmade, analogue electronics experiments reference an imagined folk history/future of electronic music, and enmesh the aural and the visual. His previous experiments include Speaker Switch Box, The New Suitcase, Tape for Two,
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Father Zosima Presents… Chandan Narayan Stefan Udell Friday, March 28, 8pm Access Artist Run CentreM 206 Carrall Street By Donation Chandan Narayan (Philadelphia) Autoharp Chandan Narayan improvises with the autoharp, a traditional American stringed instrument. He performs and records as part of the Philadelphia quintet, Benito Cereno, as well as the Vancouver trio, Glass Plates.
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Father Zosima Presents… Rachael Wadham & Robert Pedersen Ian Gregory James & David Grove Tuesday, February 26, 8pm Access Artist Run Centre 206 Carrall Street By Donation Ian Gregory James is a Vancouver based artist focused on sound recording and performance. Using home-made synthesizers and magnetic tape as sources, he crafts slowly unfolding drones that
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Documenting Your Artwork
Father Zosima Presents… Staked Plain Tuesday, November 27, 8pm Access Artist Run Centre 206 Carrall Street By Donatiion Staked Plain It all began in Edmonton Alberta back in 1993.. Formerly known as Pinokio, Lonley Orphan. The Band played various shows in the Vancouver and Northwest area throughout
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