Events at: Belkin Art Gallery

UBC Outdoor Art Collection: Decolonization Tour

The Decolonization Tour highlights site-specific artworks by Indigenous artists and raises questions around issues of place, space and identity. Considering how these works address urgent social and political concerns, we’ll discuss ideas of settler colonialism, decolonization, reconciliation and the history of UBC’s Vancouver campus, which is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

Aporia (Notes to a Medium)

“Aporia (Notes to a Medium)” explores the entanglement of history, mythology, and wishful thinking across various media, particularly in a time of collapsing faith in institutions and rising binarization. The exhibition challenges the certainty of truth’s material and immaterial forms through works that navigate systems of belief and perception. Artists like Elizabeth Zvonar and Mark Lewis deconstruct representations, while Dani Gal’s installation questions the stability of meaning in images and texts. The exhibition also delves into social practices, memory’s materiality, and architectures of transformation. Curated by Melanie O’Brian, “Aporia” engages with doubt as a nuanced strength in contemporary art, inviting critical reflection on constructed realities and their implications for power dynamics. Supported by various organizations, the exhibition is part of the 2024 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program.

Conversation: Materials and Methods with Olivia Michiko Gagnon, Coleman Nye and Laurie White

Join Olivia Michiko Gagnon and Coleman Nye in a discussion moderated by Laurie White as they explore their responses to the exhibition “Carole Itter: Only when I’m hauling water do I wonder if I’m getting any stronger.” The conversation will delve into the performative, feminist, and ecological aspects of Itter’s art, focusing on her use of found materials, text, language, and choreography to activate space. The talk will be audio-recorded and accessible online, with free admission for all interested participants.

UBC Contemporary Players: Concert at the Belkin

FREE! Afternoon Concert | Dec 6, 2 – 3pm Belkin Gallery – Free admission  The UBC Contemporary Players present an exciting program of collaborative works created in response the Belkin Gallery’s current exhibition, of artist Carole Itter’s works: “Only when I’m Hauling Water do I wonder if I’m getting any Stronger” The concert features music […]

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2024

Each spring, art communities around the world come together to help correct Wikipedia’s gender biases and improve the content of under-represented persons on the tenth-most-visited site on the Internet. This year, we’ll be #EditingAF at the Belkin throughout the day on Tuesday, March 12 – come for an hour or stay for several. Bring your […]