Arts - Visual
David Wilson Sookinakin: Pictograph Roots
10:00 am - Thu, Jan 9th, 2025 to Sat, Mar 8th, 2025at Vernon Public Art Gallery
Over the years, David Wilson Sookinakin has developed a signature style of paintings based on the traditional pictographs found on numerous locations throughout Syilx Nation Territory. Read more
Chrystal Phan: Once for a While
10:00 am - Thu, Jan 9th, 2025 to Wed, Mar 5th, 2025at Vernon Public Art Gallery
Chrystal Phan is a representational artist who integrates the Vietnamese-Canadian experience into narrative oil paintings to challenge the ways in which we imagine Canadian identity, drawing particular attention to how the reification of racial stereotypes in art and media can actually reinforce social divisions that prevent racialized people from ever feeling “Canadian”. Read more
Vernon & District Immigrant & Community Services Society Project: Home on Syilx Territory
10:00 am - Thu, Jan 9th, 2025 to Wed, Mar 5th, 2025at Vernon Public Art Gallery
The focus of the project was to introduce recent newcomers to visitor protocols of engagement with local Syilx First Nation people’s culture and the land itself. Read more