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By David Campany

a Handful of Dust: from the Cosmic to the Domestic offers a rare opportunity to view a remarkable diversity of photographs from the last 100 years, that examines dust and debris as an indicator of time, action, and consequence of the 20th century. Featuring more than 30 artists and photographers, including John Divola, Marcel Duchamp, Walker Evans, Mona Kuhn, Man Ray, Gerhard Richter, Sophie Ristelhueber, Aaron Siskind, Shomei Tomatsu, Jeff Wall, and Nick Waplington alongside magazine spreads, press photos, postcards, and film clips.

Image: Photographer unknown, The Library of Holland House Library, Kensington, London, after air raid, 1940

This exhibit explores the design process of transportation on the North Shore. Original illustrations, models and archival photographs on view at the Archives in Lynn Valley, 3203 Institute Road.
Open Thursday & Friday 12-5pm and Saturdays 10-5pm.

Chester Fields is The Polygon Gallery’s teen outreach program. Every year, the gallery invites teens from across the Lower Mainland to create an original work of photographic art in response to a unique theme. Inspired by the current exhibition a Handful of Dust, this year’s theme Something In My Eye, challenges artists to think close to the camera’s lens and to experiment with ways of interrupting or changing the lens’s ability to view and capture its photographic subject.

The submissions were juried by Peppa Martin, curator and director of Truth and Beauty Gallery; Ian McGuffie, award-winning photographer and Head of Digital Photography at VanArts; and Birthe Piontek, acclaimed artist and faculty member at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

The finalists of the 2019 Chester Fields Program are featured in an exhibition at The Polygon Gallery from April 6-21.

Please note: The exhibition will be closed on Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17 for a private event.

The Polygon Gallery app features more content about this program including the theme, a closer look at the artists involved in a Handful of Dust for inspiration, the jury, and finalists. The app is free to download from the Apple Store and Google Play. From within the app, visit the menu and select “Chester Fields” from the Audio and More section. Produced in conjunction with the 2019 Capture Photography Festival

Image: Donovan Galsco, Division, 2019

The North Van Arts International Film Series is presented by North Van Arts in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival. Throughout the year a series of TIFF selections are screened at Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas for special one-night-only viewings. Established in 2003, the film series acts as a platform for unique cinematic experience, spotlighting quality Canadian, independent and foreign films. 

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation Basketball: Photographs by Alana Paterson opens at The Polygon Gallery Saturday, April 13, produced in partnership with the Capture Photography Festival.

Over the past few years, BC-based photojournalist Alana Paterson has become deeply invested in issues of gender inequality and women’s civil liberties. Paterson’s recent works focus on women’s empowerment through sport, particularly young women at the beginning of their careers. Currently, women represent only 7% of sportspeople seen, heard, or read about in the media, and only 4% of sports coverage focuses primarily on women. Paterson’s images shed light on this disparity while celebrating women’s strength and resilience in a male-dominated field.

For her most recent project, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation Basketball (2018), Paterson was invited to shoot the young women’s half of the Junior All Native Basketball Tournament (JANT), held in Vancouver in 2018. The tournament is made up of over 83 teams from 50 nations. JANT serves to empower its team members and reinforce that they are strong, resilient young people and talented athletes.

After working closely with the team over the past year, the artist has captured each team member’s energy, portraying them as direct, playful and fierce. Paterson’s images work to empower young Indigenous women, in light of the dark history of colonization and continuing racism. The project both captures a visual identity of Indigenous women through sport and revitalizes the sense of strength, perseverance, and passion for which Indigenous “Warrior Women” are renowned.

Images from Paterson’s series will also be on view at the Stadium-Chinatown Station on the Skytrain in Vancouver as part of the Capture Photography Festival, until 2020.

Image: Alana Paterson, from the series Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation Basketball , 2019

Come crack the Easter Bunny’s riddles at Park Royal from April 19th – April 22nd.

Pick up a ballot at either Park Royal South Centre Court, one of our participating retailers, or by printing off this soft copy form and complete our Easter Hop Scavenger Hunt. Full list of prizes available here.

For the past half a century, the Easter weekend has marked the date of one of the largest events for Pacific Northwest sailing. The Southern Straits Classic Race, hosted by the West Vancouver Yacht Club, offers sailors the unique opportunity to compete in an overnight distance race around Georgia Strait.

Now offering five different course length options, “Straits” provides a weekend of sailing to suit every experience. 2019 will mark the 51st running for this historic race and we are expecting over 100 boats (that’s over 800 sailors) to be on the Start Line jostling for position.  Bring your camera!

Each year, the Race starts off Dundarave Pier at the bottom of 25th Street in West Vancouver with a family friendly festival-type atmosphere that offers those on the shore the opportunity to view the competitors up close as boats come within 50 feet of the Pier. Typically a crowd of several hundred people gather to see the Fleet off in conjunction with a Lions Pancake Breakfast, the West Vancouver Pops Band, Sponsor displays and of course, the much anticipated visit from the Easter Bunny.

Activities start on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 9:00 AM. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our annual Easter festivities are a great way to spend time with family. Enjoy a buffet brunch featuring delicious options for all ages plus an exciting Easter Egg Hunt led by the Easter Bunny!

The Easter Bunny and the Market’s annual Easter egg hunt are back! Come and discover the different vendors on the Retail Level while collecting Easter eggs on Sunday, April 21st.

The Easter egg hunt registration will start at 10AM at Easter Headquarters, located by the Cheshire Cheese Restaurant. Children can search for different coloured Easter eggs at Retail Level stores. Once five eggs are collected, they can redeem them for a treat bag! Treat bags will include goodies from Perform Art Studios and Cobs Bread (while supplies last).

The Market will also be offering Easter crafts, face painting and balloon twisting by the kids play area from 11AM to 3PM. Join us for an Easter Sunday filled with fun and family friendly activities!

Detailed Schedule:

10:00AM – 11:00AM       Easter Egg Hunt*

11:00AM – 3:00PM          Easter crafts & Face painting ($)
11:00AM – 12:00PM        Easter Bunny visit

*While supplies last

The Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier is looking forward to welcoming you to the Easter Brunch Buffet on Sunday, April 21, 2019 between 11:00am to 2:00pm. Seating anytime starting 11:00am to 12:00pm. The event will be held at the Pinnacle Ballroom located on the Ballroom level of the hotel.

Adult – $58

Child (6-12 years old) – $28

Child under 6 – $5

Come join the Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club for their annual Easter Egg Hunt at John Lawson Park. The hunt is at 11 a.m. sharp—don’t be late or you’ll miss out on all the fun!

Spring skiing and riding…is there anything more fun? Yes, yes there is – it’s the 2019 Slush Cup! Join us as competitors, attired in their most ridiculous costume, attempt to cross a pool of slush on their skis or board. We have great prizes for participants from our sponsors, but the cheering crowd is the best prize of all! For onlookers in the “splash zone”, bring your positive vibes and lively support to encourage the best performances from all participants.

Join us for our annual FREE family Easter Egg Hunt at Viewlynn Park. There will be prizes, plenty of eggs to find and lots of family fun including face painting, balloon twisting and even a visit from the Easter bunny!

Get crafty and up-cycle this Earth Day! The Market will be hosting a fun Kids Craft workshop with Recycle Doctor where the little ones can bring in their egg cartons and recycle them into fun garlands, flowers, animals and more! Join them on by the Kid’s Play Area on the Retail Level!

Fall For Local™returns to North Vancouver for their annual Spring Market! Fall For Local™ is a one-of-kind shop local event, that prides itself on curating high quality modern pop-up ft. independent brands.

Coast Outdoors and Deep Cove Kayak Centre are offering a 2 day Sea Kayaking Workshop in beautiful Deep Cove BC  one of the most scenic spots in the lower mainland.

What you will be experiencing from our highly experienced instructors,  4 Kayak sessions with a coach/instructor (Saturday 2 x 3 hr sessions & Sunday 2 x 3 hr sessions) & Dinner Saturday night. The goal of the workshop is to gain new skills or to develop old skills to increase your ability to be confident while sea kayaking and to meet new people and to have fun while kayaking in beautiful Deep Cove BC.

Internationally known, LA-based artist Mona Kuhn is best known for her large-scale, atmospheric photographs of the human form. In this talk, Kuhn discusses her work included in The Polygon Gallery’s a Handful of Dust exhibition, as well as her latest artist book She Disappeared into Complete Silence (Steidl, 2019). Photographed at a golden modernist structure on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, the series carefully balances architectural lines, light reflections, and a single figure against the backdrop of the Californian desert.

Mona Kuhn (b. 1969, São Paulo, Brazil) earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before studying at the San Francisco Art Institute.  She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Six monographs of Kuhn’s work have been published with Steidl, and her latest publication, Bushes and Succulents (Stanley Barker Editions), will debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, France. Her photographs have been exhibited at the Louvre Museum, Paris; Whitechapel Gallery, London; and the Leopold Museum, Vienna, and are held in major collections worldwide.

Kuhn’s talk will be followed by a book signing with the artist.

This event is organized in partnership with the 2019 Capture Photography Festival.

Image: Mona Kuhn, Ruins in Reverse, 2012 (detail)