The Flats, the illustrious contemporary art district located near the base of Main, is throwing its third annual block party this Saturday, July 11.
From noon-5pm, renowned local galleries Burrard Arts Foundation, Equinox Gallery, Macaulay Fine Art, Monte Clark Gallery, and Winsor Gallery will play host local art collectors and art-goers as exhibitions are launched, artist talks are given, treats by Beta5 Chocolates are served, and art lovers are brought together to “celebrate the area’s growth and success as a cultural cornerstone.” The day’s events will conclude with a party at newly-opened Red Truck Brewery featuring music by The Trews, No Sinner, Rich Hope, and the Ice Cream Social DJs.
Organized by Winsor Gallery, block party highlights include “Towards a Fictional History of Colour,” a group exhibition featuring works by Ben Marvin, Eddy Hofbauer, Jacobo Zambrano, Jeff Hallbauer, Simone Jarvis, and Zoe Hodgson at Burrard Arts Foundation; “Day School,” an exhibition of new works by multidisciplinary artist Sonny Assu, including an artist talk at 1:00pm; a two-person exhibition by Garry Winogrand with Larry Clark, titled “Women are better than men. Not only have they survived, they do prevail” at Monte Clark Gallery; paintings by Attila Richard Lukacs and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun at Macaulay Fine Art; and vintage posters from the golden age of cinema at Chernoff Fine Art.
Meanwhile Winsor Gallery presents Concurrent, a group show of partnerships featuring Fiona Ackerman & Gregor Hiltner, Shelley Adler & Brent McIntosh, Paul Beliveau & Jean-Pierre Morin, Andy Dixon & Les Ramsay, Brian Howell & Gordon Smith, Vitaly Medvedovsky & Jay Senetchko, Luke Parnell & Adam Stenhouse, Gary Pearson & Katherine Pickering, and Ed Spence & Bryan Ryley. Featured artists give a talk at 3pm.
All gallery events are free of charge. Refreshments will be served.
Tickets for the Red Truck Parking Lot Concert Series are available online at RedTruck.brownpapertickets.com.
For complete list of participating galleries and businesses, and a map of the event, head to TheFlatsVancouver.tumblr.com.
