Art Party

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*Please note that Premium Tickets are now SOLD OUT!

Dress to thrill and join us for an incredible evening as we transform the Gallery into  a multi-sensory delight! 

The Vancouver Art Gallery is proud to announce our first big public party in years. Art Party transforms the Gallery into a multi-sensory delight, and the place to be this spring. The theme is Fashion Fictions, as a nod to our major spring exhibition of the same name.   

Walk down our red carpet in your most fashion forward look and enjoy an evening of dancing, cocktails, performances, DJ sets, live models featuring the brilliant work of Indigenous fashion designers, and much more.  

See Fashion Fictions before it opens to the public and enjoy our other featured exhibitions including Shary Boyle’s Outside the Palace of Me, which reimagines the gallery as a collective performance space. 

 

SCHEDULE

 

7 PM: Rooftop Lounge opens for Premium ticket holders

7:30 PM: Early event accessfor Members

8 PM: Doors open for Standard ticket holders

9:30 PM: Last call for event entry

11 PM: Event concludes

 

TICKET PRICES

 

Members | $35
Members’ guests must purchase a Standard ticket for entry.

Perks

• Early access
• One complimentary drink

Standard | $50

Perks

• Access to all exhibitions
• One complimentary drink

Premium | $150

Perks

• Skip the party line-up
• Two complimentary drinks
• Access to the Rooftop Lounge with food, live performance and more

YOUR EVENING AT A GLANCE | PROGRAM SCHEDULE

 

Red Carpet with Toddy

Walk the red carpet and chat with our host Toddy who will be interviewing guests as they enter the Gallery!

Toddy is a high energy drag performer, comedian, and musician. They are the season 1 winner of the drag competition series Call Me Mother on OutTV. Trained as an opera singer, Toddy strives to find new ways to mix classical music with pop culture.

Fashioning Indigenous Design

As you make your way through the Gallery, encounter the art of freeze modelling and observe incredible pieces by featured designers Orlando Dugi and Himikalas Pamela Baker!  This is an opportunity to see Dugi’s intricate tambour beading and embroidery, and Baker’s family pole dresses. Artistic direction by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe.

GOOD MEDICINE

Good Medicine showcases the strength, elegance, and innovation of Indigenous fashion across Turtle Island. Join us for an evening of wearable culture, curated by Joleen Mitton of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week and featuring designers Yolonda Skelton and Corey Bulpitt, as we explore what it means to cultivate “Good Medicine” in fashion, life, and with each other.