After Wrappers
Artists: Big Rock Candy Mountain
May 3rd to July 13th, 2025
Big Rock Candy Mountain is an artist-run flavor incubator and taste-making think-tank between Hannah Jickling, Reed H. Reed, a variety of guest artists, and elementary school students.
“The artworks in this exhibition are the result of dynamic collaborations between artists and elementary school students. What a great way to celebrate our 2025 inquiry “How can we play together?” -Curator, Jesse Birch
After Wrappers is an exhibition by Big Rock Candy Mountain that features new installations of previous projects along with new creative experiments, and educational programs. Projects featured in the exhibition include sculptures, video, prints, and edible objects. SOUR VS SOUR is a chocolate bar developed with Grade 3 and 4 students at Queen Alexandra Elementary School in East Vancouver, that combines fine dark chocolate from East Van Roasters, with the flavour preferences of the kids. The title of the exhibition was taken from After Wrappers, a collaboration with Grade 5 and 6 students from Hätrʼunohtän zho/Robert Service School in Dawson City, Yukon, in which the participants designed glass bottle shapes and a soda flavour concept. The artists commissioned glass blower Jesse Bromm to bring these unconventionally shaped bottle designs to life and the results are on display along with collagraphs and monoprints created from street and school ground refuse. The SOUR VS SOUR chocolate bars will be present in the gallery and available for purchase in the Gallery Store.
Big Rock Candy Mountain produces edible editions, workshops, and installations with a focus on sensory experience. Schools become candy factories, where artists and children work together to critically riff on the cultural industries that address young people, and to create new tastes on our own terms.
Opening Reception: Friday May 2nd, 7 – 9 pm
All are welcome to join us for an evening of celebration to open After Wrappers. Experience the exhibition, enjoy refreshments including samples of the chocolate bar created for this exhibition, and try an activity in Art Lab. Local musician Elise Boulanger will be performing music after the welcome speeches and Nanaimo’s Arbutus Distillery has created a signature cocktail that will be available to purchase.
Free
Lunchtime Tours: Every Friday at noon from May 9th to July 11th
Register yourself or bring a group for a lunchtime tour of our current exhibition After Wrappers. Tours are led by a Gallery facilitator every Friday at noon through the run of the exhibition.
$5/Free for Members
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