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Welcome to the Art-BC.com blog, your gateway to exploring the arts and culture that defines British Columbia. Our province, nestled on Canada’s Pacific coast, is a mosaic of diverse communities, each contributing uniquely to BC’s vibrant cultural landscape.
Discover BC’s Creative Communities
From bustling urban centres to serene rural locales, BC is home to a multitude of creative communities renowned for their thriving arts scenes and cultural events. Whether it’s through diverse festivals, engaging workshops, art exhibitions, music and theatrical performances, or international film and culinary events, there’s always something to inspire and explore.
Cultural Road Trips
Embarking on a road trip through BC offers an immersive experience into its diverse cultural and artistic heritage. The province boasts a variety of scenic routes that not only highlight its natural beauty but also its rich cultural offerings. Travelers can explore the unique cultural footprint of BC’s Creative Communities at numerous art galleries, cultural centres, and heritage sites along routes throughout the distinctive regions.
Meet Our Culture Makers
At Art-BC.com, we take pride in connecting culture seekers with culture makers, spotlighting the individuals and groups who breathe life into our province’s cultural scene. Our members include artists, performers, and cultural ambassadors whose stories and work inspire and connect communities across the province. Through our blog, we aim to foster a deeper appreciation for the creative cultural spirit that thrives in BC. Happy reading!
 
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Squamish Art Scene: Galleries, Museums, and Cultural Destinations

January 16, 2026 No Comments

The Squamish art scene celebrates artistic expression through industrial heritage museums, contemporary galleries, outdoor public art, and vibrant festivals that

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Squamish Art Scene: Galleries, Museums, and Cultural Destinations

January 16, 2026 No Comments
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Cowichan Valley Arts Council, Duncan

Arts Councils and Cultural Centres on Vancouver Island

January 9, 2026 No Comments
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Fort St. John Arts Council, Fort St. John

Northern BC and Haida Gwaii Arts Councils and Cultural Centres to Visit

January 2, 2026 No Comments
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Anvil Centre, New Westminster

Art Galleries of Vancouver and the Coastal Mountains: Community Art Spaces & Cultural Centres

December 29, 2025 No Comments
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Shipyards Christmas Market, Lower Lonsdale

Christmas Markets in North Vancouver: Festive Holiday Shopping & Events

December 18, 2025 No Comments
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Haida Heritage Centre, Haida Gwaii

Explore Museums and Heritage Sites in Northern BC: Cultural Treasures of Canada’s Northwest

December 12, 2025 No Comments
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Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000 | Chinese Canadian Museum

Chinese Canadian Museum
Vancouver
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May 28, 2025
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July 19, 2026
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Welcome to Dream Factory — where pop stardom, migration, and music history collide. This bold, genre-defining exhibition celebrates the golden age of Cantopop and Mandopop — the iconic sounds that took Asia by storm and sparked a global music revolution. On view from May 28, 2025 at the Chinese Canadian Museum, Dream Factory dives into two unforgettable decades of pop — from idol fandoms Read more...
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To Be Something More | Kelowna Art Gallery

Kelowna Art Gallery
Kelowna
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August 23, 2025
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February 1, 2026
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To Be Something More marks the latest chapter in Sandeep Johal’s ongoing exploration of women’s resilience. Through painting, collage, textiles, and a large-scale immersive mural, Johal uses her signature Indo-folk feminine aesthetic to confront the harsh realities of the female experience while infusing her work with vibrant colour, joy, and beauty. This new body of work celebrates the strength, endurance, and Read more...
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Upcoming Events | Tourism Nanaimo

Tourism Nanaimo
Nanaimo
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October 1, 2025
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May 29, 2026
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Embrace the eclectic energy of Nanaimo at our Bathtub Races, a thrilling tribute to our marine heritage, or get lost in the magic of our Lantern Festival, join the city in colour for our Pride Festival, Jazz fest and more. Every season brings something new and exciting, ensuring that no two visits to Nanaimo are ever the same. Here’re Upcoming Read more...
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Geoffrey Farmer: Phantom Scripts | Audain Art Museum

Audain Art Museum
Whistler
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October 2, 2025
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February 2, 2026
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Phantom Scripts revisits three works by Geoffrey Farmer from the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection — Vampire Archive, November 22, 1974(2010 – 2025), The Politics of Appearing(2012 – 2025), The Good Sweeper (2017 – 2025)— reframing them through newly composed scripts, annotations, and didactic texts authored by the artist. The texts function as interjections — speculative, contextual, poetic — that Read more...
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Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama | Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
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October 3, 2025
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February 22, 2026
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“In looking back, I think the best work I did was of the people.” —Tamio Wakayama Enemy Alien is the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama. His career, spanning over fifty years, began with his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States. Wakayama documented many of the social justice movements Read more...
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Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border | The Reach Gallery

The Reach Gallery Museum
Abbotsford
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October 8, 2025
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May 30, 2026
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Canada and the United States have immense powers over people and legal rights. Yet they are not the first or only nations in these lands. What do we really know about the history of the 49th parallel? How was it visualized and carved into the landscape over a century and a half ago? What perspectives are lost when we look Read more...
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Beautifully Broken

Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Burnaby
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October 14, 2025
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February 21, 2026
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Beautifully Broken – Kintsugi by Naoko Fukumaru Oct 14, 2025 – Feb 21, 2026 TUE-SAT 10AM-5PM admission by donation Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC Kintsugi, the Japanese art of “golden joinery,” is a 500-year-old tradition of repairing broken ceramics with natural Urushi lacquer and powdered gold. Rather than disguising damage, it highlights it—honoring imperfection Read more...
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ORE & ORCAS | Britannia Mine Museum

Britannia Mine Museum
Britannia Beach
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October 20, 2025
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February 28, 2026
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October 20, 2025- February 28, 2026. After exploring the underground and the award-winning BOOM! show, you can journey to the Terra Lab to explore this dynamic temporary exhibit. Explore how copper contamination impacted the marine food chain from plankton to predators, and learn how remediation efforts now protect this ecosystem. This unique display includes specimens from the Howe Sound ecosystem, Read more...
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