North Van Arts 50th Anniversary

Decades: A Retro Celebration

CityScape Community ArtSpace Saturday, September 14, 7pm-11pm A pop-up club and immersive visual art experience inspired by the past 50 years Celebrating 50 years of connecting and building community through art, this event was a journey through the last 5 decades with iconic food, drink, art and performance. The evening included: • a site-specific & video installation by Mieke Jay

Bray referencing 5 decades of historical and archival material • an assortment of iconic canapés revisiting the last 5 decades gastronomically by Served Catering • live music by Indigo Trio • premiere of poetry performance, “Ode to the Arts” by Andrew Warner • virtual reality experience by Museum of Virtual

Realities, inviting guests to walk through a virtual gallery and interact with the art • featuring Decades retro bar and lounge areas • silent auction with unique experiential items and more, available through our online auction portal - the online Decades Auction raised over $8500, helping support our special projects • playlist of hits from the past 5 decades

Thank you to all the Gala & Auction supporters:

Via Rail, Museum of Other Realities, Bridge Breweries, Bright Light Pictures/Q Production Group, Concealed Studio, Celebrity Lazer Clinic, Everything Wine, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Arts Whistler / Mo Douglas, Audain Art Museum, Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Cory Weeds, Centennial Theatre, Deep Cove Stage Society, North Vancouver Community Players, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Presentation House Theatre, Sandrine Pelsisier & Anna du Bois, Talasay Tours, Xwalacktun

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July 26 - September 7 Opening Celebration & Exhibition: Thursday, July 25

We launched our 50th Anniversary season with an exhibition looking at significant events, experiences, and influences that have shaped the culture of North Vancouver and beyond. Intertwined with the history and reflections offered by the artists, was the story of North Van Arts’ 50 years. As the North Shore has developed, North Van Arts has been committed to advocating for the importance of art in building community. Taking art beyond gallery walls, North Van Arts has worked to make art and culture an accessible and foundational aspect of the North Shore. In conversation with the artists’ work, North Van Arts explores its ongoing dedication to enabling emerging artists and advocating for the recognition of underrepresented stories through the arts. Thank you to the North Vancouver Museum & Archives for their generous support to North Van Arts and the artists in this exhibition.

50th Anniversary Video

Reflects on the impact our organization has had on our community over the past five decades. In building this video it was wonderful to spend time digging into the archives and interviewing important people who influenced the arc of this organization and our community.

The 50th Anniversary Film was created with the help of students of the Capilano University School of Motion Picture Arts - Documentary Film Program: Jack Silberman, Instructor, Documentary Program, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Director/Interviewer: Jacob Townsend, Camera: Kwesi Trotman, Sound Recordist: Justine Beaulieu Poudrier A huge thanks to Katherine Gear Chambers for research and transcripts and to Editor Tamar Kozlov for pulling all the elements together. Music by Nir Blu.