This is an archived event from Culture Days 2022.
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![Artist Atheana Picha stands outside under a cloudy sky with a prominent woven blanket with geometric shapes wrapped around her shoulders.]()
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![An abstract vinyl mural of blues, reds, and yellows in circles, trigons, and ovals spans the top windows of the entrance to Surrey Arts Centre.]()
Atheana Picha, Echoes, 2022.
Ancestral Echoes: In Conversation with Atheana Picha
In-person
Design Indigenous Storytelling Visual artsDate and time
Location
Surrey Art Gallery
13750 88 ave
Vancouver, BC
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
Celebrating the installation of her mural Echoes on the windows of the Arts Centre, hear from Atheana Picha about her use of Coast Salish visual language throughout her practice. From Kwantlen and Tsartlip Nations, Picha is a multidisciplinary artist with experience in ceramics, printmaking, wood carving, and public art murals throughout the Lower Mainland.
Links
- Gallery Events surrey.ca
Organizer
Surrey Art Gallery
Founded in 1975, Surrey Art Gallery presents contemporary art by local, national, and international artists, including digital and audio art. Recognized for its award-winning programs, the Gallery engages children through to adults in ongoing conversations that affect our lives and provides opportunities to interact with artists and the artistic process. The Gallery is located at 13750 88 Avenue in Surrey on the unceded territories of the Salish Peoples, including the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), and Semiahma (Semiahmoo) nations. Surrey Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges operating funding from the City of Surrey, Province of BC through BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Surrey Art Gallery Association.
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