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Culture Days will return September 20 – October 13, 2024.

Juried Art Exhibition

In-person

Library Tour Painting Visual arts Drawing
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Date and time

Location

Coquitlam Public Library City Centre Branch

1169 Pinetree Way

Coquitlam, BC

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Has gender-neutral washrooms and wheelchair accessible.

About

Coquitlam Public Library is pleased to host a Juried Art Exhibit this October featuring works by local artists from Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Anmore, and Belcarra.

Come celebrate Culture Days BC by visiting the Juried Art Exhibit at Coquitlam Public Library City Centre Branch from Saturday, October 1 to Tuesday, October 4. Culture Days is Canada’s largest public participation campaign for the arts. The public is welcome to visit the Exhibit during library hours or register for a guided tour by the Visual Art Educator from Evergreen Cultural Centre on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Watch live art demo's by local artists or register for the Guided Tours of the Art Exhibit by Visual Art Educator from Evergreen Cultural Centre on Saturday, October 1 to learn more about and appreciate the prize winner artworks!

Works selected and on display reflect one or more of the following words that define Culture Days: Celebration, Connection, Participation, Inclusivity, Creativity, Self-Expression, Collaboration, Collective Care.

Acknowledgment

Coquitlam Public Library is grateful for the valuable support of our community partner, the Art Gallery at Evergreen, during this project.

Guided Tours registration :

Tour 1 at 2:00 pm : https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/7112948

Tour 2 at 2:45 pm : https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/7112696

Important Deadlines for Artists

Call for Entries closed on Aug 2, 9:00 pm.

Successful artists contacted by Library staff September 17

Accepted works installed at the City Centre Library September 29

Juried Art Exhibition October 1, 10:00 am - October 4, 9:00 pm

Art-pick up October 5 (by appointment only)

The whole community is invited to visit the exhibit during its opening days from October 1 to 4, 2022.

More updates will be announced on our website coqlibrary.ca.

For more information, please contact Shirley at [email protected].

Organizer

Coquitlam Public Library

Mission

We nurture joy in discovery by providing inviting, innovative spaces and services that promote learning and knowledge and engage all of Coquitlam’s diverse communities.

Vision

We are leaders in information, innovative and inspirational services, inclusive atmosphere, and community engagement.

Values

-Openness: To ideas, to difference, to possibility

-Inclusion: Everyone is welcome and everyone is accepted

-Respect: For each other, for our community and for the environment that sustains us

-Curiosity: We are always asking: What would happen? How could it be better? What if…?

-Love of learning: Creating and maintaining spaces and practices that encourage excitement about learning