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

Juried Art Exhibition 2023

In-person

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Date and time

This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.

Location

Coquitlam Public Library City Centre Branch

1169 Pinetree Way

Coquitlam, BC

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

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 as part of the 2023 Culture Days BC celebrations.

Calling all local artists from Tri-Cities! You are invited to submit your works for inclusion in a Juried Art Exhibit at the City Centre branch, from Oct. 5 - Nov. 15, 2023.

This year's theme is INCLUSIVITY and SUSTAINABILITY.

Youth Category: Ages 12 - 16

Adult Category: Ages 16+

Accepted media includes drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and photography.

Important Dates:

Call for Entries closes Aug 9, 2023 at 9 pm

Successful artists contacted by library staff Sept 17, 2023

Works installed at the City Centre branch By Oct 4, 2023

Reception Oct 28, 2023

The whole community is invited to visit the exhibit during its opening days from October 5 to Nov 15, 2023.

More updates and a call for entries 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