This is an archived event from Culture Days 2023.
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Blackspace Library by Kemi Craig
In-person
History & heritage Intercultural Library Self-guided Visual arts Writing & literatureDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria)
1040 Moss Street
Victoria, BC
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
A new pop-up library is launching in Victoria B.C., at the beginning of September, featuring books of various genres written by Black authors from Canada and around the world.
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is hosting the project and aims to highlight the contributions of Black authors while creating a space for readers from diverse communities.
The project was developed In support of the exhibition While Black: a forum for speculation on what the gallery can’t hold, in collaboration with Guest Programmer Kemi Craig, whose vision for the library is to centre “Black communities, Black experiences, Black thought, and Black possibilities.”
Blackspace Library launches on September 12 and runs to October 22, with several locations throughout Victoria, at significant locations for the Black community in Victoria including restaurants, businesses and the Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Study Room at the sxʷeŋ’xʷəŋ taŋ’exw James Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library.
BLACKSPACE LIBRARY LOCATIONS:
Liberty Barbers (2572 Quadra St, Victoria)
Who Dyd Your Hair (E1-1284 Gladstone Ave, Victoria)
Stir it Up (760 Yates St, Victoria)
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Study Room at the sxʷeŋ’xʷəŋ taŋ’exw James Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library (385 Menzies Street, Victoria)
Links
- Learn more! aggv.ca
Organizer
Kemi Craig and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is a place for people, ideas, and experiences.
When it first opened in 1951, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria exhibited art in the historic 1889 mansion that is now adjacent to its seven modern galleries. With over 20,000 works of art, the Art Gallery has the largest public collection in BC and is a vibrant and active part of Victoria’s artist community.