This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
Images
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Manuel Axel Strain. Photo by Carey Shaw. -
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Manuel Axel Strain, xʷəlməxʷ child, 2025, installation detail, Polygon Gallery, Photo: Akeem Nermo
Collaborative Drawing with Manuel Axel Strain
In-person
Visual arts Indigenous Drawing Kids Youth & teensDate and time
Location
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, BC
Directions: Entrance through the Richmond Cultural Centre.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Drop into the gallery to join in a large-scale drawing project with exhibiting artist Manuel Axel Strain. This will be a community collaborative activity for everyone to explore mark-making, colouring, and drawing on a grand scale.
This event is part of the exhibition Manuel Axel Strain: xʷən̓iwən ce:p kʷθəθ nəw̓eyəł ((((Remember your teachings)))). View the artist's major multi-media exhibition—including paintings, sculptures, family photographs, video, and installation—that promises to transform the Gallery with a dynamic mix of new and recent artworks rendered in their boldly unique style. Meet the artist and join them in hands-on artmaking for the afternoon at this family-friendly event.
Free drop-in for all ages. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
All materials provided.
This free public program is made possible from funding by the 2025 City of Richmond Arts & Culture Project Grant.
Links
- Visit our website for more info. richmondartgallery.org
Organizer
Richmond Art Gallery
Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) is a non-profit municipal art gallery established in 1980. The gallery produces an array of exhibitions and programs that connect, empower, and provoke conversation with our diverse Richmond, BC communities. RAG actively contributes to Richmond’s cultural communities through our commitment to supporting artists via exhibitions, educational programs, publications, and a permanent collection.
Richmond Art Gallery is dedicated to promoting dialogue among diverse communities on challenging ideas and issues of today as expressed through local, national and international contemporary art. Through its exhibitions, publications, educational programming, collections and significant partnerships, the Richmond Art Gallery provides opportunities for the enhancement of life in Richmond while serving the contemporary arts community in Canada.
This event is part of a hub:
Minoru Precinct Hub
City of Richmond Richmond, BCMinoru Precinct is located in the heart of Richmond, BC and includes numerous civic cultural facilities and amenities, including the Richmond Cultural Centre and Annex, Minoru Centre for Active Living, Gateway Theatre, Minoru Chapel and Ric...