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May 25, 2013 / 2:00 PM
Upcycled Urbanism: Team day!
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Designers, students, activists and people just like you are planning a spectacular transformation of an entire downtown city block for one day this summer, and they need your help!

Saturday, May 25 is Upcycled Urbanism Team Day at the Museum of Vancouver. If you were a part of our March workshops, this is your chance to take your ideas to the next step on one of our design+build teams. If you’re new to the project, this is a chance to join a group of great people and plan your urban intervention together.

What’s it all about? Upcycled Urbanism is a participatory project that invites everyone to reimagine and rebuild parts of Vancouver’s public realm. Working together, teams of participants will design and build new cityscapes using blocks of expanded polystyrene containing material salvaged from the construction of the Port Mann Bridge. The design+build event will take place downtown on July 13, but the preparations start NOW. Everyone is welcome.

Bonus: We’ll be unveiling full-size Upcycled building blocks for the first time. Come test them out.

Upcycled Urbanism is a partnership between Museum of Vancouver, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Public Space Network, Maker Faire Vancouver, and Spacing Magazine, with generous additional support from SALA, Mansonville Plastics and the Vancouver Foundation.

 

This event is free but space is limited. Register now: upcycledteamday.eventbrite.com

 

May 31, 2013 / 7:00 PM
Libido Liberation

Sexuality, fetish, makeout music, art, and a whole lot of suggestive body language go off leash at the MOV on Friday, May 31 as we invite Vancouverites to a special after-dark exploration of our current feature exhibition, Sex Talk in the City. Arrive dressed to the nines for this sultry dance party amid our provocative collection of vibrators, historical peepshows, and archive of diverse expression and storytelling.

Doors/Exhibition: 7:00pm
Performances: 8:30pm sharp
Bar and DJ K-Tel: until 11:00pm
Dress Code: Saucy

Be titillated by the sophisticated sex comedy of The Wetspots, and a live art performance of “The Insiders” by Coral Short. Tour the exhibition, score a scandalous snapshot, take part in a hands-on “artefact” handling workshop, and lose yourself in the late night sounds by DJ K-Tel. Don’t miss this one-night only opportunity to explore the Sex Talk In the City exhibition while wearing your best interpretation of our “saucy” dress code!

Tickets at: http://may31libidoliberation.eventbrite.com 
Early Bird Tickets:  $15 (Early Bird MOV Members $12) 
Regular Tickets: $17 (MOV Members $15)
Students/Seniors: $10
*limited tickets, available online March 1. Don't miss out!!!
 

June 05, 2013 / 6:15 AM
MOV Annual General Meeting

Hello MOV Members!

 

As a member of our society we value your ideas and support of our vision for a dynamic and interesting museum. On June 5 at 6:15pm we will be hosting the Museum Society's Annual General Meeting (AGM). This is an official notice to alert you to your right to nominate yourself or others to the Museum's board of directors.

 

This year our AGM will come just before the opening night of our new exhibition, Foncie's Fotos. Enjoy your privileges as MOV members.

 

Date: Wednesday, June 5

Time: 6:15pm

Location: Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street

For more information: call 604.736.4431 x 0 or email Aerin Hack, Membership Assistant at ahack@museumofvancouver.ca

 

The opening reception of Foncie's Fotos follows the close of the AGM. we hope you will join us for both!

 

As a MOV member you are welcome to bring 1 guest to the opening reception. Your guest may join you at the AGM, but must be a member to vote.

 

About parking:

At 6:00pm, our pay parking changes to a flat rate of $5. Members requested that we start the AGM at 6:15pm to allow time for parking. Please note that machines accept only coins or credit cards.

June 05, 2013 / 7:00 PM
Foncie's Fotos Opening Night

Celebrate the first look-back at Vancouver’s most prolific street photographer, Foncie Pulice. Foncie took about 15 million images from the 1940s through 1970s, and his photos can be found in the albums of many long-time Vancouverites.

Schedule:
6:30pm Doors open (please allow time for paid parking and admission)
7:00pm Event Begins
7:15pm Remarks
8:00pm Mingling and exhibition exploration
10:00pm Closing

Buy Tickets: http://foncieopening.eventbrite.com

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MOV Members Attend Free
*** Your invitations will be arriving by mail and/or email by mid-May***

Members and 1 guest attend for free ($30 value). It's a great time to become a member! More information at: http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/programs/membership .
Call 604.736.4431 ext.0 for more information.

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June 06, 2013 / 7:00 PM
Foncie's Fotos: Curator Talk & Tour w/Joan Seidl

Join MOV's Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Joan Seidl for an up-close tour and in-depth look at Vancouver’s most prolific street photographer, Foncie Pulice. Foncie took about 15 million images from the 1940s through 1970s, and his photos can be found in the albums of many long-time Vancouverites.

Included with Regular Admission | MOV Members Free

RSVP online at www.fonciesfotosjune6.eventbrite.com

July 04, 2013 / 7:00 PM
Foncie's Fotos: Curator Talk & Tour w/Joan Seidl

Join MOV's Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Joan Seidl for an up-close tour and in-depth look at Vancouver’s most prolific street photographer, Foncie Pulice. Foncie took about 15 million images from the 1940s through 1970s, and his photos can be found in the albums of many long-time Vancouverites.

Included with Regular Admission | MOV Members Free

RSVP online at www.fonciesfotosjuly4.eventbrite.com

August 15, 2013 / 6:00 PM
Redacted Readings

Join Sex Talk in the City exhibition research contributor Amber Dawn, Vancouver poet Liz Bachinsky, writer/performer Billeh Nickerson as they share readings from published works that have traditionally been considered “banned” materials, touching on erotic experiences, life in the sex trade, and kink.

Amber Dawn is a writer, filmmaker, and performance artist. Author of Lambda Award-winning novel Sub Rosa, she has an MFA in Creative Writing (UBC); she is creator of the award-winning genderfuck docuporn, Girl on Girl. Until recently, she was the long-time director of programming for the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Amber Dawn was 2012 winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers.

Elizabeth Bachinsky is the author of five collections of poetry, including her latest: The Hottest Summer in Recorded History (2013). Her poetry has been nominated for awards including The George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature and the Governor General's Award for Poetry.

Billeh Nickerson is a writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate who divides his year between Toronto and Vancouver. He is the author of Let Me Kiss it Better: Elixirs for the Not So Straight and Narrow, and his most recent collection, McPoems. He is also the co-editor of Seminal: the Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets, and a former editor of PRISM international and Event, two of Canada’s most respected literary journals. He teaches Creative Writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.