Surrey Art Gallery presents Takao Tanabe: Printmakerexhibition on display from April 13 to June 2, 2024.
Takeo Tanabe at Surrey Art Gallery
Date: April 13 to June 2, 2024
Location: Surrey Art Gallery (13750 88 Ave, Surrey)
Tickets: Free admission
Takao Tanabe, Prairie Storm, 1976/2003, lithograph and acrylic wash on paper. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery
Oraganized by the Kelowna Art Gallery with Guest Curator Ian M. Thom, Takao Tanabe: Printmaker exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery features over sixty prints by renowned artist Takao Tanabe from their collection, as well as Vancouver Art Gallery and Winnipeg Art Gallery’s collections.
Tanabe is among Canada’s most celebrated painters and printmakers, recognized for landscapes that bridge the gap between abstraction and realism.
Although celebrated for his paintings, Tanabe has also pursued printmaking throughout his life. The range of works on display span the entirety of Tanabe’s career, from his earliest linocut Christmas Cards dating from 1948 to depictions of the West Coast landscape completed as recently as 2023. As well as the tranquil, contemplative portrayals of the Gulf Islands and the Albertan plains, the exhibition includes screen-printed hard-edge colour abstractions from the 1960s, monotypes (single editions) of natural forms from the 1950s, and some of the physical woodblocks used to produce his more recent prints.
More about the artist
From the National Gallery: “The son of a commercial fisherman, Tanabe Tanabe summered in fishing camps on the Skeena River, B.C. He was interned as a Japanese alien during World War II. Tanabe’s abstract paintings of the 1950s (Interior Arrangement with Red Hills, 1957) were succeeded in the early 1960s by Japanese-influenced ink drawings (Falling Water, 1967). From 1961 to 1968, Tanabe taught at the Vancouver Art School, painting murals. In 1968 he worked in Philadelphia, moving in 1969 to New York City. Based there until 1972, he painted hard-edge geometric abstracts in strong colours (Untitled No. 4, 1968). These evolved in the 1970s into semi-abstract landscapes dominated by wide horizons, influenced by Tanabe’s encounters with northern Pennsylvania, the Hudson River Valley, and the Canadian praire and foothills. From 1973, Tanabe headed the Art Department and was Artist-in-Residence at Banff School of Fine Arts. He moved to Vancouver Island in 1980. Tanabe’s quiet, light-bathed landscapes capture the essence of time and place. He has exhibited since 1950, earning an international reputation.”
This exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated exhibition catalogue with essays by Guest Curator Ian M. Thom and Curator Christine May. There will also be two events in connection to Takao Tanabe: Printmaker including Exhibition Tour and Talk with Ian M. Thom and Sherri Kajiwara on Wednesday, April 24 (7:00pm to 8:30pm) and Peter Braune’s Talk and Printmaking Workshop on Saturday, May 11 (2:00pm to 3:30pm). Find all gallery events here.
Experience Easter in Vancouver with indulgent brunch buffets offered by local restaurants throughout the long weekend. Gather your loved ones and enjoy classic breakfast favourites alongside seasonal specialties.
H2 Kitchen + Bar Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet. Photo Submitted.
Easter Brunch Buffets & More Around Vancouver
Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet | H2 Kitchen + Bar (1601 Bayshore Dr, Vancouver) Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 11:30am to 3:00pm Hop into an egg-straordianry feast with an array of fresh colourful salads, hot entrees, and signature brunch favourites at H2 Kitchen + Bar. Save room for desserts featuring cupcakes, New York-style cheesecake, and a chocolate fountain with all the fixing. The full menu is available online. Additionally, checkout the live bunny interaction station in the hotel lobby (starting at 11:00am). Reservations can be made online.
Easter Sunday Brunch | Glowbal (590 W Georgia St, Vancouver) Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:30pm Make this Easter long weekend extra special with an all-you-can-eat Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet at Glowbal. Enjoy a festive menu featuring hot and cold West-Coast inspired creations such as brunch poutine, a chilled seafood buffet, and an eggs-benny station and of course decadent dessert options. The full menu is available online. Brunch classics waffles, pancakes, bacon, and more will also be available. Reservations can be made online.
Easter Brunch Buffet| Dockside Restaurant (1253 Johnston St, Vancouver) Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Delight in a delicious Easter Brunch Buffet surrounded by waterfront views at Dockside Restaurant. Indulge in a large assortment of cold stations, classic brunch offerings, and treats. Choose from seemingly endless options of salads, smoked and cured local fish, charcuterie, and so much more. View the full menu here. Eggs and toast, seasonal roasted vegetables and potatoes, eggs benedict station, and Belgian waffles with toppings are also available. Reservations can be made online.
The BC Lions are heading to Vancouver Island for Touchdown Pacific, where they’ll take on the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday, August 31st at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning on Thursday, March 28 at 10:00am.
Touchdown Pacific – BC Lions Game in Victoria
This Labour Day weekend clash serves as the main backdrop following a three-day festival celebrating the Canadian Football League on Vancouver Island.
There will be a free festival open to the public at downtown Victoria’s Ship Point Inner Harbour on Thursday and Friday before the game. The festival will be a celebration of Victoria and the Canadian Football League. Fans can enjoy food, beverage and musical entertainment.
BC Lions players and coaches will take part in community activities, including open practices and football clinics for kids of all ages.
“The response from our season ticket holders has been tremendous and we now encourage all of our fans to act quickly on the public sale. Our organization is proud to host a great football festival in Victoria for those coming from all over the country,” says Lions’ president Duane Vienneau.
Tickets for Touchdown Pacific start at $35 with prices ranging up to $95. There will also be a VIP hospitality section in the East end zone and the West end zone will feature our Coors Light Party Zone. Find more info regarding tickets, Royal Athletic Park, and this historic BC Lions home game and CFL event here.
Canada Day Long Weekend in the Cowichan Valley is Laketown Shakedown time, and this year’s lineup has just been announced. Join Gwen Stefani, Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs N Harmony, bbno$, Grandson, and more at the 275 acre ranch on Vancouver Island.
Laketown Shakedown – Colin Smith Takes Pics
Laketown Shakedown with Gwen Stefani, Busta Rhymes & More
The 2024 Laketown Shakedown will host 3 days of live music across 3 stages in a truly spectacular setting, plus a festival village with food and other vendors, activities, multiple full-service bars, a dynamic VIP area, flush toilets, showers and more. Tickets are now available, including VIP and weekend passes.
The festival will feature two nights of world class Main Stage performances on June 29th & 30th, with a kick-off party slated for Friday, June 28th on the Lakenight Stage.
Kickoff Party Friday
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Jesse Roper DJ Nu-Mark
Busta Rhymes Grandson Bone Thugs N Harmony Neon Steve
Gwen Stefani BBNO$ Miina Murge
Other confirmed artists for the include: Bankes Brothers, The Free Label, Illvis Freshly, The Steadies, Downtown Mischief, Burchill, Mt Doyle, Blase Blase, The New Groovement, Darrian Gerard, Base Collective, and many more.
Following the outstanding success of previous events, Laketown Ranch has solidified its place as the ultimate vacation destination in the Cowichan Valley. Laketown Ranch is a world-class facility, featuring the largest permanent outdoor stage in Western Canada on a 275-acre site only minutes from Cowichan Lake. Find more info on Instagram.
Vancouver Opera presents George Bizet’s beloved opera Carmen to close out its 2023-2024 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Audiences will have five opportunities to see this production of Carmen, one of the most widely performed works in operatic history.
Production image courtesy of Philadelphia Opera
Carmen at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Date:
April 27, May 2 and May 4, 2024 at 7:30pm
April 28 and May 5, 2024 at 2:00pm
Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton St, Vancouver)
Rachel Peake returns to Vancouver Opera to direct Carmen at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre alongside conductor Leslie Dala for five-shows of richly coloured melodies and rhythmic vibrancy.
Animated by an all-star cast and audacious stagecraft, the conflicting worlds and failed romance of the rebellious Carmen and the possessive military man Don José burst off the stage. From the stirring Toreador Song to the tauntingly seductive aria Habanera, Bizet’s music cuts a compelling path through a story that intertwines the political and the personal. Carmen is sung in French with English surtitles projected above the stage.
Portraying the romantic title character are mezzo-sopranos Sarah Mesko (April 27, May 2 & 4) and Carolyn Sproule (April 28 & May 5). The fiery Don Jose is performed by Alok Kumar (April 27, May 2 & 4) and Matthew White (April 28 & May 5). Appearing in all five performances are soprano Jonelle Sills as Micaela, Nathan Keoughan as Escamillo, Alain Coulombe as Zuniga, and Luka Kawabata as Le Dancaire. Joining them are Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Jeremy Scinocca as Le Remendado, Simran Claire as Mercedes, Heidi Duncan as Frasquita and Danlie Rae Acebuque as Morales.
This lush, grand-scale production updates the original setting from late-1800s southern Spain to an unnamed, pan-Latin city in the mid-1950s, where mounting political tensions and romantic desires match the scorching midsummer temperatures. Eye-catching but peeling billboards, bustling town squares and dive cafés, and costumes that range from proletariat denim to opulent bullfighting regalia give a vivid but distressed texture to this timeless tale of class division and teeming emotion.
