[BCMA] The Blue Cabin Speaker Series

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

*THE BLUE CABIN SPEAKER SERIES*

The Blue Cabin project is pleased to announce its first speaker series, 
which follows the opening of /The Blue Cabin Exhibition /by Mayne Island 
artists Jeremy and Sus Borsos. The Blue Cabin Speaker Series will 
feature five evenings of talks by artists, curators, an author and 
historian, and the organizations leading the Blue Cabin project.

*About the Blue Cabin Project*
**The ‘Blue Cabin’ is the name given to the wood cabin that was a former 
residence of Vancouver artists Al Neil and Carole Itter. It is believed 
to have been the last remaining squatter cabin along the Burrard Inlet 
foreshore. Built circa 1927 in Coal Harbour, the cabin was moved to the 
western boundary of Cates Park in 1932 and remained there until 2015, 
when it was removed from the site due to imminent redevelopment of the 
adjacent property – now Cates Landing – by Polygon Homes.

In 2014, grunt gallery began working in partnership with Other Sights 
for Artists’ Projects and Creative Cultural Collaborations to develop 
the concept for a relevant and innovative reuse of the Blue Cabin. Given 
the need for extended-stay artist residencies in Vancouver, and the 
cabin’s history on the foreshore, repurposing it as an off-the-grid 
floating artist residency on the Lower Mainland waterfront emerged as 
the chosen course of action: the cabin would function as a dedicated 
studio for visiting artists alongside a small house where they would 
live. Both structures would be sited on a floating platform.

The cabin has just recently undergone a full remediation by Jeremy and 
Sus Borsos, and the project is moving closer to its launch as an artist 
residency and heritage engagement site.


*The Talks*
A more detailed description of the Blue Cabin Speaker Series is 
available at https://bit.ly/2teiql8
**
Wednesday, June 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Artist talk with Jeremy Borsos
Artist Jeremy Borsos will give a talk describing the restoration of the 
small 1920's building known as the Blue Cabin. The talk will focus on 
possible translations of the cabin’s history.

Thursday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m.
*Daniel Francis | Squat City: A Brief History of Squatting Around 
Burrard Inlet*
Author and historian Daniel Francis will speak about the history of 
squatter villages on the region’s foreshore. 


Saturday, July 7^at 2:00 p.m.
*Carole Itter in conversation with Krista Lomax*
Artist Carole Itter will present an informal talk about her art work and 
writings during her 35-year-long residency at the Blue Cabin. She will 
be joined by artist and editor Krista Lomax.

Thursday, July 12^at 7:00 p.m.
*Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, The Foreshore*
**Artist Jen Weih and curator and artist Vanessa Kwan will speak about 
The Foreshore, a project produced by Other Sights, in collaboration with 
Kimberly Phillips. 


Thursday, July 19^at 7:00 p.m.
*The Blue Cabin Project
*
**Blue Cabin founding partners Glenn Alteen, Esther Rausenberg, and 
Barbara Cole will discuss the Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency project.


*LOCATION :*
All talks will take place at grunt gallery in Vancouver.
grunt gallery  |  #116 - 350 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Contact: bluecabin at grunt.ca
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.vifa.ca/pipermail/bcma/attachments/20180622/b3ea8118/attachment.htm