Calling All Dancers
Responding to a performance event Dances for Everybody (1974), presented by Deborah Hay and the Box 80 Theatre Society at Western Front, Justine A. Chambers’ new performance work Steady…
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Justine A. Chambers
While on residency, dance artist Justine A. Chambers will create a new performance work titled Steady. The work responds to Dances for Everybody (1974), a…
Hank Bull Collection, a New Addition to the Western Front Archives
Western Front is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Hank Bull collection. The Hank Bull collection is distinct as the second major acquisition by…
Autumn Knight and Justine A. Chambers in Conversation With Pablo de Ocampo
Free to attend, hosted on Zoom. Register to attend here. Reflecting on her recent performance for Western Front, Autumn Knight is joined by dance artist Justine…
Trading Places: Un Échange with Les Angles Mortes & Amahl Arulanandam
Free, streamed by Suoni TV at suoniperilpopolo.org The African diaspora’s contribution to European art music has been substantial; however, a history of white supremacy and…
Autumn Knight
Free, livestream. Autumn Knight makes performances that continually exist in relation: between artist and audience, individual and collective, private and public. Drawing from histories in…
A Fitting Birthday Present for Western Front’s Iconic Building
Western Front is pleased to announce that we are the grateful recipients of funding from the Province of British Columbia’s Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program…
Twenty-One Blank Words
Free to attend. Register for a 45-minute time window by following a link below. Feb 26, 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. Feb 27, 12 p.m.…
50 Years of Western Front: Transfer, Access and Preservation
Western Front’s media archive is inextricably entwined with our programming. Having taken root from the early efforts of Kate Craig and other Western Front founders,…
Closed for Holidays
Western Front is currently closed for holidays. We’ll be back in the office on January 4, 2021 and our programmes will resume on January 13,…
Toque Craft Fair
Toque is live! Go to toquecraftfair.com. Toque Craft Fair is virtual! Due to COVID-19, Western Front’s largest annual community event and fundraiser is a vibrant online…
COVID-19 Gallery Protocols
To ensure a safe and healthy gallery experience Western Front has implemented a few guidelines: * If you are feeling unwell or have symptoms of…
Thought, outside
Opening hours: Wed-Sat, 1-5pm Closed during holidays Dec 23, 2020 – Jan 12, 2021 Exhibition Brochure Podcasts featuring Craig Berggold, Laiwan, Melinda Mollineaux, Susan Stewart…
Craig Berggold, Laiwan, Melinda Mollineaux and Susan Stewart in conversation with Amy Kazymerchyk
To accompany the exhibition Thought, outside curator Amy Kazymerchyk recorded conversations with the artists Craig Berggold, Laiwan, Melinda Mollineaux and Susan Stewart. Podcast # 1 Laiwan and Melinda Mollineaux discuss…
Tiffany Ayalik
Tiffany Ayalik melds storytelling and theatre with layered song loops and vocal improvisation, creating music and performances that are mesmerizing, powerful and at times, playful.…
Ian William Craig
Ian William Craig’s work involves pushing vintage reel-to-reel tape decks to their physical limits, often through modification or manipulation. The tape that runs through them…
Sound Migrations
In September 2019, violinist and composer Meredith Bates began a six month residency to compose new work in Western Front’s performance space, the Grand Luxe…
Posterity and Expatriation
To accompany the online exhibition The Upper Side of the Sky, curator Dana Qaddah will host a conversation with the artist Jawa El Khash. The…