Artspeak
233 Carrall St. V6B 2J2 Vancouver, BC, Canada

We are deeply saddened by the news of the incomparable Garry Neill Kennedy’s passing (1935-2021). An exceptionally kind, intelligent, funny person and artist, GNK will be honoured in our collective memories for countless years to come. [ID: A black and white photograph of (left to right) Kim Nguyen, Melanie Mark, Karen Henry, and Garry Neill Kennedy smiling and gathered around a typewriter on a table. Both Melanie Mark and Garry Neill Kennedy are gesturing with their hands toward the typewriter, and everyone around the table is looking at GNK’s outstretched hand, whichwhile too small to discern in the imageis holding a bottom half of a lowercase ‘e’ typewriter key.] Photo: Erik Hood

Our newest publication initiative is underway, with its first issue fresh off the press! ‘BEACON a pamphlet series in ten issues’ focuses on how the commitment of artists’ to wider social movements informs contemporary artistic practice. The series will feature texts by artists whose practices engage with language and visual arts. Issue 1 is Ruth Buchanan’s Where does my body belong? From institutional critique to infrastructural transformation Or Standards and Mothers."... This issue also includes texts by J.C. Sturm and Anne Boyer. Purchase via our website for pick-up or mail delivery (link below); $12 ea. or $100 for a subscription to the whole series. Orders placed after Tuesday, August 3 will be fulfilled in early September. [ID: A photo of a watermelon coloured book cover with white text that reads: RUTH BUCHANAN / Where does my body belong? From institutional critique to infrastructure transformation Or Standards and Mothers / BEACON 01. It sits against a stack of the same books, on a green, gridded base.] https://artspeak.ca/where-does-my-body-belong-from-institu/

Artspeak staff and summer intern Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora are currently deep in our Archive and Special Collection Libraryorganizing, updating, arranging, tidying, taking stock, researching, and reading togetheras we prepare for our upcoming Fall/Winter programming. Spending the summer months doing this work together has allowed us to engage the archive as not merely a repository of our organizational history, but to closely consider the wider and continually shifting context...s of artistic production. Our work continues to be guided by a series of overarching questions. In consideration of the politics of cultural production, how do our citational choices, methodological approaches, and the systems we employ work to uphold particular histories and practices while obscuring others? Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing highlights from our deep dive with you. More info on our website! https://artspeak.ca/ ID: A shelf of books with green sticky note tabs attached to the books’ spines, indicating the publication date and author’s last name for each, set against a cantaloupe coloured background.

This is the last week to stroll past our window exhibition May Day Mayday Maydaze (May 1 - June 12, 2021)! For us at the gallery over the last five weeks, this exhibition offered many reminders on how important community organizing can be to our collective wellbeing. We’re still selling print editions, with all proceeds going to the DTES Response. More info on the editions can be found here: https://artspeak.ca/may-day-mayday-maydaze/ --... ID: A photograph of the Artspeak Gallery facade. Through the gallery windows, colourful wallpaper and three framed prints on a shelf are visible. Photo: Dennis Ha

" May Day Mayday Maydaze " with prints by (left to right) aly de la cruz yip, Tania Willard, and Ho Tam; printed by Moniker Press. On view in the Artspeak window between May 1 - June 12, 2021. Photo: Dennis Ha.

The prints are now available for purchase in the Archive > Publications section of our website! Email info@artspeak reserve your prints for (social-distancing) pick-up, or pay online for mail orders. Commissioned by aly de la cruz yip, Ho Tam, and Tania Willard as an edition of 100, these prints are available for purchase via Artspeak and Moniker Press, with all proceeds going to the DTES Response Fund. Single print: $15... Set of 3: $40 Image description: a GIF of three colourful posters overlapping in succession, set against a black background.

The gallery may be closed to the public, but our window exhibition is viewable from the street! features three new print commissions by aly de la cruz yip, Ho Tam, and Tania Willard organized by Artspeak and Moniker Press. With a focus on print and publishing methods designed to meet urgent needs and modes of distribution, we opted for the effectiveness of risograph printing. The risograph prints and wallpaper are... displayed in the window space at Artspeak, while the gallery remains closed to the public. These prints are available for purchase via Artspeak and Moniker Press, with all proceeds going to the DTES Response Fund. Check our website for more details. http://artspeak.ca -- ID: Three colourful, framed prints sit on a white shelf. The wall behind them is covered in monochrome (blue/white) versions of the same framed prints.

Artspeak relies on your meaningful contributions through your continued support of our artistic programming and the communities that we nurture. Please consider becoming a SUBCRIBER or renewing your membership, give us a call at 604.688.0051, or send an email to [email protected]. You will then receive a set of highly sought after nail wraps in the post.

The show opens tomorrow, Saturday October 31, 2020!! Jesse Gray "Mesomonuments" October 31December 12, 2020There will not be an opening reception for this exhibition.... Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5pm

Join us for an evening with the Asian Brain Trust. Registration is limited, so register early! As a friendship-based collective situated across different countr...ies, geographies, and time zones, Asian Brain Trust has been navigating the work/life balance of checking in on your people while getting your stuff done. With the advent of our current pandemic era and the postponement/cancellation of MIXED COMPANY NEE BAD SOCIETY, ABT has been hibernating/reimagining/listening/coping with an art world that is virtue signalling its change, while nothing changes at all. Join us to watch some live reactions to the forgotten Avenger, Indiana Jones, and byosnax. Please be mindful to cancel your reservation if you are unable to attend so we can make your space available to someone on the waitlist.

Final reading of our series, Sun Yung Shin’s book granted to a foreign citizen is now available at the gallery or on our website at a special price!! http://artspeak.ca/granted-to-a-foreign-citizen/