Current Exhibition:

FIRE: A Celebration of Destruction and Creation

Opening reception: Thurs, Sep 19 @ 7 pm
Sep 19 – Dec 31, 2024
Il Museo Gallery, Italian Cultural Centre
3075 Slocan St, Vancouver BC

In partnership with Sculptors’ Society of BC (SSBC) celebrating their 50th anniversary as well as featuring 6 indigenous artists. Il Museo Gallery draws attention to fire season in BC. Fire season spans the late summer to early autumn from August 25 until October 31 each year. This theme serves as a catalyst for discussion on this season of danger which causes chalk-coloured skies in Vancouver and an array of health issues. It has also given rise to extreme devastation in the interior of BC. Learn more about the exhibition.

Featuring 6 indigenous artists: Angelo Cavangnaro, Autumn Christopher, Aaron Rice, annie ross, Debra Sparrow and Onikamow Tapwew.

Featuring 21 SSBC member artists and 2 individual artists: Amin Balaghi, Suzy Birstein, Kathi Bond, Wei Cheng, Ken Clarke, Lauri Copeman, James Fletcher, Claudine Gévry, Bruce Kleeberger, Georgina Lohan, Laurent Maynard, Michelle McCutchon, Beverly Paterson, Parvaneh Roudgar, Linda Schmidt, Bill Thomson, Cliff Vincenzi, Louise Weir, Debra Wilson, YouRen Yan, Gennadiy Zhukov and individual artists Eleanor Hannan and Catherine Nicholls.

Il Museo Gallery also partners with the Vancouver Historical Society to present two speakers on Thursday, October 24 at 7 pm: Jen Baron on “Burning History: Uncovering the Role of Fire in BC’s Ecosystems” and Liz Toohey-Wiese’s “Fire Season”. On Sunday, December 8, SSBC will do a demo at the Christmas market.

This exhibition is generously funded by Metro Vancouver and the City of Vancouver.

Il Museo Museum Director, Dr. Angela Clarke