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At The Gallery / Digital Interventions – Part I: Heterotopias
May 10 - July 07, Massy Arts will host Digital Interventions, a two-part group exhibition featuring the work of seven emerging interdisciplinary artists: Kaila Bhullar, Debbie C, Sena Cleave, kathy feng, Vitória Monteiro, Hân Phạm, and Paige Smith.
Massy Interviews / Nicholas Tay + Alisha Sian + Dennis Humphrey
To celebrate the upcoming show The Hybrid Machine, Rafael Zen interviews the artists for Massy Arts, discussing the human bodily experience as both an instrument of social reality and a product of multiple narratives - and questioning how the body figure translates to each particular research.
Group Exhibition / “The Hybrid Machine”
May 10 - June 09, Massy Arts will host The Hybrid Machine, a group show celebrating works by artists Nicholas Tay, Alisha Sian, Pippa Cherniavksy, and Dennis Humphrey.
Massy Interviews / Kaila Bhullar + Sena Cleave + Debbie C
To celebrate Digital Interventions, Massy Arts presents a conversation between artists Kaila Bhullar, Sena Cleave, and Debbie C, exploring the expanding presence of technologies and the complexity within digital spaces.
5 events,
Massy Interviews / Steffi Tad-y
Massy Interviews / Steffi Tad-y
To address Steffi Tad-y’s debut book and poetic inspirations, Rafael Zen interviews the writer for Massy Arts, discussing literature that confronts what is difficult and that finds what might offer reprieve.
6 events,
Massy Interviews / Heather Haley
To celebrate Heather Haley’s upcoming book launch, Rafael Zen interviews the poet for Massy Arts to contemplate on feminist's inspirations and class representation in the author's voyeuristic poetry.
Book Launch / Skookum Raven by Heather Haley
Book Launch / Skookum Raven by Heather Haley
In her poetry collection, Heather Haley brings poetic images to map human migrations, pair-bonding and predation. Like her foremothers and contemporaries Gwendolyn MacEwen, Susan Musgrave and Karen Solie, readers can expect sophisticated free lyrics of a witchy feminist kind with proletarian ferocity.
6 events,
Online Launch / Heroin by Susan Boyd
Online Launch / Heroin by Susan Boyd
On Thursday, May 19 at 4:30pm, join Fernwood Publishing, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC), bookseller Massy Books, and author Susan Boyd for the launch of Heroin: An Illustrated History (2022, Fernwood Publishing).
6 events,
Massy Interviews / Nicholas Tay
Massy Interviews / Nicholas Tay
To address Tay's workshop on May 21st, Massy Arts interviews the artist discussing how figurative experimentations can capture and reflect a profound truth of the nature of human experience.
Workshop / “Introduction to Expressive Figure Drawing” with Nicholas Tay
Workshop / “Introduction to Expressive Figure Drawing” with Nicholas Tay
On Saturday, May 21st at 2pm, join visual artist Nicholas Tay for the in-person workshop "Introduction to Expressive Figure Drawing Using Light and Shadow". The event, promoted to celebrate Tay's exhibition at the Massy Arts Gallery, is a hands-on class created for visual artists that are curious on how to start drawing from a live model, and are looking to learn methods for figure drawing.
5 events,
Opening Reception / The Hybrid Machine with Nicholas Tay, Alisha Sian, Pippa Cherniavksy, and Dennis Humphrey
Opening Reception / The Hybrid Machine with Nicholas Tay, Alisha Sian, Pippa Cherniavksy, and Dennis Humphrey
On Tuesday, May 24 at 6pm, Massy Arts will host an opening reception for The Hybrid Machine, a group show celebrating works by artists Nicholas Tay, Alisha Sian, Pippa Cherniavksy, and Dennis Humphrey.
6 events,
Online Talk / Contemporary African Voices – Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Online Talk / Contemporary African Voices – Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
On Thursday, May 26 at 10am, join Contemporary African Voices, bookseller Massy Books, and Zimbabwean award-winning novelist Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu for a conversation with Garvia Bailey, followed by a Q&A.
Artist’s Talk / “If My Art Could Speak” By Alisha Sian
Artist’s Talk / “If My Art Could Speak” By Alisha Sian
On May 26, Massy Arts hosts a reception and artist’s talk to celebrate Alisha Sian’s group exhibition - The Hybrid Machine. During the talk, Sian will be sharing her process for creating each piece in the exhibition along with a background to what her art represents.
5 events,
Poetry Night / Gillian Jerome + Maleea Acker + Ella Adkins + Tom Green
Poetry Night / Gillian Jerome + Maleea Acker + Ella Adkins + Tom Green
Join us for an evening of poetry reading, featuring Vancouver poet Gillian Jerome’s launch of her second book, Nevertheless, and Victoria poet Maleea Acker’s launch of her third book of poems, Hesitating Once to Feel Glory.
5 events,
Opening Reception / Digital Interventions P1
Opening Reception / Digital Interventions P1
Tuesday, May 31 at 6pm, Massy Arts hosts an opening reception for the upcoming exhibition Digital Interventions – a group show by Kaila Bhullar, Debbie C, Sena Cleave, kathy feng, Vitória Monteiro, Hân Phạm, and Paige Smith.
4 events,
Interview / Gurjinder Basran
Interview / Gurjinder Basran
To celebrate Gurjinder Basran's new literary work, Rafael Zen interviews the author for Massy Arts, asking how the loss of all of our preconceptions about how life should be may allow us to connect and actually see each other.
Book Launch / Help! I’m Alive by Gurjinder Basran
Book Launch / Help! I’m Alive by Gurjinder Basran
On Wednesday, June 01 at 6pm, join ECW Press, Massy Books, and award-winning author Gurjinder Basran for the launch of the author's new book: Help! I'm Alive (2022, ECW Press).
4 events,
Massy Interviews / Michelle Poirier Brown
Massy Interviews / Michelle Poirier Brown
To celebrate Michelle Poirier Brown's launch, Rafael Zen interviews the author for Massy Arts, discussing beauty as a form of wealth, and how poetry can be used to address silences, identities, and anger. Affirming that literature can have a vivid effect on the reader, the author gave an intimate and deeply confessional interview that readers will not be sorry they have read.
Poetry Launch / You Might Be Sorry You Read This by Michelle Poirier Brown
Poetry Launch / You Might Be Sorry You Read This by Michelle Poirier Brown
On Thursday, June 2 at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, and Cree Métis poet Michelle Poirier Brown for a reading of her debut book of poems: You Might Be Sorry You Read This (University of Alberta Press, Robert Kroetsch Series, 2022).