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Get inspired this Sunday in our next session of In the BAG on October 25, 1-4 pm! ✨ Visit the gallery to view our curre...
10/20/2026

Get inspired this Sunday in our next session of In the BAG on October 25, 1-4 pm! ✨

Visit the gallery to view our current exhibition “RESIST!” and then join us at the BAG Barn Studio. Participants will look to the artwork and practice of Rawan Hassan روان حسن and then create their own mosaic designs by connecting and weaving paper tiles.

In the BAG is a drop-in program for the whole family or friend group that runs the last Sunday of every month from 1-4 pm. We have limited occupancy and recommend a maximum of 30 minutes for your art activity. Please visit the BAG Barn Studio to get instructions prior to heading to the gallery to view the exhibition. Guardians must accompany children to this program.

⭐ In the BAG
📅 October 25, 1-4 pm
📍 Free, drop-in, no registration required

Gord Hill is known for his work in decolonization, anti-capitalism and anti-fascism, and is the author and artist of sev...
10/19/2026

Gord Hill is known for his work in decolonization, anti-capitalism and anti-fascism, and is the author and artist of several acclaimed graphic novels. 📚 Alongside our current exhibition, you can check out several of Hill’s comics and publications in the RESIST! Reading Nook including:

⭐ The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book, Gord Hill
⭐ The Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements, Gord Hill
⭐ Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada
⭐ Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories
⭐ World War 3 Now?

The RESIST! Reading Nook was created in partnership with the Burnaby Public Library. To find the full reading list, click the link: https://ow.ly/mzOV50ZYEMm.

Image: Installation view of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell.

10/16/2026

🕵️‍♀️ Something suspicious is happening at the Burnaby Art Gallery…

One of our treasured artworks has disappeared and we need your help to figure out who the thief is! On October 31, step into the world of Art Heist, an interactive mystery where you’ll question suspects, uncover clues and navigate a gallery full of secrets, surprises and suspicious characters.

Mystery sleuthing includes light snacks and refreshments.



⭐ Art Heist: A BAG Mystery
📅 October 31, 1-4 pm
📍 To register, click the link: https://ow.ly/o1NL50ZY9k7 or call 604-297-4422

🌟We are thrilled to see Marlene Yuen's comic created for our "Hak Chu/Pak Chu" brochure included in the Chinese Canadia...
10/13/2026

🌟We are thrilled to see Marlene Yuen's comic created for our "Hak Chu/Pak Chu" brochure included in the Chinese Canadian Museum's Chinese Canadian Museum current exhibition "Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form"! Currently on view, it is the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled on the rich history and global influence of Asian comics.

This comic was commissioned for the public artwork "Hak Chu/Pak Chu" by Nathan Lee, located on the grounds of Deer Lake Park. It brings together Nathan's writing with Marlene's illustrations and celebrates how a modest and playful object such as the chu game piece can reveal the history of a specific place and become and artwork that lives on into the present day.

View the brochure online: https://ow.ly/J6RF50ZWx35 or pick up a free copy at the front desk, available in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Images 1 & 4: “Chance Encounters: Journey of a Pak Chu,” written by Nathan Lee, illustrated by Marlene Yuen in “Hak Chu/Pak Chu” Burnaby Public Art brochure, 2025; Images 2 & 3: Installation view of "Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form," October 7, 2026–August 15, 2027, Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver.

🎧 Explore the work of Rawan Hassan روان حسن , Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde and Elizabeth MacKenzie with our audio tour of "...
10/12/2026

🎧 Explore the work of Rawan Hassan روان حسن , Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde and Elizabeth MacKenzie with our audio tour of "RESIST!" In this tour, you will be guided through the artworks found in the lower and upper galleries while also hearing from a couple of the artists themselves.

Listen online: https://ow.ly/vuhq50ZWwY1 or ask for the audio tour at the front desk.

"RESIST!" runs to November 15, 2026. For more info on the exhibition, click the link in bio.

Images: Installation views of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell.

🔖 We're taking a look back at a wonderful day meeting community members while making bookmarks with artist Keerat Kaur ...
10/09/2026

🔖 We're taking a look back at a wonderful day meeting community members while making bookmarks with artist Keerat Kaur at the City of Lougheed! 📖

It was inspiring to see so many creative bookmark designs come to life alongside Keerat’s playful illustrative stamps, as participants made something special to mark the books they had just checked out from Burnaby Public Library’s Temporary Cameron Branch. We also spent the afternoon chatting about what people have noticed about public art in Burnaby and what could make their experiences with public art even more meaningful. Thank you to Keerat for leading this fun hands-on activity and to everyone who came by and spent some time with us!

Stay tuned for more Public Art events in the future!

Images: Bookmark Making with Keerat Kaur, September 13, 2026, Lougheed Shopping Centre, Burnaby Public Library's Temporary Cameron Branch.

📚 The RESIST! Reading Nook is provided as a starting point to understand the history of the lands and waters on which we...
10/08/2026

📚 The RESIST! Reading Nook is provided as a starting point to understand the history of the lands and waters on which we undertake our work, and the persistent acts of Indigenous sovereignty asserted across the region and more broadly in the world.

Here, we highlight a selection of incredible books by Host Nation, local and B.C. based Indigenous authors including:
⭐ Reconciling: a Lifelong Struggle to Belong, (Musqueam Elder) Larry Grant
⭐ Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt
⭐ We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning, Julian Brave NoiseCat
⭐ Kwändǖr, Cole Pauls
⭐ The Two Sisters, E. Pauline Johnson after it was shared with her by Chief Joe Capilano of the Squamish Nation

The RESIST! Reading Nook was created in partnership with the Burnaby Public Library.

To find the full reading list, click the link: https://ow.ly/kFqn50ZVWYI.

Image: Installation view of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell.

Join us for a Fireside Chat with Gord Hill on October 22 at 2 pm as part of our current exhibition “RESIST!”Cozy up in t...
10/07/2026

Join us for a Fireside Chat with Gord Hill on October 22 at 2 pm as part of our current exhibition “RESIST!”

Cozy up in the Fireside room, sip some coffee and tea and listen to renowned Kwakwaka'wakw artist and author Gord Hill discuss his artwork and practice. Registration to attend is required. Please call 604-297-4422 or email [email protected].

Gord Hill (Kwakwaka'wakw Nation) is an artist, author and political activist. Hill is known for his work in decolonization, anti-capitalism and anti-fascism, and is the author and artist of the acclaimed graphic novels: The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (2010), The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book: From the WTO to the G20 (2012), The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded (2021) and The Antifa Comic Book: Revised and Expanded (2025).

"RESIST!" runs to November 15, 2026. For more info on the exhibition, click the link in bio.

Image 1: Gord Hill, in-process panel from "Apocalypse Now (Or Never)," published in World War 3, 2024; Image 2: Gord Hill headshot, courtesy of the artist.

🍷 Create texture, layers and one-of-a-kind prints over a glass of w**e in October's Art Social! ✨This creative evening o...
10/05/2026

🍷 Create texture, layers and one-of-a-kind prints over a glass of w**e in October's Art Social! ✨

This creative evening on October 21 combines art-making and social connection over light refreshments. Monotype printmaking is a fun and engaging printmaking technique that uses ink, texture, a single Plexi plate and a printing press to create an image. With our professional instructor, you'll learn techniques to create unique prints in a relaxed and welcoming setting with a drink of your choice. Bring a friend or make a new one!

⭐ Art Social: Monotype Printmaking
📅 October 21, 6-9 pm
📍 To register, click the link: https://ow.ly/7BuS50ZTKth or call 604-297-442

🚨 ️Someone has swiped a priceless BAG art piece! 🕵Go on the hunt for the culprit on October 31 in Art Heist, an interact...
10/02/2026

🚨 ️Someone has swiped a priceless BAG art piece! 🕵

Go on the hunt for the culprit on October 31 in Art Heist, an interactive mystery game using the Burnaby Art Gallery as its backdrop. Look for clues, investigate suspects and mingle with "art socialites" while exposing the deceitful in our midst.

Sign up to become a character in our story to unmask the thief. Could it be you?

Mystery sleuthing includes light snacks and refreshments.

⭐ Art Heist: A BAG Mystery
📅 October 31, 1-4 pm
📍 To register, click the link: https://ow.ly/MBVZ50ZTF30 or call 604-297-4422

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