The Polygon Gallery

05/28/2026

The Polygon Gallery is pleased to present Deckchair Cinema V, beginning June 25 and happening every Thursday until August 27. You are invited to enjoy classic films under the stars on Cates Deck in front of the Gallery. Now in its fifth year, Deckchair Cinema treats audiences to a summer of al fresco screenings, which commence at sunset and are complemented by music and entertainment leading up to curtain time.⁠
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This summer it’s game on as we screen the greatest sports films ever made.

Admission to Deckchair Cinema is by donation, courtesy of BMO Financial Group, and includes popcorn as well as access to the Gallery’s summer exhibitions Greg Girard, Simranpreeet Anand: Living with the Eternal, and James Harry: Eye of the Ancestor.

VIP Picnic Tables and Seats at Deckchair Cinema can be reserved by donating in advance here:
https://store.thepolygon.ca/products/deckchair-cinema-vip-picnic-tables
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Find out more here:
https://thepolygon.ca/news/deckchair-cinema-v-hot-summer-nights-and-heated-rivalries/

Lineup⁠
June 25 – Jafar Panahi’s Offside
July 2 – Shaolin Soccer
July 9 – Sign O’ The Times + The Halftime Show - Greg Girard Opening Celebration
July 16 – Best in Show – Bring Your Dog To The Movie Night
July 23 – Machotaildrop + Joe Buffalo
July 30 – Speed Racer - North Shore Pride Week Drag Party
August 6 – Creed
August 13 – A League of Their Own
August 20 – RAD
August 27 – Audience Choice: When We Were Kings or Enter the Dragon

Presenting Sponsor⁠
Rogers Communications

Supporting Sponsor
Mubi

Community Partner
Easy Park, Nook, Vancouver's North Shore Tourism Associatiom
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Additional Support⁠
Daily Hive, Strathcona Beer Company, Vancouver International Film Festival
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Community Partner
The Cinematheque, North Shore Pride Alliance, The Rio Theatre, VIVA Alliance, The Park Theatre.
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Photos by Akeem Nermo

05/19/2026

Calling all Indigenous filmmakers and visual storytellers! The Response Program is an opportunity to create a short video work through exploratory workshops devised by Indigenous artists and mentors. Inspired by diverse approaches to film and media across contemporary Indigenous art, Response: Cover with Care encourages participants to consider how intentionally veiling subjects can act as a form of protection and resistance. What do we choose to share and what do we keep for ourselves? How does asserting sovereignty over access change the power that is given to our stories?

Workshops will take place online during Summer 2026 followed by self-directed work in the Fall, helping participants to create an original film-based work on this year’s theme of concealment. Participants will have the opportunity to have their work included in the Response exhibition at The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver in early 2027.

This program is open to artists of all ages and skill levels, though a basic understanding of technology is an asset. If you’re a beginner, let us know!

The program is free, and participants will receive $715 honorarium upon its successful completion.

Find out more here:
https://thepolygon.ca/news/call-for-indigenous-artists-the-2026-response-program/

If you have questions, please contact [email protected].

Applications close Sunday, June 7, 2026.

About The Response Program
In 2014, Response—an outreach program that lifts the voice of Indigenous Youth— was successfully piloted. Relaunched in 2020, Response is now an annual film program involving a series of workshops led primarily by and for Indigenous people, culminating in an exhibition of participants’ work at The Polygon Gallery. The program invites ways of responding artistically to historical and contemporary images of Indigenous cultures.

Presenting Sponsor
TD Bank Group

Photos by Alison Boulier

05/13/2026

An Evening with Nalo Hopkinson - https://mailchi.mp/thepolygon/an-evening-with-nalo-hopkinson

05/08/2026

Photolithics Extended - https://mailchi.mp/thepolygon/photolithics-extended

05/06/2026

The Polygon Gallery is currently seeking Event Liaisons, who are responsible for executing all on-site events as ambassadors of the gallery while providing exceptional customer service to both the clients and vendors onsite.

Please share this posting with anyone you think might be interested in a flexible, part-time role at The Polygon.

The Polygon Gallery is currently seeking Event Liaisons to join our event team.

05/01/2026

May Events - https://mailchi.mp/thepolygon/tania-willard-x-dana-claxton-10474884

04/30/2026

Kids First Is This Weekend! - https://mailchi.mp/thepolygon/kids-first-may-2026-reminder

04/29/2026

Join us this Thursday for the launch of Diane Evans: Photographs 1976-2023.

Event that closes the Capture Photography Festival recognizes not only late artist-curator-teacher’s range of style and content, but the way she chronicled Vancouver’s public places and interior spaces