Open Space

05/29/2026

Chris Creighton-Kelly is currently in residency in the storefront window, sorting various objects, documents and ideas. He will also be audible through his spoken word and other sounds.

Stop by the storefront window this afternoon from 2-5 or tune in to the YouTube livestream from 3-4 through the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/

May 13 - June 6, 2026
2-5pm, Wednesdays to Saturdays.
Open Space, 510 Fort Street, Storefront window space.
Chris invites everyone to drop by anytime between 2 and 5pm.
Or tune into the livestream on Youtube, Wednesday to Saturday from 3-4pm (pacific standard time)

05/29/2026

Tomorrow's Social Friday will focus on the engagement pieces of Shux Shux and the Island, one of which is writing letters to the artists and depositing them in the bundle bags located near each artists’ work.

Social Friday is 4-6pm on May 29th. Shux Shux and the Island is on now until June 20, 2026. We’re open Wednesday-Saturday Noon-5pm.

05/27/2026

The next time you visit Open Space and Shux Shux and the Island, make sure you stop and shake the Touchable Rattle (2022) by Nadine Spence or open the Touchable Baby Box (2022) by Denni Spence.

Shux Shux and the Island is on now until June 20, 2026. We’re open Wednesday-Saturday Noon-5pm.

05/26/2026

Join us for the next Social Friday! This week we will be engaging with the current exhibition, Shux Shux and the Island, through the writing station, the touchable art pieces and more.

Friday May 29th
4-6pm
510 Fort Street 2nd Floor

05/22/2026

Happening now! Chris Creighton-Kelly's residency, SORTING: An Archaeology of Performance, is an experimental process that investigates an artists’s legacy, issues in current performance practice, IBPoC concerns in the Eurocentric cultural worldview and the shifting landscape of the Canadian arts system.

Chris will be visible in the Open Space storefront window, sorting various objects, documents and ideas. He will also be audible through his spoken word and other sounds.

Chris invites everyone to drop by anytime between 2 and 5pm Wednesday- Saturday. Or tune into the Youtube livestream from 3-4pm (pacific standard time)

through the link below

https://www.youtube.com/

05/21/2026

05/19/2026

Activists, environmentalists, and those that have contributed to upholding Indigenous Rights are invited to sign Calling the Salmon Home (2023) by Nadine Spence, Charles Brown, Lee Seymour, and Toby Abbott.

Shux Shux and the Island is on now until June 20, 2026. We’re open Wednesday-Saturday Noon-5pm. Book us for a group tour.

05/15/2026

Stop by the ground floor of the building to catch SORTING: An Archaeology of Performance by Chris Creighton-Kelly, curated by Doug Jarvis.

During this research residency Chris will be visible and audible in the storefront as he sorts objects, documents, and ideas. Chris is exploring art systems, audience participation and cultural perspectives through an experimental process.

His artistic inquiry - while he sorts in real time - will be investigated both as a respectful homage and a tongue-in-cheek parody of the entire visual arts system.

May 13 – June 6, 2026
Wednesdays–Saturdays, 2–5pm
510 Fort Street, storefront window

05/11/2026

Shux Shux and the Island invites visitors to write letters to the artists and to deposit them in the bundle bags that are located near the artists’ individual work.

Shux Shux and the Island is on now until June 20, 2026. We’re open Wednesday-Saturday Noon-5pm.

05/09/2026

Next Social Friday! Join us on May 29th from 4-6pm. This month we will be engaging with the current exhibition Shux Shux and the Island through the writing station, the touchable art pieces and more.

Social Fridays happen once a month, these are low pressure, drop-in evenings with refreshments and activities.