Events
Guided Tours
Guided Gallery Tours Free with regular admission. All tours meet at Information Desk inside MOA (near crossroads)
Gallery Walks (55 min). An essential overview of MOA’s art, architecture, history, and recent renovations: daily (except Mondays): 11:30 am and 2:00 pm, plus 6:00 pm on Tuesdays.
Ceramics Gallery Tour (55 min). Dr. Angela Clarke, Ceramics Specialist, offers insights into the treasures to be found in the Koerner European Ceramics Gallery. Saturdays, starting Jan 7: 1:00 pm
Native Youth Program Tours (40 mins). Students in MOA's Native Youth Program focus on three different objects in the Multiversity Galleries. Sundays, starting Jan 8: 1:15, 3:00, 4:00 pm.
MOA Curator Tours: Tuesdays, starting January 10, 1-2 pm (free with regular admission). Learn about a different aspect of MOA’s collections from a different curator every week: Jan 10, Bill McLennan; Jan 17, Jill Baird; Jan 24, Pam Brown; Jan 31, Mauray Toutloff; Feb 7, Karen Duffek; Feb 14, Carol Mayer; Feb 21, Jill Baird; Feb 28, David Cunningham; Mar 6, TBA; March 13, Carol Mayer; March 20, Karen Duffek; March 27, Bill McLennan; Apr 2, Pam Brown.
ひろしま hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako - Exhibition Closing Performances
February 12, 2012, 2:00-4:00 pm, Great Hall, MOA
Three participants from the Canadian Music Centre/Canadian League of Composers Mentorship Program will work with Chor Leoni’s men’s youth initiative MYVoice and the British Columbia Girls Choir to produce three original compositions inspired by their experience of the exhibition. A documentary about the process will be screened at MOA before a public performance at the exhibition closing.
Book Launch: Kesu’: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
Tuesday, February 14, 4:00-5:00 pm
Dr. Jennifer Kramer, UBC Assistant Professor of Anthropology and curator of the exhibition Kesu’: The Art and life of Doug Cranmer (opening at MOA March 16, 2012), will sign copies of the catalogue she wrote to accompany the show. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, the book is available for purchase in the MOA Shop. (There is no admission fee for this event, which will be held in the MOA Shop. Regular fees will apply for admission to the galleries, however.)
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival 2012
Thursday, March 8 to Sunday, March 11, 2012. Produced by the Dancers of Damelahamid in partnership with MOA.
This very popular festival returns to MOA this spring with two Signature Evening Performances (March 9 & 10), two Festival Stage Performances (March 10 & 11), and two days of school programs (March 8 & 9). All events will showcase a wide range of diverse and rich Indigenous and dance traditions practiced by some of the best artists from coastal BC, the Yukon, and Alaska. (www.damelahamid.ca)
Signature Evening Performances (ticketed): Friday, March 9, 7:30 pm, doors open 7 pm and Saturday, March 10, 7:30 pm, doors open 7 pm. Adults $25; students/seniors/MOA members $20. Tickets: 604.684.2787 or www.ticketstonight.ca
Festival Stage Performances (free with regular MOA admission): Saturday March 10, 1:00-4:00 pm and Sunday March 11, 1:00-4:00 pm
Elementary & Secondary School Programs (ticketed): Thursday, March 8 & Friday, March 9, 10:00 am. For more info or to book, contact bookings@moa.ubc.ca or 604.822.3825
For a list of this year's dance participants, please click here...
Read moreExhibition Opening: Kesu’: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
Friday, March 16, 7:00 pm (free; everyone welcome)
Celebrate the opening of MOA’s new exhibition with light refreshments and jazz performances by the Tim Sars Trio and the Malcolm Aiken Quartet.
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Play unites Japanese and Canadian artists for peace
One Thousand Cranes by Ren Hisa, based on the original play by Colin Thomas. Translated by Toyoshi Yoshihara,directed by Jun Isomura. Performed in Japanese by Bunkaza Theatre Company (Tokyo), with accompanying English surtitles and storytelling by Nan Gregory
Three performances only! Frederic Wood Theatre, Friday, February 10, 7:30 pm and Saturday, February 11, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Bunkaza Theatre has adapted UBC Theatre alumnus Colin Thomas' award-winning play for young audiences. One Thousand Cranes weaves together the storeis of two 12 year olds: Sadako, the girl whose death by radiation-induced leukemia is commemorated in Hiroshima's monument of one thousand cranes; and Buddy, a Canadian boy whose life is being taken over by his fears of nuclear war. For ticket info, click here...
'A Matter of Taste' Ceramics Gallery Culinary Tour
This tour explores the links between food and our exceptional collection of 16th-19th c. ceramics in the Koerner European Ceramics Gallery. A guided tour of the gallery and a sampling of old-world foods is included. The cost is $12 per person, which includes admission to all Museum galleries. Book clubs, seniors, community groups, cooking classes, history buffs, artists' groups: call 604.822.3825 to reserve a time. Available for adults in groups of 8-25.
Film screenings in MOA Presentation Circle
MOA's fabulous new Multiversity Galleries bring more than 10,000 objects from around the world to public view. Embedded in the Galleries is a Presentation Circle, where you can view videos anytime on topics such as the Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch, the carving of a magnificent canoe (used to carry the torch in the 2010 Olympics) by artist Calvin Hunt, the history of the Native Youth Program at MOA, and a documentary - Killer Whale and Crocodile - on Salish artist John Marsden's visit to Papua New Guinea as part of an international cultural exchange. All films are family-friendly, so bring the kids and enjoy!
Photo Credit: Courtesy Bunkaza Theatre Company
