Activities & Events
Upcoming Events
Resident Art Group Winter Showcase
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The second annual Resident Art Group Winter Showcase will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 10a.m. to 3p.m. at the Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate. Discover the best in Richmond's vibrant arts and crafts scene.
Free admission.
For information call 604 247-8326.
Children's Art Festival
February 2012
Every February, together with the BC Children’s Arts and Literacy Centre, we bring you one of the most unique Children’s Festivals in Canada. In 2011, for the fourth year in a row, children were educated and entertained through interactive Arts workshops and activities.
Registration begins January 3rd
Online: www.richmond.ca/register
Phone: 604-276-4300
In Person: Richmond Cultural Centre
Festival Public Days: Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18.
Writer-in-Residence, Caroline Adderson
February 2012
Meet Richmond’s first Writer-in-Residence, Caroline Adderson, the celebrated author of three novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased To Meet You), as well as books for young readers (Very Serious Children, I, Bruno, Bruno For Real, Middle of Nowhere, Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week).
Caroline’s work has received numerous prize nominations including the International Dublin IMPAC Award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes.
A two-time BC Book Prize (Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize) and three-time CBC Literary Award winner, Caroline was also the recipient of the 2006 Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement.
Enjoy short readings, hear about her writing career and a range of free public
programs during her two months in residency at the Minoru precinct, beginning in February.
Arts Outreach
Arts Truck - Bringing the Arts to You
The Richmond Arts Centre makes innovative Arts programs accessible to children.
The Richmond Arts Centre Arts Truck is a mobile media and arts lab. Our mission is to educate, engage and inspire children within the community. We also aim to foster future interest in the fine arts through our programs by immersing participants in both digital media and traditional arts.
Richmond Arts Centre Productions and Partnerships
Richmond Youth Dance Company
Showcasing the talents of youth artists, our new company of dancers held their inaugural performance in January, 2011 at the Performance Hall in the Richmond Cultural Centre to two sold out shows. They will have several public performance opportunities throughout the year.
Annual School Year Dance Recital
Each year in May, children and youth in our dance programs present a series of performances which highlight their course work throughout the year. The performances take place at the Gateway Theatre.
Richmond International Film and Media Arts Festival
Each July, we are proud to present this unique festival which takes place at the Richmond Cultural Centre. Audiences experience full length features in unique environments inside and outside of the Centre. Other festival highlights include multimedia installations in unusual locations.
For more information visit www.ykfestival.ca
Exhibition Opportunities
In addition to the Upper Rotunda of the Richmond Cultural Centre, Gateway Theatre and the Richmond Arts Centre have teamed up to provide exhibition opportunities for local Artists. The Arts Centre curates 2D exhibitions that are loosely connected to the themes of each individual theatre production. The exhibition is displayed in the lobby of the theatre. For more information contact the Cultural Centre at 604-247-8300.
