Vancouver Maritime Museum presents The Lost Fleet, which investigates the unjust 1941 seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels following the bombing of Pearl Harbour through a collection of historic photographs, models of Japanese-Canadian-built fishing boats, fishermen’s tools, and replica documents.

Visitors will also see an original shell fragment from Estevan Point lighthouse, which was attacked by a Japanese imperial submarine in June 1942, revealing the little known fact that enemy fire landed on Canadian soil during WWII. The Lost Fleet will shed important light on the pre-eminence of xenophobia in the province’s history, how this led to the appropriation of Japanese-Canadian property, and ultimately the incarceration of an entire people.

Event Date: March 24, 2017 to March 25, 2018

Event Location: Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3

Website: http://vancouvermaritimemuseum.com

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents the thought provoking, socially and environmentally conscious new exhibition Amazonia: The Rights of Nature, on display March 10, 2017-January 28, 2018.

Curated by Dr. Nuno Porto (MOA Curator, Africa and Latin America), Amazonia explores the creative ideas that inspire Indigenous resistance to threats facing the world’s largest rainforest. The exhibition features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing Indigenous, Maroon and white settler communities. Today, these groups confront threats caused by political violence, mining, oil and gas exploration, industrial agriculture, forest fires, and hydroelectric plants.

Opening celebration: March 9, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm. Free admission.

Event Date: March 10, 2017 to January 28, 2018

Event Location: Museum of Anthropology at UBC, 6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

Website: http://moa.ubc.ca/portfolio_page/amazonia/

The 2017 Salt Spring National Art Prize is hosting an incredible series of events, coinciding with the 2017 SSNAP Finalist Exhibition, which runs from September 22nd to October 22nd, 2017, and we invite you to attend!

49 Artists were chosen from across Canada by an independent jury for the Finalist Exhibition. All artist submissions were anonymous to the jury. SSNAP Offering awards totalling $30,000.

SSNAP 2017 Calendar of Events:

SSNAP Opening Gala
Gala opening of the 2017 Finalists’ Exhibition
Friday, September 22nd, 2017 at 6:00pm
Location: Mahon Hall
$15 / including one month exhibition entry

SSNAP 2017 Finalists’ Exhibition
Forty-nine artists from across Canada will feature in this jury-selected exhibition
Saturday, September 23rd to Sunday, October 22nd, 2017, from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Mahon Hall
$5 single / $10 one month entry

SSNAP Saturdays Drop-in All Ages Art Making Workshops
Drop in to the annex art room. Have fun exploring or create art related to your experience of SSNAP. All ages.
Saturdays, September 23rd and 30th and October 7th and 14th, 2017, 11:00am to 3:00pm
Location: Mahon Hall
Free with exhibition entry

SSNAP Parallel Art Show (PAS)
Friday, September 29th to Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: ArtSpring Galleries
Free

PAS Opening Reception
Featuring local Salt Spring Island artists
Saturday, September 30th, 2017 fromm 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: ArtSpring Galleries
Free

Young At Art
An exhibition of work created by Salt Spring Children and Youth
Friday, September 29th to Tuesday, October 31st, 2017, daily 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: ArtSpring Lobby
Free

SSNAP Panel Event
The Creative Mind: Creativity In The Arts & Sciences, with three panellists from the world of arts and science – Atom Egoyan (director), Arthur B McDonald (2015 Nobel Prize in Physics), Meaghan Ogilvie (photographer)
Saturday, October 14th, 2017 at 7:30pm
Location: ArtSpring Theatre
Tickets $25 at http://tinyurl.com/SSNAP2017TheCreativeMind

Film screening “Maudie”
Based on the true story of Nova Scotia folk painter Maud Lewis, with Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke (dir. Aisling Walsh, 2016). A Salt Spring Film Festival screening.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at 7:30pm
ArtSpring Theatre
$10 – Tickets available shortly

SSNAP Awards Night & Closing Gala
Presentation of eight awards and the SSNAP 2017 closing celebration
Saturday, October 21nd, 2017 at 6:00pm
Location: Mahon Hall
$15

Stay tuned also for the calendar of finalist artist talks taking place throughout the exhibition. Artist talks are free with admission.

For more detailed information visit our events page: http://saltspringartprize.ca/category/events/

If one of your annual post Labour Day rituals is to pull the boat and put it away for the winter, you’re missing out on a spectacular fall boating season. While swimming and watersports may lose their lustre as the water temperature cools, taking in the Fall colours of the shoreline from the water is nothing short of breathtaking.

Pristine anchorages, normally clogged during July and August with hundreds of boats, now offer quiet solitude. And, for anglers, the action is hot with fish actively feeding ahead of the long winter freeze-over. The benefits of fall boating necessitate extra attention and an ability to be self-sufficient because there are fewer boaters in the immediate vicinity should you require assistance.

Consider these precautions to maximize your safety and enjoyment as you stretch your boating season. Before heading out, be sure to check the weather forecast. Well into October, daytime temperatures can occasionally be balmy but resist the urge to bring your shorts and T-shirt back out of the closet. Dressing for the water temperature will help slow the onset of hypothermia should the unexpected happen and you find yourself in the water.

The Canadian Safe Boating Council would like boaters to enjoy all that fall boating has to offer but make sure that both they and their boats are prepared should the unexpected occur.

Event Dates and Times: September 23rd to 29th, 2017

Event Website: http://csbc.ca/en/stretching-the-season

Event Location: Across Canada