The Flats contemporary art district in Vancouver is throwing its fifth annual block party on Saturday, July 15

Local galleries Monte Clark, Winsor Gallery, Gallery Jones, Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, SoMa, Chernoff Fine Art and their neighbours will play host to crowds of local collectors and art-goers as exhibitions are launched, artist talks are given, and the city is brought together to celebrate the district’s success as a cultural cornerstone. Visitors are free to tour exhibition openings or to follow the scheduled programming of talks from some of the city’s most eminent creative figures.

  • Monte Clark Gallery opens an exhibition of new works by artist Karin Bubas.
  • Gallery Jones presents a summer group exhibition of works featuring artists Erin O’Keefe,  Fei Disbrow,  and Vishal Marapon. 
  • Winsor Gallery will be opening the Summer with “Clichés To Live By” a neon exhibition by artist Pat Webster.
  • Elan Fine Art opens the day with a Summer group show featuring beautiful works by artists; David Urban, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Joseph Kyle, Sean Mills, Gordon Smith, WIllem de Kooning and more.
  • Chernoff Fine Art opens the day with a duo solo show entitled, “Image. Error” featuring artists Jessica Bloom and Dylan Vogel.
  • SoMa will showcase week-long exhibitions by the following seven artists; Jennifer Gauthier, Charlie Edmiston, Zandra Stratford, Tristesse Seeliger, David Crompton, Saci Pedro, and Jeanne Fries. During The Flats Block Party, SoMa will be featuring work by Charlie Edmiston (July 14 – July 20). Born and raised in Los Angeles, Charlie began his career as a graffiti artist working in a variety of styles and mediums, including colorful mixed-media paintings, large-scale murals, and bold design graphics.
  • grunt features a unique exhibition by artist Maureeb Gruben entitled ”UNGALAQ” ( When Stakes Come Loose)  curated by Kyra Kordoski and Tania Willard .   Drawing from five bodies of work, this solo exhibition will be the most extensive mounting of Gruben’s work to date .  The opening will commence June 8th at 7 pm and will run through the Flats Block party.
  • Arts Factory Society exhibits work by artists; Sára J. Molčan, Annah Kassen, Aimée Henny Brown, Andrea Hooge, Antony Rolland, Tristesse Seeliger, Sophie Spiridonoff, Megan Majewski, David Crompton, Eric NeighbourVanessa Lam, Ati Ahkami, Kathryn McPhee and FELT à la main with LOVE
  • Macaulay  & Co. Fine Art exhibits work by Gordon Payne (b.1933).  Payne began painting in the 1950s, and was associated with the Op Art movement in Vancouver during the 1960s. A long time resident of Hornby Island, Payne has continued his painting practice, making abstractions informed by a dynamic relation to the natural world.

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