1) [Vancouver] If you didn’t get a chance to stop by grunt gallery for the exhibition “10 Years of State of Emergency” then fear not. You can still check out the co-exhibition over at Gallery Gachet which runs until Sunday May 25.

Catch up with ATSA on this interview written by Maria Fedorove and Gizem Sozen.

2) [Vancouver] Last week, grunt gallery had a get-together to introduce new staff-members and volunteers. Robert Chaplin stopped by and told us about his exhibition that opened last week, About Time. It’s at the Unit/Pitt gallery until June 28.

3) [Vancouver] Claiming Spaces: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth is opening at the Museum of Anthropology on June 1, 2014. The show includes work by a number of indigenous youth artists, it’s probably a good idea to keep an eye on some of these up-and-coming youth artists. The show is curated by Pam Brown and curatorial assisted by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. The opening reception has an incredible line-up of musicians and DJs including Skookum Sound System, check it out here.

http://moa.ubc.ca/experience/exhibit_details.php?id=1335

4) [Vancouver] We’re pretty amazed by the work produced for the Year of Reconciliation project. Many will recognize Sonny Assu’s graphic style on bus shelter posters around the city. But perhaps you’re not as familiar with Gabrielle Hill’s work, she’s involved with a project that includes Tania Willard and Peter Morin. We’re also looking forward to getting downtown to see Krista Belle Stewart’s, Her Story.

5) [Toronto] And to wrap it up, we truly wish we were in Toronto for Rebecca Belmore‘s solo exhibition, Kwe. Did you see it? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter.

Read this recent interview with Rebecca by The Star.
Listen to Rebecca Belmore interviewed on Q CBC.

Get to know our curatorial resident Tarah Hogue! Tarah started her position with grunt gallery in April and she’s already started to take on a number of different projects and plans that will unfold over the next year. Learn more about her, what Tarah has done in the past and what kinds of projects she’s working on at grunt in the near future.

How long have you lived in Vancouver? What brought you to the city?

I’ve lived in Vancouver since late 2008 – I moved to the city after graduating from Queen’s University because my two best friends were living here and attending Emily Carr. I applied to the Curatorial Studies program at UBC but ended up working for a year and opening the Gam Gallery before I got accepted.

You founded Gam Gallery in 2009. What was your vision for creating this space? How has it changed or shifted?

I started the gallery with three of my close friends from back home in Alberta – two artists, a musician and myself. We had talked about the idea of starting a creative multi-purpose space for some time but the opportunity came when we happened upon the space in the ACME Studios building where we are still located (110 E. Hastings). It was available for rent and so we kind of just jumped into it. Initially we did anything and everything to pay the rent: we threw parties, hosted experimental theatre, put on artisan markets, curated exhibitions, had band nights, film screenings, model drawing, games nights – you name it. The idea was and always has been to create a social environment for emerging artists to make, share and (sometimes) sell their work, but our operations have definitely become more streamlined. We currently have about ten artists that work in the studio space (meaning we have fewer crazy parties) and we focus on our exhibitions and the boutique a lot more, which features local designers, jewelry, ceramics, art prints and more. We still do games nights and have music at the gallery from time to time, but focus more on programming that complements our exhibitions. There are just two of us that run the space now – myself and my partner, Julia Kreutz, so we have to be more selective and efficient with our time (we both have three jobs!).

What past exhibition that you curated are you most proud of?

Working on the Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools exhibition at the Belkin Art Gallery as a co-curator was an amazing experience. I had worked at the gallery while doing my MA and Scott Watson (the gallery’s Director) asked me to stay on for the project. The curatorial team, the artists, and the programming all had a profound impact on me, both professionally and personally.

What drew you to grunt gallery?

My interest in performance art and the production of indigenous artists brought me to grunt as soon as I moved to Vancouver. The programming here is really important in presenting contemporary art that deals with social issues and there is also a level of community engagement that is really impressive; these are values that I want to build my curatorial practice around.

Who inspires you as a curator or artist?

The more I encounter the work of fellow indigenous artists and curators the more I am impressed and overwhelmed by the scope of talent and intellect that is out there – in other words, it’s a long list. Personally, I find Richard Hill’s curatorial work and writing to be really ground breaking. I had the pleasure of hearing David Garneau speak at the Witnesses symposium in September and think his work is crazy and amazing. My favourite artist has always been Rebecca Belmore, her strength and the silence in her work have been a great source of inspiration for me. People like Tania Willard, Dana Claxton, Charlotte Townsend-Gault, and Peter Morin… I could just go on!

What are some projects you’re planning on working on with grunt gallery?

I will be working on some of the planning around the gallery’s 30th anniversary activities, which I am very excited about. I will also be curating a show from Dazibao in Montreal called Épopée, which is a series of videos produced by Rodrigue Jean who was doing a documentary on male sex workers in Montreal. He later developed a program to allow the workers to produce their own videos and we will be screening these in conjunction with the Queer Arts Festival in July. I will also be doing my own research on the topic of indigenous feminism for a potential exhibition, for which the grunt’s archives will be a fruitful resource!

What exhibition have you seen in Vancouver that went above and beyond what you expected of it? Or what you thought it could be?

The largest exhibition that comes to mind is the Marian Penner Bancroft exhibition at the VAG in 2012. I was just floored by her work and the level of personal narrative that she uses. I can imagine that she would have faced criticism for this at some point in her career and it stands in contrast to the academic/intellectual tradition of art making in Vancouver that is dominated by a few key male artists. I think her work is really important for this reason, though it is powerful in its own right as well.

Outside of the art scene, where can people find you?

I sing and play percussion (tambourine, etc.) in a country-rock band, Those Boys Cassidy. We are just finishing up a three-song EP, which is our second release. I also plan to spend as many weekends as possible camping and fishing this summer. I just caught my first trout on the Easter long weekend and want to get back out there for more.

Anything else?

I am very fortunate to be working with grunt and I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting into it – and hope to meet you all in the coming months.

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Tarah Hogue Bio:

Tarah Hogue is a writer and curator of Dutch/Métis ancestry. She holds a Bachelor of Art History from Queen’s University and a Master of Art History in Critical Curatorial Studies from the University of British Columbia. Hogue has curated a number of exhibitions in Vancouver, including No Windows at the Satellite Gallery in 2011 and her practicum exhibition, Facing the Animal, at the Or Gallery in 2012. She has recently co-curated two exhibitions about Indian Residential Schools in Canada: Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and NET-ETH: Going out of the Darkness with Malaspina Printmakers. In 2009 she co-founded The Gam Gallery, an exhibition space and artist studio located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

A tremendous thank-you to everyone who supported our 30th Anniversary campaigns!

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Kickstarter Support:

Thank-you to everyone who supported our Kickstarter fundraiser! We met our goal and raised over $10,000.

Adad Hannah
Ahmad tabrizi
Alex Phillips
Allyson Clay
America Meredith
Andrea Kwan
Andrew Siu
Ann McDonell
Annie and Pierre
Anonymous
Ashok Mathur
Baco Ohama
Barbara Cole
Barbara Polkey
Beth Carter
Bo Myers
Bob Ayers
Brian McBay
Brian Nicol
Caitlin Jones
Carlee Price
Carol Sawyer
Catherine Siu
Charlene Vickers
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Christina Adams
christos dikeakos
Claire Hatch
Dan Pon
Dani Fecko
David Diamond
David Khang
Deanna
Deanna Bayne
Deanne Achong
Deirdre Hofer
Devon Smither
Diana Zapata
Diyan Achjadi
Donna Alteen
Donna Hagerman
Duane Elverum
E Rausenberg
Eddie Chisholm
Eileen Kage
Elisha Burrows
Ernesto Gomez
Fiona Mowatt
Glenn Alteen
Gloria Henry
Guadalupe Martinez
Hannah Claus
Hannah Jickling
Helen Reed
Hyung-Min Yoon (윤형민)
Ingrid Mary Percy + Jon Tupper
Innes Yates
Jane Ellison
Jane irwin
Janice Toulouse
January Rogers
Jason Lujan
Jayce Salloum
Jeffrey Ng
Jen Crothers
Jenny Barclay
Jessie Caryl
Jill Baird
Joni Low
JP Carter
Julie Voyce
Julie Wong
Justin Langlois
Justin Wiebe
Karen Duffek
Karlene Harvey
Kate Hennessy
Katherine Dennis
Kathleen Ritter
Keith Wallace
Kenneth Yuen
Kim Nguyen
Klara
Kristin Dowell
Laiwan
Lana Shipley
Linda Grussani
Lora and Simon Carroll
Lorna Fraser
Lynda Baker
Maiko Yamamoto
Marcia Pitch
Marcus Bowcott
Margriet Hogue
Maria Lantin
Marie Clements
Marie France Berard
Mark Mizgala
Mary Ann Anderson
Meagan Kus
Meaghan Daniel
Meg Marie
Melanie Brown
Michelle Hasebe
Michelle Sound Perich
Mira Malatestinic
Miriam Aiken
Monique Fouquet
Nancy Bleck
Naomi Sawada
Natalie Siu-Mitton
Nicholas Galanin
Norman Armour
Paddy Ryan
Paul Wong
Philip Beeman
Pietro
Priscilla Ng
Rachel Barclay
Rachel Iwaasa
Randy Lee Cutler
Reid Shier
Rita Wong
Rolande
Rosanne Bennett
Ryder
Sadira Rodrigues
SD Holman
Sepideh Saii
Sharyn Yuen
Sherri
Sheryl Orr
Shirley Tillotson
Tania Willard
Tara Roberts
Tarah Hogue
Tracy Stefanucci
Vancouver Art and Leisure Society
Vanessa Kwan
Vanessa Richards

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Early 30th Anniversary Campaign

Thank-you to everyone that donated to our early campaign in Spring 2014. A special recognition for these early contributors was included in our 30th Anniversary eBook, Disgruntled: Other Art.

Andrew Siu
Bo Myers
Charlene Vickers
Dana Claxton
Danielle Peacock
David Khang
Erin Crisfield & Ian Forbes
Fiona Mowatt
Glenn Alteen
Henry Tsang
Innes Yates
Jayce Salloum
Jin Me Yoon
Karen Kazmer
Karlene Harvey
Kristin Krimmel
Laiwan Chung
Marcia Pitch
Mary Ann Anderson
Meagan Kus
Mira Malatestinic
Norman Armour
Paddy Ryan
Rebecca Belmore
Rita Wong
Ron den Daas
Rosanne Bennett
Sandra Semchuk
Sharyn Yuen
Tania Willard
Vanessa Kwan

 

You can help continue our fundraising efforts by donating to grunt gallery through Canada Helps:

Dear grunt supporter,

grunt has a dream. Our goal is to one day raise $2 million dollars for the grunt gallery Legacy Fund. The grunt gallery Legacy Fund is a permanent endowment, managed by the Vancouver Foundation, with the purpose of providing a strong and stable base of funds that financially supports grunt and the artists we serve. Not only will this provide grunt with a considerable interest-based quarterly income, it will also empower the gallery to take on future capital planning with determination and confidence.

Our endowment has grown from $150,000 in 2006 to over $460,000 today, an incredible accomplishment for an organization of our size.

grunt navigates unforeseeable funding patterns by anchoring a thriving and sustainable future through the grunt gallery Legacy Fund. As a donor to grunt gallery, you are not just investing in an exhibition program; you are investing in an artist-run centre that cultivates curators with raw talent, emerging artists, and innovative ideas that drive Vancouver’s artistic community forward. You can be certain that you are making a long-lasting impact on the arts by giving to this fund.

The grunt gallery Legacy Fund hopes to raise $15,000 by November 2013. All funds raised by the aforementioned date will be submitted to the Canadian Heritage Endowment Incentives Program. This program supports endowments created by non-profits by matching a percentage of funds raised on an annual basis, which means every dollar you give to this fund will always be worth more.
Invest in us and we can continue to make a difference.

You can donate to the grunt gallery Legacy Fund by writing a cheque payable to Unit 306 Society, or pay online here: vancouverfoundation.ca/gruntgallerylegacyfund.

Questions? Feel free to contact Karlene Harvey at grunt gallery at 604.875.9616 or karlene@grunt.ca.

Nov 28, 2013 UPDATE: We are currently at $5,500! Donate today and help us reach our Legacy Fund goal!

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Thank you to our grunt gallery Legacy Fund Contributors!

Rosanne Bennett | Marie-France Berard |  Heather Bradfield | Ann Buttrick | Maggie De Vries | Karlene Harvey | David Khang | [In memory of] Dan Kibke | Kiss & Tell| Kiss & Tell | Kristin Krimmel | Judy McNaughton | Donald Lindsay | Lorna McParland| Lorna Mills| Al Neil & Carole Itter| Audain Foundation For The Visual Arts | Abraham Rogatnick | Danielle Peacock | Glenn Alteen | Peter Alteen | Deanna Bayne | Bobbi Kozinuk | Cheryl L’Hirondelle | Elaine Jong | Phillip Beeman | Anonymous | Archer Pechawis | Barbara Seamon | Bo Myers | Callow Insurance | Charlotte Townsend-Gault | Cornelia Wyngaarden | Dana Claxton | David Khang | Deanna Bayne | Devon Smither | Donna Hagerman | Ed Varney | Erin O’Brien | Esther Chetner | Fae Logie | Fiona Mowatt | Georgia Scott | Haruko Okano | Heather Bradfield | Innes Yates | Jay Thompson | Jayce Salloum | Jo Cook | Joanna Maratta | Karen Kazmer | Kate Hennessy | Kate Lancaster | Kathleen Ritter | Kevin McKenzie | Krista Lomax | Lara Fitzgerald | Linda Gorrie | Lora Carroll | Lorna Brown | | Marcia Pitch | Marusia Petryshyn | Mary Ann Anderson | Meagan Kus | Pat Beaton | Paul Armstrong | Paula Jardine | Polly Bak | Raine McKay | Rebecca Belmore | Robert McNealy | Robert Watson | Roslyn Belle | Sachi Yamabe | Sharyn Yuen | Sheldon Howard | Skai Fowler | Susi Milne | Sylvia Roberts | Terry Ewasiak | Veronica Plewman | Winston Xin | David Khang | Roslyn Belle | Marcia Pitch | Julie Voyce

HOHOL (Hang Out Hang Out Lang)
June 15th – August 17, 2024
Artists: Christopher Baliwas, Trisha Baga, Patrick Cruz, Ella Gonzales, Ramolen Laruan, Lani Maestro, Manuel Ocampo, Christian Vistan, Thea Yabut. With a text by Patrick Flores.
Curated by Patrick Cruz and Christian Vistan

a memory with you: of holding, of carrying together
April 4th – June 1st, 2024
Artist: Maria-Margaretta Cabana Boucher
Curated by Whess Harman

Inside/Out: the art show my dad never had
February 2 – March 16, 2024
Artists: Sue Dong Eng, Mercedes Eng
Curated by Mercedes Eng and Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa

Daughter Daughter Daughter
November 23, 2023-January 21, 2024
Artist: Sora Park
Curated by Whess Harman

Enticed and Entagled en algo Antiguo
September 14-November 4, 2023
Artist: Francisco Berlanga
Curated by Whess Harman

Syncretic Birthrights
May 12-July 8, 2023
Artist: Odera Igbokwe
Curated by Whess Harman

Ladykiller the Maneater
March 16-April 29, 2023
Artist: Alison Bremner
Curated by Whess Harman

Three Way Mirror
December 2nd 2022—January 21st 2023
Artists: Daniel Barrow, Glenn Gear and Paige Gratland
Curators: Whess Harman & Vanessa Kwan

Mullyanne Nîmito
September 17th—October 29th, 2022
Artist: Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ
Curator: Whess Harman

Terremoto
July 9th—August 13th, 2022
Artist: Michelle Campos Castillo
Curator: Vanessa Kwan

An Insufficient Record: The photo-ethics of preserving Black Vancouver
May 20th—June 18th, 2022
Curator: Nya Lewis

SuperNova
March 26th—April 30th, 2022
Artist: Rah
Curators: Vanessa Kwan & Whess Harman

Smokes, Sings Loud
February 4th—March 12th, 2022
Artists: Lori Blondeau and Michelle Sound
Curators: Dan Pon, Whess Harman and Vanessa Kwan

Project Fire Flower
October 2—December 12th, 2021
Artist: Collin van Uchelen with Carmen Papalia
Curator: Whitney Mashburn

Black Gold
January 22 — April 17th, 2021
Artist: Tsēmā Igharas
Curator: Natasha Chaykowski

Cheap! Diligent! Faithful!
September 25 — December 12th, 2020
Artist: Marlene Yuen
Curators: Vanessa Kwan and Whess Harman

pi’tawkewaq | our people up river
March 5th to April 11, 202011`
Artist: Meagan Musseau
Curator: Laurie White

BAIT
January 10 to February 22, 2020
Artist: Couzyn van Heuvelen
Curator: Ryan Rice

a sentimental dissidence
November 1st to December 14, 2019
Artist: Gabi Dao
Curator: Vanessa Kwan

a study in restraint, nanlaban
September 6 to October 19, 2019
Artist: Anton Cu Unjieng
Curator: Glenn Alteen

nindinawemaganidog (all of my relations)
July 2 – August 3, 2019
Artist: Rebecca Belmore
Curator: Glenn Alteen

dot.dot.dot.
May 10 – June 22nd, 2019
Artists: Sejin Kim & Inyoung Yeo
Curator: Vanessa Kwan

An Exploration of Resilience and Resistance
March 15 – April 22nd, 2019
Artist: Kali Spitzer
Curator: Glenn Alteen

March 5, 1819
March 5 – March 5th, 2019
Artist: Rebecca Belmore
Curator: Glenn Alteen

Strident Aesthetic: Towards a New Liberation
January 10 – March 2nd, 2019
Artist: Carlos Colín
Curator: Glenn Alteen

2068: Touch Change
November 2 – December 16th, 2018
Artist: Syrus Marcus Ware
Curator: Vanessa Kwan

Woven Work From Near Here
September 7 – October 20, 2018
Artists: Debra Sparrow (θəliχʷəlʷət), Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Hank Bull, Jovencio de la Paz, Kerri Reid, Matt Browning, Melvin Williams, and Merritt Johnson.

March of the Monarch Public Performance
August 30, 2018
Artist: David Khang

The Blue Cabin Exhibition | Jeremy & Sus Borsos
June 15 – July 28, 2018

Motion Within Motion | Azadeh Emadi
May 2 – May 12, 2018

Requiem for Mirrors and Tigers | Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa
February 22 – April 21, 2018

Ghost Spring | Derya Akay, Dilara Akay
January 5 – February 17, 2018

2167, An Indigenous VR Project | Danis Goulet, Kent Monkman, Scott Benesiinaabandan and  Postcommodity
December 19 – 21, 2017

You won’t solve the problem with an air freshener | Dominique Pétrin
October 27 – December 9, 2017

Technical Problem | Aileen Bahmanipour
September 8 – October 14, 2017

UNGALAQ (When Stakes Come Loose) | Maureen Gruben
June 9 – July 29, 2017

Contingent Bodies | Brigitta Kocsis
March 3 – April 15, 2017

Three Cities: Prayer and Protest | Mere Phantoms (Maya Ersan and Jaimie Robson)
January 13 – February 18, 2017

#callresponse | Christi Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch, Maria Hupfield, IV Castellanos and Esther Neff, Ursula Johnson, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Tania Willard, Marcia Crosby, Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory, Tanya Tagaq
October 29 – December 10, 2016

Tomorrow, Tomorrow. | Mark Hall-Patch
September 8 – October 15, 2016

Four Faces of the Moon | Amanda Strong
July 22 – August 20, 2016

High Kicks into the Light Forever and Ever and Ever | Elizabeth Milton
May 27 – June 25, 2016

análekta | Merle Addison
April 7 – May 8, 2016

Sausage Factory | Weronika Stepien and Stephen Wichuk
Feb 25 – Apr 2, 2016

Remote Viewing | Noxious Sector
8 Jan – 13 Feb 2016

FutureLoss | Zoe Kreye
3 December – 19 December 2015

Génération Sacrifiée | Sayah Sarfaraz
22 October – 28 November 2015

Remediating Mama Pina’s Cookbook | Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda
23 November – 28 November 2015

Catastrophe, Memory, Reconciliation | Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo
10 September – 10 October 2015

ARCTICNOISE | Geronimo Inutiq (madeskimo)
Guest curated by Yasmin Nurming-Por and Britt Gallpen.
Produced in conjunction with ISEA.
5 August – 22 August 2015

Diptychs | Mark Igloliorte
4 June – 18 July 2015

Eraser Street | Henri Robideau
9 April – 16 May 2015

MAINSTREETERS: Taking Advantage, 1972-1982 | Kenneth Fletcher, Deborah Fong, Carol Hackett, Marlene MacGregor, Annastacia McDonald, Charles Rea, Jeanette Reinhardt and Paul Wong
Off-site exhibition @ The Satellite
Curated by Michael Turner and Allison Collins
8 January – 15 March 2015

Chopper | Brandon Vickerd
26 February – 28 March 2015

Crossed | Ahmad Tabrizi
15 January – 21 February 2015

Kitchen | Julia Feyrer
1 November – 19 December 2014

gruntCraft | Youth Project by Demian Petryshyn
Summer – Winter 2014

Double Book Launch & Poetry Reading | Janet Rogers & Chris Bose
9 October 2014

The Book of Jests | Hyung Min Yoon
11 September – 11 October 2014

Épopée: L’état des lieux | Groupe d’action en cinéma (Epic Group Action Film)
Co-presented with Dazibao and Queer Arts Festival
21 July – 9 August 2014

Play, Fall, Rest, Dance | Valerie Salez
2 June – 5 July 2014

10 Years of State of Emergency | ATSA (Pierre Allard and Annie Roy)
11 April – 17 May 2014

Produce, Consume | Matt Troy
28 March – 5 April 2014

one man’s junk | Laura Moore
20 February – 22 March 2014

Nothing To Lose | Rabih Mroué
Co-presented with PuSh Festival
10 January – 8 February 2014

location/dis-location(s): contingent promises | Jayce Salloum
25 October – 30 November 2013

Mamook Ipsoot | Desiree Palmen and youth
18 October 2013

Don’t Go Hungry | Bracken Hanuse Corlett & Csetkwe Fortier
Curated by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
5 September – 12 October 2013

Trapez & Dynamo Lines | Josephin Böttger
Co-presented with New Forms Festival
12 September – 15 September 2013

The Big Foldy Painting of Death | Ian Forbes
21 June – 27 July 2013

Agente Costura | Lisa Simpson
5 July 2013 (1 night performance)

Background / ThisPlace | Michael de Courcy (w/ Glenn Lewis, Gerry Gilbert, Taki Bluesinger); Emilio Rojas, Guadalupe Martinez, and Igor Santizo.
10 May – 8 June 2013

Strange Songs of Trust and Treachery | Laura Lamb
5 April – 4 May 2013

Gutter Snipes I | Cal Lane
15 February – 23 March 2013

Holding Our Breath | Adrian Stimson
4 January – 9 February 2013

Remains | Mark Mizgala
13 December – 6 January 2013

The Sea Is A Stereo | Mounira Al Solh
11 October – 1 December 2012

Do The Wave | Jonathan Villeneuve
6 September – 6 October 2012

Amelogenesis Imperfecta (How Deep is the Skin of Teeth) | David Khang
6 September – 22 September 2012

BLIZZARD | Jamasie Pitseolak, Nicholas Galanin, Tanya Lukin-Linklater & Geronimo Inutiq
In the media lab Northern Haze: Living the Dream (2011) directed by Derek Aqqiaruq
5 July – 4 August 2012

Qiqayt, 1982 | Emilio Portal
29 May – 23 June 2012

Here There Nowhere, Flaccid Means Without End | Ali Ahadi
6 April  – 12 May 2012

Ghostkeeper | Ahasiw Maskegeon-Iskew, Archer Pechawis, Adrian Stimson, Cheryl L’hirondelle, Sheila Urbanoski & Elwood Jimmy
21 April – 28 April 2012

H20 Cycle | François Roux
16 March – 31 March 2012

Ominjimendaan/ to remember | Charlene Vickers
23 February – 31 March 2012

The Symbolic Meaning of Tree | Christoph Runné
6 January – 11 February 2012

Pin-Up | Colette Urban
28 October – 3 December 2011

Like A Great Black Fire | Rebecca Chaperon
8 September – 15 October 2011

Taking Care of Business | Immony Men
9 July – 6 August 6 2011

Skullduggery | Robert McNealy
28 May – 25 June 2011

The Pigeon’s Club | ATSA (Pierre Allard and Annie Roy)
20 May – 21 May 2011

Old Growth | Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
21 April – 21 May 2011

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grunt gallery’s volunteers are working to make all of our past exhibitions available in an online archival database called The Activation Map.  If you can’t find the information you are looking for, please feel free to email our Archives Manager, Dan Pon: dan@grunt.ca

grunt gallery’s endowment was opened with $150,000 in 2006, and has already grown to over $575,000 today.  That’s an incredible accomplishment for an artist-run organization!

To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of our endowment, please help us raise $10,000 in new donations before November 30, 2016. 

An endowment fund is structured so that the principal donated amount is kept permanently intact, and the interest earned on that savings is paid out each year.  This interest provides grunt with a considerable annual income, gives us the sustainability to navigate unpredictable funding trends, and the peace of mind to take on future planning with confidence.  It also allows donations to have an impact over a much longer period of time.

By donating to our endowment (which is managed by the Vancouver Foundation) you are not just supporting one exhibition or one season, you are permanently investing in the cultivation of emerging artists, in edgy new curators with raw talent, and innovative ideas that drive Vancouver’s art scene forward. You make a long-lasting impact on the arts world by donating to this fund.

All donations received before November 30, 2016 can be applied to the Canadian Heritage Endowment Incentives Program which matches a high percentage of endowment donations raised by non-profit groups.  That means every dollar you give to our endowment will be nearly DOUBLED before it even starts earning interest!

Please click here to make your donation today.

Questions? Contact Glenn Alteen or Meagan Kus at grunt gallery at 604.875.9616.

 

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THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to our Legacy Fund!

Abby Yellen
Abraham Rogatnick
Al Neil & Carole Itter
Andrew Siu
Ann Buttrick
Anonymous
Anonymous
Archer Pechawis
Audain Foundation For The Visual Arts
Barbara Seamon
Bobbi Kozinuk
Bo Myers
Callow Insurance
Charlene Vickers
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Cheryl L’Hirondelle
Colleen Browning
Cornelia Wyngaarden
Dana Claxton
Danielle Peacock
David Khang
Deanna Bayne
Deirdre Hofer
Devon Smither
Diana Zapata
Diane LeBlanc
Donald Lindsay
Erin O’Brien
Esther Chetner
Fiona Mowatt
Don Lindsay
Donna Hagerman
Ed Varney
Elaine Jong
Erin Crisfield
Erin Obrien
Esther Chetner
Fae Logie
Fiona Mowatt
Georgia Scott
Glenn Alteen
gruntgallery
Haruko Okano
Heather Bradfield
Innes Yates
Jann LM Baily
Jayce Salloum
Jay Thompson
Joanna Maratta
Jo Cook
Judy McNaughton
Julie Voyce
Karlene Harvey
Karen Kazmer
Kate Hennessy
Kate Lancaster
Kathleen Ritter
Kevin McKenzie
Kiss & Tell
Krista Lomax
Kristin Dowell
Kristin Krimmel
Laiwan
Lara Fitzgerald
Larry Van Kampen
Leah Snyder
[In Memory of] Lily the Cat
Linda Gorrie
Lora Carroll
Lorna Brown
Lorna McParland
Lorna Mills
Maggie De Vries
Marcia Pitch
Marie-France Berard
Mary Ann Anderson
Maria Pitch
Mark Mizgala
Marlene Madison
Marusia Petryshyn
Mary Ann Anderson
Meagan Kus
Norman Armour
Pat Beaton
Paula Jardine
Paul Armstrong
Paul Wong
Peter Alteen
Polly Bak
Priscilla Yeung
Rachel Iwaasa
Raine McKay
Rebecca Belmore
Robert McNealy
Robert Watson
Rosanne Bennett
Roslyn Belle
Sachi Yamabe
Sharyn Yuen
Sheldon Howard
Skai Fowler
Stephen Anthony
Susi Milne
Sylvia Roberts
Tania Willard
Terry Ewasiak