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Presenting contemporary and historical exhibitions and events by local, national and international artists. Located at Deer Lake Park.
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Gord Hill is known for his work in decolonization, anti-capitalism and anti-fascism, and is the author and artist of several acclaimed graphic novels. 📚 Alongside our current exhibition, you can check out several of Hill’s comics and publications in the RESIST! Reading Nook including:

⭐ The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book, Gord Hill
⭐ The Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements, Gord Hill
⭐ Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada
⭐ Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories
⭐ World War 3 Now?

The RESIST! Reading Nook was created in partnership with the Burnaby Public Library. To find the full reading list, click the link in bio.

Image: Installation view of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell.

#GordHill #TheRESISTReadingNook A round wooden table displaying five activist-themed books against a bright blue wall with shelves holding colorful artwork. by @bbyartgallery

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🕵️‍♀️ Something suspicious is happening at the Burnaby Art Gallery…

One of our treasured artworks has disappeared and we need your help to figure out who the thief is! On October 31, step into the world of Art Heist, an interactive mystery where you’ll question suspects, uncover clues and navigate a gallery full of secrets, surprises and suspicious characters.

Mystery sleuthing includes light snacks and refreshments.

#BAGArtHeist

⭐ Art Heist: A BAG Mystery
📅 October 31, 1-4 pm
📍 To register, click the “Register for a Program” link in bio or visit: Burnaby.ca/WebReg (Search: 116786) or call 604-297-4422 by @bbyartgallery

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🏀 Shooting hoops at Willingdon Heights Park got a lot more colourful! ✨

Created by artist Angie Quintanilla Coates @angieqcoates, this mural, titled "Common Ground," was made in collaboration with Buckets & Borders @bucketsandborders and engaged more than 40 youth in its design process.

The North Court design centres on the triangle, the most stable shape in engineering, symbolizing community strength, safety and neighbourly support. Oriented in one direction, the triangles guide people into an inclusive space.

The South Court presents a playful expression, where a semicircle and perspective cubes form a smiling face, signalling a joyful and welcoming place for all. Inspired by suns, blueberries and basketballs, the central circle represents togetherness, continuity and friendship on and off the court.

The wall mural extends this visual language through a geometric mosaic inspired by West Coast landscapes.

Ultimately, each shape reflects a core truth of the community: together, we form a vibrant whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Video: Courtesy of Buckets and Borders.

#AngieQuintanillaCoates #BucketsAndBorders #BurnabyPublicArt #WillingdonHeightsPark by @bbyartgallery

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🌟We are thrilled to see Marlene Yuen's @marleneyuen comic created for our "Hak Chu/Pak Chu" brochure included in the Chinese Canadian Museum's @ccmuseumbc current exhibition "Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form"! Currently on view, it is the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled on the rich history and global influence of Asian comics.

This comic was commissioned for the public artwork "Hak Chu/Pak Chu" by Nathan Lee, located on the grounds of Deer Lake Park. It brings together Nathan's writing with Marlene's illustrations and celebrates how a modest and playful object such as the chu game piece can reveal the history of a specific place and become and artwork that lives on into the present day.

View the brochure online or pick up a free copy at the front desk, available in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Images 1 & 4: “Chance Encounters: Journey of a Pak Chu,” written by Nathan Lee, illustrated by Marlene Yuen in “Hak Chu/Pak Chu” Burnaby Public Art brochure, 2025; Images 2 & 3: Installation view of "Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form," October 7, 2026–August 15, 2027, Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver. Black and white sketch of a Go board with scattered stones, a small jar, and a cup beside it on a dark background. by @bbyartgallery

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🎧 Explore the work of Rawan Hassan روان حسن @oddbiscuit, Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde and Elizabeth MacKenzie @elizamacken with our audio tour of "RESIST!" In this tour, you will be guided through the artworks found in the lower and upper galleries while also hearing from a couple of the artists themselves.

Listen online or ask for the audio tour at the front desk.

"RESIST!" runs to November 15, 2026. For more info on the exhibition, click the link in bio.

Images: Installation views of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell.

#RESIST #RawanHassan #GordHill #LaurnceHyde #ElizabethMacKenzie Long vertical strips of paper with colorful abstract patterns hang from a white gallery wall under track lighting in a spacious room. by @bbyartgallery

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🔖 We're taking a look back at a wonderful day meeting community members while making bookmarks with artist Keerat Kaur @_keeratkaur at the City of Lougheed! 📖

It was inspiring to see so many creative bookmark designs come to life alongside Keerat’s playful illustrative stamps, as participants made something special to mark the books they had just checked out from Burnaby Public Library’s Temporary Cameron Branch. We also spent the afternoon chatting about what people have noticed about public art in Burnaby and what could make their experiences with public art even more meaningful. Thank you to Keerat for leading this fun hands-on activity and to everyone who came by and spent some time with us!

Stay tuned for more Public Art events in the future!

Images: Bookmark Making with Keerat Kaur, September 13, 2026, Lougheed Shopping Centre, Burnaby Public Library's Temporary Cameron Branch.

#KeeratKaur #BurnabyPublicArt Overhead view of families and children seated at tables engaged in arts and crafts activities in a public indoor space. by @bbyartgallery

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📚 The RESIST! Reading Nook is provided as a starting point to understand the history of the lands and waters on which we undertake our work, and the persistent acts of Indigenous sovereignty asserted across the region and more broadly in the world.

Here, we highlight a selection of incredible books by Host Nation, local and B.C. based Indigenous authors including:
⭐ Reconciling: a Lifelong Struggle to Belong, (Musqueam Elder) Larry Grant
⭐ Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt
⭐ We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning, Julian Brave NoiseCat
⭐ Kwändǖr, Cole Pauls
⭐ The Two Sisters, E. Pauline Johnson after it was shared with her by Chief Joe Capilano of the Squamish Nation

The RESIST! Reading Nook was created in partnership with the Burnaby Public Library.

To find the full reading list, click the link in bio.

Image: Installation view of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell.

#TheRESISTReadingNook #LarryGrant #AngelaSterritt #JulianBraveNoiseCat #ColePauls #EPaulineJohnson A round wooden table displaying five diverse books with colorful covers in a bright blue room with shelves and more books in the background. by @bbyartgallery

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🍷 Create texture, layers and one-of-a-kind prints over a glass of wine in October's Art Social! ✨

This creative evening on October 21 combines art-making and social connection over light refreshments. Monotype printmaking is a fun and engaging printmaking technique that uses ink, texture, a single Plexi plate and a printing press to create an image. With our professional instructor, you'll learn techniques to create unique prints in a relaxed and welcoming setting with a drink of your choice. Bring a friend or make a new one!

⭐ Art Social: Monotype Printmaking
📅 October 21, 6-9 pm
📍 To register, click the “Register for a Program” link in bio or visit: Burnaby.ca/WebReg (Search: 116777) or call 604-297-4422 Person using a roller to apply bright pink paint over green plant leaves on a clear acrylic sheet on a wooden table. by @bbyartgallery

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🚨 Someone has swiped a priceless BAG art piece! 🕵

Go on the hunt for the culprit on October 31 in Art Heist, an interactive mystery game using the Burnaby Art Gallery as its backdrop. Look for clues, investigate suspects and mingle with "art socialites" while exposing the deceitful in our midst.

Sign up to become a character in our story to unmask the thief. Could it be you?

Mystery sleuthing includes light snacks and refreshments.

⭐ Art Heist: A BAG Mystery
📅 October 31, 1-4 pm
📍 To register, click the “Register for a Program” link in bio or visit: Burnaby.ca/WebReg (Search: 116786) or call 604-297-4422

#BAGArtHeist Illustration of a stick figure wearing a gray beanie, running with a colorful painting against a textured blue background for an art heist event. by @bbyartgallery

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Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action. The recommendations made in this report were meant to address the harmful impacts of residential schools in Canada.

In recognition of this day, we invite you to visit City Hall to view artworks by renowned Indigenous artists whose artworks explore the realities and impacts of residential schools on Indigenous peoples, alongside depictions of Indigenous resurgence that has survived despite colonial harm.

Image: Tania Willard, “Making Us Crazy,” 2007, woodcut and watercolour on paper, 30.0 x 36.0 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection.

#NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #TRC by @bbyartgallery

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In 1951, after three years of production, English-born Canadian artist Laurence Hyde finished the series of wood engravings that he entitled “Southern Cross,” achieving his dream of publishing the series as a limited-edition book. This “wordless novel” consists of 118 wood engravings and gives a poignant, fictionalized account of the 1946 American military nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll, Pacific Islands.

Explore this work by Laurence Hyde and more in our current exhibition “RESIST!,” also featuring work by Rawan Hassan روان حسن, Gord Hill and Elizabeth MacKenzie, artists who have used their work to educate and to inspire significant social change.

To learn more about the exhibition, click the link in bio.

Image 1-6: Laurence Hyde, “Southern Cross,” 1951, wood engraving on paper, 13.5 x 15.2 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection; Image 7-8: Installation views of “RESIST!,” Burnaby Art Gallery, September 11–November 15, 2026. Photography: Blaine Campbell

#LaurenceHyde Silhouettes of two adults and a child walking on a beach with the sun setting behind them, casting long shadows on the sand. by @bbyartgallery

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