Faculty of ArtACAM Faculty member Prof. Glenn Deer will participate on the Panel Discussion entitled “Curse of the Livable City Panel Discussion” at the Richmond Art Gallery.
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GREG GIRARD:
RICHMOND/KOWLOON
April 18 to June 28, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, 7:00-9:00pm
Vancouver-based Greg Girard spent three decades working and living in Asia examining the social and physical transformations of some of its largest cities through his photographic work. Richmond/Kowloon includes photographs documenting Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong as well as a new body of photographic images of Richmond, BC and its residents.
RELATED PROGRAMMING
Curse of the Livable City: Panel Discussion
Saturday, April 25, 2:00 – 3:30pm
Facilitator: Leslie Van Duzer, Professor and Director, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, UBC
Panelists: Greg Girard, Photographer; Bing Thom, Principal, Bing Thom Architects; Glenn Deer, Assistant Professor of English & Associate Editor of Canadian Literature, Dept. of English, UBC; Rufina Wu, Architect AIBC
Artist Talk with Greg Girard
Saturday, May 23, 2:00 – 3:00pm
The artist will present an illustrated talk about his career. Co-sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
ART+TEA+TALK
Wednesday, May 27, 10:30 – 11:30am
Free tour and discussion of the exhibition with Gallery Curator Nan Capogna. Light refreshments provided
