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Artist Tour – Vanishing

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald for a walk through Vanishing, an exhibition of new images of bird eggs and nests from historical museum collections paired with specimens from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Learn how early photography techniques combine with modern practice, and how natural history collections inform us about the biodiversity we see today.

Included with general admission. UBC Cardholders are free.
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Exhibition Panel – Vanishing

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This panel discussion will consider innovative approaches to creative collaboration across disciplines and how activating aesthetic reconsideration of scientific collections addresses our present moment of ecological precarity. The event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Vanishing, presenting new work by 2023 Karsh Award photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald. Integrating historical and current photographic technologies, Fitzgerald […]

Admission by donation

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Food Planet Future: Artist Talk

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Robert Dash is an award-winning photographer and educator who uses a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to highlight foods, pollen, seeds, and other subjects with significant climate and biodiversity stories. Dash’s SEM micrographs of plants were featured in the February, 2022 issue of National Geographic, with two of his images included in its  “Best Science Photos […]

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Biological Wonders: An Artistic Investigation with Pencil and Watercolour – Sharon Bladholm

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Chicago-based artist Sharon Bladholm for a dynamic workshop based on specimens from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s collections of biological wonders, including forest and ocean specimens, as well as fresh local plant specimens.Sharon has been the artist for scientific expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon with the Field Museum of Natural History and Conservation International, as […]

$39

“Water, Together” a Documentary Screening at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Water, Together shares the water stories and voices from water leaders worldwide towards empowering participation in community-led drinking water management with a three-step process: Awareness, Education, and Resources. A film by Karl Zimmermann (PhD, UBC), with post-production by UBC Studios. Join the Graduate Water and Environment Network for a screening of this film at 6pm […]

Peatland Mosses Exhibition: Artist Tour with Lisa Matthias

Beaty Biodiversity Centre 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join artist Lisa Matthias at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum as she takes visitors on an interactive tour of her exhibition. Learn about the various printmaking techniques used in her art, including woodblock prints and etchings, and make your own rubbing of woodblocks carved by Lisa. Included with general museum admission, free admission with a valid UBC Card.