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Liam Gillick, A Variability Quantifier, 2022, co-commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island, to be discussed at the March 13 Lulu Series talk. Copyright Liam Gillick.

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Speakers announced for the 18th Lulu Series: Art in the City

By Richmond Sentinel

Published 10:17 PDT, Tue March 11, 2025

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Artists, planning professionals, designers and anyone from across Metro Vancouver who is interested in the life and form of cities are invited to attend the Lulu Series: Art in the City. These inspiring evenings of speakers explore the relationship between art and the urban environment, and are free of charge. For 2025, Richmond Public Art is partnering with the Richmond Art Gallery and Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University to present three engaging talks.

Talk #1: Beyond the Museum’s Walls

Josée Drouin-Brisebois

Thursday, March 13, 6 p.m.

Wilson School of Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 5600 Kwantlen Street

Josée Drouin-Brisebois, director of national engagement at the National Gallery of Canada, will discuss recent projects the National Gallery has developed in public spaces across Canada. For many people, art museums are places that are inaccessible, irrelevant and unconnected to their life experiences. Off-site project support the gallery’s mandate to develop, maintain, and make known their collections and to promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation of art.

Talk #2: Bringing The Breath Below to Life: Howie Tsui’s Public Art at Capstan SkyTrain Station

Klara Manhal and Howie Tsui

Thursday, April 10, 6 p.m.

Richmond Cultural Centre Performance Hall, 7700 Minoru Gate

The Breath Below, by Vancouver-based contemporary artist Howie Tsui, is a landmark public artwork at the new Capstan SkyTrain Station in Richmond. This first-of-its-kind commission for TransLink, led by Klara Manhal, Senior Planner of Public Art, is the largest and most immersive work in the transit authority’s public art collection to-date. In this talk, Tsui and Manhal discuss the five-year journey of the project, from its conceptual origins to its realization.

Talk #3: Cultural Land Trusts

Djaka Blais and Brian McBay

Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m.

Richmond Cultural Centre Performance Hall, 7700 Minoru Gate

Djaka Blais from the Hogan’s Alley Society and Brian McBay of 221A will have an open discussion about the Cultural Land Trust movement as a model to preserve and grow cultural spaces in Canada. In recounting the challenges faced with their respective projects, they will consider the role of ethnocultural communities in reinforcing land rights as well as reciprocity for Indigenous Nations.

Since 2003, The Lulu Series: Art in the City program has presented international, national and regional speakers, including

acclaimed artists, architects, urban planners and other cultural leaders. For more information and to reserve seats,

visit richmond.ca/LuluSeries