We’re nominated! 🥳 The Bill Reid Gallery is up for Best Art Gallery in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2026 Awards. We’re so grateful to be recognized, and we’d love your help bringing this one home. 🙌🫶 Vote here: fl6myeqzzm6.typeform.com/to/rardVe5S #BestArtGallery #VancouverBC

☀️ Summer Open House 2026 ☀️ Presented by BMO 🗓️ August 14 🕑 2–5 PM 🎟️ Free Admission! 🔴 Artist demos by Jessica Sylvie and Chrystal Sparrow 🔴 Get creative with hands-on printmaking activities. 🔴 Explore our feature exhibitions #CulturalEvents #FreeEvents #VancouverEvent #ArtEvent #ArtGallery

Thank you to everyone who joined us, cheered loudly and filled the Gallery with so much love last night at "Let's Hear It for 2-Spirit!" 💖 Huge thank you to Jaylene Tyme, Thanks Jem, Ella Lamoureux, Theo Rhetical, Ilona Verley and DJ O Show! The way they all slayed! 💅 #PrideEvent #Pride2026

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate the knowledge, languages, creativity and environmental stewardship of Indigenous Peoples around the world. Image: Bill Reid (Haida), Bear Mask Pendant, 1970, 18-karat yellow gold. Designed in collaboration with Toni Cavelti.

Our staff may work at the Gallery, but the real management team works from home. 🐈 Meet Luna, Tuna, and Marie: experts in keyboard supervision, unsolicited feedback, and sitting directly on whatever you need most. Happy #InternationalCatDay to all the beautiful kitties out there!

Join us at the Gallery tomorrow and enjoy FREE admission from 2–5 PM, generously supported by our Community Access Partner, @downtownvan 🙌 'Jamie Gentry: Blossoming' closes on August 10! This is your last chance to see this beautiful exhibit. 🌺🌸 📷 Alex Montes #ArtGallery #YVR #IndigenousArts

Last chance to see Jamie Gentry: Blossoming 🌸 Closing August 10th! Featuring handmade moccasins by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Jamie Gentry, this exhibition brings together intricate floral beadwork and a practice rooted in care, culture, and intention. Read More: www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/exhibi...

Jimothy heard Vancouver was nearby and decided to see what all the fuss was about. Naturally, the Bill Reid Gallery was on his itinerary. Did he make a donation? No. He DID become a member though, so we’re choosing to focus on the positives. 😌 #ArtGallery #VancouverBC #ExploreVancouver

Join us Friday, August 14, from 2:00–5:00 pm for our Summer Open House and enjoy an afternoon of live artist demonstrations, hands-on art-making, and plenty to explore! ☀️ 🎟️ Free admission for everyone! Find Out More: www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public... #VancouverEvents #FreeEvents

Spend #BCDay surrounded by Indigenous art, stories and creativity! With 'Blossoming' closing on August 10, the long weekend is a wonderful opportunity to experience Jamie Gentry’s beautifully handcrafted moccasins before the exhibition ends. 👉 We'll be open from 10 am to 5 pm.

We’re just days away from Let’s Hear It for 2-Spirit!, our all-ages drag celebration, featuring Theo Rhetical, a Two-Spirit drag king of Peepeekisis Cree and Métis ancestry.⁠ ⁠ 📅 August 8⁠ ⏰ 6–8 pm⁠ ⁠ 👉 Get tickets: www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public... ⁠ #VancouverEvents #ThingsToDoVancouver

📚 Calling all educators! Join us for a Pro-D Day Workshop designed to support teachers in bringing Northwest Coast art, stories, and perspectives into the classroom. 📅 August 21 ⏰ 11:00 am–1:00 pm 🎟️ $25 👉 Learn more and register: www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public... #BCTeachers #ProD

What better way to end an art-filled day at the BRG than by relaxing in the courtyard, especially with this beautiful summer weather? ☀️ #ThingsToDoVancouver #ArtGallery #VancouverBc #IndigenousArts #YVR

Jaylene Tyme is a celebrated Two-Spirit Indigenous trans woman, sober community advocate, and Vancouver drag legend. Catch Jaylene live at the Gallery as part of our upcoming all-ages 2-Spirit drag celebration! 📅 August 8 ⏰ 6:00–8:00 pm 👉 Get your tickets! www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public...

Starting August 1, BRG Members receive 20% off general admission at the Chinese Canadian Museum! To redeem, simply show your current BRG membership card at the CCM’s front desk. 👉 Not a member yet? Find out more: www.billreidgallery.ca/pages/become... #VancouverTourism #ThingsToDoVancouver

It’s World Emoji Day. ✨ A tiny reminder that images have always helped us tell stories, share ideas, and make meaning, whether in art or in a group chat. 👁️👄👁️ #WorldEmojiDay

Join us for an all-ages drag celebration featuring Ella Lamoureux, Ilona Verley, Jaylene Tyme, Thanks Jem, and Theo Rhetical. 💅🪩 🗓️ August 8th, 2026 🕑 6:00 - 8:00 pm 🎟️ Tickets $40 Regular Admission $35 BRG Members and Indigenous Peoples Find Out More: www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public...

💎 One of the gems in our Shop: 'Three Finned Killer Whale #3' by renowned Haida artist Reg Davidson. Unframed, approximately 21” × 21”. Available in the Gallery Shop and online. 👉 Find Out More: www.billreidgallery.ca/collections/... #Haida #IndigenousArt #ArtPrint

Caught breaking the rules in the courtyard. 🐾 This Salish Woolly Dog Plush, designed by Musqueam weaver and knowledge keeper Debra Sparrow, θəliχwəlwət, is now available in the Gallery Shop. 🙌 Don't forget, BRG Members get 10% off Shop items! #GalleryShop #CoastSalish #WoollyDog

Tonight at 6 pm, join us at the Gallery for a free public talk with renowned Māori design specialist and Moko artist Graham Tipene. Explore Māori design thinking, Indigenous spaces, and the resurgence of Tā Moko. RSVP required: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

Join us at the Gallery tomorrow for FREE admission from 2–5 PM, generously supported by @downtownvan.bsky.social 🙌 Spend a relaxing afternoon downtown and explore our current exhibitions, "Every River Has a Mouth" and "Jamie Gentry: Blossoming" 😌 #ArtGallery #Vancouver #YVR #IndigenousArts

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Caribou Tufting Workshop with Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire. Thank you to Zoe Ann for sharing her knowledge, care, and artistry with us. 🫶 Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming workshops: https://f.mtr.cool/pnphkcqkme

Join artist Jamie Gentry for an intimate, full-day moccasin-making workshop rooted in care, patience, and hands-on learning. 🗓️ Saturday, July 11th, 2026 🕒 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Learn more: www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public... 📷 Kimberly Kufaas and Jo Concetta #VancouverEvent #YVR #Workshop

Today, on Yellow Day 💛, we’re celebrating the warmth, joy, and sense of connection radiating from 'Interwoven' by Cori Savard (Haida), a work inspired by Naaxiin weaving and honouring Maat (Mountain Goat) as well as the many hands that bring regalia to life. #YellowDay2026 #HaidaArt #IndigenousArt

Enjoy free admission from 10 am to 2 pm on National Indigenous Peoples Day, generously supported by our Community Access Partner, @downtownvan.bsky.social  Admission is always free for Indigenous Peoples year-round. 🙌 #YVR #FreeAdmission #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Hilary Tkachuk is a Secwépemc beadwork artist whose practice brings together cultural storytelling and contemporary design through carefully crafted patterns inspired by the land, sky, and Secwépemc visual language. 🙌 Find Hilary at our Summer Market! ☀️ June 20 | 11 am–4 pm 🎟️ Free admission

Based in Chilliwack, BC, Sweetgrass Soap is an Indigenous woman-owned business creating handmade soaps, body butters, lip balms, and smudge sprays inspired by Indigenous traditions and self-care. ✨ Discover Sweetgrass Soap at our Summer Market! ☀️ June 20 | 11 am–4 pm 🎟️ Free admission

Kimoowun Beads is the contemporary Métis beadwork practice of Shawn, a Two-Spirit artist of Cree-Saulteaux and mixed-settler heritage. Kimoowun Beads creates handcrafted pieces rooted in culture and connection. ☀️ Find Kimoowun Beads at our Summer Market! 🗓️ June 20 | 11 am–4 pm 🎟️ Free admission

Mark George runs Spirit Chocolates. Drawing on his cultural upbringing and artistic practice, he transforms chocolate into intricate, completely edible works of art. 🍫 Discover Spirit Chocolates at our Summer Indigenous Artisans Market!  ☀️ Saturday, June 20, 2026 🕚 11 am – 4 pm 🎟️ Free admission

Larissa Grieves is a mixed-Indigenous, queer, and Two-Spirit artist whose work is rooted in care, connection to land, and healing. Find Larissa at our Summer Indigenous Artisans Market! ☀️ Saturday, June 20, 2026 🕚 11 am – 4 pm 🎟️ Free admission! www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/public...