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Looking to expand your social network and discover new interests?

Join us and experience the personal and professional benefits of belonging to a social network of over 400 like-minded women. UWCV provides a warm and welcoming space for women to connect, engage, and continue our legacy of promoting women’s rights and education.

Imagine yourself here. RSVP at dgonzalez@uwcvancouver.ca to learn more about our organization and find out why membership is right for you.

Lecturer:  Jessa Alston-O’Connor is a Vancouver-based art educator and art historian. She holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University and draws from over 15 years of experience in developing, facilitating and teaching art history and art education programs in museums, arts organizations and universities across Canada. These include the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Vancouver Biennale and she currently teaches Art History at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work lies in the spaces between artwork and audience, and her focus is always to help make art engaging, meaningful and accessible for anyone.

Topic:  The 17th century Golden Dutch Baroque was one of the most phenomenal and explosive periods in European art. It has been estimated that between five and ten million works of art had been produced during the century of the Golden Age of Dutch Art. We will explore this rise of the Dutch landscape, still life, portraiture and genre painting that flourished in the Netherlands and created an art market never before seen in Europe. Why the Netherlands, and what factors there made this the right time for such art to prosper? Who were some of the key artists of this golden century? Learn more about the artists and times of this remarkable period in Western Art History.

Registration required. Minimum of 12 persons for lecture series to take place.

TICKETS FOR THE SERIES
Guests $90+tax
Members $80+tax (Members, please sign in to the website, complete the purchase to receive the discount. If you experience any trouble purchasing your ticket, please contact the office).

If you need further information, please contact Nancy Wu naninvan@me.com.

Program Committee

Lecturer:  Jessa Alston-O’Connor is a Vancouver-based art educator and art historian. She holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University and draws from over 15 years of experience in developing, facilitating and teaching art history and art education programs in museums, arts organizations and universities across Canada. These include the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Vancouver Biennale and she currently teaches Art History at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work lies in the spaces between artwork and audience, and her focus is always to help make art engaging, meaningful and accessible for anyone.

Topic:  The 17th century Golden Dutch Baroque was one of the most phenomenal and explosive periods in European art. It has been estimated that between five and ten million works of art had been produced during the century of the Golden Age of Dutch Art. We will explore this rise of the Dutch landscape, still life, portraiture and genre painting that flourished in the Netherlands and created an art market never before seen in Europe. Why the Netherlands, and what factors there made this the right time for such art to prosper? Who were some of the key artists of this golden century? Learn more about the artists and times of this remarkable period in Western Art History.

Registration required. Minimum of 12 persons for lecture series to take place.

TICKETS FOR THE SERIES
Guests $90+tax
Members $80+tax (Members, please sign in to the website, complete the purchase to receive the discount. If you experience any trouble purchasing your ticket, please contact the office).

If you need further information, please contact Nancy Wu naninvan@me.com.

Program Committee

Lecturer:  Jessa Alston-O’Connor is a Vancouver-based art educator and art historian. She holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University and draws from over 15 years of experience in developing, facilitating and teaching art history and art education programs in museums, arts organizations and universities across Canada. These include the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Vancouver Biennale and she currently teaches Art History at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work lies in the spaces between artwork and audience, and her focus is always to help make art engaging, meaningful and accessible for anyone.

Topic:  The 17th century Golden Dutch Baroque was one of the most phenomenal and explosive periods in European art. It has been estimated that between five and ten million works of art had been produced during the century of the Golden Age of Dutch Art. We will explore this rise of the Dutch landscape, still life, portraiture and genre painting that flourished in the Netherlands and created an art market never before seen in Europe. Why the Netherlands, and what factors there made this the right time for such art to prosper? Who were some of the key artists of this golden century? Learn more about the artists and times of this remarkable period in Western Art History.

Registration required. Minimum of 12 persons for lecture series to take place.

TICKETS FOR THE SERIES
Guests $90+tax
Members $80+tax (Members, please sign in to the website, complete the purchase to receive the discount. If you experience any trouble purchasing your ticket, please contact the office).

If you need further information, please contact Nancy Wu naninvan@me.com.

Program Committee

Looking to expand your social network and discover new interests?

Join us and experience the personal and professional benefits of belonging to a social network of over 400 like-minded women. UWCV provides a warm and welcoming space for women to connect, engage, and continue our legacy of promoting women’s rights and education.

Imagine yourself here. RSVP at dgonzalez@uwcvancouver.ca to learn more about our organization and find out why membership is right for you.

Lecturer:  Jessa Alston-O’Connor is a Vancouver-based art educator and art historian. She holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University and draws from over 15 years of experience in developing, facilitating and teaching art history and art education programs in museums, arts organizations and universities across Canada. These include the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Vancouver Biennale and she currently teaches Art History at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work lies in the spaces between artwork and audience, and her focus is always to help make art engaging, meaningful and accessible for anyone.

Topic:  The 17th century Golden Dutch Baroque was one of the most phenomenal and explosive periods in European art. It has been estimated that between five and ten million works of art had been produced during the century of the Golden Age of Dutch Art. We will explore this rise of the Dutch landscape, still life, portraiture and genre painting that flourished in the Netherlands and created an art market never before seen in Europe. Why the Netherlands, and what factors there made this the right time for such art to prosper? Who were some of the key artists of this golden century? Learn more about the artists and times of this remarkable period in Western Art History.

Registration required. Minimum of 12 persons for lecture series to take place.

TICKETS FOR THE SERIES
Guests $90+tax
Members $80+tax (Members, please sign in to the website, complete the purchase to receive the discount. If you experience any trouble purchasing your ticket, please contact the office).

If you need further information, please contact Nancy Wu naninvan@me.com.

Program Committee

Charlotte Gurney is 26 years old and was diagnosed with high functioning autism at age 14. Her talk will include her own experiences with the school system and the lack of appropriate help that was offered. Her aim is to educate, talk and advocate for people with autism. She hopes that in describing her own experiences, other children will not suffer the same lack of appropriate assistance.

Lecturer: Jessa Alston-O’Connor is a Vancouver-based art educator and art historian. She holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University and draws from over 15 years of experience in developing, facilitating and teaching art history and art education programs in museums, arts organizations and universities across Canada. These include the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver Biennale. She currently teaches Art History at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her work lies in the spaces between artwork and audience, and her focus is always to help make art engaging, meaningful and accessible for anyone.   

Art has the ability to inspire and entertain us. It has the power to effect real change in the world. Join us for this diverse Art History series where we explore important artworks from thousands of years ago to the present day. These major artworks surprised, confused, delighted and amazed viewers, while sometimes stirring controversy. Discover how these artworks impacted the way people saw the world, and the way people would see or create art for years to come.  Please register today for this intriguing series. Tell your friends, guests are very welcome.