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SUMMARY:Nya Lewis for BlackArt Gastown: Quilt of Hope
DESCRIPTION:The Quilt of Hope is an installation that asks artists to consider their role in the movement\, and what art expression has to teach us about radical activism. It shares the perspectives of  practicing artists across  the Lower Mainland  in a collection of 25 quotes\, responding to the question “What is the role of Artists in dismantling anti-Black racism?” \nArtist and Curator: Nya Lewis for BlackArt Gastown \nAbout the Artist/Curator: \nNya Lewis’ practice is a culmination of centuries of African resistance\, love\, questions\, actions\, study\, embrace and exposure in the face of failed neo-colonial attempts at erasure. Nanyamka’s expression is powered by the perpetual engine of truth-explored\, uncompromised. It interrupts\, it educates\, it asks\, it unites\, it celebrates a Canada with all voices present\, with all voices heard\, with actions taken and commitment to justice declared. The artist sees her practice as a continuation of a long lineage of work undertaken by Black artists\, curators\, writers\, activists and thinkers who blaze(d) a trail of critical discourse surrounding the Black Canadian Experience. Lewis’ creative practice reflects upon the diversity of Black diasporic experiences and its many forms of expression. As such\, she works across the disciplines of art making\, curating and writing. Her work is multivalent in form and expression but is always driven by the reimagining and reclaiming of community. \nLewis is a MFA candidate at OCAD University\, an Independent curator currently serving as the Programming Coordinator at Vancouver Queer Film Festival and the founder and director of BlackArt Gastown. \nAccessibility\n \nThis exhibition takes place upstairs in the Massy Gallery\, which is only accessible by a flight of stairs. Unfortunately\, no audio or visual tours are available at this time.⁣\n⁣\nMasks are mandatory while in Massy Books.⁣
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/quilt-of-hope/
LOCATION:Massy Books\, 229 E. Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A1Z6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Ashley Audrain in conversation with Shari Lapena
DESCRIPTION:This spring\, we are pleased to be partnering with Penguin Random House Canada to bring you exciting events that gather bestselling authors. \nOur first event brings Ashley Audrain\, author of the much anticipated The Push\, in conversation with master of suspense Shari Lapena. \nHow to attend: Purchase a copy of The Push from independent bookstore Massy Books to receive your exclusive entry to the event!\nPurchase here: https://bit.ly/3iA76sX \nAbout The Push \n“Hooks you from the very first page and will have you racing to get to the end.”\n—Good Morning America \nA tense\, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family—and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for—and everything she feared \nBlythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm\, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. \nBut in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days\, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter—she doesn’t behave like most children do. \nOr is it all in Blythe’s head? Her husband\, Fox\, says she’s imagining things. The more Fox dismisses her fears\, the more Blythe begins to question her own sanity\, and the more we begin to question what Blythe is telling us about her life as well. \nThen their son Sam is born—and with him\, Blythe has the blissful connection she’d always imagined with her child. Even Violet seems to love her little brother. But when life as they know it is changed in an instant\, the devastating fall-out forces Blythe to face the truth. \nThe Push is a tour de force you will read in a sitting\, an utterly immersive novel that will challenge everything you think you know about motherhood\, about what we owe our children\, and what it feels like when women are not believed. \nAbout the Speakers \nAshley Audrain previously worked as the publicity director of Penguin Books Canada. Prior to Penguin\, she worked in public relations. She lives in Toronto\, where she and her partner are raising their two young children. The Push is her first novel. \nShari Lapena is the internationally bestselling author of The Couple Next Door\, A Stranger in the House\, An Unwanted Guest\, Someone We Know and The End of Her. She was a lawyer and an English teacher before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in Toronto
URL:https://www.massybooks.com/event/ashley-audrain/
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