☀️ GALLERY CLOSURE — JUNE 2 - 27 ☀️
TRUCK NEWS
June 2 - 27, 2024 — TRUCK will be closed to the public while we install our next exhibition. See you later!
May 30, 2024 — Summer 2024 Exhibition Announcement
May 25, 2024 — Call for Board Members! Apply by June 30th.
Mar 16, 2024 — We are delighted to annouce that Morgan Possberg will be joining the TRUCK Team as the 2024-25 Emerging Curatorial Resident!
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
MARCH 29 - JUNE 1, 2024
MAIN SPACE GALLERY
Through this window is a home
Harvey Nichol and Michaela Bridgemohan
Originally crafted by incarcerated Filipina women and later associated with political activist Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, through this window is a home considers the history and intertwined legacies of the Peacock Chair, exploring themes of invisible labour and cultural erasure that collide with conflicting forms of resistance and privilege.
PARKADE PROJECT SPACE
Pilot Astronauts
Raeann Kit-Yee Cheung
Between the 1970s and 1990s, the term “astronaut families” was popularized in Hong Kong and Taiwan, referring to family arrangements in Asia where the fathers remained in their home country to work while the mothers migrated to the west with their children for stability, opportunities, living experiences, and education. With the 50th anniversary of International Women’s Year approaching, Pilot Astronauts celebrates the legacies of early astronaut mothers, their strength, and their humanity.
UPCOMING EVENTS
BALIKLOOB ART HANG AND KARAOKE WITH FILIPINOS RISING
Join us for a casual gathering, BalikLoob artist show and tell, and karaoke! This is a great event for Filpina/o/x (and ally) artists to get to know one another, and to share their stories and experiences within the complex intersections of diasporic Pinxy life here in Treaty 7.
This event is presented as part of a project by FRIENDS (Filipinos Rising and Alcove Centre for the Arts) to begin the work of creating a community-sourced mental health and care card deck made through BalikLoob, an artist-led, relational and care-based process, imagined and supported by Precious DeLeon, Ryle Ramirez, Jordan Baylon, and one of TRUCK’s current Main Space artists, Harvey Nichol.
INDIGO DYEING WORKSHOP WITH MICHAELA BRIDGEMOHAN
Join us at TRUCK for a free Indigo Dyeing Workshop facilitated by Michaela Bridgemohan! 💙 This workshop is appropriate for all skill levels and all ages. No art experience is required. There is a limited capacity of 10 participants, so be sure to register ASAP.
Ahead of the workshop, participants must pick up a DIY kit containing the instructions and materials to prepare two organic cotton bandanas using shibori techniques at home. Then, on June 1st, Michaela will guide participants through the historical and culturally informed practices for indigo dyeing, the preparation of an organic indigo vat, and the process of dyeing the bandanas. Participants will leave with introductory knowledge of shibori resist-dyeing and the ability to prepare an organic indigo vat at home.
Weather permitting, the workshop will take place outside. Please dress appropriately and take into consideration that indigo can be very messy! Wear clothes you don't mind staining. Aprons and gloves will be available for anyone who needs them.
ARTIST RESOURCES
F.U.E.L (FREE UTENSILS FOR EXPRESSIVE LIVING)
F.U.E.L (Free Utensils for Expressive Living) is a community art supply project which aims to create access to art-making and encourage resource sharing by redistributing donated art supplies to folks that can use them.