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Silk Purse Arts Centre Exhibition Tours

Guided tours of current exhibitions led in Farsi & Mandarin, at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave. West Vancouver.

  • Words + Pictures Mandarin Exhibition Tour

    • Saturday, October 10, 2026
    • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
    • Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave.
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    Marley Kong

    'Counting on My Fingers'

    Chin Cheng Kan

    'Spring'

    Sanaz Ravasani

    'Silence 1'

    Renée Alexander

    'The Hero's Path'

    Charles Mayrs

    'For the Love of Art'

    Join us for a guided tour of our current exhibition, Words + Pictures, led in Mandarin. Experience the incredible artwork & discover the stories behind it & the artists.

    Free.

    Tour starts at 1 pm.

    About Words + Pictures:

    In Words + Pictures we celebrate the unique ways in which we communicate visually & discover how art can transcend language. Work on display includes calligraphy in multiple languages, illustrations, mixed media works combining text and image, & even rare books.

    Exhibiting Artists:Renée Alexander- North Vancouver English calligraphers & illustrator,Chin Cheng Kan- Richmond Chinese calligrapher & painter,Marley Kong- Coquitlam interdisciplinary artist,Charles Mayrs- West Vancouver writer, painter & photographer,Sanaz Ravasani- West Vancouver Persian calligrapher & painter.

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West Vancouver Community Arts Council
 Located at
The Silk Purse Arts Centre
1570 Argyle Avenue
West Vancouver, BC  V7V 1A1

Phone: 604-925-7292

E-mail: westvanartscouncil@shaw.ca

Silk Purse Gallery & Art Box Shop Hours:

Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 5 pm, Sunday 12 - 4 pm

Winter Hours

Wednesday - Sunday 12 - 4 pm

The Silk Purse Arts Centre will be open for the North Shore Art Crawl Oct. 3 11 am - 5pm & Oct. 4 11 am - 4 pm.


The West Vancouver Community Arts Council acknowledges that the lands on which we gather are the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation. It is our privilege to celebrate arts and culture alongside them.