Victoria Art Council’s Pop-Up Venue – Shows, Book Readings, Public Art & Much More

The Victoria Arts Council’s pop-up venue within the Bay Centre | 1150 Douglas Street | Tuesday – Sunday | 12pm – 5pm

Featuring work by Joe Average, Margo Farr, Peggy Frank, Margaret Flood, Jamie Griffiths, Anna Mah, Lynda Raino Dance, Pam Terry, and selections from the archives of AVI Community Health Services. This exhibition is curated by VAC Executive Director Kegan McFadden and augmented by the holdings of Dance Collections Danse, reflective of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the dance community, as selected by Christopher House, Guest Curator, and Amy Bowring Executive & Curatorial Director of DCD.

More events at the pop-up venue include:

Book Launches | Sunday November 23, 2025 | 2PM @ The VAC pop-up venue within The Bay Centre

Still With Us, edited by Christopher House and John Davies with contributions by 60 + writers from across Canada. Join Christopher in conversation with Dr. Allana Lindgren, Dean of Fine Arts, University of Victoria.

Saturday November 29, 2025 | 2PM @ The VAC pop-up venue within The Bay Centre

There Are Things That Cannot Be Changed … creative writing based on actual letters between Rwandan, Emerthe Nakabonye and Canadian Peggy Frank. The story unfolds from the first letters exchanged between two women who only knew that the other was also living with HIV.

Film Screening Monday 1st of December (World AIDS Day) | 7PM @ The Bay Centre [lower level]

VAC in partnership with Visual AIDS (NY) presents, Day With(Out) Art screening of newly-commissioned films by HIV+ artists, “Meet Us Where We’re At”, featuring: Kenneth Idongesit Usoro (Nigeria), Hoàng Thái Anh (Vietnam), Gustavo Vinagre & Vinicius Couto (Brazil/Portugal), Camilo Tapia Flores (Chile/Brazil), Camila Flores-Fernández (Peru/Germany), José Luis Cortés (Puerto Rico)