Featured: The Moveable Feast

On now is The Moveable Feast, a season-long garden project by Vancouver artist and Emily Carr University graduate Holly Schmidt, at the Burnaby Art Gallery. The exhibition explores the current movement of food around the world in the context of rapidly dwindling food varieties and deals with issues of urban farming and food production and consumption.

The Moveable Feast @ Burnaby Art Gallery

Location: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue (map)

Dates: May 2012 to September 2012

The Feast hosts a number of workshops, edible events, and youth programs near Ceperley House from July until September.

Workshops for Adults

Cost: Varies; fom $20 to $55, depending on the workshop

Urban Bee Keeping: July 28, 2012 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm ($20)

Explore the world of bees with bee master Brian Campbell. Learn what we can do to help these insects flourish. If weather permits, there will be a bee safari to see native species at work in the garden.

Making Mason Bee Homes: July 28, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ($20)

Join Christine Cooper, a landscape architecture student with a background in conservation ecology, for a discussion about mason bee habitat and guidance on the proper methods of building a mason bee home.

Food Swap and Pickling Demo: August 18, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ($20)

Join Roberta LaQuaglia and Holly Schmidt for an afternoon of food swapping. Bring food you've made or grown and trade it for goodies that others have brought. A pickling demonstration will also be offered.

Simple Cheese and Yoghurt Making: August 19, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 om ($30)

Learn the basics of making your own yoghurt and soft-bodied cheese curds with organic farmer and cheese-maker David Asher Rotsztain.

Fermented Beverages: August 25, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ($55)

Learn about traditional fermented beverages with chef Andrea Potter and make some old-fashioned, wild-fermented sodas using herbs, local fruits, and kombucha (a popular tea beverage). Please bring a small jar to take home a kombucha starter.

Spaces are limited for these workshops! To reserve your spot, call (604) 297-4422 or email gallery@burnaby.ca.

Youth Workshops

Cost: Free! (Pre-registration is required.)

Making Seed Paper: August 11, 2012 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Ages 6 to 8)

Mason Jar Terrariums: August 18, 2012 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Ages 9 to 13)

Youth workshops are free. Spaces are limited, however, so please reserve your spot by calling (604) 297-4415.

Edible Events

Cost: $15

Explore local and global food issues through a taste theme. For details, please visit The Moveable Feast website: http://www.moveablefeastburnaby.ca/edible-events/

Savoury: July 19, 2012 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sweet: August 9, 2012 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sour: September 15, 2012 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

For adults only. Please call (604) 297-4422 to reserve your spot.

For more information on The Moveable Feast and any of the above events, please visit the event website: http://www.burnaby.ca/Things-To-Do/Arts-and-Heritage/Burnaby-Art-Gallery/Programs/Adult-Programs.html

What's Happening in July

Summer is finally here! (Or at least that's what our calendars say.) Whether the sun is out or not, fear not: there's still plenty to do this month.

July Summer Kick-Off Food Swap

Location: Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Avenue (map)

Date: July 5, 2012 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Cost: $5 per person

Trade your homemade, home-grown, or foraged creations with other participants!

Registration is limited for this event. To pre-register, and for more details, please visit the Food Swap Burnaby website: http://julyfoodswap.eventbrite.com.

Follow Food Swap Burnaby on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foodswap.bby

SFU Pocket Farmers' Market

Location: SFU Burnaby campus, Town Square @ Cornerstone (map)

Dates: May 30, 2012 to October 31, 2012

Hours: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm each Wednesday

The market offers fresh local and organic produce, freshly baked bread, drinks, free-range organic eggs, honey, salsa, james, pickles, and more.

Follow SFU Pocket Farmers' Market on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SFUPocketMarket

Burnaby Art Gallery's Lunch BAG Days

Location: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue (map)

Date: July 13, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Cost: $11 per person

Tour the current exhibit with the gallery's public programmer, and then enjoy a lunch of fresh greens, breads, appetizers, cheese, and dessert with your tea and coffee.

This month features a tour of The Moveable Feast, by Vancouver artist Holly Schmidt.

Spaces are limited, so book early! Call (604) 297-4422 to reserve a space.

Please note that the event is for adults only.

The Moveable Feast is a season-long garden project made in response to the movement of food across the world in the context of rapidly dwindling varieties of food. Issues surrounding food production and consumption and urban gardening are explored through a series of public events and workshops that take place within the project's garden space.