High art and fine dining as Whistler’s Audain Art Museum hosts 2024 Artist Dinner Series, July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 23
Guests get an exclusive tour of Tom Thomson: North Star exhibition followed by an al fresco dinner on-site by Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Audain Art Museum Artist Dinner Series.
The Audain Art Museum presents the Audain Artist Dinner Series on July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 23
FINE ART MEETS fine dining as Whistler’s Audain Art Museum hosts its 2024 Artist Dinner Series.
An evening affair, things kick off with a signature cocktail on the venue’s front porch, where Coast Salish artist Xwalacktun’s He-yay meymuy (Big Flood), made of aluminum with LED lights, rests. From there, guests go on an exclusive tour of the Tom Thomson: North Star exhibition with AAM’s director and chief curator, Curtis Collins. The exhibit is the largest retrospective of the iconic Canadian artist’s works to date, with 133 en-plein-air and in-studio paintings; see Stir’s feature here.
The event then heads back outdoors to the museum’s ground-level terrace, where an al fresco three-course menu by Fairmont Chateau Whistler will be served.
Tom Thomson’s Petawawa Gorges. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid
On the menu are a burrata and duck prosciutto salad with baby greens, pickled blackberries, shaved fennel, and puffed wild rice, with a maple-mustard vinaigrette. There are two choices for the main course: braised beef shank with cedar-smoked roast potatoes, apple-glazed baby carrots, wild and cultivated mushrooms, and crispy shallots; or braised eggplant and chickpeas with turmeric rice, harissa-scented vegan yoghurt, and toasted pine nuts. Dessert is a blueberry maple pecan crunch with baked mousse, pecan crisp, maple whisky gel, blueberry sauce, and maple whisky ganache.
Wine pairings are by Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, while there’s a whisky tasting courtesy The Dalmore, a Scottish distillery.
Regular tickets are $199 plus taxes and gratuity. Special dinner-seating options include the chance to sit with Collins on July 12 and 26 and August 23, or with Kiriko Watanabe, the Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, on August 9 for $230 plus taxes and gratuity.
Members receive a 10-percent discount. 
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