What’s Stirring: Whistler Wine Walk captures the resort's creative side, to October 30
The art crawl to top galleries comes complete with canapés and B.C. wine
The Audain Art Museum, which has one of the world’s finest collections of Northwest Coast Indigenous masks, is one stop on the Whistler Wine Walk. Photo by RAEF.ca
Whistler Wine Walk happens every Friday from 5 to 7 pm in October.
SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS may be pining for powder, but art lovers have reason to hit the Sea to Sky highway this month: Whistler Wine Walk takes place every Friday in October.
This year, the art crawl consists of two newly curated, self-guided tours that have been designed with pandemic safety protocols in place. Running from 5 to 7 pm, each includes sips of B.C. wine (by such wineries as Hester Creek Estate Winery, See Ya Later Ranch, Blasted Church Vineyards, and CedarCreek Estate Winery) and small bites along the way.
The Whistler Village Wine Walk ($15) begins with a stop at Adele Campbell Fine Art Gallery, which showcases contemporary work by established and emerging Canadian artists (including paintings, stone and bronze sculpture, and fine jewellery). Next is a visit to the Audain Art Museum’s Cressey Hall for an exclusive and intimate viewing of selected artwork from the centre’s vault, along with a private narration by museum director Curtis Collins or a member of his curatorial team. The museum’s permanent collection has one of the world’s finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations masks; a large collection of works by Emily Carr; art by post-war modernists such as E.J. Hughes, Gordon Smith, and Jack Shadbolt; and works by contemporary local artists including Jeff Wall, Dana Claxton, and Marianne Nicolson. On October 9 and 30, this walk has a bonus stop at The Gallery at Maury Young Arts Centre, which features pieces by Sea to Sky artists and artisans. Possibly, a few artists will be on-site painting live.
The Upper Village Wine Walk ($10) includes visits to Mountain Galleries at the Fairmont (which features paintings, sculptures, and hand-made furniture by Canadian artists) and Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre – Istken Hall. Salish mixed-media artist Ed Archie NoiseCat is exhibiting at the SLCC, which will be offering Indigenous fare from its Thunderbird Café.
Tickets are limited to ensure physical distancing. See Tourism Whistler for more info.
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