Burnaby is the place to be this month for an inside view of Ballet B.C.'s latest work.
The company is putting on a self-titled show that gives the audience a view of the choreography developed over the past year during the artist-in-residence program, which takes inspiration from the theme "expect the unexpected."
The company's choreographers focused this season on developing new choreographers and choreography from within the company, and this show will be a culmination of their works-in-progress.
Ballet B.C. will be onstage from May 23 through 25 at 8 p.m. at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, at 6450 Deer Lake Ave. Tickets are $32 for adults, $27 for students and seniors, available from www.shadboltcentre.com.
Spring concerto
The Burnaby Clef Society is getting together with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra this month for the society's annual Concerto Concert, featuring the winners of the Clef Society Concerto Competition.
Michelle Lin and Louis Wei on piano, Ester Hwang and Vivian Lu on violin and Katherine Lim on flute will be the stars of the show at 7: 30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way in North Vancouver. Tickets are $25 at the door.
Potters' Guild hosts exhibition
Curious about pottery? The Burnaby Potters' Guild is hosting an exhibition called Feast for the Senses at the Deer Lake Gallery, with work on display until May 25 at 6584 Deer Lake Ave. Suzan Marczak is curating the show with assistance from members of the guild. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m.
For more information, visit burnabypottersguild. yolasite.com.
Library shows art all over town
The Burnaby Art Gallery has three off-site exhibitions at local branches of the public library until July 8.
At the Bob Prittie Library (Metrotown), at 6100 Willingdon Ave., the Amber Albrecht exhibition is a display of a variety of media including print, watercolour and pen and ink by artist Amber Albrecht, whose work focuses on plant life.
At the McGill Library, at 4595 Albert St., a collaborative exhibition by artists Heather Aston, Jamie Evrard, James Mah and Michela Sorrentino, called Monotypes: An Edition of One, features selected monotypes - images created using a printmaking technique. Evrard will be on hand for a free public talk about the process of monotyping at the library on Sunday, June 16 at 2 p.m.
Finally, the Tommy Douglas Library, at 7311 Kingsway, is showing Paul de Guzman's work in a self-titled exhibition that features his series of work called Invisible Cities, using the structure of the book to create sculptures that reference architectural plans and drawings.
For more information about any of the exhibitions, visit www.burnaby artgallery.ca.
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