WESTERN FRONT – Window and Exterior Renovations

Western Front is embarking on an exciting development in the conservation of our iconic heritage building at 303 E 8th Avenue, Vancouver. Across March and April, 2024, we will replace all windows on the south and west façade, repair the siding, and replenish the exterior paint work to ensure the ongoing integrity of our building’s envelope and to improve its energy efficiency.

To assist this work, public activities on our second floor will be temporarily suspended. Our tenant organisation EDAM will also offer reduced programming in their ground floor dance studio, with details about their calendar of activities available at edamdance.org.

Our current exhibition by Dani and Sheilah ReStack, Feral Domestic, will remain open to the public in our ground floor gallery until April 6, 2024. We also look forward to offering some online programs and other events on our ground floor during this period.

If you would like to support our ongoing work conserving our heritage building, please consider making a donation today. Make your gift here.

A black and white photograph of single hung window propped open with a white coffee pot.

Acknowledgements

On this project, we are thankful to work with Schema – Office for Architecture and Terris & Company General Contractors Ltd, and are grateful for the funding support of the Province of British Columbia and Heritage BC through the Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program (CERIP) and Community Gaming Capital Project Grants.

Image of a window on the front façade of Western Front (1975). Courtesy of Western Front.

Image of a window on the front façade of Western Front (1975). Courtesy of Western Front.

Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.