This is what it looked like in October. What does it look like now?
You’ll have your chance to find out next weekend, when 100 Braid Street Studios hosts a festive weekend in honour of its fifth anniversary and grand reopening – featuring the addition of its new second-floor studio space.
The weekend kicks off with a soiree on Friday, May 31 from 7 to 10 p.m., featuring the studio’s fifth anniversary art show.
On Saturday, June 1, visitors can drop in any time between noon and 5 p.m. for a special edition of First Saturday Open Studios, devoted to the fifth anniversary art show.
That evening, at 7:30 p.m., a cappella quintets Quayside Voices and Fifth Street are joining forces for their QUINTEssential concert at 7:30 p.m. (see story).
Then, on Sunday, June 2, the studio plays host to a Fusion Arts Day, featuring community arts and live music from noon to 10 p.m.
It’s all marking five years since Susan Greig opened the studio and event space in June 2014. The celebrations also mark the opening of the new second-floor space – which Greig took over in 2018 and has been redesigning to accommodate an additional 30 artist studios. The new space makes 100 Braid Street the largest art studio in the Lower Mainland outside of Vancouver.
Admission to all the art festivities is free; only the concert is a ticketed event, and tickets are available through www.quaysidevoices.com.
Check out www.100braidststudios.com for more about the studios, or drop in to 200-100 Braid St. over the anniversary weekend to check it out for yourself.
