The Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver (555 Nelson Street) opens a new group exhibition called Following the A Line this Thursday night. While the website description of the show might make you want to put a sharp hammer claw through your eyeball (total didactic nightmare), check out the opening reception just the same. This is a good line-up. Pretty sure they have a bar set up.

Or there’s “FLAKEY: The Early Works of Glenn Lewis”. “This exhibition marks the first in-depth investigation of the early works of Vancouver artist Glenn Lewis […] whose socially engaged spirit helped incite the cross disciplinary and interactive practices informing west coast art in the late 1960s and 1970s.” Should be a cool body of work, but I think it’s also worth mentioning that this is the only thing going down this week that also involves a kimchee cooking demonstration. I have no idea what the connection is…but I’m pretty sure the best way to find out will be to hit the Presentation House Gallery on Saturday, September 11th. Check it.

Hit the opening reception for the new Pierre Coupey show, “Between Memory and Perception”, this Saturday, September 11, 7pm at Gallery Jones (1725 West Third Avenue). Coupey’s abstract works are at once muted and active. I’m partial to “Postscript: Rendition”, a 50 x 38 oil and beeswax work on prepared paper (sucks that it’s already old). Not that it has a terrific amount to do on the artists work, but if you’re writing a thesis on Comparative Aesthetic Temperaments in the Early 21st Century, it’s interesting to note that he was also a founding editor of The Georgia Straight and The Capilano Review.

The Grace Gallery is opening a show of Jennifer Mawby’s new works this Thursday, September 9 at 7pm (1898 Main at 3rd. It’s called The Sun, The Moon and the Stars. Jennifer looks to have it going on, so don’t miss out on…short version: an installation on the obsessive themes of love, loss, and conquest (full scoop here).

An opening/reception/exhibition showcasing Emily Carr’s Design, Media + Visual Arts Faculty goes down this Thursday, September 9, at 5:30pm in the North Building’s Concourse Gallery. “The annual Faculty Exhibition once again opens in conjunction with the start of the academic semester. This show offers a glimpse at the diverse range of interests and creative investigation of Emily Carr’s distinguished faculty, comprised of 61 regular and approximately 100 contract (non-regular) faculty members. The Faculty Exhibition affords an opportunity for both students and the public to appreciate the diverse areas of professional development of these educators, whose personal research and practice informs their teaching.” Details.