UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS
2025
November 7, 6:30-8:30pm
DIY Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Southlands Grange Centre for Farming and Food
Red Barn, Delta
October 18, 10-12:30 & 2-5pm
Art & Fungi Walk & Sensory activity
Produced by The Only Animal Theatre Society
Rockwood Centre Grounds & Lodge, Sechelt
October 11, 5-10pm
Nuit Blanche
This year’s edition will include Isabelle Kirouac & Willoughby Arévalo’s Aromatic Wheel of Fungi
Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna
August 30, 10-12:30pm & 2-4:30pm
Art & Fungi Walk
Pitt Meadows Park Recreation & Culture, Grabenhorst Garden, Pitt Meadows
Link Here
August 10-23
Résidence au Parc
Artistic Residency, Pavillon d’accueil du parc du Boisé-des-Frères-du-Sacré-Coeur, Victoriaville, Quebec
June 28-July 1
The Works Arts & Design Festival
This year’s festival will include Isabelle Kirouac & Willoughby Arévalo’s Aromatic Wheel of Fungi
Edmonton, Alberta
May 19-31
Carte Blanche Residency
Theatre Residency towards the first phase of creation of a new performance work by Isabelle Kirouac & Willoughby Arévalo
Théâtre La Seizième, Studio 16, Vancouver
Tickets Here (16+), in French
April 12, 19 & 26, 2-4pm
Wool Felting Fungi Portraits Workshop Series
@ Lynn Creek Community Recreation Centre, North Vancouver
During this 3-classes series, participants will observe and learn about local fungi, selecting one of their favorite to inspire the creation of a felted mushroom portrait, using simple wet and needle felted techniques. Participants will get to bring their work home at the end.
Register Here
March 14, 6-9pm
Mushrooms & Culture of Greece Feast with Olga Tzogas & Willoughby Arévalo
@ Vancouver Cohousing
Register Here
February 23rd
Wisdom from the Fungal KINdom – painting exhibition/vernissage
Hypha Arts, Vancouver
February-August
Felting the Mycelial Web Exhibition – featuring felted mushroom books created in collaboration with over 50 community members in the context of the North Vancouver Recreation & Culture Artist Residency Program.
Ron Andrews Community Centre, North Vancouver
PAST PUBLIC EVENTS
2024
September 15-December 15
Felting the Mycelial Web
Art & Fungi Artistic Residency with Isabelle Kirouac & Willoughby Arévalo as part of North Vancouver Recreation & Culture Residency Program, including walks, embodied activities, needle felting, wet felting and the collective creation of felted field guides of local mushrooms. Find our program and free offerings by clicking on the link above.
Ron Andrews Community Centre, North Vancouver
August 2-December 8
FUNGI FORMS
Collective Exhibition including Isabelle Kirouac & Willoughby Arévalo’s Aromatic Wheel of Fungi
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 19-20
Mushroom Walk & Mushroom Felting Workshop
As part of Saturna Environmental Awareness Talk
Saturna Island
November 15, 5:30-8:30pm
Mushroom Cooking for the Wild at Heart
Southland Grange Centre for Farming & Food
In this live cooking show and multiple-course tasting dinner, mycologist and kitchen wizard Willoughby Arévalo will pair local wild and cultivated mushrooms with seasonal produce, allowing each type of mushroom to shine in preparations honoring their unique qualities. Willoughby looks beyond classic and typical recipes for the most popular mushrooms to lesser known delicacies, medicinal treats and new approaches to traditional dishes from around the world. Participants will be delighted and surprised by the diverse flavors, textures and aromas while learning how to recreate the recipes at home. As this is a licensed event all participants must be 19 years+
Pre-registration is required and space is very limited, register here!
At The Red Barn, Delta
August 31, 1-3:30
Exploring Mushrooms through our senses
Get to know mushrooms through touch, smell, sounds, taste and sight in this unique workshop!
The Red Barn, Southlands, Tsawwassen
August 5-25
Guapamacàtaro Art & Ecology Centre
Artistic Residency, Michohacan, Mexico
2023
October 16-25
Mushrooms and Culture of Greece tour
10 days immersion through the natural world of Greece with Greek hosts and guest teachers
Parnassus- Roumeli Mountains, Greece
August 9-13
New Moon Mycology Summit
The New Moon Mycology Summit is a gathering for communal learning around environmental + social justice through the lens of fungi. With 50+ presenters from various fields, this multi-day outdoor event offers interdisciplinary workshops, panel discussions, and skill-shares to bring a critical approach to science and education based in multiple ways of knowing.
Wheelock, Vermont USA
May 27-28
FEATHERS & FUNGI
Maplewood Flats, North Vancouver
May 12-13
Burnaby Blooms Festival
Aromatic Wheel of Fungi Installation & Olfactory Play workshops
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
2022
Sun Oct 30, 10-12pm
Art, Fungi & Plant Walk
Maplewood House, North Vancouver
Sat Oct 29, 10-12pm
Forest Movement Practice
Maplewood House, North Vancouver
Wed Oct 19, 7-10pm
Story Collider, Mushrooms
A night of true, personal stories about science and mushrooms!
With artists/storytellers Willoughby Arevalo, Laura Fukumoto, Dust Cwaine and more.
Fox Cabaret, Vancouver
Sept 24-26
LUNA Arts Festival
Aromatic Wheel of Fungi & Mushroom Parade
Revelstoke
The Art & Fungi Project 