Vancouver Imagined Drawing Night
Vancouver Urban Sketcher teams up with Draw By Night for a special evening of illustrating and drawing into question the built environment around us
Photography by Annie Briard Two of Vancouver’s drawing orgs teamed up to present a one-night drawing event at MOV. Called “Vancouver Imagined: The Way We Weren’t,” the evening asked illustrators (guests of all skill levels) to question the built environment around us. Guest curated by Jason Vanderhill of Illustrated Vancouver, the event “showcases the work […]
#GVEAFUKPOPUP @ thisopenspace
friendly artists, a pretty venue, & strong, engaging work.
Photography by Sarah Faye Bernstein As a Gastown resident, I’ve always wondered about the space formerly known as the Chinatown Experiment, currently being rebranded to thisopenspace. I’m so happy I brought myself there! It’s a beautifully lit and welcoming venue. I went on Saturday, September 6th to check out work by Celine Simpson, Andrew Briggs, […]
Victory Square Block Party 2014
CiTR Radio and Music Waste present a winning end of summer party
Photos by Sarah Faye Bernstein This year’s Victory Square Block Party involved great weather, and all things precious to human kind: pizza, friends, bands, raffle prizes, dogs, Nardwuar sightings, and cute kids. Click through the gallery to get a glimpse of the day!
Sounds Under the Stars
Sunset Terrace continues their inclusive, experimental evenings with Sounds at Sunset, session three
Photography by Alisha Weng Text from event posting, by Soledad Munoz Sunset Terrace is proud to present session three of Sounds at Sunset “a series of outdoor experimental electronic music performances and sound/art explorations” curated by Soledad Munoz. Sounds under the stars with audio-visual installations and performances by Jaymes Bowman youngbraised.com & Chad Thiessen Daniel […]
Celebrations of Change
Tuning in at the Queer Arts Festival
Words and photos by Jen Kennedy On August 1, I attended the Queer Arts Festival’s “I Sing the Body Electric: Walt Whitman & the Beat Generation.” It is only one of the many performances out of three weeks of shows and workshops celebrating queer arts, culture and history through dance, music, theatre, literature, workshops, and […]
Dusk Dances Dazzle in Downtown’s Portside Park
Feeding the cultural vibrancy of the city
Words by Jen Dunford, Edits + Photos by Kendra Archer, Edits by Kaylin Metchie With festival season upon us, there is never a dull moment in Vancouver’s city parks. The weekend of July 4-6 was no exception with the 20th national anniversary of Dusk Dances, an eclectic outdoor dance festival that features a fusion of […]
ISSUE Magazine Summer Launch at Unit/Pitt
Photographed by Sarah Faye Bernstein I stopped by the ISSUE Magazine summer launch party at Unit/Pitt. Guests and writers were greeted by Editor-in-Chief Brynn McNabb, who cheerily sold the new copies of ISSUE 2, vol 3, Summer 14 for $5.00. Unit/Pitt’s current show, On the Wall x Behind the Wall (curated by Sylvana D’Angelo and […]
Papergirl Strings Together Artists of All Ages and Abilities
Art exhibited at Roundhouse Community Centre before being distributed via volunteer cyclists
Photos by Alisha Weng In early July, Papergirl Vancouver celebrated their 2014 art exhibition at Roundhouse Community Centre. Photographer extraordinaire Alisha Weng was there to capture the people, the art, the event as it happened. With live music by Emily Rowed. Papergirl is a worldwide art movement that began in Berlin in 2006. It is […]
Site-Specificity: Eight Ounces Half a Pound
Vancouver’s racialized labour history inspires a sculptural response at Chinatown’s Access Gallery.
There is no shortage of artists who concentrate on site-specific work these days; and there is no shortage of galleries looking to display work that bears the strong formative and associative imprints of having arisen in a particular time and space. But most often, the relocation of the work into the gallery setting cannot help […]
Mount Pleasant on the Rize: grunt gallery
Discussing urban development with grunt's Glenn Alteen
Words by Brit Bachmann + Edits by Christopher Millin + Photos by Alisha Weng Last month Western Front, grunt gallery, Arts Factory, VIVO and C-Space were awarded a combined $4.5 million in the form of CACs, or Community Amenities Contributions. This money was part of $6 million donated to the City of Vancouver by Rize […]