Row, row, row your process…

Celebrating the journey, not the destination, we're very proud to announce the launch of VANDOC's Online Artists Residency, affectionately known as OAR.
Announcing the launch of VANDOC’s Online Artists Residency, affectionately known as OAR.
It’ll be fun, yeah. It’ll be a fine time.

Photos from the July edition of East Van's favourite monthly evening of storytelling and otherwise.
Have you been to Fine? Probably! There’re regular lineups to get into this hot monthly evening of storytelling and otherwise. VANDOC photographer Xinyue Liu squeezed into the packed Lido on a warm July’s evening to capture these sweet shots. July’s Fine featured Carleigh Baker, Emily Davidson, Ola Dada, Taran J. Kootenhayoo, and Aidan Chafe With […]
Imaginary Homelands

Sara Khan's solo exhibition "Suraj Kinare" at Surrey Art Gallery
Sara Khan’s solo exhibit of paintings at Surrey Art Gallery is an impressive mix of skyscapes and dreamscapes.
You Can Envision Anything

A discussion with Odera Igbokwe
Igbokwe has been working hard to get ready for an upcoming group exhibition, Plantains & Pigments, which will open at Vancouver’s James Black Gallery in June 2019.
Squares are Pink and Circles are Blue

Following the work of interdisciplinary artist Zandi Dandizette at Miami Art Week
Zandi Dandizette, interdisciplinary new media installation artist and founder of Vancouver’s The James Black Gallery, works in illustration, video, performance, and, well, anything. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a blank canvas, or room, or whether I’m curating or even using my own body. The canvas or the space is what I’m using more so than […]
Vancouver Art Book Fair 2018

A glimpse of what to expect at the seventh annual Art Book Fair
As media sponsor for Vancouver Art Book Fair 2018, VABF’s Helen Wong and Megan Low contributed the following piece to give you a taste of this year’s fair. We’ll see you there! /// You probably know the Vancouver Art Book Fair (VABF) from the various iterations of tote bags seen around the city. If you’re […]
Wetland Project: Painting with Microphones

Brady Marks and Mark Timmings transform the soundscape of a Saturna Island wetland into pure colour fields.
In Earth Week 2016, Brady Marks travelled to Saturna Island and joined fellow artist Mark Timmings to capture the sounds of the wetland beside his home. With sound engineer Eric Lamontagne, they produced a twenty four hour, five-channel field recording. The artists then worked with programmer Gabrielle Odowichuk to develop an algorithm that metamorphosed sound […]
“OW”: How does it feel and what does it look like?

From her mentors and collaborators to the introduction of sound, and now, OW - On Jennifer Mascall’s journey from emerging artist to the society’s 30th anniversary
Written by Katherine Chan Photography by Michael Slobodian Video courtesy MascallDance Founder and Artistic Director of MascallDance Society, Jennifer Mascall has been an investigator of movement for over 45 years. A conceptual creative, her choreography resembles a creator designing a new world. When she manipulates space, the changes affect the movement of bodies, which then […]