Peak Performance Project 2013 Launch Party
Annual band competition kicks off at Fortune Sound Club with performances by The Boom Booms, Dear Rouge, and Dominique Fricot
The 2013 edition of the Peak Performance Project officially launched this week and VANDOCUMENT was invited to document the action. Our sharpshooter Sheng Ho mixed with the crowds at Fortune Sound Club and shot this gallery, encompassing the entire night, from The Top 20 Announcement, through performances by Dominique Fricot, Dear Rouge, and The Boom […]
Music and Movement Mondays
A weekly collaboration of always changing dancers, musicians and locations, Ben Brown's experiment in cross-discipline dialogue is the stepping stone for Shapes In Sound
Written by Shalon W-H and Ash Tanasiychuk Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk and Yvonne Chew A unique series of evening events featuring a variety of multidisciplinary arts – Extravagant Signals – is about to launch into its inaugural year (June 15-22 2013). To prepare, Vandocument’s Shalon and Ash got a sneak preview of the improv music […]
Broadway East Art Walk
Free, family-friendly event revitalizes Mount Pleasant neighbourhood by connecting art with local businesses
The Broadway East Art Walk kicked off on Saturday June 8 2013 and VANDOCUMENT’s photographer Sheng Ho was there to capture it’s story. The initiative of the a group of passionate, community minded individuals in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, “this event is meant to offer a taste of the larger Art Walk that is being […]
Unlearning Weekenders Picnic Meeting
At Maclean Park in Strathcona, Zoe Kreye and Catherine Grau gather participants to discuss and workshop in preparation for their 12hour performance art procession through Vancouver
Unlearning Weekenders: free public workshops for unlearning. Throughout June 2013, artists Zoe Kreye and Catherine Grau have been leading a series of workshops, from dance and movement to prop and costume building. The theme is unlearning. What does this mean to you? What have you been taught that you need to shake off? How would […]
First Thursday Vancouver + Art Waste 2013
Two massive art events collide and explode the already busiest night of the week for Vancouver's visual arts exhibitions
The First Thursday Vancouver Art Walk and Art Waste collided in early June. The fourth day of the work week is traditionally THE night of the week to check out new art in the city – this is when most galleries launch their opening receptions. Chris Bentzen of Hot Art Wet City knows this; he […]
Visual Arts Celebration at The Cultch
The DTES Small Arts Grants Exhibition's Opening Reception Celebration
To celebrate the Vancouver Foundation Small Arts Grants program, in partnership with Carnegie Community Centre, a gallery of work was selected by the incredible Sita Kumar, and hosted at The Cultch Gallery. The DTES Small Arts Grants “new initiative seeks to foster individual achievement amongst local artists in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.” Opening night was May […]
Fair In The Square & Chinatown Sundays
A free community event blends into unexpected Chinatown discoveries
Being open to exploration in Vancity takes friend and actor Kelly Metzger and I to Victory Square for a Sunday community gathering, music, and BBQ where we meet dedicated community members and their groups who are working hard to better their neighbourhoods through a variety of support and educational programs and, after walking through Chinatown […]
Background / ThisPlace Artists’ Talk
Artists Emilio Rojas, Igor Santizo, and Guadalupe Martinez close out the series of events that accompany Background / This Place at grunt with an artist talk and potluck
Following the official opening on May 10 2013, as well as various talks and walks to accompany the exhibition, artists Emilio Rojas, Guadalupe Martinez, and Igor Santizo held a talk/panel/Q&A on a Saturday afternoon at grunt gallery. This talk gave the audience an opportunity to hear about, ask about, and begin to understand the density […]
District Dogs In The Window At Bird On A Wire
Main Street shop invites a new creative entrepreneurial business to demo their process and product at this weekly event
As part of a super rad ongoing series highlighting the creators of the work sold at their shop, the owners of Bird On A Wire (2535 Main St) host “Artist In The Window” every Saturday from 11am to 4pm. It pays to get out and talk to shop owners! While on assignment for Vancouver Magazine, […]
You Came Here By Chance at 221A
An evening of photographic work address our idea of space in relation to environment
On a beautiful May evening, a group exhibition of photography opened at Chinatown gallery 221A. Attended by a range of people old and young, the show, curated by Avalon Mott, included something that could appeal to everyone. You Came Here By Chance was defined by being about place. But that’s where the similarities stopped. Although […]