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.
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 […]
Art! Books! and Mags! and Zines! and…
A look back at the 2017 Vancouver Art Book Fair
We had a fantastic time at the 2017 Vancouver Art Book Fair. It was the 6th annual. This was the 4th time we have documented the Fair. 2013 2014 2015 2017 fundraiser View this post on Instagram We're setting up at @vancouverartbookfair ! Come visit us. We just found our table – its on the […]
Doing the hustle for art books & publishing
VABF 2017 Fundraiser & Membership Drive
Vancouver Art Book Fair 2017 is nearly here and to celebrate, the annual fundraiser and membership party was held at Remington Gallery on East Hastings. Not just a preview of publications to be seen at this year’s event, the party was a silent auction with work by many of Vancouver’s artists: Khan Lee | Nikki […]
In The Media Tent
Exploring LAND through multimedia art at Digital Carnival 2017
Richmond World Festival might appear, at first, an odd venue for a carefully considered exhibition of new multimedia art. On the sunny Labour Day long weekend, the outdoor track and field of Minoru Park is unrecognisable. Young families mill around happily with big bags of kettlecorn; rowdy teenagers dash between vendors, enjoying the last weekend […]
Jouska: Gentle Party’s first album release party
Photos and a video of the Jouska album release party, plus more about this innovative group and what lies ahead
Comprised of a quartet of accomplished musicians, you may already know these artists as individuals or through their associated bands, but if you don’t yet know Gentle Party, get ready. Gentle Party are: Jessicka – Voice projects: Jessicka (Light Organ Records), Hunting (Nevado Records), Glitoris Elisa Thorn – Harp Elisa’s projects: Hue, Jazz Bras, Hildegard’s […]
ROVE: discover art, build community
Every six months, ROVE maps a route of Mount Pleasant art spaces to check out & connect with
ROVE is a Mount Pleasant art walk. It happens not that often. Twice a year. Who thinks this should happen more often? Is it free? Yes! Is it guided? No, it’s self guided! Grab a map, get it on your phone, and go! Participating galleries have their doors open. ROVE is a friendly push to […]
Dogs Do Dream & Sick Boss
A night of brilliant new music as these two wildly talented and experimental groups celebrate their album releases
A veritable who’s who of Vancouver’s most talented multi-band, jazz-influenced, free form playing artists, two groups – Ron Samworth’s Dogs Do Dream and Sick Boss – took to The China Cloud’s stage. Ron Samworth’s Dogs Do Dream and Sick Boss The artists Dogs Do Dream is: Ron Samworth – Guitar, Compositions, Text Barbara Adler – […]