Well, it’s Saturday morning again blog followers. Coffee in hand? Great. Here’s a little update on my trip to El Kartel last Saturday night. The show was small but well curated. Because I love fashion and art I was looking for where the two came collide. Someone was paying attention to colour in the curation…
Category: Art Events
Saturday Morning “ArtDate”: Automatons at Visual Space Gallery
Good morning blog followers! I hope you’ve finished your run down Yuppy Lane, have changed out of your sweaty yoga pants into your Lululemon yoga pants, have your vanilla, soy, half sweet, double double thingy from Starbucks in hand because this is your first Saturday morning ArtDate – update, but about art, so … “ArtDate” (insert…
7 Super Cheap Art Things To Do In Vancouver Right Now
What: Susan Point Spindle Whorl When: February 18 – May 28 Where: Vancouver Art Gallery This exhibit is a must see and on Tuesday Evenings from 5 – 9pm The Vancouver Art Gallery is always by donation, so you can pay as your budget allows. Have Kids? Check out Sundays at the Vancouver Art…
Eastside Culture Crawl Discoveries
In 2015, having only been in Vancouver for a couple of months, I missed the Eastside Culture Crawl altogether. However, it had piqued my interest and I vowed not to miss it again in 2016. Little did I know what I was committing myself to! Being temporarily without a car, I decided doing my research…
First Nations Artists Honoured by the BC Achievement Foundation
“The fact that everyone was calling it a luncheon tipped me off right away. They don’t call it that where I come from! I knew I couldn’t wear jeans like I had to the formal opening at the Bill Reid Gallery” On November 15th, 2016 the BC Achievement Foundation celebrated six First Nations Artists with…
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Teaches with Humour
“The monumental pieces almost fool you into the illusion that you have stepped back in time and are seeing the ‘traditional’ life of First Nations People of BC.” Walking into the Museum of Anthropology at the University of BC is a little bit like walking into a parallel universe. A place that Yuxweluptun used to…
YVR’s Jade Canoe Turns Twenty
On a beautiful sunny day in April, YVR celebrated 20 years since the Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe arrived at the YVR airport. Bill Reid originally had the sculpture created as a 1/6 scale clay model and then later enlarged to its full size. This final clay version was then cast in bronze and…
A Steady Arm at the Yaletown Roundhouse
Yaletown Roundhouse – It was just a skytrain station stop up until the night I went to the Capture Photography opening at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. Construction of the original building took place in 1888. In 1980 plans to demolish it were waylaid by passionate train buffs and other supportive Vancouverites and the…
New Art at The YVR Airport by Haida Artist Reg Davidson
I walk by them every day at work. As I pass the entrance to the skytrain on the left and the Air Canada USA check ins on the right, I can see them only partially on the other side of security. The effect is breathtaking. The red paint on wood seems to almost glow…
The Party World of Animators and Compositors vs. New Years Eve at Home with Whiskey
It’s an industry that’s booming right now. With the Canadian dollar dropping the film industry is coming back across the Canadian border to take advantage of the exchange. The small animation company Nerd Corp, was bought out by DHX Media this year and what that means, among other things, is a much larger staff Christmas…
Blue Refuge: Joyce Ozier Dives Deep
I met Joyce for the first time when I came to the Fazakas Gallery for the opening of the Beau Dick show in October. She struck up a conversation and, being new to the city I was thankful for a friendly face; even if it was one I didn’t know yet. I immediately felt comfortable…
Christmas at the Lattimer Gallery
One thing I have really been looking forward to in the city is Christmas. Yes, there are things I will miss – snow, sledding, bundled up around a campfire with a hot whisky and Christmas in Hazelton – but now that I’m in the city I plan to take full advantage of what the city…
Little City Arts 