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…
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New at the Vancouver Art Gallery
The most valuable purchase I have made since moving to Vancouver was to buy memberships to the Vancouver Art Gallery for myself and my son. When I brought the memberships home and showed them to my son he was interested. When I told him that the membership came with two extra passes and if…
Picasso at the Vancouver Art Gallery – What Is Great Art?
“The question my date asked was: ‘What makes a great artist?’” The question my date asked was: “What makes a great artist?” I was a little stumped. Four years studying art history hadn’t really prepared me to answer that question. I tried, with the typical caveats: “it depends who you ask”, “men were usually the…
In Search of HeART in the City
The Bill Reid Gallery sits unassumingly tucked in off the street. At first it’s a little elusive, but once you are up the set of stairs and find yourself in the carefully manicured courtyard, you understand immediately why this location was chosen. Although I had been here before, this was a little bit different. The…
Small Town Carver in the Big City
It seems like just months ago that I first met Rod Brown, but in truth it has been years. It was the first art show I was curating solo and it was his first attempt at carving salmon. Spirit of the River was a fundraiser for the organization Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition and was designed to celebrate the…