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…

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…