Artists require a steady supply of art supplies to be creative. Many are also increasingly concerned about the environmental impact and safety hazards of the materials they use.
That’s true at the Means of Production Community Garden in East Vancouver. Located on a narrow strip of land near Clark Drive, the garden is managed by artists [...]
By Jes Abeita and Sarah Buell
Piper McKenzie is a full-time street performer whose stunts often have him balanced precariously on a ladder or juggling lighted torches in the name of entertainment. The occasional bruises and burns are just part of the job.
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By Daniel Hallen and Yvonne Robertson
Larissa Blockhuis uses her Saturday glass flower-making classes at New-Small & Sterling Studio Glass to introduce people to the art of glassblowing. Blockhuis studied glassblowing at the Alberta College for Art and Design. For the time she puts into giving flower-making classes, Blockhuis receives time in the studio for her [...]
By Lara Howsam and Lewis Kelly
Vancouver street performer Byron Bertram reveals a few tricks of the trade, including how he escapes from a “chain tuxedo” and why he affects a British accent while performing. Bertram is one of the many entertainers who perform at Granville Island on weekends. He spoke with The Thunderbird after one [...]
By Hilary Atkinson and Evan Duggan
Ron Jones is one of the many unique artists and performers sharing their talent with visitors to Vancouver’s Granville Island. For decades, Jones has shared his love of music with those around him. Now retired, Jones spends his days on Granville Island speaking to audiences through the strings of his [...]
Krystal Bell and Soila Hill surf the web on side-by-side desktop PCs. It’s a typical Tuesday evening at the Kla-how-ya Youth Drop-in Centre in Surrey.
Led Zeppelin, New Order and others flowed out of the radio, mixing with the sounds of teens talking and laughing as they spent time together.
“I wasn’t very social before Kla-how-eya opened [...]
Live drumming signals the start of a new exercise in Edmond Kilpatrick’s boys-only dance class.
The group of 13 six- and seven-year-old boys wear uniforms of black stretch pants and white shirts, and anxiously wait for instructions. Kilpatrick, a former Ballet BC principal dancer, calls out, “pliez,” and 13 pairs of knees immediately bend.
This program at [...]
The sounds of feet shuffling, coins clinking and people chatting drown out all other sounds every morning in Granville Station.
After the rush dies down, the dim SkyTrain station transforms into a modest concert hall. Paul Neufeld, a classical guitarist, fiddles with guitar strings to play Spanish Romance. Jimmy Jackman serenades commuters with Dream a Little [...]
Jo Darts spends hours at Granville Island’s Crafthouse wrapping fragile artwork, piecing together bits of cardboard, tape and shredded paper to build a large box.
A few months ago this task was reserved for a separate staff with proper material, and she attended to working with artists, inventorying artwork and rearranging the gallery.
Darts is also working for a [...]
Popular reality television shows are providing male role models for boys who are interested in dance. But some feminist scholars say this isn’t enough.
Mary Louise Adams, a sports sociologist, said these shows strengthen traditional masculinity and do nothing to produce a liberated form of femininity.
For example, female figure skaters are an accessory to their [...]
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