Balancing rocks on one another to create a work of art might seem impossible but that is exactly what John Shaver does in and around Vancouver. Shaver is an independent artist who creates rock sculptures. He has been working on Ambleside shore in West Vancouver over the past year. Public art is a priority in Vancouver, [...]
Taralee Guild is a local painter who gets by “pinching pennies.” The recent Emily Carr University of Art and Design graduate commutes to her studio by bike and works 60 hours a week painting to save enough to buy new equipment and rent a room in a house by Trout Lake, a 20-minute bike-ride from [...]
I recently experienced a déjà vu moment online. There’s an audio interview with author Nicholas Delbanco related to his new book Lastingness: The Art of Old Age on NPR’s website. This All Things Considered interview is included alongside an article that’s based on parts of the conversation, as well as an excerpt from Delbanco’s book. [...]
Learn about Vancouver-based artists Natalie Purschwitz and Kelly Lycan and their art installation, i can see your underwear, at Centre A gallery. The artists examine the relationship between material culture and mythology, turning plastic into art. Produced by Shannon Dooling and Farida Hussain.
When Sudarshan Shetty created “History of Loss,” a massive art installation featuring rows of three-foot-long Volkswagen Beetles stacked in clear Plexiglass boxes, he intended to draw attention to the changing reality of transportation. Shetty, an up-and-coming artist from India, cast 42 identical Beetle replicas out of aluminum before dropping them individually from a height of [...]
It’s been a couple of weeks into my search for art outside the walls of a gallery and I had yet to look at the city-funded public art pieces. So I decided to explore the art of the . This non-profit corporation launches a biannual outdoor art exhibition, inviting artists from around the world to [...]
Acting as a healthy antidote to nationalistic Olympic fervour, several prominent art shows feature uncompromising looks at Canada’s relationship with aboriginal communities, and the legacy of colonialism, racism, and inequity. These include Arthur Renwick’s show at the Richmond Art Gallery, ‘s work in , and a retrospective of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s at the Contemporary Art [...]
Approaching and , Twitter’s influence in the social media realm is undeniable. Tech analysts that the micro-blogging interface has never been hotter. Despite Twitter’s popularity, I noticed that Vancouver’s art scene wasn’t a big presence on the platform. I was surprised to see that few Vancouver art gallery websites have Twitter or Facebook link buttons, [...]
Ten years ago, artist struggled to find a term for his artwork and the work of his contemporaries. He wanted this term to describe the art of the new media, those who used computer screens, digital production and the Internet. Unable to come up with a word, he hired Lexicon Branding to do the heavy [...]
Finance Minister Colin Hansen called for the City of Vancouver and the province to “build on the Olympic momentum” during his budget speech in early March. Whether the provincial budget will help to maintain successful Olympic-related projects (like better public transit, for example) remains to be seen – it has only been a few weeks [...]
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