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In the Richmond Art Gallery’s latest exhibit, The Transformation of Things, local artists collaborate to explore Chinese art heritage in a modern Western landscape. Paint, calligraphy and sculpture illustrate the movement of the human imagination in the natural world. For Victoria-based artist Rick Leong, this show began over a year ago when Richmond Art Gallery…
Métis artist and scholar Dylan Miner will let plants tell their part of the story in an art exhibition that will focus on traditional First Nations medicine. Michif – Michin (the people, the medicine) will open on August 5 at 6 p.m. in Gallery Gachet and occupy the space until August 28. Although the show…
The Powell Street Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary on July 30th and 31st with festivities honoring Japanese-Canadian heritage. In collaboration with design students in Germany, a BCIT undergrad trio draws inspiration from Japanese carp-shaped windsocks for their winning structure, The Koinobori. This year, Bing Thom Architects (BTA) presented students of design and architecture with a…
In 2015 the director of the Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG) went to a grad show at Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s School for the Contemporary Arts, where he picked an artist to be the recipient of a new annual award. The emerging artist chosen was Anchi Lin, and her first solo exhibition, To the Shore, is…
Across the street from Kingsgate Mall on East Broadway St. in Vancouver, passersby may have noticed a black flag erected on an empty lot, with various foods in quarter bushel baskets, such as potatoes and squashes, surrounding it. It iss Vancouver-based artist Holly Ward’s way of raising attention to the issues of land use and…
“I was a picture bride when I came to Victoria in 1907,” Koto Kawamoto tells us in her 1958 memoir The Way of Endurance. “As I left behind all that I knew in Japan, I had many thoughts of what life had in store for me in a new land.” Kawamoto’s story is one of…
Ray Tse wouldn’t call his work pottery, but prefers the term ceramics. “The word `pottery’ seems like it only covers the functional side of this art form. ‘Ceramics’ is a more general term as it includes both the functional and sculptural side,” explains Tse. The Hong Kong-born artist will be exhibiting his work June 9…
In a city where diversity is extensive, it is no surprise that the month of May is dedicated to the various cultures existing in Vancouver. The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) will be hosting Vancouver Asian Heritage Month, a celebration of Asian culture and heritage. In recognition of the Philippine community, the North Vancouver…
Rafal Gerszak, photographer, will be speaking at the next Global Civic’s 25th Public Salon, on May 4, 2016 at the Vancouver Playhouse. Gerszak is part of the Boreal Collective, a group of 12 internationally-based photographers whose mandate is to “explore complex narratives and communicate stories visually, with patience, commitment and integrity,” to document humanity in…
Japanese artist Michiko Suzuki will present her exhibit Hope Chests beginning on May 19th at the Burnaby Art Gallery. In her print project,each of the eight white silk tents represent a different girl of a diverse cultural group and her story, illustrating beauty through unique means of symbolism. Suzuki’s inspiration for the Hope Chests project…
An art exhibition typically displays a set of paintings, sculptures or photographs, for the public’s observation and enjoyment, but now, new technologies have opened a window for innovation in the artistic atmosphere of Greater Vancouver. The Surrey Art Gallery will be presenting I Was Here, an innovative art exhibition by Paulo Majano based in augmented…
As part of the An Exact Vertigo project, Hong Kong Exile, an interdisciplinary arts company and registered non-profit organization based in Vancouver, will be hosting a talk on Wednesday, April 6 at 7 p.m. and a workshop on Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m. at UNIT/PITT Projects. An Exact Vertigo aims to engage Vancouver’s…
At first glance, artist Sanaz Mazinani’s kaleidoscopic works swirl with colour and repeating patterns, but a closer look reveals disturbing imagery of conflict, war and finally reflections of ourselves. An exhibition of Mazinani’s art, Mirrored Explosions, will be displayed at the West Vancouver Museum from April 13 to June 4, 2016. Of Iranian descent, Mazinani…
