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Jade is at the centre of Circle of Life, a documentary film by Andrew B. Matheson, which will have its free film premiere at the Baumont Studios on May 28 in honour of B.C. jade day. Characterized by its sheer strength and durability, the stone holds many physically and spiritually important qualities. Organized by the…
From 1933 to 1974, Portugal was ruled by the Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, which censored creative expression and government criticism while promoting its own version of folk art. The 1974 Carnation Revolution overthrew the Estado Novo, and ushered in a period of unrestricted creativity, providing a climate…
Dimasalang III International Artist Group exhibition, Kalayaan (freedom), is on until July 4 at the Surrey Arts Centre. Dimasalang founder Sofronio Ylanan Mendoza, known by Sym, leads the display. Sandie Gillis, author of Sym – The Power of Life and Struggle, volunteers for the Dimasalang International Artists Group and organized the event. An inspirational history…
Local artists Shamina Senaratne and Christie Lim have collaborated to create an exhibit that showcases their textile creations. Senaratne’s work for the Evergreen Cultural Centre exhibit, Here and Through and Back and Through, began with a line that she says looped back on itself. “It was an image that wouldn’t leave me. It spoke to…
To some extent, photographer Greg Girard is drawn to the contradiction between the surface of a city and what the underlying reality might be. He explores this idea in his exhibit Richmond/Kowloon featured at explorASIAN at the Richmond Art Gallery. “A reality might reveal itself through various cracks that might appear, both figuratively and literally,…
The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival (VanCAF) brings together thousands of people to celebrate comic art every year. Run by the Vancouver Comic Arts Association, a non-profit organization that aims to connect the community with local comic artists, VanCAF fuels the expanding comic fanbase in Vancouver Shannon Campbell, president and event coordinator, explains that there is…
On May 23 at the Alan Emmott Centre in Burnaby, the Vancouver Ikebana Association (VIA) will kick off a celebration of its 50 years in existence with a one-day show by the Japanese Consulate General. Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, is an art steeped in history in both Japan and Vancouver. According to…
The suffering caused by feeling like an outcast drives media artist Sammy Chien. To minimize this feeling for future generations, he keeps his fingers in many collaborative pots. Chien deals with the context of migration in social, historical, political and cultural perspectives. His goal is to inspire the kids/youth/younger generations who are growing and developing…
Anyuta Gusakova, a Russian-Canadian artist, recently exhibited three paper sculptures at the CityScape Community Art Space in North Vancouver. The gallery’s exhibition, Purely Paper, showcased five Vancouver artists’ creative manipulations of newspaper, maps, papier-mâché and more in an effort to push the boundaries of paper as an artistic medium. Gusakova’s art first came to the…
Elizabeth LaPensée, a doctor in Interactive Arts and Technology from Simon Fraser University, delivers games focused on acts of survivance – survival and endurance – to recognize the living and ongoing stories of Indigenous people. LaPensée is a designer, writer, researcher and artist with Anishinaabe, Métis and Irish roots whose focus is Indigenous game development. Her…
In an upcoming workshop, Maiko Behr, a Japanese culture and art consultant, explains the role charcoal plays within the context of the Japanese tea ceremony. The Japanese tea ceremony, or Chanoyu, is about much more than just the tea itself. Every element matters – even the charcoal used to heat the water. Charcoal in Chanoyu…
On March 27, the University of British Columbia (UBC) Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery will host a symposium on “Spatial Politics and the City,” addressing the issues of housing and public space in Vancouver. In two panels, speakers from disparate disciplines will shed light on the politics and history of public space in Vancouver.…
Recent Art Institute of Vancouver graduate Zong Peng was one of 12 young fashion designers chosen to be featured in the Art Institutes fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015. After graduating from high school, Peng says that he felt lost and unsure of what his post-secondary plans were. He became interested in the…
