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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…
Mehrad Rahbar has always been tuned in to events around him – the Iran revolution in 1979, the 1989 Montreal massacre of 14 female students and the Arab Spring that spread across the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. He considers himself a human rights activist and is involved in various Iranian-Canadian organizations…
Bernadette Phan, a Vietnamese-Canadian painter, currently exhibits a series of drawings titled “Lili and the Migratory Influences” at the Bob Prittie Library in Burnaby. With this project, Phan wants to pay homage to her late aunt Lili, who shaped and influenced her greatly. While Phan was mostly raised in Canada, she has quite a diverse…
Emotions are to be explored when viewing artwork from Melvin Yap, a Malaysian-born Vancouver-raised artist. He encourages people to take a second look at how flowers can be photographed at his new flower exhibition to be held at the Kimoto Gallery in Vancouver, March 6–28. “Ka-Bloom is an explosion without the dynamite,” says Yap, 36,…
In 越界/粵界 (transgression/cantosphere), Hong Kong Exile (HKX), an interdisciplinary art company comprised of Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim and Remy Siu, collaborates with linguist Zoe Lam and artist Howie Tsui to examine local and international pressures on their culture. The exhibit engages with the Cantonese language and reflects on the relationship between urban planning…
Poem 593, written by one of the most important American female poets, Emily Dickinson, provides in itself the centre for inspiration of downtown Vancouver’s most recent, and anticipated art exhibit at the Fall Tattooing & Artist’s Gallery: “The Dark – felt beautiful.” A mystical line from Dickinson`s Poem 593, provides a framework in serving as…
A passion for story and language, has Haida artist Gwaai Edenshaw using his knowledge of Haida stories to help find the hidden within ourselves at the new exhibit Godanxee’wat: Stone Ribs showing at the Bill Reid Gallery (Jan. 12 until Jul. 5). Edenshaw – who apprenticed with Bill Reid when he was 16 – also…
Maiko Behr’s February workshop at the Nikkei Centre will explore the historical, philosophical and aesthetic influences of Zen on the development and practice of the tea ceremony. Behr, a long time tea practitioner is a certified instructor in the Omotesenke tradition of chanoyu, the Japanese tea ceremony. She will present a slide lecture and discuss…
