Salt walks represent new form of social practice art
Salt gets sprinkled on food to add flavour, and on May 31 a dash of salt will be added to art in Randy Lee Cutler’s video screening of her Salt Walks project.
MOA exhibit showcases contemporary Afro-Cuban art
The Cuban Revolution marked a turning point in the nation’s history because of its efforts to improve the social inequalities within the country.
Making a face: Netherlander artist reflects on the immigration experience
Saskia Jetten likes to make faces. A celebrated Dutch artist who recently immigrated to Vancouver, Jetten’s works are in the form of masks, clowns, comics, cartoons and puppets that dot the gallery space at the Burnaby Art Gallery (BAG) until June 22.
Elders and Roots: Ginseng and Chinese migrants
The ginseng root is considered a cultural delicacy in Chinese culture, but it is not commonly used in modern artwork. Evan Lee, a Vancouver based artist, combines images of Chinese migration to Canada and the plant root together in his new art exhibition Elders and Roots. The art exhibition, held at the Richmond Art Gallery…
Generation One: First and second generation artists pave the way for future generations
Art is given a supportive hand as new immigrants find ways to express cultural identity. On May 3rd, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) launched the Explore ASIAN festival. The festival started with an opening ceremony introducing the “So This Is Canada!” art exhibit. With approximately 200 people in attendance at the International Art…
Vancouver graphic novelist featured at ExplorAsian
Historical events, usually geared towards adults, can gain new interest from a younger generation of readers by telling the stories as graphic novels.
Epic Weekend brings Persian hero’s tale to Vancouver
The power of stories to capture the imagination and bring people together spans all cultures.
The Tattoo – Two Histories
Tattoo art, in the last decade, has gained much mainstream popularity. Even a reality TV show, Ink Master, highlights the skill and stress involved in being a tattoo artist. Here in Vancouver, two artists are keeping alive the traditional tattoo art of Japan and Peru. Shoko Sonoda is a Vancouver tattoo artist with 17 years of…
Carrying on the Cloud Art tradition
Candace Thayer-Coe is one of the rare artists in Vancouver who specializes in the traditional art of Turkish paper marbling. The Italian Cultural Centre is currently presenting The Bookbinder’s Art, an exhibition featuring her art work, along with some antique Venetian books. “I’ve never come across anyone else who practiced paper marbling in Vancouver”, says Thayer-Coe, a…
Blazing the trail: celebrating the pioneers in indigenous printmaking
Though their civilizations and art histories are ancient, the technique of printmaking is a relatively recent practice in Northwest Coast (NC) First Nations and Inuit cultures. Recent Acquisitions of First Nations and Inuit Prints, an exhibit of 47 works currently on display at the Burnaby Art Gallery (BAG) until Apr. 6, celebrates the pioneers of printmaking who…
Janice Wu, blender of culture and whimsy
Crumpled candy wrappers, torn postage paper and sharpened pencil stubs are often overlooked by the beauty-seeking observer. Janice Wu, local artist and freelance illustrator, is an exception. Her work with pencil and acrylic whimsically portrays the mundane, inanimate objects that people often dismiss as detritus, proving that beauty is truly in the eye of the…
The art of the Manga-ka at the Nikkei Museum
For young people fascinated by the styles and techniques of manga and anime, the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby is offering a chance to learn how to do it themselves. On March 15, the museum will host a Spring Break Manga Workshop aimed at introducing young people to the art of drawing…
Seeing the spectacular in Ukiyoe: Japanese woodblock prints
Spectacular and sophisticated may be the best words to describe Ukiyoe Spectacular, an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints at Nikkei National Museum and West Vancouver Museum that will run to March 22 and 23. Ukiyoe, which literally means ‘pictures of the floating world,’ is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings produced in Japan in the 1800s.…