The topic of pipelines and crude oil in B.C isn’t likely to go away any time soon, and there are those who strive to find new ways to curb environmental degradation.

Luminescence: The Silver of Peru is a first-of-its-kind exhibition at The Museum of Anthropology at UBC. The exhibit, presented this fall, combines Latin American history and contemporary art.

As a child, photographer Marion Penner Bancroft never thought she would have the chance to visit the homelands of her ancestors. Back then, Ukraine and Scotland were places that were distant and “existed entirely in my imagination,” says Bancroft, who now resides in Vancouver. She finally travelled overseas in 1997 to visit Ukraine, the homeland of her father’s ancestors and in 1998 to Scotland, that of her mother’s.

Men’s Fashion Week is coming to Vancouver this Thursday and the two-day affair promises to showcase local talent whose collections are as multiculturally unique as their designers themselves.

“The mixed community with Europeans, Japanese and Chinese, for example, is a promising market,” says Theresa Chen, bridal department store consultant and designer, who will present her collection at the event on Aug. 9 and 11.

If you’re unfamiliar with the term BRIC you should check out the Listel Hotel Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver. Since March 2012, the exhibition revolves around four emerging economic powers – Brazil, Russia, India and China­. [Read more…]