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In an effort to pay homage to her Latin American heritage, Clarissa Argueta will be showcasing her acrylic paintings titled “Women in Colour” at Place Des Arts in Coquitlam, Oct. 13–Nov. 10. Argueta has been drawing or painting for as long as she can remember. After completing a MFA in graphic design from the University…
Curators Rachel Gotlieb and Michael Prokopow look to reveal the connection between Scandinavian and Canadian design in their upcoming exhibit, True Nordic, running Oct. 28, 2017–Jan. 28, 2018 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. True Nordic considers Scandinavian social and design principles and how the aesthetics of the region influenced the development of industrial design and artisanal crafting in…
Master practitioners of the Japanese art form Noh combine their strengths with professional opera singers in Komachi Visited, an East meets West performance of a heart-rending Japanese story. The Source talked with librettist and director Colleen Lanki, scholar of Asian theatre and a Noh practitioner herself, about the challenges of creating a Noh piece for…
Kobo Town, Toronto-based band fronted by founder-songwriter Drew Gonsalves on ukulele and vocals, will perform its own blend of calypso, dancehall and reggae music Nov. 2, 2017 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam. Originally from Trinidad, Gonsalves writes songs based on places and events specific to the Caribbean and its history, but also incorporates…
Aaron Goodman, a Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) faculty member, wants to give viewers the opportunity to see what it’s like for the family and community of victims being terrorized by the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines through the mini-documentary Duterte’s Hell. The film contains graphic and emotional scenes of the deceased and their loved ones. Goodman had previous experience shining…
Resisting the attachment of monetary value to art, Lena Tan creates cards that can only be traded for other art cards while opening a non-judgmental space for expression. Tan’s exhibition this October, Micromeditations: Artist Trading Cards, invites people to come and trade cards of art. At the talk, she will explain what an Artist Trading Card…
Flavia Chan wants to lead audiences Down the Eerie Path. The exhibit came together when Chris Bentzen, owner of Hot Art Wet City Gallery, approached her to help him organize a show at Makerlabs. “We knew the opening date would be Friday, October the 13th, and so we decided on a spooky theme to celebrate…
On Oct. 18 at Western Front, Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda will be performing fu-rai. The sound artists, who draw influence from genres such as ambient music, drone music, and musique concrète, will be performing the highly improvisatory piece using field recordings, found objects such as hammers, nails and jars, as well as instruments of…
The Mid Autumn Mooncake Festival and Chinese Dance Demonstration will be taking place on Oct. 4 at Mackin House in Coquitlam. Jessica Yue, Chinese food stylist, dancer and traditional Chinese dance choreographer will perform as well as teach the audience traditional dances. The two dances that will be performed at the Mid-Autumn festival are Luminous Peach…
The six artists featured in the new exhibit Intangible running from Sept. 13–Dec. 10 at the Bill Reid Art Gallery are reinventing Coast Salish art, while staying connected to history. Each work of art tells a story of the artist behind it, confronts current issues and challenges your perception of what Coast Salish art is. Through multimedia,…
There’s a lot of love on the internet. Or is there? As technology keeps us increasingly connected, we are progressively becoming more disconnected. That’s one of the many questions that the play Hyperlink sets out to answer from Oct. 4–14 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Is it real love or is it internet love, and…
Artist Zhanna Shomakhova will be exhibiting over 50 works in her latest series Motion, a collection exploring the allures of the universe in flux, at the Leigh Square Community Arts Village from Oct. 5–Nov. 28. Born in Nalchik, North Caucasus, Russia, Shomakhova moved with her family to Canada in 2008. Her immigration has had a transformative…
Travelling to 77 countries over six continents is no easy feat. Shahla and Peter Nygaard are sharing their long journey in their new book, Decade of Discovery. In 2004, the Nygaards left their home in Edmonton with a one way ticket to Frankfurt, Germany. “We were really curious about the world and decided the best…
