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Gladys Andreas, founder and first president of the B.C. Ukrainian Cultural Festival (BCUCF) is delighted to be celebrating the festival’s 20th anniversary this coming April 18 and 19, but it wasn’t an overnight process. Ukrainian immigration began when the Canadian government, through the British Parliament, invited Europeans to move to Canada. On April 6th, 1895…
Cantonese opera fans, or anyone looking to learn more about Chinese culture, can look forward to the famed production The Legend of the Red Peony, featuring English and Chinese subtitles, put on by the Vancouver Cantonese Opera April 18 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby. Robin Leung, a stage actor who came to…
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…
Cherry blossoms throughout Vancouver have been blooming early this year, giving Vancouverites a great reason to go outdoors, stroll the petal-lined streets and take photographs of the blossoms with friends, family and neighbours. The trees not only beautify the city this time of year, but also provide an occasion for citizens to get together and…
Turkish Tunes-2, an event organized to increase public awareness of contemporary and traditional Turkish art and culture will be taking place Apr.11. The Turkish Canadian Society (TCS) is planning the event, featuring among others: the TCS Folk Dance Group, the TCS Vancouver Turkish Choir and the DJ Duo Burinata. Turkish Tunes-2 will take place at…
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…
This year, the Vancouver International Dance Festival invited the Par B.L.eux dance company to present its renowned show Snakeskins. The show is a way for the public to realize that watching dance is like learning a new language, where the relationship with the outside world changes. Created in 1998, the Vancouver International Dance Festival aims…
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,…
