RSVP to These Studios With The New West Culture Crawl
While it may be impossible to wander through the innermost thoughts of an artist, for two nights only at the 19th Annual New West Culture Crawl, audiences are invited to catch a rare glimpse inside the artist’s mind by exploring somewhere nearly as exclusive–the artists’ studio. On October 15th and 16th, from 11 AM–5 PM […]
Reconciliation Art in Metro Vancouver
Written by Natasha Ponda One of the powerful traits art has is the ability to extend understanding to diverse audiences and foster connections through visual language. For these reasons, it is in immediate kinship with the continued aspirations surrounding Reconciliation. In Canada, the reconciliation journey is about building a renewed relationship with Indigenous Peoples based […]
How The Polygon Gallery Is Cultivating Young Creatives
By Madison Smart As a leading art institution in the Lower Mainland, The Polygon Gallery champions itself in providing accessible and bold programming to engage an active audience. This audience includes local youth, and what better way to develop these young critical lenses than within a gallery setting itself? Of course, this can seem daunting for many […]
5 Pieces of Interactive Public Art
By Kevin Leung The fantastic thing about public art is that it can engage its audiences in ways that can’t always be achieved in a gallery. Whether it’s encouraging visitors to touch, hang off of, push, listen to, or activate with a phone, the Lower Mainland is full of pieces that can take a more […]
True to Place: A Portal into Contemporary Northwest Coast Art
By Miret Rodriguez Walking into an exhibition space can often feel like walking through a portal. This was particularly true when I recently visited True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel at The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Guest-curated by artist and muralist Xémontalót Carrielynn Victor (Stó:lō), this exhibition offers a look into the […]
Take Home a Pocket-Sized Portrait at This Whistler Show
What other show can you return home from with a pocket full of artwork? The Teeny Tiny Art Show in Whistler is the biggest (and smallest) art exhibit in town! With 200+ original works by 80+ local artists on display, you’d think a show with those numbers would be held in a vaulting warehouse, but with each piece being […]
September Arts and Culture Events
The curtains may be drawing to a close on summer, but thankfully there are still plenty of bright spots dotted across the autumn calendar. As the air turns crisp and fills with the smell of pumpkin flavouring, these local events/exhibitions will have you digging out your fave sweater for a proper fall crawl. Artists for […]
Art in Transit: WANDER by Laiwan
The beauty of having so much fantastic public art at or near transit hubs is that it not only makes for free and easy to access art, but also represents how essential ease of movement is in both day-to-day life and expression. Our next Art in Transit feature is at 22nd Street Sation in New […]
5 New Vancouver Galleries You Should Visit
By Miret Rodriguez In his 2016 Montecristo Magazine story “Vancouver in the Seventies; Pivotal decade” artist Douglas Coupland said, “I have this belief that Vancouver becomes a new city every ten years and since the seventies, we’ve been four other different cities in between”. Admittedly, I wasn’t born in the 70s and didn’t arrive in Vancouver until […]
Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding
What is the throughline between artists and skaters?Both groups face their own challenges of confronting calls of illegitimacy from those in power, whether it’s aggressive architecture making skateboarding impossible or further censorship of artistic expression. Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding, opening on September 17 at Audain Art Museum in Whistler, brings both […]
Carried Through The Water: A Solo Show by Diyan Achjadi
Written by Natasha Ponda Throughout her work, Vancouver-based artist Diyan Achjadi visually documents ideas and stories of ecological crossover. With illustrations steeped in mythos and geometric painted prints, she often explores the effects of human activity on environmental changes and responses. Her current show at the Burnaby Art Gallery, Carried Through the Water, is similarly […]
Wear Burnaby Love on Your Sleeve with These New Designs
Discovering locations and attractions throughout Burnaby is one thing, but bringing each locale with you for the trip home is another! With these newly released Explore Burnaby tee shirts, you can keep repping your Lower Mainland culture crawl no matter where you are. Take our fave, the Kamui Mintara – Playground of the Gods tee. […]