October Arts and Culture Events in Metro Vancouver

The atmospheric veil of fall may have descended on Metro Vancouver and Whistler, But there are still plenty of bright cultural happenings to light the way through the fog! Put the carefree events of summer behind you, and let’s dig into the more angsty and exciting inspirations that happen when the nights grow long. Right […]

Capture Photography Festival Replaces Ads with Art

By Kristin Lim While Capture Photography Festival, which was my social calendar for the month of April, has officially ended, its public art installations will remain on view through the summer and well into 2023. At Canada Line and Skytrain stations, on billboards, and on the façade of the BC Hydro Dal Grauer Substation, each […]

“We Can Only Hint At This With Words” Examines Extraverbal Conversation

By Kristi Alexandra Great art often leaves you with more questions than answers, and the latest exhibition at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art on Vancouver’s North Shore certainly does that. Running until June 25, We Can Only Hint At This With Words is a three-artist exhibition that bends mediums, rebels against norms and poses questions […]

Exploring Identity at August Studios’ New Group Exhibition

By Kristin Lim Of Two Minds, a group exhibition featuring work by four Vancouver-based artists, Lydia Cecilia, Laura Clark, Katherine Duclos, and Emiko Venlet, opened recently at August Studios in East Vancouver. Each artist presents diverse new work across painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and collage, often pushing themselves beyond what’s familiar in their practice. While […]

Local Gallery Programs for Art-Loving Kids

Take a look at your fridge. Is it covered with stick figure drawings of your family? Now look at your walls. Find any crayon scribbles that you just can’t bear to wipe away? If you answered yes to any of the above, you may be the parent of an artist. Fear not. There are a […]

Sean Alward Melts Away the Expected

By Jaclyn Hayward The SFU Gallery at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby is located deep inside the landmark campus. Exploring the pieces within, it’s as if they’re cocooned treasures that unravel and come alive throughout your visit. The current exhibit, Sean Alward: Subterranean Rainbow reveals itself as such – and upon visiting you’ll watch a […]

Celebrating Art with The Gallery at Queen’s Park

By Tara Lee If you’re going for a walk around picturesque Queen’s Park in New Westminster, you might come across Centennial Lodge, nestled among the trees and lush greenery. In it, you’ll find a small public gallery devoted to celebrating the work of emerging and established local artists. The space initially opened in 1985 as […]

Nature Through a Modern Lens: The Adele Campbell Gallery

By Jaclyn Hayward Whistler’s Adele Campbell Fine Art Gallery boasts an incredible display of some of Canada’s best contemporary art. Located just south of Whistler Village, inside the Westin Hotel, the gallery is home to pieces that are sure to give a new appreciation for multiple artistic mediums while also providing interior design inspiration. Experienced art […]

Alison Yip: Painting Portals of Prophecy 

Written by Natasha Ponda If you could know your own future, would you choose to seek it out? Would you have any questions? And what exactly would you want to know? For the openly curious, Alison Yip’s current show, Soma Topika, takes a courageous plunge into the unknown to explore just that.  At the Contemporary […]

Dan Starling’s Unsettled Histories

By Brittany Tiplady From now until April 17, the Burnaby Art Gallery presents Unsettled Histories, an exhibit by Vancouver-based artist Dan Starling, curated by gallery director Jennifer Cane. Unsettled Histories is comprised of 40 drypoint works, opening with a replica of Rembrandt’s renowned work Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves: The Three Crosses (1653) as a […]

Alex Morrison: Whimsical Nooks From Familiar Corners

By Natasha Ponda Alex Morrison’s show, Nooks and Corners, currently at the Contemporary Art Gallery, is concerned with evolving aesthetic identities primarily found in the domestic sphere. The Vancouver-based artist takes architectural ideals from the past and repurposes them into whimsical art objects based in painting and sculpture.  In his paintings, Morrison shows us shapes, […]

Artist Collective Ponders Why Science Isn’t Always One Size Fits All

A group of artists show works tackling gender inequality in science on Vancouver’s North Shore By Jaclyn HaywardWhen you heard NASA cancelled plans for an all-female space walk due to the lack of appropriate fitting space suits, how did you feel like responding? “I wanted to go on a Space Walk but I had nothing […]