Author: PatioKim

A Walking Tour of New Westminster’s Art & Culture Scene

By Kristi Alexandra A cultural hub of the lower mainland and one-time capital of British Columbia, New Westminster has always had a zest for arts and culture.  To discover the gems this community has in store, take a walking tour of the town and immerse yourself in the city’s art offerings, from New Media art […]

Fort Gallery: A Hub for Cultural Expression

Housed in a beautiful heritage building on the historic main thoroughfare of Fort Langley where once the British and the Americans clashed over possession of the young colony along the Fraser River, sits the Fort Gallery, a community-minded, fully artist-run gallery. Since 2005, the Fort Gallery has made it their mission to encourage and support […]

Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast

By Brittany Tiplady On September 21, Whistler’s Audain Art Museum unveiled an ambitious, multi-room exhibit dedicated to showcasing three pivotal years in Emily Carr’s expansive and iconic career.  Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast, a collection of up to 50 pieces, co-curated by Kiriko Watanabe and Dr. Kathryn Bridge (a […]

‘Royal Portrait’ Questions the Ideals of Royalty at Bill Reid Gallery

By Kristi Alexandra In stark contrast to European royal portraits—with inflated stature and jewels—comes Morgan Asoyuf’s exhibition Royal Portrait, a collection of carvings, jewelry and portraits that honour Indigenous matriarchs and two-spirit activists at the Bill Reid Gallery. The Bill Reid Gallery—located at 639 Hornby Street in Vancouver—is Canada’s only public gallery dedicated to contemporary […]

The Polygon Gallery: Visions of Vancouver’s North Shore

Over thirty years of imagination, innovation and planning have gone into the new Polygon Gallery at the foot of North Vancouver in the newly revamped Shipyards district. What started as a small but dedicated gallery in an old schoolhouse up the hill has blossomed into a state of the art architectural masterpiece that is home […]

Anita Bisset, Owner of the Fort Finery

Growing up in Vancouver, Anita Bisset was blessed with a gift that many more young artists could benefit from: a living, breathing model of a successful career in the arts. “I had a cousin, about fifteen years older than me, who was earning a very good living as a graphic designer in Toronto,” she recalls. […]

Dr. Curtis Collins, Director and Chief Curator of the Audain Art Museum

As an art historian and curator, Dr. Curtis Collins wants to show you something a little different. In his storied career across Canada and back again, he’s left his indelible mark on every institution he’s touched, taking the conventional museum model and “flipping it on its head and frying it up.” Growing up in the […]

Teena Martin, Executive Director of the Burnaby Arts Council

It’s an old saying. Maybe it was Confucius, maybe it was Steve Jobs, but whomever said that if you can do a job that you love, you’ll never work a day in your life, never got the message to Teena Martin. Teena found the job, but since becoming the Executive Director of the Burnaby Arts […]

Nancy Cottingham Powell, Executive Director of North Van Arts

Growing up on Vancouver’s North Shore, Nancy Cottingham Powell dreamed of a life on stage. What she couldn’t know then was that she would go on to become a major builder of that stage, a tireless supporter and advocate for the arts and its transformative power. After graduating from Handsworth Secondary where tread the boards […]

One Day North Shore Public Art Trail

by Vancouver’s North Shore Source: Vancouver’s North Shore Looking for an artistic and FREE way to spend the day on Vancouver’s North Shore? This trail highlights only some of the creative and inspiring public art displayed in North and West Vancouver but takes you across four of our neighbourhoods and a stop at the art trail […]

Lil’Wat Nation Artist Carves His Own Path

by Dee Raffo Source: Tourism Whistler Whistler is situated on the unceded territory of the Squamish (Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh) and Lil’wat (L̓il̓wat7úl) First Nations. Both communities consider themselves caretakers of the land, with their history and culture tied to the ocean, rivers, forests, and mountains of the area. The Squamish People live to the south of Whistler, […]