North Vancouver’s Susanna Blunt is a visual poet that leads with feelings over intellect when it comes to creating and appreciating art. Her sculpture and paintings are a connection to
By Miret Rodríguez Spring, the season of rebirth and blossoming, seems like an appropriate backdrop for Beaded Nostalgia, a new exhibition contributing to the reshaping of beadwork. As Aliya Boubard,
By Kristin Lim I’ve been encountering alot of public art installations throughout Burnaby lately. Some decades old and standing strong, others newer, yet still recalling Burnaby’s past while simultaneously commenting
Andrea Mueller marries her draw to the natural world with an emotional style of painting that stems from time as a young girl watching her grandfather paint. Living and working
By Tara LeeOne night, artist Katherine Pickering was walking around with a flashlight. She noticed how the flashlight provided an oval spotlight where she directed it, allowing for a limited
By Miret RodriguezOn the rainy evening of Thursday, May 12th, amongst kisses on the cheek and other enthusiastic hellos, the opening celebration of the awaited Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers /
If a tree falls in the metaverse, and nobody is logged on, does it make a sound? The upcoming Polygon exhibit, “Ghosts of the Machine,” looks at the line where
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
New Media Gallery continues to show why they’re one of the top attractions for anyone searching for challenging, contemporary art in the Lower Mainland. Their latest exhibition, Eye Witness, takes
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
What do you see when you look at clouds? Interpreting the artistic merits of the vaulting whiteness above us is an activity that comes naturally to humans.The Polygon Gallery’s current