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Follow Your Creative Inspiration With These Artist-Led Workshops

by PatioNathalie April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024

Not sure how to cultivate your artistic side? Try taking a cue from a local artist! If you’ve ever had a burst of inspiration,…

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A First-Timers Guide to Visiting Art Galleries

by PatioNathalie March 25, 2024

March 25, 2024

So you’re new to the Metro Vancouver art scene? Not sure where to begin when visiting art galleries? Unsure of all the sacred, unspoken…

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April 2024 Arts and Culture Events in Metro Vancouver

by PatioNathalie March 19, 2024

March 19, 2024

As we head into spring, the local creative calendar is picking up a ton of momentum! No matter which part of Metro Vancouver you’re…

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Where to Catch Live Music and Theatre This Spring

by PatioNathalie March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024

The Lower Mainland supports the arts in a big way, offering world class performances in a variety of venues. Here’s where to visit and…

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March 2024 Arts and Culture Events

by PatioNathalie February 26, 2024

February 26, 2024

March brings a reviving creative energy well worth coming out of hibernation for! This month brings plenty of artistic variety to shake off the…

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Aporia (Notes to a Medium) at Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery

by PatioNathalie February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

Through large-scale experiential works, installations, film, sculpture, textile works, and painting, Aporia (Notes to a Medium) at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery…

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Vancouver’s Outdoor Gallery “Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing”

by PatioNathalie February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

Did you know that Vancouver has its very own outdoor art gallery? Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing spans several unexpected public locations including billboards,…

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8 Family-Friendly Art Programs in Metro Vancouver

by PatioNathalie February 20, 2024

February 20, 2024

Are you on the lookout for enriching and memorable family experiences in and around Vancouver? Get ready to embark on a journey where creativity…

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See Vancouver in a New Light with Winter Arts Fest

by PatioNathalie February 15, 2024

February 15, 2024

The 2024 Winter Arts Festival has arrived with more reasons to venture out and explore the city’s creative side! Kicking off in Vancouver on…

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Sign Artist Cody Swinkels Finds Beauty in the Details

by PatioNathalie February 14, 2024

February 14, 2024

Even if you don’t recognize artist Cody Swinkels by name, chances are you’re likely familiar with his work. As a sign designer and painter,…

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march, 2025

13jun(jun 13)10:00 am30mar(mar 30)5:00 pmTo Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900–1965(june 13) 10:00 am - (march 30) 5:00 pm PST 6393 N.W. Marine DriveEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Free,Ticketed

14julAll Day27aprCheryl Pagurek: Winter Garden(All Day) 13750 88 AveEvent Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

23nov(nov 23)11:00 am05may(may 5)6:00 pmCurve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast(november 23) 11:00 am - (may 5) 6:00 pm 4350 Blackcomb WayEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

15janAll Day08aprSande Waters: BOXED(All Day) Event Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

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Art in the Community Presents Sande Waters: BOXED

Sande Waters grew up in North Vancouver. She then lived and explored the BC coast on a sailboat for many years, eventually settling on Cortes Island for a decade. For many years now she has resided adjacent to the ocean by Cates Park. Consequently, the ocean has stimulated her senses and profoundly influenced her as an artist, inspiring her to paint intuitively as a method of expression.

The act of creating art is often described as a dialogue between the artist and the artwork. Paintings often speak to the artist about what is needed next in the conversation, as the pigments themselves have the potential to become an influential voice in the direction of the entire composition. Her colourful and fluid abstract paintings represent a fascination with how chaos can emerge in one’s life, no matter how carefully we plan.

Working with acrylic paint and ink on canvas or paper, Waters creates organic forms, by allowing the paint and ink to “do its own thing” layer upon layer. Her intuitive, bold, and energetic paintings reflect a synergistic process of letting go, spontaneous gestural abstractions that are transformed into images of significance by the artist.

Waters is compelled by the process of bringing the uninhibited, undefined, and indescribable, into physical form. By constructing boxes made from her paintings on paper, she juxtaposes the abstract with the tangible. By acknowledging the “Box”, Waters invokes numerous contemporary narratives. She perceives the boxes as a metaphor for diversity as they are various sizes, and each one has a unique painting on the surface. A “Box” is also an object of desire, a vessel of containment and mysticism, which establishes its power. The “Box’ signifies a contemporary form, which speaks to our global economy and prosperity. All these qualities define the concept of my boxes.

Waters received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver and MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, California. She currently volunteers as the Assistant Art Curator at Lions Gate Hospital for the Healing Power of Art program. She was the Vice President on the Board of Directors at Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC and on the Board of Directors for the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver as Chair of the Artist Prize. Her work has been shown and collected in Canada, USA and Europe. She lives and works in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC as a guest on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, Stó꞉lō, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

Feature image:
Sande_Waters, Boxes #1, Acrylic on paper 2019 NFS 16x27x20

Time

January 15 (Wednesday) - April 8 (Tuesday)

Location

District Foyer Gallery

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04marAll Day26aprStart with Art(All Day) 4360 Gallant Ave, North Vancouver, BC V7G 1L2Event Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

05marAll Day04aprResponse: Remembering Our Futures(All Day) 101 Carrie Cates CourtEvent Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:By Donation

Event Details

Response: Remembering Our Futures is the culmination of the Response Program, an annual filmmaking initiative that inspires artistic responses to historical and contemporary Indigenous ways of being. Participants engaged in a series of workshops led by Indigenous artists and Knowledge Holders during the summer of 2024 to produce an original video work on view in The Polygon Gallery’s Seaspan Pavilion from March 5 to April 4, 2025.

Past generations, stories, and histories influence the way we look toward our futures, inciting care and intention as we imagine beyond current realities. By breaking down the dichotomy of past and present, we invite an all-encompassing understanding of the relationships that we hold. This year, participants were encouraged to consider experiences and connections that transcend time, and the ways in which formative influences remain vital and present throughout one’s life. Through techniques ranging from performance to animation, the artists’ films in Response: Remembering Our Futures embrace themes of healing, intimacy, belonging, and resistance.

Looking forward can feel uneasy during a time where so much seems uncertain, but Remembering Our Futures reminds us that our relationships exist in all directions, and tending to them allows us to see further than ourselves.

Feature image:
Melanie Evelyn, Seafoam Dream, 2024

Time

March 5 (Wednesday) - April 4 (Friday)

Location

The Polygon

101 Carrie Cates Court

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