By Colleen Tang
| Image: Vancouver Convention Centre |
Published: August 06, 2010
Douglas Coupland’s first piece of public art in Vancouver is both beautiful and bizarre
As the sun hangs low above the treetops of Stanley Park, casting the last rays out along the glimmering water, it’s not just the natural beauty of the harbour or the noble North Shore mountains that catches one’s gaze. Where the seawall passes the new Vancouver Convention Centre’s western wall, leaping up toward the sky is the massive figure of an orca whale encrusted with twinkling lights.
By
Rebecca Slaven, Sad Mag
| Image:
Tina Kulic |
Published: July 13, 2010
One of the world's oldest medium gains new life at Vancouver's DRAWN festival, July 17–August 7
Christian Nicolay’s studio is a mishmash of materials. Drawings are bedded in a sea of plants, kitchen supplies, materials, paintings and photographs. It is an orderly chaos.
By Kristen Gladiuk
| Image: Steve Hornung |
Published: July 05, 2010
What does Vancouver's public art mean for the community? Granville talks with Steve Hornung of The Creative Individual
If you’ve seen one of Vancouver’s more colourful building-sides, chances are you’ve seen
Steve Hornung’s work. Steve is a professional muralist and a Vancouver proponent for painting the city with public art. He's the creative director and artist at the helm of
The Creative Individual Company, a troupe of self-professed “creative individuals” who envision and bring to life some seriously mind-blowing wall art.
By
Lisa Manfield
| Image:
Flickr / juliakoz |
Published: June 21, 2010
The Cheaper Show enables wider audiences to afford art from established stars and emerging new artists
If you’ve always wanted to adorn your walls with original artwork from contemporary stars of the local and international art scene but have been limited to print reproductions,
The Cheaper Show is your chance to pick up important works for, well, cheap.
By Hilary Henegar
| Image: Hilary Henegar |
Published: June 16, 2010
Vancouver artist Paula Grasdal zooms in on the mushroom in considering ‘Natural Diversity’ on Granville Island
By Alex Samur
| Image: Ken Ohrn |
Published: June 15, 2010
Vancouver cyclists can now park their bikes in a more artful way
A bike rack. A solar lamp post. A work of art. Reminiscent of the globe on top of Superman's
Daily Planet, Vancouver's newest bike-themed public art piece, the Solar Bike Tree is all of these things, embodying both function and frivolity.
By
Lisa Manfield
| Image:
Sarah Cordingley |
Published: May 31, 2010
Music Waste is set to prove there's no shortage of indie talent in Vancouver
Whoever said Vancouver’s indie scene is in the toilet has, well, probably seen the posters for Music Waste 2010.
By Alex Samur
| Image: Ivan Antoniw |
Published: April 28, 2010
iDrift evening fosters artistic evolution
It was standing room only at the
iDrift benefit last weekend. For just five bucks at the door guests got a beer and a brush to collaborate on original art in support of
The Drift Art Festival.
By Alex Samur
| Image: Main Art Drift Society |
Published: April 23, 2010
iDrift set to iNspire
On Saturday, April 24, 2010,
iDrift, a fundraiser in support of local artists and
The Drift Art Festival, will be held at the
Little Mountain Gallery.
By
Krista Eide
| Image:
Projecting Change |
Published: April 22, 2010
Vancouver’s third annual Projecting Change Film Festival opens local dialogue on global issues, April 22-25
