Every few years the BC Lions Society has been presenting a public art installation involving pieces decorated by local artists that would then be auctioned off. We had Bears in the City, Orcas in the City, Eagles in the City, and to coincide with the Royal BC Museum’s upcoming exhibit, we’ll have the Terracotta Warrior Public Art Project in 2011.
Photo credit: Pomax, Pomax, Firemind
Unlike the bears, orcas and eagles, there will only be a limited number of terracotta pieces around the city. Artists will be given a 7-foot tall fiberglass replica of a terracotta warrior to use as their canvas. The pieces will then be placed around the Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria from November 2011 until April 2012 and they are currently looking for sponsors for the pieces to get the...
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The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is hosting the Public Aboriginal Art Walk throughout the city from June 17th until July 11th. This coincides with National Aboriginal Day this coming Monday, June 21st.
You can download the Art Walk kit for free online to start your walk anytime. Each sheet lists five pieces of public aboriginal art, their locations, their names, and a trivia question that you can answer by looking at the pieces.
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There is a self-guided Art Walk sheet for downtown that will lead you to the Canada Line Station. If you would like to continue the walk, flip to the next sheet and the Art Walk has five pieces from the Olympic Village to Granville Island (where BIll Reid had his studio).
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Often you can’t go a full city block in Vancouver without encountering a piece of public art. Vancouver Biennale has quite a bit to do with that but now we have even more sculptures, installations, and statues that have been put in place as an Olympic legacy. About 20 permanent and temporary public artworks were commissioned for the 2010 Winter Games and among them are eight legacy sites that feature works from veteran and up-and-coming artists.
The legacy sites have the following pieces on display until December 2010 or later:
Ice Light by Gunda Förster
Photo credit: Susan Gittins on Flickr
Walk In/Here You Are by Christian Kliegel & Cate Rimmer
Photo credit: Lady Artemis on Flickr
Words Don’t Fit the Picture by Ron Terada
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The Vancouver Art Gallery is icon in our city and was a central hub of activity during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and although the building won’t be going anywhere… it’s what’s inside that counts.
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A relocation, that would see it move out of the old courthouse building, has been in the works for a few years. The first plan was to build a new facility for the art gallery in North East False Creek to accompany the expanding collection however plans have changed.
The 604 Homes Blog covered the then-approved move in 2008:
“Late last week the City of Vancouver approved the plan to build a brand new art gallery on the site of the old Plaza of Nations. The re-development would also include the a number of new highrise...
The Vancouver Transit Adspace Re-appropriation Project or V-TARP is an art-in-transit installation that “intends to reclaim the highly sought after mindspace used by corporations to communicate with the public, by collecting artworks from across the globe and installing them in the transit adspace.”
Photo credit: Jerm IX on Flickr
You’ll notice overhead pieces on buses and SkyTrains already by two Vancouver artists, Jerm IX and Vegas however not one has been officially sanctioned. The duo place their work in vacant transit ad spaces, often providing thought-provoking or clever messaging.
Photo credit: Jerm IX on Flickr
In some cases they encounter resistance such as in one experience that Jerm IX posted about on the V-TARP blog. A disgruntled SkyTrain rider was opposed...
Make It returns to Vancouver this weekend taking over the Croatian Cultural centre with crafty fashions, accessories and art.
Make It is the largest event of its kind in Western Canada. It is an upbeat experience that gives enlightened shoppers the opportunity to buy directly from Canada’s top urban artisans and designers! Craft Show + Party = Make It!
, Photos by MakeItProductions on Flickr
Here are just a few of the exhibitors at this weekend’s event:
Arden Williams Glass and Silver, Barking Hippo, Big Rock Bags, Clutch Jewels, Dotty Logic, Element Botanicals, Fibre Manipulator Jewellery, Giulia Fatica, Hamburger Disco, Inkspoon Clothing, Joie Designs, Kootenay Soap Co., Lady Dragon Glasswork, Sunshine Coast Natural Care Co., Superfly Lullabies, and more.
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Again, from deviantart, comes another image from my youth that makes me howl with AWESOMENESS!!
Go Go Gadget Extreme!
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The West End Community Centre once again presents Art in the City, April 30th until May 2nd.
This is the 5th annual showcase of local drawings, paintings, and photography. Admission is free and pieces from over 50 artists will be on sale.
You can also enter to win this year’s featured work, “Cardero” by Tom Antil as seen on the promotional poster for the event and in this post.
Things kick off on the 30th with a private gala party and then public are invited to check out the exhibition May 1st from 10:00am until 6:00pm and May 2nd from 10:00am until 2:00pm.
The West End Community Centre is located at 870 Denman Street and are on Twitter @WestEndCC....
A quick and dirty preview of my next t-shirt design. Inspired by Tank Girl Comics...
Deviant Art is a fun place. So much talent.
dusty abell takes pen to paper and brings us a massive banner of (okay… breathe… I can barely contain myself) AWESOME 70s TV sci fi icons (Brits tube included!). Click the image to go there and see if you can guess them all!
Logan's Run?!?......
I attended the CanStage production of Art, written by Yasmina Reza. I saw this play in 2000, produced by the Mirvish group. It is an interesting play about modern art and friendship. The set was sllek and modern.It was an amazing cast including Colin Mochrie. Evan Buliung and Peter Donaldson were also excellent. The play was funny, yet thought provoking. All in all an excellent one act play.
Here is another production of the play.
the play A R T, by Yasmina Reza from Richard Miller on Vimeo....
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/03/link-fest-april-events-in-vancouver.html.With Easter coming up this weekend there are many egg-hunt related events happening around town. Moving into April, the city will host fashion shows, theatre performances and film events — here’s a quick link fest roundup of some activities to check out.
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Film
The ReelWorld Film Festival takes place April 7th to April 11th screening shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and films from other multi-racial communities. Follow them on Twitter @ReelWorldFilm for updates
The First Weekend Club is hosting the Audience Choice Awards where...
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/03/sunshine-coast-fibreworks-studio-gallery.html.After a lazy Saturday morning sipping coffee we made in our room we got in the car and headed North on Highway 101 toward our afternoon appointment in Egmont, continuing our Sunshine Coast adventure. We were given the names of some galleries, cafes, and pubs to check out along the way should we have enough time to stop in – luckily we did.
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Just a few quick turns from the resort we spotted the yurts that make up Yvonne Stowell’s FibreWorks Studio & Gallery and turned down the gravel driveway.
Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
Greeted by her loyal companions, Yvonne showed us around the gallery, workshop space, and...
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/03/coming-up-the-art-of-being-together-by-l%e2%80%99arche.html.A few months ago I was asked to emcee an event put on by L’Arche, an international organization that supports those with developmental disabilities. I gladly accepted and The Art of Being Together will take place this Saturday in Burnaby.
The Art of Being Together
Saturday March 6, 2010 from 1:00-5:00pm
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC
From the Finalists Gallery: “Meditations on Integration” by Rocio Graham
For the last 35 years, the people in the L’Arche Greater Vancouver community have experienced each other’s joy, pain and the challenges of walking together every day. We need to be together to build mutual...
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/03/hearts-for-haiti-2010.html.Hearts for Haiti: An evening of Art and Jazz is an upcoming event that involves an art auction in support of the Canadian Red Cross‘ relief efforts in Haiti.
Over 50 pieces of art will be available for auction at the Pacific Palisade Hotels on Robson, including paintings, sculptures and ceramics.
Marla Guloien, a local jazz artist, will entertain throughout the night as well. The fundraiser takes place March 6th, 2010 with doors at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 and they include a drink and appetizers.
Hearts for Haiti is on Twitter @heARTS_4_haiti and you can also find them on Facebook....
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/02/vancouver-2010-bc-pavilion-at-the-vag.html.Outside the public can enjoy skating, concerts, and the zipline for free as a part of the BC You Gotta Be Here campaign. However inside the Vancouver Art Gallery you can enjoy all that the official British Columbia Canada Pavilion has to offer.
Throughout the Games, admission to the Vancouver Art Gallery will be free and you can head up to the fourth floor to check out the BC showcase.
Explore Da Vinci’s work and even Emily Carr’s at no charge at all, which is a real treat. Other exhibits inside include:
Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual (January 23 to April 18, 2010)
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man (February 6 to May 2,...
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/02/vancouver-2010-vectorial-elevation-in-the-miss604-flickr-group.html.Vectorial Elevation is illuminating the night sky, sending beams of light across English Bay and Vanier Park. When I first wrote about the free public outdoor light show I added a poll to my site where 77% of readers agreed that they are all for this display.
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Walking home at night lately it just reminds me that something BIG is about to happen in Vancouver. As those beams stretch to the highest of clouds, I can feel the City’s excitement growing as my own hopes for Vancouver 2010 come even closer to being a reality.
All that being said, quite simply it’s a really cool light show....
Another great piece by Barbara Kay. Much of so called modern conceptual art has exposed itself as so much dreck.Hirst’s naked-emperor moment is propelling ripples of mortification through the art world. As an online Guardian columnist conceded: “It is not just Hirst who is implicated in this exposure. It is an entire idea of art that triumphed in the 1990s and still dominates our culture.”An airing of the art world’s unhealthy deference to “an entire idea of art” — i.e. that concept is all, technique nothing — is long overdue. Conceptual art, whose roots go back to the 1960s, privileges ironic statement and self-reflexive cleverness over talent and discipline. Pioneering conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner built his celebrity stencilling superfluous words on walls in capital...
Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/01/absolut-vancouver-art.html.Back in November I was at the launch of the ABSOLUT Vodka Vancouver-themed bottle. Aside from featuring a logo created by a BC artist, a portion of sales from each bottle are also going to fund a public art project in the city.
Over the last few months the public have been voting on their favourite project proposal and the five finalists have been announced.
Braden Hammond
Project: Absolut City of Glass
Personal site
Shrapnel Design, Considered and Scott Roberts
Project: The Vancouver Outdoor Art Gallery
Graeme Berglund
Project: The Cheaper Show
Personal site
David John Suggitt
Project: Daily Time Lapse
Personal site
Daniel Code
Project: Inner Analogue
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Copyright © 2010 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2010/01/vancouver-cultural-olympiad-2010.html.Vancouver’s Cultural Olympiad has been taking place over the last two years, gearing up for the main event in February 2010, it features performances, art installations, concerts and more.
From January 22nd until March 21st sub-festivals such as CODE and Juste pour rire, will make sure the Cultural Olympiad is jammed-packed with action.
They have hundreds of events taking place in dozens of venues around Vancouver, including outdoor expositions. If you’re not sure what to search for yet in the event listings, here are just a few highlights.
The contemporary concert series in Vancouver:
January 22nd Phoenix with You Say Party! We Say Die! at the...
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I made this! I’ve made a few spray bleach/cut out shirts and while this isn’t my favorite, it’s 100% original. If not a bit lop sided.
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Okay any past comments I’ve ever made about Richard Ouzounian over at the Star are off the table. He’s given my brother’s play, Courageous, 3.5 stars out of 4.
You may recall I was privileged to be able to read a near-final draft of the play last month and I’ll be honest, after my first reading, I didn’t think it was going to be accessible to the general public (my brother nervously confessed he was worried about “this one not being any good” as we left a family dinner). However, I’m in agreement with Richard O when he says that Micheal’s writing “make(s) your head spin long after the curtain has fallen.” I’ve been thinking a lot of the nuances within the play, the writing, and I’m looking forward to seeing......
You all may know my brother writes plays for a living.
Stop laughing. Obviously he’s doing well… he owns, not rents.
He’s prepped to release his next play called Courageous and before he started his press scrum, he emailed a copy to myself and my other gay, legally married brother with this question:
I’m about to open an new play here and will be doing inevitable interviews about it. It’s about the charter of rights and freedoms, and in the course of it, there’s a gay couple who are denied the opportunity to get married at city hall. Are you guys okay if I mention that both my gay sibs got married here in Toronto, one at city hall?
Bless his heart. I stealthily read the play at work and I’m suitably impressed (I’m sure I missed a few...
Thanks to StevieB’s constant berating to shill product for his friend, Crank on RedBubble.com (who by the way you should purchase one of everything he’s made), I have decided to pop up some designs over there too. Expect the quality to rise as I figure out how to manipulate Bézier curves in Ai.
Here’s my shop.
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Copyright © 2009 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2009/12/the-art-of-giving-at-grace-gallery.html.
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Grace Gallery on Main street will open its doors to a one-of-a-kind art sale next Wednesday for the Art of Giving showcase.
The Art of Giving is about support and celebration. Featuring some of Vancouver’s top artists who’ve graciously agreed to sell for a price point of $400 or less in our first ever Cash & Carry original artwork sale.
All proceeds from the event will support Our Social Fabric. This non-profit in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside specializes in textile collection, recycling & re-manufacturing. It also provides employment & social reintegration opportunities for DTES residents.
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