Art
Harmony Arts Festival will return to West Van for its 26th year
July 30, 2016For 26 years, the Harmony Arts Festival has been running on the gorgeous West Vancouver waterfront. The festival has been growing exponentially in both artists and attendees, so this year they are expecting quite a turnout. The festival is a celebration of local art in forms ranging from performance to visual to culinary. This year they are to have over 50 performing artists, 70 visual artists, three full-service restaurants, and five different food trucks that make up the Artisan Eats event. “It’s a community meeting spot; everyone comes to celebrate each other, the art, and the water,” said Christie Rosta,…
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Top picks for song of the summer
June 27, 2016When that gentle breeze rolls through Vancouver and you find yourself on the beach surrounded by people with sun-kissed skin, or on a patio with friends sipping fruity cocktails through curly straws, you know that it’s finally summer. And of…
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Learning about BC through art
March 7, 2016The ArtStarts gallery is a welcoming little building nestled in the heart of downtown Vancouver. The gallery feature artwork created by kindergarten to grade 12 students from across BC. The students worked with professional artists in their classrooms, learning not…
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A city of lights
February 29, 2016What is neon? [dropcap]N[/dropcap]eon stands out in broad daylight, and for kilometres at night. It draws us in and captures our attention. There’s just something about that glow. In a very strict, material sense, neon signs are created by filling…
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Colour me super fucking stressed out
January 25, 2016The colouring craze [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you asked me a year ago how I felt about colouring, I would have said it’s a pastime for kids and nothing more. But a few months ago, I gave in to what I consider the…
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First Nations art shines at Vancouver Art Gallery
January 21, 2016First Nations Artwork is a defining feature of British Columbia, and also a portion of the larger, often troubled relationship with Indigenous peoples in the province. The Gund Collection: Contemporary and Historical Art from the Northwest Coast and NEXT:…
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Startup finds unusual exhibition spaces for Vancouver artists
February 2, 2015Do you have your artwork hiding somewhere in the dark recesses of your dorm room? Well, it’s time for your masterpiece to be front and centre at a unique location, thanks to a new startup by an SFU entrepreneur. Alex…
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Zine Scene
November 24, 2014Two weeks ago, SFU Woodward’s hosted one of Canada’s greatest annual independent cultural events: Canzine. Organized by Broken Pencil magazine, Canzine West (along with Canzine Toronto and Canzine Central in Winnipeg) is a full-day event dedicated to zine culture, independent…
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Art and science are not mutually exclusive
October 27, 2014I have always thought that there is more crossover than we might assume between art and science, and that interesting things happen when the two fields collaborate on a project. A couple of recent arts events have led me to…
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Separating the art from the artist
October 20, 2014I am a fan of the band Teen Suicide, a lo-fi noise-pop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, comprised of two core members, Sam Ray and Eric Livingston. Unfortunately for me, and many other fans of theirs, they never venture to…
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