DIY
Creative Corner: DIY holiday gifts
December 9, 2024By: Cindy Wang, Peak Associate Get ready, because it’s the winter season and the holidays are almost upon us. What better way to spend the holidays than by giving your friends and family gifts under a Christmas tree? Buying gifts can be expensive, so giving your loved ones heartfelt, hand-made knick knacks can make gifting fun and economically-efficient. Here are five DIY holiday gift ideas that you can try out this year. Clay ornaments Creating clay ornaments you can hang up a Christmas tree not only sounds fun, but is also a great way to bring out your artistic side.…
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Creative Corner: Cosplaying to get into the Halloween spirit
October 30, 2024By: Cindy Wang, SFU Student I’m a digital artist who loves to draw and design my own original characters. It’s been a passion of mine since I was a teenager. However, ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my mental health…
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Afrorack rocks repurposed materials
October 17, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Ugandan sound artist Brian Bamanya — better known by his stage name, Afrorack — brought his modular synth performance to Vancouver New Music on September 27 and the Red Gate Arts Society on September 28…
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Forget owning a house, just build your own!
May 26, 2022By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Peak Associate Victoria, BC — In light of the housing affordability crisis, policymakers from the Government of Canada pulled a bit of a Marie Antoinette by coming up with a subsidised chainsaw training program for young Canadians.…
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Four accessible ways to make art at home
January 25, 2022By: Pamela Subia, SFU Student Many memorable artists, from Beatrix Potter to Billie Eilish, started at home. However, there is still a misconception that artmaking is unaffordable or inaccessible. Though good quality painting supplies, cameras, and instruments are generally expensive,…
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An amateur spin on DIY
July 14, 2020By: Alex Masse, SFU Student When I say I’m a creative, that means a lot of things. I write articles, I write a lot of prose and poetry, and I’m also a musician. So when an opportunity to be creative…
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Luminous Territories glows with beautiful and insightful Indigenous storytelling
June 24, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer I didn’t know so much could be said in such little time, but Luminous Territories tells it all. Presented by The Cinematheque in partnership with the Contemporary Art Gallery, Luminous Territories is a collection of…
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3 dormitory DIY weekend projects (on a budget)
January 25, 2017Politics got you down? Classes not exactly fulfilling your creative side? What better way to cheer yourself up than to do a little dorm DIY. We can’t always control what happens in the world, or our lives, but we can…
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