arts competition

Vancouver Opera announces Operabot contest winners

Vancouver Opera has announced the winners of its first Operabot contest. This international on-line contest asked contestants to create animated shorts based on the VO’s four 2009-2010 operas: Norma, Nixon in China, The Marriage of Figaro, and Madama Butterfly. The winning entries, chosen by a panel of judges at a screening at Rainmaker Studios on [...]

Arts in Vancouver? Absolut-ly

Absolut Warhol. Absolut Haring, Hirst, Cattelan, Bourgeois….And now, Absolut Vancouver. Absolut Vodka has been tight-lipped about Douglas Fraser, the illustrator behind the Vancouver-labelled vodka bottle that launches Tuesday, but Absolut collectors have been buzzing and tweeting for weeks about a mysterious sealed shipment of 60,000 bottles delivered to B.C. liquor stores. The bottle’s image, which [...]