Richmond arts
City of Richmond supports New Asia Film Festival
While numerous film festivals have been facing provincial arts-funding cuts, Richmond Arts Centre coordinator Camyar Chaichian told the Straight that the city sees cultural events like the third annual New Asia Film Festival (May 27 to 30) as integral to civic development. In fact, he stated that the City of Richmond doesn’t plan on cutting [...]
Richmond: City honours six of the best
The second annual 2010 Richmond Arts Award winners were announced last night during a ceremony in city hall. Note: Watch for a full recap of the awards ceremony in the May 5 issue of the Richmond News, which is one of the event’s sponsors.
Richmond: Public art plays with perception
Motorists and pedestrians heading south on Minoru Boulevard toward Granville Avenue this week may have noticed a giant bookshelf following them. The optical illusion is the handy work of contemporary British artists Patrick Hughes, who lives and works in London. His creation, Doors of Knowledge, is the latest work to be installed in Richmond as [...]
Richmond: 2010 Arts Awards Finalists
The City of Richmond is delighted to congratulate the 18 finalists in the second annual Richmond Arts Awards program. The six winners will be announced by Mayor Malcolm Brodie at a ceremony in Council Chambers on April 29, 2010. This year’s selection panel is comprised of 2009 winner for Artistic Innovation, artist Margaret Dragu; Richmond [...]
Richmond: New York artist to speak at city hall
New York artist Dennis Oppenheim will give a free talk next Thursday, April 15 at Richmond City Hall. Oppenheim is one of several artists with work displayed in Richmond as part of the Vancouver Biennale with the circular Arriving Home located at the Vancouver International Airport. Oppenheim has been an influential figure in contemporary art [...]
ART AT WORK: Richmond’s annual Art Symposium
If you are an artist or work in the cultural sector, the City of Richmond invites you to attend ART AT WORK: Richmond’s second annual Arts Symposium on Saturday, April 17, 2010. ART AT WORK is full day of professional development workshops and networking especially for you. Learn how to write an effective media release, get a handle on social [...]
Richmond Concert Association cancels season
The Richmond Concert Association board has pulled the plug on its next season after 25 years of bringing concerts to Gateway Theatre. The loss of an expected $5,000 gaming grant from the province proved the last straw for the association, which was already clinging to life due to a decline in membership and the looming [...]
Richmond: Reminder of Arts Award Deadline: March 19
A friendly reminder that the deadline to submit nominations to the 2010 Richmond Arts Awards is now about two weeks away: Friday, March 19. Awards will be presented in six categories: Business and the Arts Arts Volunteerism Cultural Leadership Artistic Innovation Arts Education Youth Arts Three finalists in each category will be announced on April 9, [...]
Richmond: 2010 Lulu Series Announced
Since 2003, the Lulu Series has presented regional, national and international speakers including acclaimed artists, architects, urban planners and other cultural leaders. From urban planning and place-making, to art as community development and urban revitalization, the relationship between art and our urban environment is always a rich and lively topic. This year, we are delighted to [...]
BC Street in the Richmond O Zone brings the province’s communities to the world
If you visit BC Street in the Richmond O Zone, you’re going to meet some entertaining characters. For instance, there’s Mike Puhallo, the cowboy poet from Kamloops who has written six books of poetry and writes a popular Meadow Muffins column for three regional papers. He said he’s “just a country poet not prone to [...]
Richmond celebrates sculpture, Olympics and Chinese New Year
Not far from where the Olympic cauldron will be lit Tuesday in Richmond, B.C., sits a large, stainless steel sculpture of Vladimir Lenin’s head. On top of the communist leader`s noggin is a small Mao Zedong with breasts. The provocative sculpture, “Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head,” has literally [...]
Richmond Arts Awards – Call for Nominations
Do you know an artistic leader in your community that deserves recognition? Is there a business or individual that has supported the arts in Richmond above and beyond the call of duty? It’s time you tell us about them. The City of Richmond presents annual awards in six categories: Business and the Arts, Arts Volunteerism, Cultural [...]
Richmond: Lenin blows his top, Biennale admits assembly error
Much to the dismay of its army of objectors, Richmond’s Lenin/Miss Mao had not been decapitated and is not being run out of town. There was something of a rumble in the jungle Wednesday morning when passers-by witnessed workmen slicing Miss Mao off Lenin’s head and then a crane and cables being hooked onto the [...]
Richmond: Arts council denied grant
More than half a million dollars was handed out as part of the city’s annual grants program — but not before one community organization took a swipe for missing out on a tiny share of the cash. The Community Arts Council had requested $22,297 to help promote and nurture Richmond’s rich crop of artists. But [...]
Richmond: Lenin/Miss Mao vandalized
A provocative sculpture that’s become the centre of attention in Richmond has now drawn the interest of vandals. On Friday morning, Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head was also sporting a crude sign of skull and crossbones and another with the letters “NWO.” Vandals also wrapped the sculpture with [...]
