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Vancouver: Process & Intent: The Making of Art
The Eastside Cultural Crawl has become a Vancouver institution. From very modest beginnings to one of Canada’s most celebrated visuals arts festivals, bringing a broad public into artists’ studios for their yearly pilgrimage. For many it is a glimpse into the vast and diverse Vancouver artistic community. For the artists it is a greatly anticipated [...]
Kelowna: Focus on creative arts
Cheryl McLean, an independent scholar, publisher and educator advancing the field of creative arts, will speak at UBC’s Okanagan campus next Wednesday, Nov. 17. McLean’s talk, called The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice: Shaping Change, Transforming Communities, is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the UBCO administration building lecture theatre. The presentation is sponsored by [...]
Williams Lake: Workshop explores legacy of cultural history
The Looking Back, Moving Forward multicultural exploration project continues in the lakecity Nov. 19-21 with the Squaw Hall Arrivals Personal Legacy Workshop. The three-day workshop is for youth, elders, artists and community leaders and takes place at the Longhouse in the Stampede Grounds. It is open to everyone, First Nations and non-First Nations people of [...]
Vancouver: Waldorf Hotel reopens with a megaparty
There will be a ton of parties happening this Halloween weekend, but perhaps none promises to be as exciting as the Waldorf Hotel’s grand opening on Saturday (October 30). For starters, it’s free. The all-night event also rebrands the building as a creative hub for Vancouver’s arts community, with a live-music venue, multiple club rooms, two [...]
Vernon: Society prepares for annual Chaos
Western Canada’s largest craft fair is moving ahead with plans for next year. The Creative Chaos Society recently elected its 2010/11 executive, including chair Ingrid Baron, vice-chair Herb Fox, past chair Barb Setter, co-treasurers Marg and Jim McGillivary, secretary Gwen Bartram and director Betty Anderson. “Creative Chaos also includes a great board of committee heads [...]
Castlegar: SculptureWalk to hold gala
After a successful first annual SculptureWalk in Castlegar, organizer Pat Field wants to end with a bang. The awards gala will be held on Oct. 16 at Element and it includes an evening of dinner and theatre along with the awards. “It’s to wrap up this year and celebrate the artists,” Field said. Dinner starts [...]
Vancouver choreographer waves flag, Josh Beamish’s company Move will perform at Shanghai World Expo’s Canada Pavilion
A Vancouver dance company, headed by Josh Beamish and selected by Cirque du Soleil to represent the country’s contemporary dance scene, will perform this weekend at the Canada Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. Beamish and five other dancers from Move: the company will perform Trap Door Party, an abstract-narrative dance that has become the [...]
Sad Mag goes live at The Cultch on October 9, Vancouver arts culture magazine Sad Magazine celebrates their one year anniversary.
Sad Mag, the quar terly Vancouver arts and culture magazine founded to showcase the work of local writers and artists, will be celebrating its first anniversary at The Cultch with Sad Mag Live. “Sad Mag is proud to be celebrating its first year anniversary, particularly after a tumultuous year for publishing and the arts in BC,” says [...]
Vancouver: Sitka Books & Art Grand Opening – Saturday, October 2nd
Sitka Books & Art Ltd announced today its grand opening celebration on October 2nd from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 2025 West 4th Ave in Kitsilano. The store opened its doors for business on Sept. 18th. The celebration on Oct. 2nd is to express appreciation for the support of the community that has helped make this happen and for the loyalty of customers who support [...]
Arts advocates plan strategy in B.C.
Lobbying MLAs, holding artistic street demonstrations, and tapping into social-media networks are among the tactics being considered by those looking to boost arts-advocacy efforts in B.C. A strategy session held at the Scotiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver on September 27 attracted more than 30 participants with various roles in the arts community. The participants rallied to [...]
Nanaimo: MLAs meet with groups about funding cutbacks
Artists, arts and cultural groups get a sympathetic ear from the official Opposition later this month. Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog and Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA Doug Routley will join Spencer Chandra Herbert, New Democrat tourism, culture and arts critic at roundtable meetings planned for Nanaimo on Oct. 29. The group has invited local artists and arts, [...]
SFU opens doors on School for the Contemporary Arts, New facility and venues open to the public this weekend
Administrators at the new Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts were beaming Monday during a media tour of the new arts centre at the former Woodward’s site. Owen Underhill, director of the school and SFU Woodward’s, and Michael Boucher, director of cultural development and programming, led the tour through the brand new $81.5 [...]
Vancouver: Cargo containers showcase local artists
The PNE is about the last place you would expect to find some thought-provoking art. But it is there, interestingly packed into a couple-dozen cargo containers inside the PNE’s Celebration Plaza. The hugely popular “container art” exhibit is the brainchild of the PNE’s Peter Male. What started out at last summer’s PNE as a small [...]
Writers fair planned for Kamloops
It’s hard to believe it’s already September — the end of summer and the start of another school year and many other interesting events. This fall, the Kamloops Arts Council and BC Living Arts will sponsor the Kamloops Writers Fair on Nov. 19 and Nov. 20 in the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre. Writers, would-be writers [...]
Campbell River: Sun expected for Knit in the Park
For the fifth time, local knitters and crocheters and the Needle & Arts Centre have the chance to luck out on the weather and have a sunny “Knit in the Park“ event. It’s National Knitters Day again and all knitters and wannabe knitters are invited to get together on the south end of Ostler Park [...]
