Visual arts
Artist Shary Boyle and Curator Scott Watson Receive Hnatyshyn Awards
Gerda Hnatyshyn, C.C., President and Chair of the Board of The Hnatyshyn Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2010 Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Awards. The $25,000 prize for outstanding achievement by a Canadian artist is awarded to Shary Boyle of Toronto; the winner of the $15,000 award for curatorial excellence in contemporary art is [...]
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 [...]
Victoria: Bridge inspires art
In the early-morning fog, the bright noon sun, and the fading day’s light, Big Blue will be framed in all its rusting glory by the camera lens over the next 12 months. “We want to catch it in all weather,” Jack Copland of the Victoria Camera Club said. “When it’s peeing down rain we want [...]
Artists for Conservation: World Renowned Artists Offer Original Works to Virtual Exhibit Benefiting Conservation Charities
Artists for Conservation, the world’s leading group of nature artists, today announced the launch of its first virtual exhibit, which will feature original works by Robert Bateman and some of the world’s most regarded artists. The exhibit, which will be shown exclusively online, will showcase 150 conservation-themed paintings and sculptures by some of the world’s [...]
Vancouver: Art is a ‘populist experience’ at gallery’s new nightclub site, Blanket Gallery moves into its new home at the 560 nightclub complex on Seymour Street
The next phase in the creation of a unique marriage of visual arts and entertainment takes place this evening at 560 Club on Seymour. Blanket Contemporary Art is opening its new space on the second floor of the multi-level nightclub, which takes its name from its address: 560 Seymour Street. Next month, the visual arts [...]
Melissa Gruber: Copyright bill should address inequalities faced by visual artists in Canada
Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act, proposes many things, but very little is being done to address the economic inequalities faced by visual artists. Visual artists are an integral part of a cultural sector that contributes $46 billion to the Canadian economy—and yet they remain a largely unpaid labour force. One proposal that was not [...]
Vancouver: Drawn 2010 flips understanding of drawing sideways
Drawn 2010, Vancouver’s second annual drawing festival, recently kicked off with its first-ever juried exhibition. Titled The Drawing Room, mounted in the Pendulum Gallery, and selected by a knowledgeable group of artists, curators, historians, and critics, the show examines contemporary drawing practice from across the country. Unlike other exhibits in Drawn 2010, however, it is [...]
Van Dop Gallery Curates Filberg Festival Guest Artist Show
Since its beginnings 28 years ago, the principal objective of the Filberg Festival has been to encourage excellence in all forms of arts and crafts, and to assist in the promotion and sale of quality work. The Festival has established a world-wide reputation for the excellence of the work of our juried artisans, and today [...]
Invermere: Metal works comes to the Tour of the Arts
Cajsa Fredin is the part owner of Black Star Studios in Invermere and works with metal and found objects to create stunning works of art. This year sees the local artist getting involved with the Tour of the Arts happening on August 1 at five different sites. Working with metal was a natural progression for [...]
Denman gallery growing
You can invigorate your environment from an impressive collection of affordable artwork by acclaimed Canadian artists at MiMa Fine Art on Denman Island. It features an exhilarating array of archival giclée editions on paper and canvas — all produced in-house. From the colourful boats of Graham Herbert to the impressionistic landscapes of Brian Scott, coastal panoramic [...]
Festival draws on unsung creative practice: Now in its second year, Vancouver Drawn celebrates drawing as an art form in its own right
From spelling bees to the Academy Awards, nothing showcases talent like a good old-fashioned competition. Now, the humble art of drawing is set to take its place in the spotlight as a national juried exhibition of the art form is unveiled this week. The Drawing Room is a new addition to Vancouver Drawn, a regional drawing festival now [...]
This is East Van Community Photography Project
Vancouver’s certainly not the only city that seems to like to split itself along east/west lines. Montreal and Toronto both do (I grew up in the East End of Toronto, and those West End Oakville kids definitely have an attitude.) West Seattle is separated by the bay from the areas of town I used to [...]
100 Mile House: Artists Guild celebrates 30 years at show
The Cariboo Artists Guild has history with 100 Mile House. Thirty years of history to be exact, and they’re ready to celebrate it through their upcoming summer show and sale at Parkside Art Gallery. The six-week event opens on July 23 with an artists’ reception from 5 to 9 p.m. in the main gallery. That’s [...]
Port Moody: Contemporary gallery closing its doors
Contemporary art gallery and artists’ studios in Port Moody David Bizzo is closing the doors on his Electronic Avenue venue to make way for redevelopment.” “I always knew year after year eventually they were going to tear the building down or redevelop the lot, I just didn’t know when,” Bizzo said. The Electronic Avenue Gallery [...]
Draw by Night puts the ‘art’ into party: Inspired by Montreal’s Kid Koala, popular event includes Meat Legs and Mascot themes
Drinking and drawing in Montreal inspired Myron Campbell to start his own drawing party in Vancouver just over a year ago. The digital design instructor, art director and animator coerced 15 creative industry co-workers, friends and students to attend his first event at Vancouver Film School café last June. Now, Draw By Night has taken [...]
