A Stroll Down Granville Promenade
It was an overcast Saturday afternoon in downtown Vancouver. The streets were bustling as usual, despite the gloomier weather, and one...
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- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Ocean art: Emotional perception
Creating ocean art allows us to use nature as a tool of emotional and creative expression
- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
Drag and using the body as a canvas
A drag artist’s body functions as their canvas, displaying their art using makeup and clothing as the medium. As a former painter and...
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
The love and labour of Vietnamese art
As I walk through the Thieu Art Gallery with its owner, Julia Thieu, she tells me about the personal responsibility she feels to share...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Artist Interview Series: Galen Allan
Galan Allan sees art as something to be experienced, a relationship between individual and creation. For him, sound not only provides...
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Summer Viewing: Why cave drawings might make you proud to be a human again
Unlike most summers, the movies we will watch won’t be big-budget blockbusters in cinemas, but whatever has remained unwatched on...
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
The importance of National Indigenous Peoples Day with Natasha Redwood-Scribe and Adrian Baptiste
For this National Indigenous Peoples Day, I sat down with Natasha Redwood-Scribe and Adrian Baptiste to discuss its importance and how...
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
The Art of Marketing
Do you want to grow your art career to the next level? Tori Swanson, Vancouver Intuitive Artist, provided insight on her success and the...
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
The Meaningful Effects of Creating Art
In such a fast-paced, money-driven world, creativity can easily get tossed aside. But why is it so important to stay creative?...
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Online Art Classes: Even in restrictive times, we can still have creative freedom
Taking online art classes during the pre-pandemic era could have been seen as an unconventional way to explore our artistic potential....
- May 17, 2021
- 4 min
Benefits of Participating in Art Challenges
Over the years I’ve developed an increased interest in the arts and illustration. In particular, I was exposed to digital artists that...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Korean folk art, or minhwa
With most genres of art that are widely known today, there are famous artists associated with them. For example, we all know of Da...
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Visibility, Expression, Resiliency, Community and Rebellion: The Five Pillars of Trans Culture
Walking through the city has a different ease for me in recent years. The braided sidewalks of the downtown area, rumbling from the...
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Resurgence of Queer Art through Drag
Over the past decade, queer art has gone through a renaissance due to the mainstream popularization of drag, bringing to the fore a new...
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Forgotten Vancouver
The Vancouver we know and love exists in a near-constant state of demolition and reconstruction. The city’s long-lived structures are...
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Art of Flowers
With sunnier weather and warmer days, the flora in Vancouver are rousing from their winter slumber. Flowers are blooming all around the...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
How artists are reinventing themselves during COVID
After a year in a pandemic that made many industries shut their doors, it’s clear the arts is a resilient market. An industry linked to...
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Artist Interview Series: Guillermo Romero de la Arena and the lifelong freedom of art
There has never been a moment in Guillermo Romero de la Arena’s life when he was not an artist. And that lifelong passion has grown into...
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
Artist Interview Series: David Syre and Artistic Freedom
David Syre’s journey as an artist is as wide-ranging as his journey throughout life. And in this, his art is a true reflection of this...
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Valentine's Day Traditions Around the World
Valentine’s Day is recognized around the world as a celebration of love that takes place each year on Feb. 14, but its origins are...
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