Some thoughts on self-promotion for Art Vancouver exhibitors
So, you have a spot in Art Vancouver. You know how you want to set up your walls and what work you will show. But what’s next? How do you...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Greening Your Art Practice: Clean-Up Tips
Environmental concerns have come to the forefront in recent decades. For many artists, art is a way of conveying the importance of these...
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
Is Halloween and its artistic expression the same in all cultures?
Trying to understand an art tradition through Halloween can be a difficult topic to research and write about. What Halloween stood for...
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Review of Art Downtown 2020
Art Downtown has brought life into a small private park in Vancouver at a time of ever-growing uncertainty and social distancing. From...
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
VVAF to open new exhibition at the Bentall Centre
The Vancouver Visual Art Foundation’s mandate to find new and innovative ways to give artists opportunities is continuing with the...
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Lynn Li and traditional Chinese painting
Chinese ink painting on paper or silk has a long rich history. But when Lynn Li picks up the brush, there is a somewhat contemporary feel...
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Laura Noonan and the Changing Perspective of Photography
Laura Noonan finds enjoyment in the simplicity of moments. She lives within them, remembers them and captures them through photography....
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Monica Gewurz and using art for environmental activism
Art and the environment are coming full circle for Monica Gewurz. For her, the natural world is more than an inspiration for her...
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
Thriving in the face of adversity: VVAF to deliver online art classes
Art finds a way. Regardless of pandemic, strife, or any other global hardship that inhibits movement and restricts personal autonomy, art...
- Sep 12, 2020
- 2 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Natasha Redwood-Scribe and turning lifelong passion into a profession
Through practice and persistence, Natasha Redwood-Scribe has turned her lifelong passion for art into a career. But even as she begins to...
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
Pegah Ahani-Masooleh: Championing the Vancouver Art Community One Show at a Time
Connecting people to their communities through art is what drives Pegah Ahani-Masooleh. As a TV host and community leader, she believes...
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Sascha Westendorp on Mixed Media
Limitations do not exist in art for Sascha Westendorp. Art is meant to be explored and combined, a process of trial and error, a belief...
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Iris Mes-Low and the Idealist Landscape
The landscapes created by Iris Mes-Low are stylized and simple, yet beautiful and vibrant. And while she has been working within her...
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
Art Masters brings live painting to the outdoors as part of Art Downtown
Art Downtown is transforming the business hub of Vancouver into a vibrant and inclusive space where artists and art lovers can create a...
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
Want to exhibit your artwork at an art fair? Tips on how to prepare your application
As Art Vancouver’s exhibitor applications for 2021 are now open, we came up with some useful tips on how to put together your...
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
ARTIST INTERVIEW SERIES: Bita Motamedi
Bita Motamedi is a watercolourist, portrait artist and art researcher based in Burnaby, BC. She has over 10 years of experience in...
- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 min
Meet Our Art Masters Participants 2020
VVAF is excited to merge their popular Art Masters competition with their new summer program Art Downtown on Wednesday July 22nd at Lot...
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
Art Downtown is Transforming Vancouver's Public Spaces
Art Downtown is bringing a calendar of summer art events to the city.
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
How Art Can Transform Your Business
Doris Anderson is the Director of D’or Art Consultants in Vancouver, an art consultancy company that works with corporations, financial...
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
Support the Vancouver Visual Art Foundation
The Vancouver Visual Art Foundation has recently released a fundraising campaign asking for donations from the public which will go to...
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