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REVIEW: Eastside Cultural Crawl Displacement Exhibit
A Focus on Indigenous Community Place Making (pictured: Local by Hugh Kearney) It’s not everyday you get to think about the things that tie you to a particular place, but the Displacement exhibit for the Eastside Cultural Crawl inspired those thoughts. Indigenous curator Cheyenne (Natoyihkii) McGinnis put together a collection of pieces that touched upon…
Art Feature: Rhi Forsyth
Illustrations of a Daydreamer Under the pseudonym Maen Illustrates, Rhi Forsyth is a daydreaming illustrator and graphic designer from rainy Vancouver. Rhi enjoys working with a variety of mediums including traditional and digital illustration, watercolour painting, graphic design, photography, and content creation. Her go-to tools for illustrating include her iPad Pro and Apple Pencil (along…
Art Feature: Vincent Lin
At his core, Vincent Lin is just a shy little guy that likes to draw. He especially loves drawing people. The bulk of his inspiration comes from going for walks around the city to observe the mannerisms and habits of everyday people. He grew up with a healthy diet of classic cartoons that left a…
Vancouver Glitter Ball Festival back again
Artist Cayley Carlson / Photo courtesy of Cushy Entertainment Glitter Ball is back for its second year as the sparkliest festival in the city, expanding to include workshops and an art fair in addition to 10 local live acts and one international headliner. All of the acts are fronted by women or gender diverse creators, and many of…
A Walk Through Cindy Sherman’s Exhibit
I have always been curious about photography but never really had the chance to learn the art in depth. Last term I took a photography course at BCIT (BCST 1198) to not just learn the technical aspects of the craft, but also to help me understand different ways to express my vision through the camera.…
VIDF 2018: Rite of Spring & Folding
Thank you to to the 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival, for inviting our student writers out to this 3-week festival of culturally diverse contemporary dance. You can see the full calendar of VIDF Events here. The Rite of Spring Originally composed in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring is a well-established piece whose…
VIDF 2018: Studies and Fragments on Dream
Thank you to to the 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival, for inviting our student writers out to this 3-week festival of culturally diverse contemporary dance. You can see the full calendar of VIDF Events here. On Friday, March 23rd Lola Lince’s Experimental Dance Company presented Studies and Fragments on Dreams. Lola Lince intended the project…
Review: Exit 22’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Staging a beloved and classic work of theatre such as Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no easy task. For some theatregoers, they may feel as though they’ve seen it all before. For some, it might simply remind them of their Grade 8 English syllabus. Exit 22 Company Productions’ Director Bob Frazer is a veteran…
Vancouver International Dance Festival 2018
Looking to tap your feet to a funky beat? Sip a drink with a creative crowd? Divulge in moving art with a human element? Look no further, as the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) is back from March 1 to March 24 2018! Internationally acclaimed artists and local favourites bring excitingly enriching performances and workshops all over the city! Link…
PuSh Festival Review: Some Hope For the Bastards
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has occurred annually in Vancouver for the last 14 years, celebrating theatre, dance, music, film, and multimedia arts. This year’s Main Stage shows feature the works of groundbreaking artists from around the world, and to kick it off on January 16th, was Some Hope For the Bastards, a music-dance…
Peter and the Star Catchers : Exit 22 Capilano University Theatre
An Exit 22 Company production. Adapted for the stage by Rick Elise Music by Wayne Barker Based on the book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson For those of you who were desperate for a little backstory to Peter Pan, look no further. Peter and the Star Catchers is a play based off of the…