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Five female artists #BreakTheBias in new North Van Arts exhibition

I wanted to go to on a Space Walk but I had nothing to wear, at CityScape Community ArtSpace exhibit,reflects the theme of 2022 International Women’s Day

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 7, 2022North Van Arts, Partner Content, SPRING

International Women's Day 2022: Members of Vancouver's arts and culture community mark a movement

From dance and theatre to music and culinary arts, local leaders reflect on the March 8 global event that celebrates women’s achievement and forges equality

ART & DESIGN, CULINARY, MUSIC, FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 7, 2022International Women's Day, women

Illuminate Gala & Auction for Audain Art Museum returns in person, April 23

Haida artist James Hart’s Shaman, a signed bronze sculpture, up for bidding

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022Indigenous, Audain Art Museum, SPRING

Black culture, costume, and dance meet in Ensemble at the Polygon, to March 13

Five short films by contemporary artists call for justice through Black joy and imagination

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREEN, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022The Polygon, short film

Walk-through lantern installation Into the Light keeps the Lunar New Year spirit glowing, February 18 to 20

Local artists draw on the legend of Nian, a sea-monster, for the imagery

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 16, 2022Gateway Theatre

Capilano University's Advanced Arts and Entertainment Management Certificate Program opens doorway into dynamic industry

One-year program starting in May has a 90-percent employment rate within the first year of graduation

ART & DESIGN, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2022Capilano University, CapU

AFAM African Fashion Week Vancouver 2022 hits the catwalk, February 19

Design, dance, and music aim to shift narratives about Africa and the African diaspora

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 13, 2022fashion, Black History Month

Canada's first Chinese Canadian Museum finds a home in Vancouver’s Chinatown

Province of B.C. funds new project, purchases historic Wing Sang Building at 51 East Pender Street from Bob Rennie

NEWS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2022Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver Chinatown, Chinatown

Artificial intelligence-driven poetry blazes at UrbanScreen, February 12 to May 1

Body as Border: Traces and Flows of Connection is an immersive outdoor art installation on view after sunset

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2022Surrey, Surrey Art Gallery

Vancouver Art Gallery turns First Folio page—oh so carefully—to Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare’s famous love story marks Valentine’s Day at the exhibition

ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Vancouver Art Gallery, Valentine's Day

Vancouver artist Stephen Waddell takes viewers virtually into his studio at Audain Art Museum Tuesday Night Talk, February 15

Photographer discusses the work Termini in the online event

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Audain Museum

Monumental image by Sara Cwynar announced for BC Hydro Dal Grauer Substation

This year’s commission by Capture Photography Festival shines a light on advertising tropes

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Homepage feature, Capture Photography Festival, photography, public art

Works by Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, Stan Douglas, and more on view at Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection

The late Burnaby flight attendant and founding member of the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver began buying artworks in the 1980s with savings accumulated from per diems

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 7, 2022Griffin Art Projects, Capture Photography Festival

Stir Q&A: Mi'gmaq photographer and mask-maker Duane Isaac explores Indigenous relationship between land and body

Sovereignty at SUM gallery is the queer artist’s first solo exhibition in Vancouver

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2022SUM Gallery, Duane Isaac, Indigenous, photography, masks, Homepage feature

Tiko Kerr explores nearness in career-spanning solo exhibition, now showing

Politics of Proximity showcases works on canvas, collage, and Plexiglas

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 31, 2022Tiko Kerr, Monica Reyes Gallery

Stir Pairing: Mixed-media, spy-thriller beer, and killer hot dogs in Mount Pleasant

This East Vancouver outing brings together Western Front, Main St. Brewing, and Sausageland

The Lantern City lights up the night downtown and on Granville Island at LunarFest

Ten diverse local, Indigenous, and international artists have created towering lanterns for the installations

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2022LunarFest, Lunar New Year

Conversation on the Art of P.Mansaram livestreams via Surrey Art Gallery, February 5

The free talk about the prolific Rajasthani-born Ontario-based artist’s work is moderated by Indian Summer Festival’s Sirish Rao

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 26, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, Indian Summer Festival

Construction under way for massive seismic upgrades to the UBC Museum of Anthropology Great Hall

The rest of the facility remains open as the grand glass structure is entirely rebuilt

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2022MOA, Museum of Anthropology

Stir Q&A: Keith Langergraber on climate change, isolation, and the creepiness of borders

The Vancouver- and Kelowna-based visual artist hiked to over a dozen fire towers throughout the Pacific Northwest as part of the research behind The Dusk Meridian

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 21, 2022Vancouver Art Gallery, Offsite, VAG, Keith Langergraber, site-specific work

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