Make Art History 2010 Symposium

June 20, 2010
Make Art History is presenting a public symposium on the current budget cuts to our Cultural Sector and the need for the development of a more sustainable art system. This is an important topic for all us artists The panel, which is made up of...

Arts Summit 2010

June 9, 2010
The Alliance for Arts and Culture, with the support of 2010 Legacies Now and the City of Surrey, is pleased to present Arts Summit 2010, Thursday, June 24 and Friday, June 25 at Surrey's Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre (see photo below). Art...

Gallery Hop 2010 Vancouver

May 29, 2010
So  much to see and do. Here are all the details, dont miss out : INFO

Motto Storefront

May 23, 2010
Motto Storefront May 15th to July 22nd, 2010 Organized by Artspeak and Fillip, with Motto, Berlin Motto Storefront transforms Artspeak into a temporary space for the sale, presentation, and discussion of contemporary art publishing. The sele...

THE WORLD FAMOUS RICKY POWELL SLIDE SHOW

May 10, 2010
THE WORLD FAMOUS RICKY POWELL SLIDE SHOW 25TH SILVER ANNIVERSARY EDITION featuring Ricky Powell (NYC) is coming to Vancouver,  HERE IS NOW is sponsoring the event so don't forget to RSVP here. Did I mention it's FREE !!! Here is some ...

Blanket Gallery presents Beau Dick, Pookwis, Openi...

May 3, 2010
Beau Dick Pookwis May 6th – June 27th, 2010 Opening Reception Thursday May 6th  6-9pm Artist in Attendance Blanket Contemporary Art Inc. 235 Alexander Vancouver  BC V6A 1E3 gallery 1-604-709-6100 www.blanketgallery.com ...

Signs of Change Nicole Dextras

April 21, 2010
Signs of Change Nicole Dextras Thu, April 1 – Sat, May 8 Opening Thu. April 1, 8-11pm In Signs of Change Nicole Dextras brings her sculptural text works from the last 5 years together along with new work created during her exhibition at g...

The Blanket Galleries 5th Year anniversary at Five...

April 16, 2010
Neil Campbell Faultline 2008 installation view Last night I had a chance to see the Blanket Galleries 5th Year anniversary at Five Sixty. It was my first time to the space, which was quite nice. There was work by Eli Bornowsky, ...

BREATHLESS DAYS 1959 – 1960 A CHRONOTROPIC ...

April 7, 2010
April 16 - June 2, 2010 Reception Saturday, May 1, 5:30 - 7:00 pm Concert at the Belkin Art Gallery 2 pm, Friday, April 23: UBC Contemporary Players Conversations at the Belkin Art Gallery 12 - 1 pm, April - May: to be announced...

Montecristo spring 2010

March 18, 2010
MONTECRISTO is a lifestyle quarterly magazine that focuses on the more cultural aspects of life in Vancouver. Has  released their new spring issue featuring some of the most talented designers in the city, two of which I have had the pleasure of...

Drawings and Other Works: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptu...

March 18, 2010
Neo-Native Drawings and Other Works: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun MAR 19, 2010 to MAY 16, 2010 Guest-curated by Petra Watson Opening Thursday March 18, 6 - 9 pm Neo-Native Drawings and Other Works featur...

PAUL WONG PROJECTS | 5.4 ONE MORE THAN THREE | MAR...

March 4, 2010
Paul Wong: 5 from sarah keenlyside on Vimeo. PAUL WONG PROJECTS MAR.6th 5.4 ONE MORE THAN THREE Celebration Hall, Mountain View Cemetery POST-OLYMPIC PROJECTS HAPPENING NOW Saturday Mar.6th, 5pm to 10pm LAUNCH of 5.4 One More Than...

Public Art Speakers Series: Ken Lum

March 3, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 7pm The speakers series is open to the public and free of charge. Join us at: Langara College (map) 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver Room A136a The Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces invites you to join us f...

Diane Farris Call For Submissions

February 15, 2010
Twitter/Art+Social Media is an exhibition of work by artists who use social media for the inspiration, production or presentation of their work. The exhibition includes an open call for artwork and events at the Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver, BC...

Sensory Maps of Vancouver by Anna Ruth

February 8, 2010
I saw some of Anna's sensory maps earlier this week, and I was surprised to find out the meaning behind her maps. Sensory Maps of Vancouver by Anna Ruth Sensory Maps of Vancouver is a series of drawings that record the movement of city b...

Vectorial Elevation

February 7, 2010
Have you ever wondered what those massive spot lights are when passing over the Granville street bridge? Well It’s all part of the Vectorial Elevation which allows participants to transform the sky over Vancouver using a three-dimensional in...

Pendulum Gallery : T&T : False Creek

February 7, 2010
This Friday I had the chance to visit the Pendulum Gallery to see the opening of the new Tony Romano and Tyler Brett (T&T) exhibit. The sculptures that were exhibited where made from recylced cars, that reflect ideas of  sustainability, gree...

HERE IS NOW — ART SOCIALS

January 31, 2010
EVENT PAGE HERE IS NOW Presents: a series of weekly art socials introducing five artists each week in collaboration with our second installment of HERE IS NOW providing a series of unique programing with each social gathering HERE IS NOW --...

Michelle Ford

January 28, 2010
Michelle was born in a small town 2 hours north of Montreal, QC.  Since moving to Vancouver and attaining her BFA in photography, Michelle has been doing some really amazing work. We are happy to present some of her work at our next Installment of H...

HERE IS NOW Interview with the Vancouver Courier

January 27, 2010
HERE IS NOW Interview With the Vancouver Courier

Andrew Pommier

January 22, 2010
Andrew has done solo shows  in New York,  Sydney, as well as being in many group shows that have been either close to home or across an ocean or two.  He is currently preparing for a series of solo shows that will be taking place in France. ...

Robert Mearns wins

January 21, 2010
They have finally  tallied up both in-store and online votes for the Art & Sole show that happened at El Kartel back in October, and the winners are as follows: 1. Robert Mearns 2. Shaun +Lindsay 3. Dave Barnes Congratulations Robert...

Heather Martin

January 20, 2010
Not only is Heather one of the nicest artists I've met, she also happens to be incredibly  talented at what she does. This is a preview of The Flight Series, to see more visit her website THE FLIGHT SERIES 2010: "Light Diffuses. A frayed web s...

Jody Rogac

January 19, 2010
Jody currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, but she will be in town for our show on the 29th!. To view more of her work check out her website

Lifetime Fall/Winter 2010 By Salazar

January 16, 2010
Lifetime Fall/Winter 2010 from LIFETIME COLLECTIVE on Vimeo.

EAST VAN CROSS

January 15, 2010
I just drove by this statue located at the corner of Clark Drive and 6th Ave and its huge!. It was  made by the Vancouver artist Ken Lum, and is a fantastic addition to our city. The piece itself puts East Van on the cross, as a symbol of the...

New artist and deejay added!

January 13, 2010
HERE IS NOW is proud to announce the following additions to the show: 1) Andrew Pommier - http://andrewpommier.com/ 2) Sincerely Hana (Glory Days, Golden Girls) 3) Vancouver Is Awesome MORE INFO HERE

Salazar Collective – Wizard Smoke video

January 12, 2010
Here is a video recently done by the Salazar picture collective called Wizard Smoke Wizard Smoke from Salazar on Vimeo. I'm excited to see what the Salazar collective will be doing for our next show coming up on the 29th.

New artist & Deejay

January 11, 2010
We have a surprise artist and deejay joining the roster for the January 29th show (soon to be announced). Also stay tuned for an exciting event we will be doing for the month of February. Here is an image we just received from Nick Lepard, co...

HERE IS NOW Second Installment

January 10, 2010
FACE BOOK EVENT PAGE We will also have a POP UP SHOP with: Super Champion AntiSocial LifeTime Collective The Woodlands Mono And More

HERE IS NOW SECOND INSTALLMENT

January 7, 2010
I'm really excited for our next show that's on the 29th of Jan. We have a really amazing group of artist that will be exhibiting their work at the Chapel (an amazing space off of Hastings). Our last show was so busy that this time we had to find a sp...

JR

December 23, 2009
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Myoung Ho Lee

December 23, 2009
Myoung Ho Lee

Vancouver Art Gallery Exhibition Gives Olympic Vis...

December 23, 2009
VANCOUVER, BC.- Visitors from around the world during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will see British Columbia through the eyes of the province’s renowned artists at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Presented from January 23 to Ap...

More than 60 per cent of B.C. arts groups turned d...

December 19, 2009
VICTORIA – The B.C. government has rejected more than 60 per cent of funding requests by arts and culture groups made this year through the community gaming grant program, information released by the government shows. The government has approved...

Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural Ga...

December 10, 2009
The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural hanging outside a Downtown Eastside gallery depicting the Olympic rings as four sad faces and one smiley face. The gallery says in 10 years, it has never before been asked to remove any ...

City is censoring free expression, artists say

December 10, 2009
A mural by Jesse Corcoran that was posted at the Crying Room, an art studio at 157 East Cordova. It was taken down after the city deemed graffiti and ordered the landlord to take it down. Photograph by: Handout, Vancouver Sun Artists and a lead...