When we visited Howie Tsui’s twenty-five metre animation at the Vancouver Art Gallery, people were sitting quiet, watching his Retainers of Anarchy through two, three cycles. Granted, Tsui’s five-projection, six-channel audio digital piece has no set beginning or end. We zoom from a vibrant, crowded Kowloon apartment to a woman lounging

Breaking New Ground: ⊄ We are talking to a range of creators about their creative process, particularly when they take their work in a new direction, breaking new creative ground. We will be including excerpts from the interviews on the Creators Vancouver site, starting with noted composer, Derek Healey. Healey has won

Did you watch Project Runway Canada? If so, you might remember Evan Biddell – self-taught, outspoken, superhero-inspired and winner of Season 1. Biddell has gone onto a thriving fashion career with well-received collections and ever-creative showings at Fashion Week. “People have come to expect the unexpected with my shows.” For

Don Mowatt, performer and author, has built a rich career in Vancouver. He was a major radio producer at CBC, where he accumulated an endless shelf of awards – ACTRA, New York Audio Arts, George F. Peabodys. “My specialty was doing feature documentaries at CBC, which combined my background in music, journalism

You might have seen Kamal Jit’s sparkly dresses as you walk north on Main, past King Edward. This fashion designer has been in the business for more than twenty eight years. Her Show Off store has been at its current location for twelve. Jit creates gorgeous custom gowns for parties, prom, weddings,

When a new client approached interior designer Peter Wilds about her 1000 square foot, 1930’s bungalow, she had an unusual request. She wanted to keep it. She and her husband were not going to knock it down and replace it with a bigger manse. “It was her Mother’s house,” Wilds explains. “They

It is magic to peek into the ocean via snorkel or scuba. The colours, the movement, the loose boundaries between plant and animal life – stunning images stay with you long after emerging. For most of us, these underwater glimpses come during sunny holidays in tepid seas. We’re not slithering into wet

From March 8th to April 22nd, Chilean artist Javiera da Fonseca’s show AURA (A Mexican Experience) is running at Back Gallery Project at 602 East Hastings Street. Da Fonseca’s striking new work has been attracting international interest. Naturally, we had questions! How did you come to be living in Mexico? “I visited Mexico

“I relate more to that cold, austere asceticism of the Flemish masters,” said the enormously gifted Alexander McQueen, “and I also love the macabre thing you see in Tudor and Jacobean portraiture. For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the

A jewellery designer and a painter, Sarah Mulder creates her pieces in a Gastown studio. Mulder has been working full-time as an artist since 2011, and has developed an eager following who can’t wait to comb through her latest collections. You can find Sarah Mulder Jewelry in shops across Canada. On Sunday, April