Like many Arts organizations, Richmond’s Gateway Theatre is adapting to the Covid era with new programming to keep connected to its audiences and performers. Through a host of interactive, virtual and socially distant events the Gateway team is maintaining its education programs and developing new ways to support its artist community while keeping audiences engaged….
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Free Art Exhibitions at Burrard Arts Foundation
From August 29 through October 10, Burrard Arts Foundation invites the public to attend the galleries newest free art exhibitions. The three new art exhibitions will open at Burrard Arts Foundation (BAF), the visual arts nonprofit and gallery located at 258 East 1st Avenue. BAF’s Residency Program has produced two of the exhibitors; abstract painter…
Vines Art Festival continues to celebrate The Arts & Lands, for Free.
The 6th annual Vines Art Festival, is just days away. The free, all-ages multidisciplinary arts festival returns Wednesday August 5 – 15, 2020. However, like most Arts organizations in the COVID-ear, Vines is helping keep patrons and artists safe by offering mainly online programming, with a few limited in-person outdoor gatherings. The Vines Art Festival…
Harrison Festival Welcomes Summer With Music
The annual Harrison Festival usually brings scores of visitors to pack the village of Harrison Hot Springs for a season of great entertainment, arts and culture. However, in this COVID era, like all Arts events and organizations the Festival has had to adapt to the changing times. Harrison Festival of the Arts organizers have cancelled…
Vancouver’s Museums & Galleries Are Making A Comeback From Covid-19 Closures.
Since March the city has been devoid of it’s arts and culture institutions. Closed for three months, number of the city’s museums and galleries are preparing to reopen their galleries and restart activities to coincide with Phase 3 of BC’s Restart. As with all business reopenings, there will of course be new health and safety…
Indian Summer Festival: Begins Digital 10th Anniversary Season
The Indian Summer Festival, was in the midst of planning for its 10th anniversary season when the global pandemic put the brakes on its planned line-up. Instead, Vancouver’s ‘festival for the curious mind’, marks its 10th anniversary by innovating and transforming itself into a spectacular digital season. To mark 10 years of creativity, the festival…
Vancouver Comic Arts Festival opens online.
Since 2012, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival (VanCAF) has presented a two-day celebration of comics, however due to current restrictions, the Festival initially cancelled the 2020 edition. After regrouping and adapting, the 2020 Vancouver Comic Arts Festival has moved online. Joining forces with Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival (DCAF), Festival…