This week, the 5th Annual Capture Photography Festival opens another month-long celebration of photography and lens-based art forms. Until April 30th, a hundred-plus free and ticketed exhibits cover the city like the spring blossoms, bringing colour, and sometimes black & white, images to public spaces and galleries. Capture Photography Festival is devoted to exhibiting challenging…
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MOV debuts “City On Edge – A Century of Activism”
Vancouver has a long history of protest and activism, this month the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) examines this legacy with the new exhibition; City on Edge: A Century of Vancouver Activism. The new photo-based exhibition will be on display at MOV from September 28, 2017 to February 18, 2018. The multi-media collection features 650 photographs of demonstrations, occupations, riots,…
4th Annual Capture Photography Festival Returns
The Capture Photography Festival returns to Metro Vancouver April 1 – 28, 2017 for the fourth year. Celebrating photography and lens-based art Capture Festival features over 100 free exhibitions, public art projects and events throughout the lower mainland. All events are open to the public with an aim of increasing awareness of the cultural importance…
Capture Photo Festival Launch & Inaugural Lind Prize
Friday evening the 3rd Annual Capture Photography Festival got underway with an opening exhibition at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall. The show featured the finalists for the inaugural Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, presented by Presentation House Gallery. The Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize is a new award, supported by Rogers Communications to recognize Mr Lind’s…
10th Annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
If you’ve walked around the city lately, you’ll surely have noticed the abundant blossoms turning the streets pink just in time for the 2016 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The 10th Anniversary Festival gets underway on Thursday, March 24th with a free lunch time Cherry Jam concert at Burrard Station concourse. Throughout the festival look for…
Pucker Up At Metropolis at Metrotown
The Lipstick Project is a local society that helps brighten their spirit of women, men and children living with serious health challenges by providing free professional spa services. Starting tomorrow Metropolis at Metrotown, BC’s largest shopping centre, teams up with The Lipstick Project’s A Kiss For A Cause. Guests who visit the “Kiss Wall” in…