did you miss today's #arthour chat that took place on twitter? Check out the thread here.
*note start at the bottom and work back to the top
Canadian artist, heather benning has turned an abandoned farm house she found in 2005 in Manitoba into a life-sized doll house.
The project she titled "Dollhouse" was created while she was the artist-in-residence for the community of redvers, saskatchewan.
after the side walls were removed she replaced them with glass - keeping everything protected!
Apparently the old farmhouse was abandoned in the 60's so the artist made a choice to...
The much anticipated sobey art award finalists list has been announced! one of the five finalists will walk away with $70,000!
This award is given annually to a young (Under 40) canadian visual artist. with five regions making up the jury, the competition is meant to truly reflect what is happening right now in canadian art.
Here is the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10th Anniversary Sobey Art Award 2012 Shortlist Announced...
the vancouver arts community will be celebrating today, with the announcement from the city of vancouver to convert city-owned property into 26,300 sq. ft. of new studio space in east vancouver.
feeling the pressure of one of the most unaffordable cities in the world, many artists are struggling in Vancouver. This is a significant step in the right direction for the city that is often criticized for its lack of arts support.
located near the Renfrew Business Centre and the Art Institute of Vancouver’s East...
British Columbia:
Junior Designer & Communications Assistant (Internship) – Vancouver Fringe Festival (Vancouver, BC)
Intermediate Graphic Designer (Vancouver, BC)
General Manager - Full Circle – First Nations Performance...
tom thomson, untitled, oil on plywood, 8 1/8" x 10 7/8", c. 1915
Tonight at maynards auction house in Vancouver, a tom thomson will go up for auction. with an estimate between $150,000 and $250,000, Kate bellringer, the director of contemporary and canadian art at maynards, suspects it will go for much more.
an unknown consigner brought in the sketch he claims to have found at a garage sale, along with another painting by frederick horsman varley.
bellringer, states that experts (who...
About 11 months ago, Vice contributor, Glen Coco wrote a post entitled, I'm Sick Of Pretending: I Don't "Get" Art.
This article has been liked 110,000 times (was approximately 40k just 24 hours ago), tweeted over 2,200 times, and has over 700 comments...
"i was born vancouver, but I moved to new york city five years ago. art is everywhere in manhattan - i never have to seek it out, but when i come home, i am going to use theartmarket.ca to create my calendar. i'll enter the days that i'm in vancouver, search events and add them to my calendar. i'm so excited to see theartmarket.ca up and running!"
- Dr. P Karageorgiou OD
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