Way back when, for our Mad Mad World issue (no. 12), we sent some disposable cameras with a few friends and local musicians while they traveled the world. You may have spotted a few snaps in the Movement issue, and starting now you'll be able to find the rest here, in the Disposable Camera Series.
Read MoreIn advance of what is sure to be a sensory delight for nostalgic spectators, SAD Mag's Helen Wong spoke with artist Anna MacLellan about Welcome Home, a mixed media installation which opens for viewing June 17, 2016 at Untitled Art Space.
Read MoreFor the past 30 years, UBC has partnered with the Vancouver School Board in growing the New Shoots program. Each year, Masters of Fine Arts students in the Creative Writing Program at UBC become mentors to Vancouver School Board students and teach the craft of creative writing both in the classroom and after-school clubs. These wonderful pieces are then published in an annual anthology.
Read MoreHoole, or, as her four and a half thousand Instagram followers know her, @missconniehoole, specializes in photographing hyper-hued confectionary. Her photos come off like a psychedelic case of the munchies, all bright colours and hypnotic patterns, and will be on display this month at Brainstaion in Yaletown.
Read MoreFirst held in 1994, the Music, and Art Waste festival purports itself as a multi-venue, affordable and accessible stage for variations of different artistic mediums and expressions. Originally borne out of retaliation against the heavily commercialized and corporate-backed New Music West festival, Music and Art Waste provided a safe, non-profit, alternative space for music and art lovers of Vancouver. Predominantly volunteer run, this amalgamation of music, visual art, comedy, and local culture quickly expanded into an integral part of the Vancouver subculture scene. Twenty-two years later, Music and Art Waste has proved itself here to stay.
Read MoreMusic/Art Waste has come and gone, leaving Vancouver sweaty and ready for next year's festival. Entirely volunteer run, the festival returns annually and repeatedly outdoes itself, no doubt with thanks to the incredible minds at the helm, but also Vancouver's vibrant and growing art and music scenes.
Read MoreFilm writer Sarah Bakke takes to the Cinematheque and delights in six films by French director Agnès Varda, each more assured than the last. "I have since changed my take on what it means to be a woman inspired by art and beauty," says Bakke, "and I don’t think I’ll stick to the meandering nymphet as created by men in film." We're lookin' at you, Godard.
Read MoreWe talked to Jamie Smith, Michael Schwartz, and Zoe Mackoff de Miranda about the upcoming collaboration between Kafka’s and the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Art Rental and Sales program. Their exhibit at ROVE, a biannual art walk in Mount Pleasant, promises to be spectacular.
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