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People can wear their East Van pride with one of these t-shirts created by Alex Usow. Its design was based on a series of t-shirts that started with an original "John & Paul & Ringo & George" design.

This week I talked with Bill Gotts, owner of Doctor Vigari Gallery, and we got onto the topic of how his gallery got its name. Who is Doctor Vigari? Doctor Vigari is not an actual person. Bill explained that his first studio was in an old store on Victoria Drive. One night, his friend...

A highlight of the day was when Elder Brenda Wesley demonstrated a Gitxsan dance performed when people share food together. Only a few people accepted her invitation to dance, but as they rose and moved to the drum – which became “the heartbeat of the Earth” – the sun made a brief, magnificent appearance....

Her studio is full of fun, colour, and cheer – just like her attitude. Ceramic artist Suzy Birstein offered the final class of Clay Days for Homelearners today, and as we left, my son said he was sad it was over. But luckily for him, Suzy is offering Summer in the City Art Camps...

Last night my son and I went to the IGNITE! Youth Festival at the Cultch – and I was truly surprised by how good it was. My son heard about the performance yesterday from one of his friends at Windsor House and begged me to take him. The theatre performance was at 6 and...

This do-it-yourself pinwheel from Spool of Thread was one of the cool things I got in my swag bag from Kimli at Northern Voice. I brought it home and gave it to my son – Captain Crafty – and he was excited to start on it right away. Now I’m curious to go in...

I didn’t think so. But look at this photo! It’s my living room – full of stuff I’ve removed from my son’s desk / work table in our little 3-bedroom co-op townhouse. Now the desk is clear and spacious, with some of the boy’s latest 3D art projects on display. (I’m especially sentimental about...

I’ve had some nice exchanges with photographers after I ask permission to use their photos on my blog. For example, today I was in touch with a photographer who took photos of construction workers in Thailand. (And it’s not the person in the photo I used in this post.) I contacted him via Flickr...