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Portobello West Fashion and Art Market, May 25-26

by Inside Vancouver in Events on May 16, 2013

photo: Portobello West Fashion + Art Market

Experience Portobello West’s Summer Market on Saturday May 25th + Sunday May 26th, 2013 at the Creekside Community Recreation Centre in the Olympic Village!

Stop by between 11:00am-5:00pm and shop from up to 50 amazing Canadian and Pacific Northwest designers, artists, and producers! There’s something for everyone including fashion, accessories, jewellery, art, sweets, and baby + kids items.

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Portobello West Fashion and Art Market, May 25-26

Naughty Whale Bone Art Making Waves in Vancouver

by Remy Scalza in Town on April 6, 2013

An example of scrimshaw art. Photo credit: Rusty Clark | Flickr

Much ado has been made lately about some saucy, 150-year-old artifacts at the otherwise staid Vancouver Maritime Museum.

The museum, which is dedicated to all things seafaring, is currently showing Tattoos & Scrimshaw, an exhibit on the art of the sailor.

Tattoos, now a ubiquitous badge of hipster pride, originated in the West after sailors came back from exotic destinations like Polynesia, where the locals practiced elaborate body art. Meanwhile, scrimshaw refers to ornate carvings made in a whale’s bones or teeth, once a popular pastime on long whaling trips.

Dozens of historic examples of this whale bone art are on display at the museum. And – since sailors will be sailors – quite a few of them are decidedly R-rated, offering peeps at mermaids, visions of distant lovers and other scintillating scenes. Continue reading:
Naughty Whale Bone Art Making Waves in Vancouver

Meet Vancouver artist Camilla d’Errico

by Shawn Conner in Events on March 5, 2013

Camilla d'Errico art

Camilla d’Errico’s surrealist images of women, often in helmets, have captured a world-wide fanbase. Now, these “helmetgirls” are the focus of d’Errico’s second full-length hardcover art book.

The Art Of Camilla d’Errico Vol 2: Helmetgirls follows her 2011 book Femina & Fauna, which sold out of its first printing within the first six months of its spring 2011 release. To celebrate the new book’s release, d’Errico will sign copies of her work this Saturday March 9 at Vancouver’s only downtown comic book store, Golden Age Collectables (852 Granville St.). She’ll be there starting at 2 p.m., and will have special prints on hand as well.

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Meet Vancouver artist Camilla d’Errico

Magical messages along False Creek

by eliannalev in Outside on January 25, 2013

At least three times a week, I go for a run (or brisk walk) along the False Creek seawall with my dog, Dutchie. I start at the park across the street from Olympic Village and make my way all along to the dog park next to False Creek Elementary. Since this route has become a regular part of my life, I’ve gotten to know its nuances – the row of barren trees that are often crowded with a murder of crows, boat names with bizarre names (Cash Sails, High Risk, Resolution), the enclosed dog park. I’ve also become quite smitten with some poignant, mysterious messages that been placed along the way.

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Magical messages along False Creek

Vancouver’s Notorious $100,000 Poodle Now on Twitter

by Remy Scalza in Town on January 16, 2013

Photo credit: Our City Our Art

Last week, news came out about a controversial new public art project in Vancouver. A seven-foot-tall porcelain poodle was erected atop a 25-foot pole in the Main Street neighbourhood. The well coiffed canine came at no small cost. The poodle, along with a bus art campaign along Main Street affiliated with the same project, cost nearly $100,000.

Now, it seems that the pampered pooch has taken to Twitter to make its case.

“Where do I pee?” read @MainStPoodle’s inaugural tweet earlier this week on Twitter. He (or she) followed it up with a series of snappy, topical one-liners:

Heard a rumour they’re installing a cat on a stick across the street. Can’t wait!

I confess: I take performance enhancing kibble. How else do you think I can balance up here all day?

The pooch also seems to be a big fan of local Main Street businesses, including Red Cat Records and Main Street Beer. His/Her bio includes several provocative hashtags: #$100,000mutt and #keepMainWeird.

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Vancouver’s Notorious $100,000 Poodle Now on Twitter