Art Not Ads

06/08/2015

We love to see things like this!

You might have stumbled across chalk stencil art while walking around Vancouver recently. Tagged with an inspirational message, the art may have also told you to “own your sh*t,” which maybe got you thinking about things a bit. Some are immediately offended, while others get a good chuckle. The desi…

05/29/2015

Advanced tickets on sale till June 5th! Grab your tickets before you head to the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire!

05/20/2015

One of the members of the collective is sharing their artwork at an upcoming gallery. Come support!

You'd have to dig back all the way to November to find our last journal entry. It's not that we haven't had anything to say, we've just been working on something BIG and are finally ready to bring it your way. Here's what's up... Imagine every time you had to book a hotel you spent hours driving a…

05/15/2015

May is Mural Month at Vancity Buzz. We’re taking a closer look at Vancouver’s vibrant mural scene, past and present, with stories and photos that explore the history, politics, people and imagery of this expressive sector of public art. In a city as grey and glassy as Vancouver, the nooks and cran…

05/08/2015

May is Mural Month at Vancity Buzz. We’re taking a closer look at Vancouver’s vibrant mural scene, past and present, with stories and photos that explore the history, politics, people and imagery of this expressive sector of public art. Vancouver may not have the world wide notoriety when it comes t…

12/21/2014

10 Best Public Art for 2014 in YVR! (P***s Satan? Really?)

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/12/best-public-art-vancouver/

2014 was another banner (and mural and sculpture) year for public art in Vancouver. This year, the streets of Vancouver were filled with pianos for anyone to play, we held […]

12/02/2014

New art installation is going in where the Steam Clock usually is! http://ow.ly/FfZw2

A temporary art piece is being installed to stand in for the iconic Gastown Steam Clock. “Make it Rain,” was successfully crowdfunded in late November, and with the blessing of […]

11/07/2014

Elections are coming up in our beloved city and a local project has popped up advocating for high voter turnout. We love to support local artists and advocates!

With you get awesome stickers!

Check it out, get involved! http://www.countmeinyvr.ca/

COUNT ME IN is a community project by Megan and Jane. We like stickers, Vancouver, and voting, so we put them all together.

11/04/2014

"Making of" video for the Flock installation, presented at Bass Coast and Astral Harvest music festivals this summer:

http://vimeo.com/timrolls/makingofflock

A little behind the scenes putting together the Flock interactive mural this summer. This piece is represents an attempt to capture an emergent process in an…

06/12/2014

https://vimeo.com/97903574

An interesting concept for the evolution of maker spaces.

What if we designed a new kind of "maker space" -- a space that isn't just for putting pieces together, but also for seeing and understanding a project's behavior…

06/06/2014

http://www.pavedarts.ca/2014/paved-arts-call-for-submissions-anti-advertising/

Interesting opportunity here.

PAVED Arts is currently accepting submissions for a special project involving a large billboard space that is mounted on the front facade of our building. Over the past six years PAVED Arts and AKA Gallery have mounted a variety of independent artist projects on this shared space, and from its incep…

05/24/2014

Maybe an upcoming Vancouver project? Reclaim AD boards. http://designtaxi.com/news/365832/Street-Art-Project-Reclaims-365-Advertising-Spaces-In-10-UK-Cities/

Back in 2012, a group of street artists formed a project called 'Brandalism' to reclaim advertising space and eliminate 'visual...