Learn how you can use water to achieve a unique look that is not normally seen in acrylics. Manipulate your acrylics to flow like watercolor and get a deeper understanding of GOLDEN Acrylic Paints and Mediums. In this class, you will learn the differences between Heavy Body, Fluid, High Flow Acrylics and the different effects […]
An economic disaster and its ripple effects are conveyed in an onstage performance by the artist and some very special companions: a group of talking rice cookers. Re-programmed to speak, these devices serve as a token of Jaha’s alienation, and a metaphor for the most absurd, most comical aspects of the recent past. Jaha sits […]
The 58th annual Vancouver Boat Show runs from February 5 to February 9. The show will include more than 250 exhibitors, providing boat enthusiasts with a first look at the 2020 boating season’s premiere boat models and accessories, and include over 125 presentations and workshops led by boating experts. Visit www.vancouverboatshow.ca for the full schedule.
Small is relative to size, to gesture, to action. What is seemingly small compared to another is huge to something else. A small action can change the course of human history. "small-ish" is the visual interpretation of what is considered small to the participating artists. It’s all about perspective and it is all relative.
A deep dive into the politics of language and the dynamics of privilege, Footnote Number 12 turns the act of reading into riveting theatre. It takes celebrated essay by the late David Foster Wallace, and breaks it down in a series of seriocomic monologues, each of them playfully modulated by sound artist Nancy Tam. Our […]
After 63 years, the Beacon Hill Body remains a Vancouver Island cold-case murder. Forensic toxicologist Grace Godard thinks her scientific expertise is leading her close to an answer, closer than anyone has come before. But when she meets Aqeel Saleemi, a young man with a personal stake in the mystery, their efforts to crack the […]
Come join Justin as he demonstrates the fundamentals of figurative painting. Using basic colour theory he will mix palettes for different skin types (cool, warm and dull) as well as for various lighting situations. Emphasis is placed upon ‘tiling’ colours next to each other (darks, half-tones, lights) in a mosaic-like manner, and then refining edges […]
Join Meeta as she demonstrates just how realistic watercolour painting can be! Renowned author and artist Meeta will be working on painting a Stone Sculpture with a variety of watercolour techniques, including; Splattering, Wet on Wet, Wet on Dry and how to create various textures using textured surfaces!
In Mort’s Village everything has its place, every day is the same and everyone likes it that way. Until one morning, crash, boom, bang! Down comes BEEP from the sky. Who is this noisy robot, and how will she find her home? If you loved the film WALL-E you will adore BEEP. A story about […]
A classic tale of camaraderie, the all-female production follows six Southern belles and their steadfast friendships through marriage, illness, childbirth, and loss. Based on a true story and written by Robert Harling in memory of his sister, the play opens on Shelby’s wedding day in small-town Louisiana in the big-haired, pastel-hued era of the 1980s. […]
A special Valentine’s Day love battle of epic proportions, where ‘improv couples’ duke it out in an audience inspired competition.
Come join Bob as he explores the different techniques utilized by on the go sketchers! He will cover the many ways one can create a sketch including composition, the power of negative and white space, adding watercolour, and also incorporating collage and mixed media.
CMHC-Granville Island would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
