Exploring compassion: Students go panhandling for a day
By Torin Slik and Mercedes Dean The cold was crippling. I had not thought about how cold it could be sitting, on cardboard with…
Eastside Culture Crawl 2014
The 18th annual Eastside Culture Crawl saw four days of Vancouver artists’ crafts, visual arts and designs in display. The Culture Crawl started in…
Valerie Pugh’s four steps to creativity
(Click on the cartoon for full-sized view) Valerie Pugh is a professor at the Art Institute of Vancouver, but her main form of expression…
Graphic Designers go abroad as student exchanges grow
Tianna Fung went to Australia for a graphic design exchange abroad, because she wanted to experience Australian culture. “It always seemed like such a…
Students prefer sticking close to home
B.C. art students seem tempted to stay in Vancouver because it’s a cultural hub and because of the beauty of Vancouver, even if other…