Culture

Video Vancouver: Rap Quotes

New York City artist Jay Shells channeled his love of hip hop music and his uncanny sign-making skills towards his newest project: “Rap Quotes.” For this...

Video Vancouver: Transit

KT Nelson’s work, Transit proposes a whacky chaotic urban density, using transportation as a central working image. Transit celebrates the complex mix of...

Call for Credentials for Artists – Toronto, ON, Canada

Call for Credentials for Artists – Toronto, ON, Canada Budgets: Future individual public art installations may range between $100,000 – $1.2...

Artwork: Fish Ladder: Salmon in the Capilano

Artwork: Fish Ladder: Salmon in the Capilano Artist: Jim Breukelman Location: Canada Line City Centre Station Dates: March through September 2013 The City...

Sustainability and a Not So Modern Invention

For some, the word “heritage” brings up images of palatial homes with detailed mouldings, intricate windows, and expensive heating bills. At VHF, we are...

Invitation to Places That Matter at the Russian Community Centre

Central Coast Salish First Nations Public Art Project, City of Port Moody

Central Coast Salish First Nations Public Art Project City of Port Moody Budget: $23,700 CDN Deadline: April 8, 2013 at noon The City of Port Moody, City...

The WALL – A Public Art Initiative

In 2010 CBC Radio-Canada, JJ Bean Coffee Roasters, and Vancouver Heritage Foundation entered into a partnership to bring public art to the CBC Plaza...

Video Vancouver: Say Hi Vancouver

Are Vancouverites generally unfriendly? What do you think? There has been talk over the last few years about whether the city of Vancouver can be a...

Call for Applications for Artist Residency Opportunity at Lansdowne Centre

Call for Applications for Artist Residency Opportunity at Lansdowne Centre, The City of Richmond’s Public Art Program Richmond, British Columbia...

CoV: 2013 Cultural Infrastructure Grant – Deadline May 3rd

2013 CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT In the first four years of this program, $3.6million in grants to 92 projects has leveraged ~$20million cultural space...

Granville Island: 40 Years Later – Authenticity that Ages Gracefully

VHF would like to thank our guest writer for this weeks article Paul Nursey, Vice-President, Strategy and Corporate Communications at the Canadian...