CARMEN PAPALIA WORKSHOP NOW AVAILABLE
In December of 2021 Carmen Papalia led a workshop entitled: Open Access Setting a New Standard for Cultural Accessibility. In this workshop about creative and justice-oriented accessibility practices, nonvisual social practice artist Carmen Papalia introduced participants to his 2015 Open Access manifesto, a conceptual framework for accessibility that moves beyond compliance-level measures with guidelines for […]
Blue Cabin Resident Debra Sparrow
Debra Sparrow has wrapped up her residency at the Blue Cabin a couple of weeks ago. There were several public events connected to her time in residence, Sparrow ran a couple of weaving workshops along with her apprentice Atheana Picha, and her colleague Zoe McDonnell led a natural mushroom dyeing workshop. All events were very […]
DEBRA SPARROW now in residence
Debra Sparrow is the final artist in residence from the Skeins: Weaving on the Foreshore program at the Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency. She takes up residency today and will be at the cabin from the 3rd of April until the 21st of May, 2022. As part of this residency, on the 10th of April, […]
BCFAR Welcome to Steveston Events
Earlier in March, The Blue Cabin, it’s team and community were welcomed to Steveston. xʷməθkʷəy̓əm welcomed the Cabin on the 5th, and the City of Richmond on the 12th. To celebrate the arrival and being in it’s new location the cabin also hosted open house events on the 12th and 26th of March. Folks from […]
Blue Cabin Moves to Richmond
Following two and a half years of exciting programming at its inaugural moorage site in False Creek, on January 24th the Blue Cabin moved to Imperial Landing in the City of Richmond’s historic Steveston Village. Photo by Colin Griffiths The Cabin was towed by tug boat through False Creek and into the Strait of Georgia, […]
Currents and Waves: Programs Available
Now available on www.currentsandwaves.ca – complete programs for every day of the week. Dive deep into this rich program of experimental audio. The possibilities and narratives are inspiring as the daily themes range from the Blue Cabin, the Foreshore, Arrivals/Departures, Crises/Resilience, Origins/Site and Deep Listening. Click the links below to find out what is playing… […]
Open Access Workshop with Carmen Papalia
Join artist Carmen Papalia on December 17th at 4pm for Open Access: Setting a New Cultural Standard for Accessibility. From the time disabled people were invited into museums, their access was imagined for them by non-disabled decision-makers, a trend that not only continues today but has shaped the access that disabled artists, curators and, cultural […]
Tidal Volume at the Blue Cabin
Tidal Volume is a digital artist residency featuring Indigenous artists from Vancouver and Melbourne, Australia. Tidal Volume is designed as a ‘call and response’ residency that creates an opportunity for Indigenous culture-bearers and artists to work with sound, song, language, spoken word and text to connect across distance. Produced in the context of the pandemic, Tidal […]
BLUE CABIN THURSDAYS: CURRENTS AND WAVES
On www.currentsandwaves.ca, Thursday is Blue Cabin broadcasting day. You can listen to past artist talks from Blue Cabin Residents, jazz recordings from longtime cabin resident Al Neil, performances, and experimental audio works that were created at the cabin along with an array of environmental recordings that are based in and around water. New content will […]
Mobility Device Performance
Carmen Papalia performed Mobility Device with The Carnival Band on October 4th. It was a glorious fall day and his performance was well attended. In addition to those who participated, the many passers-by in Kitsilano Park also enjoyed the performance. An additional related event where Carmen will share more insight into his practice and his […]
