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 […]
Skeins Artists in the news
In early 2021, Debra Sparrow, Angela George, Skwetsimeltxw Willard (Buddy) Joseph and Chepximiya Siyam’ Janice George worked with architects Herzog & de Meuron to redesign the facade of the proposed new Vancouver Art Gallery. In 2015, the exterior cladding material of the Vancouver Art Gallery was planned to be wood. In the newly presented version, […]
Mobility Device Rehearsal
Other Sights looks forward to Carmen Papalia’s Mobility Device performance. Scheduled to happen this September, don’t miss out on this celebration of interdependence in the area of accessibility. Carmen will also offer a workshop on accessibility later in the fall. Featured in this post are some images of Carmen rehearsing with The Carnival Band in […]
