FLEET Consultations

Posted by on Mar 20, 2023 in Blue Cabin, Events | No Comments
FLEET Consultations

From November 2022 – February 2023, FLEET working group hosted four sessions with members from Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Urban Indigenous communities. Participants included emerging Indigenous artists and students, established artists, designers, teachers and community members. Relating the scale of a small studio was important to these sessions as we discussed FLEET studio needs, design […]

Blue Cabin Resident Debra Sparrow

Posted by on Jun 17, 2022 in Blue Cabin, Events | No Comments
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

Posted by on Apr 7, 2022 in Events | No Comments
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

Posted by on Mar 25, 2022 in Events | No Comments
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

Posted by on Feb 2, 2022 in Events | No Comments
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

Posted by on Jan 15, 2022 in Events | No Comments
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… […]

Tidal Volume at the Blue Cabin

Posted by on Nov 23, 2021 in Events | No Comments
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

Posted by on Nov 18, 2021 in Events | No Comments
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 […]

New Blue Cabin Residents Janice and Buddy

Posted by on Apr 29, 2020 in Events | No Comments
New Blue Cabin Residents Janice and Buddy

In February the Blue Cabin welcomed two new residents Chepximiya Siyam’ Cheif Janice George and Skwetsimeltxw Willard ‘Buddy’ Joseph, both accomplished weavers and teachers from the Squamish Nation. Chief Janice George graduated from Capilano University, North Vancouver BC, and the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA. She feels her education at these schools […]

Thank You Angela George

Posted by on Feb 18, 2020 in Events | No Comments
Thank You Angela George

Time has gone by fast for Angela George who was incredibly busy in December and January wrapping up her residency at the Blue Cabin. While working on her master artwork Weaving Governance during her residency at the Blue Cabin, George participated in five official Blue Cabin events which included studio visits, artist talks and weaving […]