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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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
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 […]