Andrew Morrison

Wednesday, 04. 28. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  People You Should Know

A coffee-fueled chat with Andrew Morrison, local food critic, intellectual, father, and blogger.

Corbin Murdoch

Wednesday, 04. 14. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  People You Should Know

On March 6, 2010, at a gallery and music space on a quiet East Vancouver side street, Corbin Murdoch and his band the Nautical Miles celebrated the release of their third full-length, A Year in Song.

Mel Tuck

Monday, 04. 5. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  People You Should Know

Actor, educator, and the director of more than 200 pieces of theatre from coast to coast, The Dependent presents: Mel Tuck.

Courtney Hunt + Alex Witko

Thursday, 03. 18. 2010  –  Chris Richards  –  People You Should Know

Organelle Design takes discarded items and transforms them into functional fixtures for the home, office, or public space.

Michael Fitzsimmons

Monday, 02. 8. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  People You Should Know

We stand in a drab and paint-stained studio, which serves double-duty as a furniture-finishing operation and an artist’s workspace. Michael pours multi-coloured liquids onto a what looks like an unfinished door, and then smears them with paper towels and blows them with an air gun. The chemicals he’s playing with are not just mildly unpleasant, they are severely toxic.

Sonya Iwasiuk: The Fainting Goat

Monday, 02. 8. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, People You Should Know

Four even floors of dilapidated studios set a fitting scene for one of the most productive centers of art in our city. Wandering Parker Street Studios reveals a plethora of local talent, and still, Sonya Iwasiuk sticks in the mind.
Sonya’s pieces are dominated by the expansive, rusty landscapes of her childhood. Adorned to every canvas is an object –- gnarled and worn by weather and time. It is the center of the piece, both aesthetically, and in the implied narrative: eons of calm and tempest — explorations of fragility, eternity, strength, and death.