“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” With these words, Winston Churchill concisely described the two-way relationship between human beings and architecture. Three Vancouver artists are sharing one gallery space to put forward their individual interpretations of this dynamic. Relational Spaces is the title of an exhibition taking place from January 11 to February [...]

Artist: Lone Tratt Title: Ancient Formations I Monotype 8.5” x 8.5” Artist: Wendy Morosoff Smith Title: Reflecting on the Sea Monotype 22” x 16”         Dates of show: August 30 to September 25, 2011 Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11-5pm Dundarave Print Workshop & Gallery 1640 Johnston St Granville Island 604-689-1650 http://www.dundaraveprintworkshop.com/ http://www.dpwshoptalk.blogspot.com/

Emily’s Story February 5th 2011

Top 10 reasons of why I Heart Granville Island 1. It’s the first place I take out of town guests 2. It’s the best place to buy market fresh fruit and vegetables 3. I love to walk through the Art Gallery at Emily Carr 4. I love to sample the yummy Sake at Artisan Sake [...]

I’m happily sitting on wet pavement with the sound of 100 children ringing and riding through my skull.  If I close my eyes I can hear them better, individual shouts of glee blending with an overall symphony of celebrated suprises.  I open my eyes and survey the scene, locate my child, then take in the [...]

Donuts! Every summer I go to my grandma’s house during the week. She lives about a 2 minute drive away from Granville island and I live in North Vancouver. My grandma and I, while getting groceries the summer I was about 6, decided we felt like getting a donut at Lee’s Donuts and happened to [...]

Granville Island, to me, seemed some sort of escape from what to expect. It stands heaving at the mouth of the water, with its bright colours, and bright people. And it’s the people, I think, that made me bring my boyfriend there for our first date. I grew up in a small, farming town, where [...]

Meet Monika from Sadryna Designs, whose exquisite hand-made leather bags and clothing mixes a European attitude to style with a laid back West coast energy. Ballet dancer and Choreographer Monika has been a resident of Granville Island since 2003. She arrived in Canada from Homburg with her ten heavy duty German sewing machines, who she [...]