Spring is blooming in Vancouver and so are art shows.

Attended the opening of Seymour Art Gallery's Serious Women Artists: Don't Do Flowers. The exhibition has been organized and curated by Kriss Boggild and includes the work of: Amona Ra, Cindy Anderson, Lois Klassen, Elizabeth Mancini, Elaine Mari, Bettina Matzkuhn, Alice Philips, Katherine Polgrain, Famous Empty Sky, Kathy Tycholis, Mia Weinberg and Madeleine Wood. The show runs in Deep Cove April 15 to May 11, 2008.

This past weekend there was also an international sonic and media show at Video In Video Out Media Gallery here in Vancouver called Signal + Noise. I found the show to be very good this year with the theme being Media Intercourse. The pieces were very engaging and represented a wide cross section of what is going on in media arts today. The show ran April 16, 17, and 18. If you missed it stay tuned to next year at this time.

As mentioned in a previous post the Cue Up Collective of which I am a member, is hosting Hospitality nights at Video In Video Out the last Tuesday of every month. Guests are invited to present their special take on the idea of hospitality which often engages the audience to directly participate, and follows with producers screening their lastest works for critical feedback. The next event, with guest host Greg Borowski, will be at 7:30 pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at VIVO 1965 Main Street, Vancouver.



And finally, 7 - 9pm May 3 will be the opening of the undergraduate show at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design. This year 350 undergrads will show works in a variety of media in the Concourse Gallery and the South Building, 1399 and 1400 Johnston Street on Granville Island in Vancouver. The show runs 10 am to 6pm daily, May 4 - 11.

2008 marks the inaugural graduate student exhibition for the Master of Applied Arts Program. The Graduate Exhibition takes place May 1 - 11 at the ECI Studios, located at 1535 West 3rd Avenue. Opening reception is at 7pm, April 30.