Extra, Extra! Special Announcement! I will be speaking next Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the Vancouver Historical Society's monthly lecture series! The event details are here and the talk will begin at 7:30pm at the Museum of Vancouver in Vanier Park. The talk is free and open to the public. It could fill up quickly, so I recommend you arrive early. I shall take a look back at the 'legacy of Illustrated Vancouver', a blog which I started in late 2010, and which is just a few posts shy of my 1,000 post goal. How many posts shy, you ask? Well, believe it or not, I am now at post 992!
Technically, I may be well over 1,000 works of art already, as each post may cover multiple works of art, but for the sake of argument, let's consider each 'post' a work of art, shall we?
My presentation is essentially a highlights reel of this online endeavour. I shall reveal the inspirations and motivations behind the site, I will take a closer look at few of my favourite discoveries, and I hope to place the story of our local art history into a broader context.
ALSO happening at the same time in the same building, is the Draw By Night meetup at the Museum of Vancouver with friends Vancouver Urban Sketchers, featuring a fun evening of drawing! This corresponds with my show, Vancouver Imagined; the way we weren't, which runs to May 11, 2014. This drawing event starts at 6pm, running to 8pm! Admission is free / by donation, with drinks, paper, and snacks provided by the MOV! I hope to check in with all the sketchers to see what visions of the city they've dreamed up! For those who participate, we should start the hash tag #vancouverimagined! Tweet out your visions, wherever they are!
Lastly, I would like to shout out a big thanks to all those who have assisted me with this project over the years, and I hope to see you Thursday at the MOV!
