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Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! We here at Artsy-Dartsy are proud to be new contributors to VIA.A brief background on us: We are Linus and Denise. So pleased to meet you! We love art and design, hence we started a website called Artsy-Dartsy.

Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! We here at Artsy-Dartsy are proud to be new contributors to VIA.A brief background on us: We are Linus and Denise. So pleased to meet you! We love art and design, hence we started a website called Artsy-Dartsy.com to help people like us find out about art and design events in our awesome city of Vancouver!This week there are tons of great events happening. For the full listing please head to Artsy-Dartsy.com.

This week 221A Artist Run Gallery presents Pact 4: Trade. It is being presented in conjunction with the World Tea Party and Bright Lights at the Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.

Event: Friday, Mar 12, 7-10pm at Centre A, 2 West Hastings

This event is a non-juried show where everyone is welcome to contribute! Submit your work Thursday, Mar 11, 2-8pm

How it works:

1. Theme announced.

2. Work, interviews, reviews, resources, readings is/are produced/prepared/recorded/written/collected/selected by you and us.

3. Work submitted/installed/prepared one day prior from 2:00pm – 8:00pm.

4. Food & drink cooked/prepared/purchased potluck format.

5. Event held with all of above at 8:00pm – 11:00pm.

6. Work de-installed/cleaned/removed by 11:30pm.

7. Pact collateral collected and assembled into web publication. See archives.


Pact Purposes

1. Provide non-juried exhibition opportunity

2. Participation and celebration – community/volunteer/member

3. Building industry – networking/knowledge/resources

Other notables: Pendulum Gallery presents Heroes, opening Thursday, Mar 11, 6-9pm. Vancouver Art Gallery is FREE once again for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Mar12-21). This week the VAG's famous FUSE is on Friday, Mar 12.