The Vancouver Creatives 2 Call for Entries is now open! Submissions from Vancouver-based creators & entrepreneurs will be accepted until February 8, 2015. Enter now to be portrayed, published and exhibited through July, 2015!
JUROR PROFILE: MICHAEL GREEN, FOUNDER OF MICHAEL GREEN ARCHITECTURE
Michael founded MGA to focus on progressive architecture, research, education and innovation. Their work is diverse in scales, building types and locations. With projects around the world and a team of 24 designers and architects they are vested in helping build healthier communities through architecture, interiors, landscape, and urban design. Their work includes private residences, retail and restaurants, academic, cultural, commercial and institutional buildings. MGA’s hands on approach include several public art installations and at times the direct construction of components within their projects.
VANCOUVER CREATIVES 2
Vancouver Creatives 2 is the second opus of a unique-to-Vancouver celebration of entrepreneurial creativity and artistic innovation across a wide range of industries under the form of a historical portfolio and public exhibition. The goal of this original collaboration is to build tomorrow’s creative legacy today by vesting some of the best established YVR talents with the task of recognizing and supporting young and emerging creators of significance starting up in our city. Picturing the vivid forces already shaping out Vancouver’s future through 20 juried analogue large format portraits photographed and exhibited by VNB, Vancouver Creatives 2 invites all Vancouverites into a future perfect vision of our creative ethos.
THE JURY
The 11 Vancouver Creatives 2 Jurors are: Michael Green (MG Architecture), Gloria Macarenko (CBC), Nigel Prince (Contemporary Art Gallery), Niels Bendtsen(Bensen), Hajnalka Mandula (Mandula), Graham MacInnes (Pound & Grain), Marie Khouri(Artist), Bob Kronbauer (Vancouver Is Awesome), Jim Tobler (Montecristo magazine), Karri Schuermans (Chambar) and Sarah Bancroft (vitamin daily). You can view the Vancouver Creatives 2 Jury Portfolio presenting each Juror through his/her VNB historical portrait here.
THE EXHIBITION | JUNE 4 – July 3, 2015
The Vancouver Creatives 2 Legacy Exhibition is scheduled to take place at Make Gallery from June 4 through July 3, 2015 at 257 E. 7th Avenue (Make is Awesome at 7th & Main). A free public opening reception will take place on Thursday, June 4, 2015 from 6:00 – 10:00 PM.
Submit here: http://vnbphoto.com/vancouver-creatives/
