Burnaby artists are among those featured in this year’s Eastside Culture Crawl.
The four-day event runs from Nov. 17 to 20, inviting people into studios, homes and garages around Vancouver’s Eastside to experience the diversity of art being created in the community. More than 500 artists are featured at nearly 80 locations around the city.
Among the artists is Burnaby resident Tannis Hopkins, an oil and acrylic painter. Hopkins studied fine art and applied arts in Montreal and Toronto and has worked as an advertising art director, graphic designer and illustrator alongside her fine art practice.
“My work expresses a love of life and heartfelt connections, and the sensory experiences that define our existence,” she said in an artist’s statement, noting that her subject matter includes food culture and urban settings. “These works evoke a range of emotions from curiosity and a sense of the surreal, to thought-provoking and sadness, to whimsy and a childlike sense of wonder.”
She’s showing her work at 1000 Parker St., Studio 108.
Also featured in the Culture Crawl is Burnaby’s Andrea Taylor. Born and raised in Vancouver, Taylor holds a master’s degree in fine art from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her mixed-media practice centres around drawing and painting but also includes sculpture, video, analog photography and printmaking.
Her work will be on display at 1000 Parker St., Studio 318.
The Eastside Culture Crawl runs Nov. 17 to 20: Thursday and Friday from 5 to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. See www.culturecrawl.ca for all the details and to plan your route.
