For seven days each year, Vancouver becomes a spring board for emerging talents—a warm and supportive space where they can showcase their work, sometimes for the first time. Highlights from this year's Vancouver Fashion Week? We checked out Noctex, Sally Omeme, and 44511234.
Read MoreJillian Christmas is the Artistic Director of Verses Festival of Words, Canada's largest alternative literary festival. In this interview with SAD Mag, she shares some of her personal experiences with the festival and offers a special sneak peek of what to expect from this year's lineup.
Read MoreMeredyth Cole reflects on diversity and plaid at the 27th annual Vancouver Fashion Week Opening Gala. This March, VFW will feature more than 100 runway shows by international and Canadian designers.
Read MoreSAD Mag’s Shannon Tien chatted with Michael DeForge about his newest graphic novel Big Kids. The duo cover a lot of ground in this sweet little interview: from teenage growing pains to philosophies of graphic representation to the challenging art of drawing “tree sex”.
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Vancouver-based photographer Holly Armishaw’s latest work is a study in contrasts. The self-portraiture series, titled “Repressions,” depicts a young woman in a white slip, interacting with viewers in tableaux of fluctuating violence.
Read MoreThis spring, screenwriter Michael Baser is offering his expertise to aspiring and developing writers at VFS’s Why Story Matters lecture series. In this interview Baser tells Nana Heed about his take on life as a writer and what to expect from Why Stories Matters.
Read MoreLast year, Vancouver designer Gaby Bayona earned at spot in BC Business’s 30 Under 30, opened up the first bridal storefront in Gastown, was shortlisted for Western Living Designer of the Year, and began investing in a new bridal business venture...all at age 23.
Read MoreWay back when, for our Mad Mad World issue (no. 12), we sent some disposable cameras with a few friends and local musicians while they travelled the world. You may have spotted a few snaps in the Movement issue, and we'll be sharing more here in bi-monthly instalments. This month, we're featuring our co-publisher Michelle Cyca's dreamy snaps of Tokyo!
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