Miriam Aroeste

If I asked you for a word or two in a foreign language, I could bet you would know at least one even if you don’t know the language at all. Recently, I learned a new word. HUMO. It means SMOKE in Spanish and it’s the name of our Feature Artist’s latest series. Meet Artist…

Laurel Swenson

Seeing Laurel Swenson’s artwork at the 2018 Vancouver East Side Culture Crawl was all it took: I wanted to visit her studio, see more of her work and get a sense of the person behind her powerful paintings. We made a date. After climbing a flight of stairs and winding my way through a dark…

Signature Gift-Wrapping

I love gift-wrapping possibly more than anyone I know. I love paper and beautiful ribbon with coordinating and contrasting colours. But what I don’t love is storing all the supplies. Small space living requires me to think differently about EVERYTHING including seasonal requirements like gift-wrapping supplies. Signature Gift-Wrapping is the simple solution for me. I…