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Step back in time and experience Richmond’s nautical heritage at the Richmond Maritime Festival this weekend August 22–2...
08/20/2026

Step back in time and experience Richmond’s nautical heritage at the Richmond Maritime Festival this weekend August 22–23. This family-friendly event at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site invites visitors to explore restored heritage boats, take part in maritime-themed activities and enjoy free live performances throughout the festival. Highlights this year include the 35-member Naden Band / Musique Naden of the Royal Canadian Navy, Indigenous women’s vocal ensemble M'Girl Music, and Celtic-inspired tunes from headliners The Wheat in the Barley.

For the past two years, shipwright Dave Sharp has been restoring the Crystal S, a heritage boat that was built in Steveston more than 60 years ago. During the festival, the vessel will be on display at the Richmond Boat Builders workshop, where visitors can get an up-close look and learn more about its unique design, which incorporates traditional Japanese boatbuilding techniques. Check out the link in the comments section to read Dave’s full interview with the Vancouver Sun where he talks more about the project.

📸: Images courtesy of the City of Richmond
1. Wooden boats and ships at the Richmond Maritime Festival 2023.
2. Carp streamers (koinobori) that line the boardwalk by Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site.
3. A festival attendee with a jellyfish painting on their arm at Richmond Maritime Festival 2025.

The latest exhibition to open at the Richmond Art Gallery is ‘Ongoing / Pacific Crossings.’ the culmination of a seven-y...
07/31/2026

The latest exhibition to open at the Richmond Art Gallery is ‘Ongoing / Pacific Crossings.’ the culmination of a seven-year cultural exchange between the RAG, Tokyo’s Art Center Ongoing (Ongoing), and independent curator Makiko Hara.

Pacific Crossings in the title comes from a curatorial initiative organized by RAG Director Shaun Dacey, Hara, and BC-based curators that was established to foster new relationships with Asian artists, curators, and arts organizations. The project’s first exchange in 2019 saw Ongoing Director Nozomu Ogawa connect with local artists and also share works from the institution. Subsequently in 2022, Canadian artist Karilynn Ming Ho held an artist residency at Ongoing where she showcased her video work, ‘Butterfly Dreams.’

Curated by Hara and Ogawa and on view until October 4, 2026, the exhibition features works by the following artists:

Karilynn Ming Ho
Marico Aoki
Maiko Jinushi
Shiho Kagabu
Takuro Kotaka
Mineki Murata
Aoi Nakamura
Kento Nito
Hiroyuki Oki
Haruka Saito
Yusuke Shibata
Masahiro Wada

Richmond News attended the opening reception—check the link in the comments to see their coverage of the event!

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1. Yusuke Shibata, Playing the Innocent: Pet Shop, 2024, in situ installation, Courtesy of the artist
2. Mineki Murata, My Back Talk, 2024, crayon on white business shirt, 84 x 56 cm, Courtesy of the artist
3. Marico Aoki, Searching for a Rock, 2020, watercolor and colored pencil on paper 33.3 × 24.2 cm, Courtesy of the artist
4. Karilynn Ming Ho, Untitled, 2026, video (still), Courtesy of the artist
5. Shiho Kagabu, Building the lost bridge, 2024, ribbon, thread, packing twine, Courtesy of the artist

When Ky Sargeant joined the Vancouver comedy scene in 2023, few trans women were performing stand-up comedy, and she rec...
07/31/2026

When Ky Sargeant joined the Vancouver comedy scene in 2023, few trans women were performing stand-up comedy, and she recounts that it never felt like a truly welcoming or open environment for trans women. Through monthly open mics, Ky started building a community from the ground up, eventually launching the Trans Girls: Raw & Uncut shows. In just a few short years, the number of trans women comedians in the city has grown to nearly 20, and the Trans Girls comedy show remains the only one of its kind in North America dedicated to trans women.

Following this success, a feature-length documentary about the show is in production and expected to be released as early as 2027. Ky serves as executive producer and subject, with Mily Mumford as director. The film follows seven trans women both on and off stage as they navigate the transphobia of today’s political climate, celebrating the joy and success they’ve created in the face of it.

Ky and Mily were recently on the CBC radio program The Early Edition to discuss their ambitious project and the crowdfunding campaign helping bring it to life. Listen to the segment through the link in our comments.

📸: Photos by . Courtesy of the artists.
1. Ky Sargeant performing at Trans Girls: Raw & Uncut.
2. Kendall Clark performing at Trans Girls: Raw & Uncut.
3. Nora Vision performing at Trans Girls: Raw & Uncut.
4. Jess Lupini performing at Trans Girls: Raw & Uncut.

‘Interglacial’ is the newest landmark exhibition at The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, created by Vancouver-based mult...
07/25/2026

‘Interglacial’ is the newest landmark exhibition at The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, created by Vancouver-based multidisciplinary visual artist and environmentalist Desirée Patterson Art. Desirée had always had a lifelong passion for the outdoors, and had spent time living amongst the mountains in Banff, Whistler, and Switzerland. After visiting the Mount Everest Base Camp in 2018, the artist was inspired to spotlight Canada’s vastly changing glacial landscapes. Since then, glaciers have become an important theme in her artistic practice, and take centre stage in this exhibition as well. Still in Place, the exhibition’s centrepiece was made over a two year process, and recreates Place Glacier as an interactive textile and sound installation.

Desirée was also artist-in-residence for the UN's International Year for Glaciers Preservation in 2025, during which she met several leading environmental scientists with expertise in glaciology, climatology, and forest ecology. Every single work in this exhibition is a result from the intersection of art and science, aiming to send a message of hope in the face of climate change. The exhibition is on view until March 20, 2027.

Desirée was recently a guest on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest to discuss how her love for the outdoors inspired her climate activism and artistic practice. Listen to the segment through the link in the comment section.

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1. Desirée Patterson creating paper cyanotype exposures during her Place Glacier fieldwork. Photo by Shane Roy.
2. Desirée Patterson creating cyanotype exposures at Place Glacier. Photo by Shane Roy.
3. Desirée Patterson, Place Glacier fieldwork (aerial view). Photo by Shane Roy.
4. Installation view of Still in Place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris during the celebrations for World Day of Glaciers, March 2026. Photo by Desirée Patterson.
5. Desirée Patterson at Athabasca Glacier, Banff National Park. Photo by Corin Lohmann

Introducing ‘Parallelogram’ at The Polygon Gallery , offering a new way to experience art anytime, anywhere. As the gall...
07/17/2026

Introducing ‘Parallelogram’ at The Polygon Gallery , offering a new way to experience art anytime, anywhere. As the gallery’s first online platform and digital exhibition, ‘Parallelogram’ invites audiences to explore text, image, and video-based works by more than 10 artists. The project will be presented across two volumes from now until December 27, 2026.

Volume 1: Interior Infinite Revisited (On view now until September 20)
Offers reflections on the gallery's landmark 2021 exhibition, ‘Interior Infinite’ curated by Elliott Ramsey. With a focus on costume and masquerade, the group exhibition presented works in which radical self-expression was used as an act of resistance against the status quo. Highlights include a guided curator’s tour, an interview with the all-Asian drag family House of Rice, and video documentation of Martine Gutierrez’s durational performance Odysseus and the Sirens.

Volume 2: Presence (September 21–December 27)
Dedicated entirely to works by Indigenous artists, including a poem by Deirdre Lee & Her Poetry, text and video-based works by Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison, Aaron Rice, Emma Hassencahl-Perley , Tʼuyʼtʼtanat-Cease Wyss, and Jordan Abel.

Running alongside both volumes, two newly commissioned video works by acclaimed artist and author Vivek Shraya, and Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize winner Charlotte Zhang are also on view.

Enter the world of 'Parallelogram': https://www.parallelogram.ca/

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1. House of Rice at Interior Infinite, The Polygon Gallery, 2021. Photo by Anova Hou.
2. Odysseus and the Sirens (2024) by Martine Gutierrez, originally performed at The Polygon Gallery in 2024. Photo by Alison Boulier.
3. Spirit (2021) by Aaron Rice. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
4. Dad Era (2026) by Jordan Abel.
5. Still from Bodyrebuilding (2026) by Vivek Shraya.

Often referred to as one of Canada’s most acclaimed contemporary photographers, Greg Girard’s journey began with a high ...
07/15/2026

Often referred to as one of Canada’s most acclaimed contemporary photographers, Greg Girard’s journey began with a high school assignment. With his first camera in hand, he set out to document the sights of downtown eastside in the early 1970s. It was not too long after that Girard would cross the Pacific, where he spent decades living in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, capturing the vibrancy and transformation of some of Asia’s most dynamic landscapes.

Now, for the first time ever, a comprehensive career survey that brings together the past 50 years of Girard’s work is on view at The Polygon Gallery. Taking place until October 25, the exhibition features more than 160 of his works, including never-before-seen outtakes from his landmark photobooks, including ‘City of Darkness’ and ‘Phantom Shanghai.’ Published in collaboration with British architect Ian Lambot, the former remains one of the most significant documentations of everyday life inside Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City. Although the sprawling enclave was demolished over three decades ago, Girard’s deeply human documentation of its residents and the community they built continues to inspire artists and filmmakers around the world alongside the rest of his celebrated body of work.

Check out the link in the comment section below for stories from Maclean’s and The Globe and Mail.

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1. Greg Girard, Arco Hotel, Vancouver, 1977. Image courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver.
2. Greg Girard, Platform Conductor, Tokyo, 1976. Image courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver.
3. Greg Girard, Kowloon Walled City, from SE Corner, Hong Kong, 1987. Image courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver.
4-6. Installation views of Greg Girard, co-curated by Reid Shier and Elliott Ramsey, at The Polygon Gallery. Photos by Alison Boulier.

Meet the Ines Min PR team 👋We asked each member a few questions, so you can get to know the faces behind the names. To l...
07/11/2026

Meet the Ines Min PR team 👋

We asked each member a few questions, so you can get to know the faces behind the names. To learn more about us, our clients, and the work we do, visit our newly updated website at inesminpr.com.

📸: Photos by Teppei Tanabe (Tanabe + Photography)

When I first began Ines Min PR, it was with the sole goal of bridging the gap between the arts community and the general...
07/06/2026

When I first began Ines Min PR, it was with the sole goal of bridging the gap between the arts community and the general public in Vancouver. Since then, this business has grown to represent a full portfolio of clients in contemporary art, architecture and design, education, and more. This would not have been possible without the unique talents and skillsets of each team member.

Our refreshed brand is a reflection of how far we’ve come and the perfect opportunity to highlight the incredible people that now make up Ines Min PR. We are a small but mighty team, and I couldn’t be prouder of the work we do together. I am grateful for their passion and commitment, which reminds me every day of just how lucky I am to be in this role.

So without further ado, please enjoy these fantastic photos of my beautiful team: Deborah Hui, Jennifer Chen, Andy Warner, and Jesse Tanaka.

All photos were taken by the wonderfully kind Teppei Tanabe (Tanabe + Photography)

-Ines

Introducing the new Ines Min PR logo. Inspired by the journalists we work with every day, it’s an aesthetic take on edit...
07/02/2026

Introducing the new Ines Min PR logo.

Inspired by the journalists we work with every day, it’s an aesthetic take on editorial design.

The typeface, Louize, is a reinterpretation of one of the earliest typographic revivals that drew inspiration from Roman inscriptions. In this digital era, there is something powerful about the presence of words etched in stone. While most of our behind-the-scenes work as publicists and marketers take shape within the online realm, it is with the weight of permanence that we honour the stories that our clients entrust to us.

The new colour palette reflects the wide range of our clients' lived experiences, the nuances that make each artwork, each project, each event, one to celebrate. The creative voices we help uplift cannot be flattened into simple black and white accounts. Instead, our work thrives in the soft grays, the gradations that allow for open communication, mindful collaboration, ease, and play.

As we commit anew to these values, we can’t wait to show you more of who we are and what we can do together.

A big thanks to the incredibly talented Milène Vallin of Info and Such, who designed our new logo.

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