Visual Arts Newsletter

We are very excited to announce our new digital printing on canvas service, available now at Opus Art & Design Media in Downtown Vancouver....Read more

As a fan of the iPhone (and to be honest, I don’t even have one yet), I cannot believe how many applications there are. I’m planning to get one as soon as my current plan needs renewing, and have decided to get a jump on researching these “apps” (which can also be used with your iPod Touch)....Read more

For those who may not be familiar with the term, biennale is Italian for “every other year” and is commonly appropriated by English speakers to refer specifically to biannual international art events....Read more

This week over at Print, Steven Heller provides us with a handy list of online podcasts, webcasts and radio shows all about type....Read more

After a trip to France last year, I made a photobook of my favourite photographs of the trip to give to my husband’s family. The book turned out fantastic, and this year, I was thinking of making another book to give to my family....Read more

Great artist websites are impressive. But “impressive” artist websites are not necessarily great. The truly impressive websites tend to be the ones that manage to keep secret how impressive they are. You just want to use them more, see the art more, be a part of the experience more. They are easy. Accessible. Usable....Read more

This is amazing, chemists at Oregon State University made a NEW blue pigment by mistake. Click here to read the full article.

When our department decided we should do a self-portrait as a project where we could learn about art supplies we hadn't tried, I jumped at the chance to use some of the new Golden Digital Mediums as part of the challenge. I had a set of Golden Digital Mediums that I bought when we first started selling them, and I was happy to have an excuse to drop other projects and play with the new stuff....Read more

I thoroughly enjoy reading The Daily Heller email I receive every morning from Print Magazine while I read through my email.

This one grabbed my attention and I wanted to share it with you, well at least a bit about the artist mentioned. ...Read more

Being in visual communications design, I often get lost in the world of “ah – that’s so pretty”, which is fine, I guess (it’s a nice way to experience life), but I often forget that visuals, “graphics,” sometimes exist to tell stories that otherwise have a hard time telling themselves....Read more