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Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).

Last week, VIA Unplugged author Michael Tedesco mentioned the concept of ‘meta’ in his post when he posted a photo of mine based on an idea that Jef Choy riffs on occasionally in his columns. It was a very meta moment indeed. Well, yesterday I had a ‘meta’ day myself – during my lunchbreak at work the internet was down, so I started reading ‘Along the No. 20 Line’ that author Rolf Knight had posted as a PDF on his website, thanks to a post by Bob. Then after work I went to the opening of a photography exhibition that Artsy! Dartsy! posted about yesterday; a show that I should have known about, but would otherwise have missed as I wasn’t aware of otherwise – I even turned down a ticket to the Canucks’ game to go to the opening; in hindsight, I am absolutely sure I made the right choice!

So it was a meta day for me indeed.

Consequently, I have no segue what-so-ever into today’s photograph. But as soon as I saw it in the pool last night I knew I’d have to post it and share it with all of you. A cute, wholesome and humourous image by knitgirl that is either about a cat who thinks she is a dog, or about some pet-owners who can’t tell the difference, entitled danger lurks.

Contributers to the Flickr Pool are ON FIRE this week! So many good images, and yet I can only choose 1 per day. Its a heavy burden to bear, but I am game. I look forward to the next few days of posts, there is just so much material there. Keep them coming!

Having said that, if you’d like for me to return the meta-favour Mr. Tedesco, I’m sure I can fit you in!

Gary

Below are six more letters of support from folks who are urging you to make a donation to V.I.A. to help us continue our work today! We’ve gathered 60 of these and will be presenting them over the next few days for you to read. Please consider making a donation. If you don’t, then nobody will.

Artsy Dartsy:

Books On The Radio:

Dan Mangan:

Poetry Is Dead:

Paul Anthony of Talent Time:

The Vancouver Police Museum:

Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! Artsy!Dartsy! is Vancouver’s online art & design event guide. Offering comprehensive event listings, the site is updated daily to list current and upcoming exhibits, lectures, and shows.It is a resource for casual art-goers, industry professionals and tourist. With a user friendly format, information is sorted by media, venue, schedule and location as well as handy gallery map.We welcome tips and media releases! For the full listing please head to Artsy-Dartsy.com.

We love the Walrus. Not only do they have beautiful home wares in their store, but they also hold some awesome art shows. This week – Walrus is hosting a show called Fieldwork.

Opening Reception: Thursday, Nov 18, 6pm – 9pm
Location: WALRUS, 3408 Cambie Street

They will stir your imagination with their beautiful creations.

Join Walrus, as they present six new pieces including jewelry, bicycle accessories, home goods and apparel. Each piece is available in limited edition (translation: if you’re at all interested in this, try not to miss it!).

“We observe behaviour, ask questions, share ideas, refine details, and shape materials. We obsess over: language, culinary exploits, objects, ideas and human activity.”

Who Are They?
FIELDWORK is a collaborative group of designers in Vancouver making things and telling stories.

Work will be on display through the holidays.
We’re going tonight and we’re not letting the snow stop us!

Other notables: Saturday, we’re heading down to Jessica Bell’s studio sale and Sunday the Cultch and the Eastside Culture Crawl presents Process & Intent: The Making of Art. This is a rare opportunity to see the prototypes, the sketches books and the works in progress that reveal a little more of the story of art and artists in our community.  Lots of openings this week, see Artsy!Dartsy! for more!

Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! Artsy!Dartsy! is Vancouver’s online art & design event guide. Offering comprehensive event listings, the site is updated daily to list current and upcoming exhibits, lectures, and shows.It is a resource for casual art-goers, industry professionals and tourist. With a user friendly format, information is sorted by media, venue, schedule and location as well as handy gallery map.We welcome tips and media releases! For the full listing please head to Artsy-Dartsy.com.

The Vancouver Art Gallery currently has an exhibition you should not miss! We originally saw Song Dong’s Waste Not installation at the Moma in New York and are happy to be able to visit it here again in Vancouver.

Song Dong’s monumental installation Waste Not is a collaboration between the artist and his mother, Zhao Xiangyuan. The installation comprises the frame of his mother’s house along with all of the everyday objects she meticulously collected over the course of her lifetime: a collection of over ten thousand worn and broken objects, each one with unlimited potential value. Together, the assembled materials—clothes, books, kitchen utensils, toiletries, school supplies, shopping bags, rice bowls, dolls—were used, recycled, and saved. Meticulously arranged in careful groupings throughout the exhibition space, the objects form a miniature cityscape that viewers can navigate around and through.

Saturday afternoon at 2pm, 2nd fl, Hsingyuan Tsao, professor in art history at UBC will be giving a tour of Song Dong’s installation, offering a glimpse into the historical and socio-political context behind the objects that comprise the work. The tour is free with admission.

Of course the Vancouver Art Gallery is also hosting their monthly FUSE friday night. Theme for the evening is STUFF. Admission is $19.50 or Gallery Members Free.

Other notables: Vancouver has an illustration collective ‘the Jupiter Project’ and they are having their latest show ‘All Dress’ Friday, Nov 5! Lots of opening this week, see Artsy!Dartsy! for more!

Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! Artsy!Dartsy! is Vancouver’s online art & design event guide. Offering comprehensive event listings, the site is updated daily to list current and upcoming exhibits, lectures, and shows.It is a resource for casual art-goers, industry professionals and tourist. With a user friendly format, information is sorted by media, venue, schedule and location as well as handy gallery map.We welcome tips and media releases! For the full listing please head to Artsy-Dartsy.com.

The Museum of Anthropology presents a new exhibition: May Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens – opening Friday, Oct 30, 7pm. This exhibit is a groundbeaking exhibition exploring the pivotal role of photography in changing the perception of African objects from artifacts to fine art.

From PBS:

“Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of American modernism. Known for documenting the cultural elite living in France, Man Ray spent much of his time fighting the formal constraints of the visual arts. Ray’s life and art were always provocative, engaging, and challenging.

In 1914, Man Ray met the experimental artist Marcel Duchamp who became Man Ray’s close friend and collaborator. Together, they attempted to bring some of the energy of the European experimental art movements such as “dada” to America.”

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