I started with a grandiose obsession on how to replicate the moving of  ocean water as two high incoming tides flooded the inlet each day. And on its quiet surface were to be hundreds of wild geese.  My assistant, Pippa Latte and I looked into a multitude of mechanical  options and with her patience and…

From the early 1900s to the late 1960s, the East Side neighborhood of Strathcona was home to Vancouver’s first and only black community.   The ten video stories of Black Strathcona (2014) celebrate some of the people and places that made the community vibrant and unique. visit: http://blackstrathcona.com A production by Creative Cultural Collaborations Society in partnership with Vancouver…

Big Print Project Steveston is a Creative Cultural Collaborations Society (C3 Society) project. It takes place Saturday September 3rd and Sunday September 4th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Imperial Landing parking lot, 100- 4300 Bayview St, Steveston, BC. Working with a team of Japanese Canadian and Indigenous artists, this project will build on the…

HERE – Placement/Displacement A public artwork collaboration by Jeanette Lee & Esther Rausenberg “They (City developers) might have, through urban renewal, destroyed the homes that once were there, but they did not destroy the community spirit that continues on today”. HERE will trace some of these lives, including those that are gone. This piece will present a…

Coastal Jazz Foundation for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Creative Cultural Collaborations Society presented the BIG PRINT JAZZ PROJECT on Granville Island July 1, 2, 3 and 4th, 2016 Granville Island Canada Day long weekend 9:00 am – 6:00 pm “With each set of prints, everyone seemed equally invested in the successful outcome of the process. It…

Big Print Project – Steamrolling through Chinatown   Printmaking Dates: July 29, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm* July 30, 31 and Aug 1, 2016  Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm* Location: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Plaza    PRINT EXHIBIT & AUCTION Reception & Auction: Aug 19, 2016  6:00 pm – 10:00 pm  Exhibit Dates: Aug 19,…

The Blue Cabin floated into Vancouver’s False Creek in summer 2019. In the fall of 2019, the Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency launched Skeins: Weaving on the Foreshore, the inaugural program of artist residencies, open houses, talks and workshops. Situated in the unceded lands and waters of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations,…

  The Elusive Landscape: A Canadian Collaboration Gerald Pedros, Esther Rausenberg, Richard Tetrault The Elusive Landscape is a collaborative exhibition revolving around the four elements: earth, air, fire and water. The fusion of symbols within landscape, derived from both west coast and central and eastern Canadian locales, inspired the overall vision. The intention was to…

The Big Print Project 2014 (a joint initiative with New Leaf Editions and C3 Society) was an event designed to highlight printmaking as a dramatic public event. Drawing attention to the potential of large-scale wood-relief prints, it brought together a group of well-known artists as well as mentored artists in creating a suite of woodcuts.

It started in the kitchen, at the Chan’s house, over 40 years ago and today, the founding members and supporters of the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association (SPOTA) are being honoured with the unveiling of a mosaic that pays tribute to their efforts in stopping the freeway from being built through their community in…

The Radius mural represents three distinct communities that converge in the Downtown Eastside: Aboriginal, Chinese and Japanese. The mural was conceived to reflect themes of origin and place, weaving together material gathered from outreach workshops into the design. The team of artists and mentored youth come from each of these communities.  Four large Salish paddles,…