Over the past few years, we’ve been fortunate to develop a great online community through our website and social channels, and it’s time to get to know everyone better in person! We’re working on putting together fun events that are reflective of the local arts and culture communities we so greatly support.
In celebration of Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rooster 2017, District Local is inviting Vancouver artists to create artwork on red pocket/lucky envelopes. Artists will have the freedom to use their media of choice to draw, paint, emboss, fold, cut, etc. their artwork using red envelopes as the canvas. We will host an event at Fortune Sound Club’s Special Projects Space to bring together artists, friends and family, community members and partners, and art and culture enthusiasts. This one-day only exhibition will be free to attend for guests who are welcome to view or purchase the art.
WHY CHINATOWN?
As the landscape of Chinatown rapidly changes, it is part of an ongoing discussion for us and many others to activate community participation in the neighbourhood in creative and meaningful ways. By collaborating with community service organizations that represent or serve different groups in the community, we wish to facilitate the desire for open dialogue and relationships in the neighbourhood. In bringing together local artists around an iconic cultural celebration, we hope to inject a bit of fun with culturally relevant events that bridge connections between new and old. Our partners for this event are Fortune Sound Club and hua foundation.
WHEN
- The show is set to be timed with the New Year Parade, January 29, 2017. It will be located in Fortune Sound Club’s Special Projects Space in Chinatown, providing an open, inclusive environment for invitees and draw upon a broad audience of parade goers and passers-by.
- Call for Artists Deadline: December 18, 2016. Artists interested in participating should email events@districtlocal.com with subject line “Call for Artists – Get Lucky: An Art Show”, and include their name, contact info, online profile and/or portfolio, by December 18, 2016.
- Artwork submission deadline: Completed artwork is to be submitted by January 15, 2017. Details for submission to follow. A selection process may ensue for capacity considerations, however, we will do our best to accommodate all works received.
ARTWORK ENTRIES
- There is no fee for artists to participate. This is an inclusive event that we are running as a passion project, and we wish to make it accessible for both artists and patrons.
- Artists may submit up to 8 envelopes (each as an individual art piece or as a set).
- We will provide red envelopes to the artist to use for the artwork, but artists are welcome to source their own if preferred – but the canvas must be authentic, Chinese lucky red envelopes.
- The art will be displayed for this one-day exhibition at Fortune’s Special Projects Space and available for sale, art to be priced by the artists. Art not sold during the event will be posted and made available for purchase on the District Local site.
- We will process art payments to be paid to artists. 20% commission will go to cover admin/event operations.
Examples of using one or multiple envelopes as the canvas:
DISTRICT LOCAL
District Local is a living, breathing anthology of Vancouver happenings and good people doing good things. Coffee shop poetry slams. Weekend markets. Art shows. Photo walks. Breaking bread with strangers. We want to nudge you out of your comfort zone and get you out to experience and enjoy more of what this city has to offer. We’ve always got our eyes and eyes out for the next rad thing – hit us up for event tips, collabs, and partnerships.
FORTUNE SOUND CLUB
Nuanced by the grit and grime of its historic locale in Vancouver’s Chinatown, Fortune Sound Club seamlessly blends high and low by bringing up-from-the-street ambience into a clean and modern setting. What was once the infamous Ming’s Chinese Restaurant is now a revamped space focusing on innovative design, art that can’t be messed with, and eco-friendly features.