WE: Vancouver – 12 Manifestos for the City was presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery from February 12 to May 1, 2011. This exhibition examined Vancouver through the extraordinary range of practices, actions and ideas that shape and activate it.
Consume

We deplete. We ingest, spend and waste. We utilize. We reduce.

Salmon ‘n’ Bannock

Salmon ‘n’ Bannock

Bannock, a traditional aboriginal unleavened bread, is surprisingly difficult to find in Vancouver. While there are a handful of restaurants in the city that include aboriginal food on their menu, few have made it their focus. This notable lack of eateries serving aboriginal cuisine was the inspiration for opening Salmon ‘n’ Bannock. Established in 2010...
SOLEfood

SOLEfood

SOLEfood is an urban agricultural enterprise established in 2009 on a half-acre plot adjacent to the Astoria Hotel in downtown Vancouver. The farm provides agricultural training and employment opportunities to residents from Vancouver’s Downtown East Side through the production of organically grown fruits and vegetables.
Red Flag Design

Red Flag Design

Over the last several years, Red Flag Design has been working with the Gallery Store to reuse the Gallery’s large outdoor exhibition marketing banners. Banners are repurposed to make individual tote bags that are then sold to the public. For WE: Vancouver, Red Flag Design collaborated with the Gallery to produce the banners for the...