Advocacy, education and outreach in support of Vancouver's public spaces

VPSN to host laser graffiti in Mt. Pleasant this weekend

As part of Viva Vancouver, VPSN is hosting a few evenings of laser graffiti! Want to know more? Come on out and try your hand at tagging up building walls with digital paint and lasers. We’ll be in the Mt.... Continue reading »

July 14, 2011   |   0 comments
Brad Cran Poet Laureate Word! Vancouver to host giant poetry slam as part of 125 celebrations

Brad Cran, City of Vancouver Poet Laureate Okay, we might be getting ahead of ourselves in calling it a ‘slam’ – but there seemed something decidedly unpoetic about a “poetry conference.” How about poetry “confluence” at least?  Anyway, given that... Continue reading »

July 13, 2011   |   0 comments
Mountain View Cemetery: A view to the past, present, and future of Vancouver

I was sad to miss the launch of Spacing Vancouver, and thus missed our dear Erin’s presentation (outlined in the previous post) on her thoughts about Spacing’s Top Ten Public Spaces in Vancouver. Thinking of great places in the city,... Continue reading »

July 6, 2011   |   0 comments
Spacing Top 10- City Thoughts on the top-ten list of Vancouver’s public spaces: does it have to be public spaces vs. transportation spaces?

[The following is a transcript of the presentation given by VPSN Chair Erin O’Melinn at the launch of the first national issue of Spacing magazine – and the roll-out of the Spacing Vancouver blog. Presenters were asked to respond to... Continue reading »

June 30, 2011   |   0 comments
Update on This Week’s Public Space Events

Happy Monday to you, dear Public-Spacers. Hope you all had a chance to revel in the fantastic weather this past weekend – it was good times all around in the city’s public spaces! Special congratulations to our friends at LatinCouver... Continue reading »

June 28, 2011   |   0 comments