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Welcome to our semi-regular feature, the �鶹��Ƶ News Roundup.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of the media coverage our community has been receiving.

We’ve linked to each article as an invitation to explore each of them more closely.

As always, thanks for reading!

Jagdeep Raina at Libby Leshgold Gallery

The Libby Leshgold Gallery’s by artist Jagdeep Raina received thoughtful praise in by Yani Kong for Galleries West.

The show, titled everything left unsaid, was curated by curatorial assistant Troy Johnson.

“[���ղ� everything left unsaid, I found a pleasing connection between Raina and his works, conveyed through his gestural line,” Yani writes. “The trace of his hand is always there. This generous tactility connects art and artist with the viewer.”

Read our news release about the everything left unsaid now via �鶹��Ƶ’s website. And join us online for an artist talk with Jagdeep on March 29 as part of the Art Forums Lecture Series.

Rozita Moinishirazi at West Van Art Museum

Works by artist and �鶹��Ƶ alum are part of a new at the West Vancouver Art Museum (WVAM).

Titled Under the Shade of the Lotus Tree: Pari Azarm Motamedi and Rozita Moinishirazi, the artists explore the lotus tree as theme and metaphor for “the Persian diaspora stemming from the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Shah in 1979 in a new exhibition at West Vancouver Art Museum,” .

“Both artists are deeply inspired by Persian poetry, both historical and contemporary, which often carries multiple meanings and veiled political commentary,” WVAM curator Hilary Letwin tells Stir. “They work in fairly traditional materials — watercolour for Motamedi and reverse glass painting for Moinishirazi—but their processes involve an act of translation from verse to the visual. They also share an interest in translating traditional Persian symbols into modern forms.”

Under the Shade of the Lotus Tree runs through April 1, 2023. Learn more about Rozita’s work and .

Jaiden George at Exposure Festival

Work by artist and photographer (BFA 2022) was featured in CBC Arts’ .

Jaiden is showing through Feb. 16 in the at the 2023 Exposure photography Festival.

Jaiden’s work explores “the natural world through the lens of interpretation and narration,” according to a statement on his website. “[H]e employs photography as a means to visualize and complicate the constructed realities that we project onto the world.”

and to learn more about his work.

In Memory of David Rimmer

The news of the death of celebrated filmmaker David Rimmer was met by an outpouring of praise for his artistic contributions to cinema.

As in arts and culture publication Stir, David was “ a force on Vancouver’s experimental art scene,” whose films “often pushed into poetic and metaphorical new realms.” He was also a longtime faculty member at Emily Carr University.

Canada Council for the Arts called David “one of the finest technicians of Canada’s avant-garde film movement.” Canyon Cinema, meanwhile, said David’s “indelible films transformed our visual landscapes into subtle and meditative moving image poems.” And The Cinematheque posted a message saying David’s “distinctive, beautiful body of work leaves an indelible mark on cinema, artists, and audiences.”

Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper via Vimeo. about his creative process via YouTube.

Jason Dowdesdell to Head Cantina Vancouver

Filmmaker, VFX producer and �鶹��Ƶ alum Jason Dowdeswell has been hired as executive producer and studio manager to oversee Cantina Creative’s new Vancouver studio.

Jason’s VFX and digital work includes credits for films such as Starship Troopers, Stuart Little, The Edge of Tomorrow and Iron Man 3.

“It’s an exciting time to join Cantina Creative – the studio is breaking new ground with greater VFX capabilities, delivering outstanding work on global projects,” Jason said in an . “I have first-hand experience with the incredible pool of creative talent in Vancouver, and it feels like the perfect next step for Cantina’s expansion.”