BTC House Teamz: 2wo
April 1, 2016

 

“…so swift, like a convertible soft-top transforms a Mazda Miata, one House Team was made to Two…”

For the first time ever, here are TWO HOUSE TEAMS. And to celebrate, you’ll see TWO HALVES of IMPRO-COM, all in one of the best venues for comedy in town — Hot Art Wet City. In the First Half, you’ll meet “Phil”, featuring Amy Elderkin, Ronald Dario, Geoff Walter and Racquel Belmonte. DELIGHTFUL! In the Second Half you’ll have the pleasure to meet “Harriet”, featuring Shane McLean, Ryan Anderson, DrewBoy Clarke, Malcolm McLeod and Jenny Rube with guest monologist Brent Constantine. WONDERFUL!

Blind Tiger Comedy
Rape is Real and Everywhere: A Comedy Show
March 24, 2016

 

Rape jokes are everywhere. But who are the people telling them? Are they ever OK, let alone funny? What if the people telling rape jokes were survivors? Rape is Real and Everywhere is what happens when comedians who have survived rape share their experience and joke it out. Prepare yourself for hilarity, cathartic honesty and old-fashioned vulnerability. Produced by Heather Jordan Ross and Emma Cooper, hosted by Emma Cooper and featuring some of Vancouver’s best comedians including Sherri-Lynn Gamracy, Randee Neumeyer, Chelsey Stuyt, Shane Clark, Amanda Rae Smith, and Jane Stanton. There’s a slick piece of East Van graffiti that, in elegant cursive, reads: “Rape is Real and Everywhere.” It is, and we can talk and joke about it openly, together.

Rape is Real

Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School
featuring Minnie Peron
March 15, 2016

 

Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School is what happens when a simple question is asked: why can’t figure drawing be sexy? Part art class, part cabaret, join us on the third Tuesday of the month at Hot Art Wet City for 3 hours of drawing and decadence! drsketchyvancouver.com for more info. Join the Dr Sketchy’s Facebook page to keep up to date and see pics >

Dr Sketchys Minnie Peron SQ
Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw with Me
March 11, 2016

 

Join comedian Alicia Tobin and her special guests Aaron Read, Brent Constantine and Dino Archie for an evening of drawings, laughings, sharings (not too much sharing) huggings (no way, gross), marker sniffing, and friendships. Part comedy show, part art class… well, probably not. No talent required. Fun times always had. Come draw with us!

Come Draw with Me
Teenage Dirtbag with Jacob Samuel
March 5, 2016

 

Hosted by stand-up comic and New Yorker cartoonist Jacob Samuel, comedians Ross Dauk, Adam Pateman, Fatima Dhowre, Katie Burrell and Nima Gholamipour explore the follies of youth.

Teenage Dirtbag
EAT YO SELF
June 2-25, 2016

 

You’ve seen it before: a pig eating a hotdog, an ice cream eating a cone, a chicken eating a drumstick… animals and inanimate objects consuming themselves. This disturbing yet satisfying art is typically found on the signs of restaurants and butcher shops. Eat Yo Self is a group art show tribute to anthropomorphic cannibalism.

Artists: Alicia Zofia, Amanda Weedmark, Andrea Hooge, Becky Nguyen, Berny Siu, Caitlin Bauman, Carl Baird, Chris Bentzen, Cindy Scaife, Corinne Leroux, Daniel Duncan, Emily Rau, Erin Gibbs, Flavia, Geoffrey Grisso, Jake Collinge, JD Renaud, Jennifer Chernecki, Kat Oughton, Katie Blecker, Kimberley Howie, Kinsey Deakin, Kirsten Hatfield, Lara Hjorthoy, Mallory Donen, Mandy Lau, Megan Majewski, Minjoo Kim & Yeonhee Ellie Seo, Sean Moxley, Solaleh Kazemi, Steve Clark, and Taylor Krulicki.

Click here to view photos on Flickr >

eat yo self
EASTER EGGS
New works on scratchboard by Andrea Hooge
April 7–30, 2016

 

Easter Eggs marks Andrea Hooge’s fourth solo show at Hot Art Wet City and features a new collection of scratchboard images. She revisits ideas explored in her previous show Menno Kitty, adding to her collection of personal symbols and objects. Andrea draws her inspiration from childhood interpretations of vintage children’s books and playthings, as well as her cultural heritage. Aside from literal references to Easter eggs in some of her pieces, the work and the title hide a double meaning alluding to inside jokes and surprises. Click here to view the Flickr album >

Andrea Hooge is an artist living and working out of her home studio in East Vancouver. She focuses mainly on figurative oil paintings and scratchboards, and while many of her works are on wood or hardboard panel, she also creates unique cutouts that move away from conventional shapes. These have been made to stand alone or to overlap and create larger and more dynamic pieces. In addition to her three previous solo shows at Hot Art Wet City, Andrea has shown her work in various group shows within Vancouver. Andrea earned her BA from the University of the Fraser Valley, where she majored in Psychology and minored in Visual Arts.

EASTER EGGS
JUST FOR LAUGHS NORTHWEST
Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw with Me
February 26, 2016

 

Join comedian Alicia Tobin and her special guests Graham Clark, Katie Ellen Humphries, and Cass Keeley for an evening of drawings, laughings, sharings (not too much sharing) huggings (no way, gross), marker sniffing, and friendships. Part comedy show, part art class… well, probably not. No talent required. Fun times always had. Come draw with us!

Come Draw
Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me
January 29, 2016

 

Come Draw With Alicia Tobin and get some of her patented* comedic critique of your 5-minute drawings (*not actually patented). Then enjoy the stand-up comedy of her special guests Ivan Decker, Ryan Williams and Kevin Banner. Come draw with us! Supplies provided. No talent necessary.

Come Draw with Me

Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School
ft Audrey Hipturn
January 19, 2016

 

Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School is what happens when a simple question is asked: why can’t figure drawing be sexy? Part art class, part cabaret, join us on the third Tuesday of the month at Hot Art Wet City for 3 hours of drawing and decadence! drsketchyvancouver.com for more info. Join the Dr Sketchy’s Facebook page to keep up to date and see pics >

Audrey Hipturn
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