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 Katie Ellen Humphries, Jane Stanton, and Graham Clark. Come draw with us!

Interview with Vancouver piñata artist Meaghan Kennedy
MUSIC: “The Great” by Broke For Free
INTERVIEW, VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Interview with Vancouver media artist, curator and instigator Paul Wong
MUSIC: “7” by The Valleys
INTERVIEW: Alex M F Quicho for Winsor Gallery
VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Interview with Vancouver street artist iHeart
MUSIC: “Mau” by URB
INTERVIEW, VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Hang on to your lungs because the January edition of Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me is gonna make you laugh your lungs out with her special guests Ivan Decker, Graham Clark, and Ben Mills. While you are holding your lungs down, grab onto your heart so musical guest Jay Arner doesn’t steal that too. Come Draw with us!

Interview with Vancouver illustrator Pandora Young
MUSIC: “Detroit” by Podington Bear
INTERVIEW, VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Interview with Vancouver artist and designer Emma Lehto
MUSIC: “The Haze” by Spuntic
INTERVIEW, VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Interview with Vancouver poet and painter Gabryel Harrison
MUSIC: “The Scene” by Spuntic
INTERVIEW: Alex M F Quicho for Winsor Gallery
VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Interview with Vancouver artist Victoria Sieczka
MUSIC: “Uncle Remus Arcade fire” by krackatoa
INTERVIEW, VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

In 2010 Emily Carr University introduced its new illustration major, anticipating little interest. It received over one hundred applications for only twenty spots. All that passion gave rise to Rain City Illustration, by far the largest artist group at Emily Carr, which boasts over one hundred illustrators bringing a range of styles and visions from all over the world. The collective holds semi-annual gallery shows and events, aspiring to show Vancouver just how much talent this city has. raincityillustration.com

Artists for this show include Alana Palahnuk, Alice Cool, Andrew Tavukciyan, April Milne, Ben Hawkins, Charles Tan, Chelsea O’Byrne, Christel Chan, Ciara Prithipaul, Cole Pauls, Coral Patola, Dan Brown Hozjan, Daniela Ivanova, Darrien Pearce, Deniz Bilgin, Diane Quach, Eden Cooke, Flavia C, Francesca Ciccone, Francis Bantayen, Hayley Muir, Iris Yao, Jane Q Cheng, Jazz Groden-Gilchrist, Jesse Coons, Kaitlynn Rogers, Kathleen Gros, Kirsten Hatfield, KyuRi Lee, Lyndsey Paramo, Madeline Kloepper, Melissa Soleski, Michele O. Miguel, Min Joo Kim, Mint Sanpruksin, Natalie Schnitter, Rachel Wada, Tasli Shaw, Tim Bauer, & Yongming Xie.

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Image by Chelsea O’Byrne