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Word Vancouver / September 19, 2026We met over 100 people, gave away every copy of Vancouver On Ink, and watched more t...
09/20/2026

Word Vancouver / September 19, 2026

We met over 100 people, gave away every copy of Vancouver On Ink, and watched more than 100 surprise cards find their way to strangers. Your little message might just make someone’s day a little brighter 💌

We had no volunteers this time, so we only managed a quick walk around the other tables before opening. Wish we’d had more time to explore!

But what we loved most was meeting so many wonderful people. Some discovered us for the first time, some already knew Vancouver On Ink, and others stopped by to share their stories, creative ideas and encouragement.

We really love this community. It’s so supportive, welcoming and full of people who want to see each other create and grow.

A huge thank you to the entire Word Vancouver team for all the hard work and care that went into making this event happen. And thank you to everyone who visited us, made a card, took a selfie, picked up a copy or simply said hello.

We can’t wait to read your submissions and discover what we might create together next!

Our Winter Edition Open Call is now open until October 31. Check the link in bio.

See you somewhere in the community again! 🐙✨

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Main Street Car Free Day Car Free Vancouver Main Street turned into one big playground today!We wandere...
09/14/2026

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Main Street Car Free Day Car Free Vancouver

Main Street turned into one big playground today!
We wandered through live music, comedy, magic, local makers, good food, and more art than we could possibly take home.

A few highlights: slowing down with the soulful sounds of Soul Driver (Soul Driver ), catching some funky grooves from M.AQ (M A R Y A N C H E T A ) outside Neptoon Records , visiting exhibitions at THIS GALLERY Gallery and The playground , and discovering THIS Gallery’s human powered art vending machine. Put in a token, wait for the mystery art to come out. Easily one of our favourite discoveries of the day.

And since the octopus is part of the wcculturallab identity, there was no way we were walking past JENATAimage incredible octopus artwork 🐙 Even better, it’s a 2027 calendar, ready to be filled with more art, events, experiments, and good things to come.

There was honestly too much good stuff to choose from, but we also couldn’t leave without some tasty HOLY DUCK CHILI - Canada’s Very Own

A good reminder to keep making room for surprise, supporting local creativity, and filling with more art, connection and good things to come ✨

Over the past year, we’ve met so many artists and creative people from different backgrounds. Some are new to Vancouver,...
09/12/2026

Over the past year, we’ve met so many artists and creative people from different backgrounds. Some are new to Vancouver, while others are looking for more opportunities to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

That’s why we’re building our Creative Community.

If you’re interested in creative collaboration, join us and be among the first to receive future open calls, collaboration invitations and opportunities to take part in new creative experiments.

Whether you’re an artist, performer, filmmaker, writer, designer, musician, photographer or simply curious about creating something together, we’d love to connect with you.

Join our Creative Community through the link in bio. (Or share it with your creative friends 🙌🏻)

Vancouver On Ink Open Call is now open ✨We’re looking for stories, poetry, art, photography and different perspectives f...
09/11/2026

Vancouver On Ink Open Call is now open ✨

We’re looking for stories, poetry, art, photography and different perspectives from our community.

If you have something you’d like to share, we’d love to see it.We’ve also added a new Songs & Stories category this time 🎧

Read the guidelines and submit through the link in bio.

Know someone creative? Send this their way! 💛
Got a weird, interesting or unexpected idea you want to share with us in person? Come say hello at Word Vancouver on Sept 19!

We’re heading to Word Vancouver 2026! 📚✨If you love reading, writing, stories, and discovering local creative, come say ...
09/08/2026

We’re heading to Word Vancouver 2026! 📚✨

If you love reading, writing, stories, and discovering local creative, come say hi 👋

We’ll be there with , meeting readers, writers, artists and new friends from the community.

📍 UBC Robson Square (Rink level)
📅 Sept 19, 2026 (Sat)

This will also be our last offline event of 2026, so come find us before we disappear back into making things for next year 💙

See you at Word Vancouver!

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Lantern Procession at Trout LakeTrout Lake Community Centre Last week, we followed the lights to Trou...
09/05/2026

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Lantern Procession at Trout Lake
Trout Lake Community Centre

Last week, we followed the lights to Trout Lake.
We arrived a little early because our artist friend Yee C Art was the artist behind the floating whale, so we got to see a little of what happens before the magic begins, setting up the lantern sculpture in daylight, fine-tuning and waiting for night to arrive.

Then slowly, the park changed.
People came carrying handmade lanterns and little lights of their own. Live music started playing, the community gathered, and eventually the lights began moving together around the lake.

One of our favourite unexpected encounters was a biker arriving on a wonderfully decorated bicycle, somehow it looked a little like a glowing deep-sea creature (the ugly fish!) to us.

She introduced us to EartHand Gleaners , a Vancouver artist-run organization exploring the connection between art, ecology and making. Their programs include things like natural dyeing, fibre, weaving, botanical printing and land-based learning, definitely one more creative community we’re curious to explore.

With Mid-Autumn Festival coming soon, it felt like a lovely way to enter the season: people gathering outside, bringing their own light, listening to live music and simply having fun together.

And that’s a wrap! 🎬🌊The West Coast Mini Film Festival 2026 brought together films, stories, and perspectives from diffe...
08/31/2026

And that’s a wrap! 🎬🌊

The West Coast Mini Film Festival 2026 brought together films, stories, and perspectives from different parts of the world, all sharing the screen at the cinematheque.

But some of our favourite moments happened beyond the screen too. People made their choices and voted, doodled, left kind words for strangers, took photos, chatted, and simply spent an afternoon experiencing something together 💙

Thank you to all the filmmakers who trusted us with their work, our community partners and volunteers who supported the festival, and everyone who showed up and became part of it. We really can’t say thank you enough!!

We hoped to create something warm and human. One day, we’d love to have live music before the screening, a little gathering with snacks and drinks afterwards, and more ways for people to stay, enjoy, and connect. Hopefully, as we grow, we’ll have the resources to make it happen! ;)

Thank you for being part of our mini wave 🌊 We’ll keep growing.

And to all the creative people and artists who have reached out and shared ideas with us: yes, keep them coming! We’re always open to new ideas and curious to see what we can create together next.

Want to be part of it?
We’ve just added a Creative Community sign-up form at the link bio. Join us to hear about upcoming collaborations, share ideas, and maybe brainstorm something together!

Shout out to the incredible photographer: ɴᴏᴍᴀᴅ

Next Event: Word Vancouver on Sept 19 (Sat) 🙌🏻

Congratulations to My Capable Hands for receiving the Audience Favourite Film at the West Coast Mini Film Festival 2026!...
08/31/2026

Congratulations to My Capable Hands for receiving the Audience Favourite Film at the West Coast Mini Film Festival 2026!

With 35.6% of the audience vote, My Capable Hands became this year’s Audience Favourite. The other films were very close in the voting too, so it was exciting to watch the results keep changing live! Every film connected with the audience in a different way.

When we curated this year’s lineup, we wanted the films to feel like a journey, rather than simply a collection of shorts.

We began in imagined worlds, from zombies to animations exploring love, war, and a manipulated world. Then the stories became more personal: an immigrant recording his first winter, another noticing how the sky feels different from home, followed by increasingly honest and raw observations of precious moments while our technology is evolving.
The journey then brought us to a documentary about a passionate artist creating a world of his own.

From imagined worlds, to the world around us, to the worlds we create ourselves 🌊

Thank you to all our filmmakers for bringing such different perspectives to the screen, and to everyone who watched, felt, reflected and voted.

Congratulations again to My Capable Hands! 🎬

One of our selected short film directors, Sånsøn Chæng , is an Emily Carr University alum ⚡️We even went to his graduati...
08/27/2026

One of our selected short film directors, Sånsøn Chæng , is an Emily Carr University alum ⚡️
We even went to his graduation exhibition last year!

Today, we brought to Emily Carr 📰

Who knows? Maybe we’ll meet another art or film lover here, or even see more submissions from Emily Carr artists in our future issues 🙌🏻

Little connections lead to the next one 🌊

08/26/2026

Meet the filmmakers 🎬

What inspired their films? What do they hope you’ll take away from them?

Hear directly from some of the filmmakers joining this year’s West Coast Mini Film Festival 🌊

Their films may come from different places and perspectives, but this Saturday, we’ll experience them together in the same cinema.

Aug 29 (Sat) 1 PM
The Cinematheque

Come meet their work on the big screen 💙

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