breathing room reimagines the artist residency as a fluid space for collaboration, experimentation, relaxation and community connection

We are delighted to announce our September 2021 breathing room artist in residence: Wendel Vistan 

Wendel Vistan is a Filipino-Canadian immigrant, student, and artist who resides on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. She explores notions of narrative, landscape, home and displacement through film photography, painting, poetry and video. She has participated in youth art programs at Contemporary Art Gallery and Unit/Pitt. She is currently studying Sustainable Agriculture at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Facilitated by Iris Film Collective and EPFC North, breathing room artists are provided with some filmmaking materials and equipment, technical and creative support, and access to work/exhibition space at Moberly and/or Burrard View Fieldhouse. The residency also includes optional opportunities for artists to engage with the local community via workshops, talks, screenings and other public activities. breathing room artists are invited to share their creative discoveries at a free public in-person and/or online event on the last Thursday of their residency.

It’s Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada and as a special treat we’ve got  Artist In Residence Beaux Geste Mingus from LA at EPFC North to present a free workshop and screening on Sunday, October 13! Bring the whole family! Pumpkin pie will be served.

Workshop: Shoebox Projectors
Sunday, October 13
2 pm – 5 pm
Learn how to make your very own portable projector! we’ll provide the shoeboxes and the lenses, BYO smartphone. Free event! Everyone welcome!

Screening: Vinegar Syndrome presents ON THE MOVE plus Films by Beaux Mingus
Sunday, October 13
5 pm – 7 pm
Vinegar Syndrome is our Gong Show­-style grab bag series of short educational and ephemeral films, plumbing the depths of EPFC’s impressive film library. For enthusiasts of found footage and collage films, it’s a great way to learn what kinds of films are available at the Film Center—the weird, the cool, the good, the bad, the ugly. All films are selected purely by title around a specific theme and we won’t be previewing anything, so we’ll be just as surprised as you guys! This show’s theme is ON THE MOVE–Films about traveling, moving forward, thumbing for a ride and flying high! As always, there will be lots of snacks and plenty of silly commentary from your host–visiting Artist In Residence Beaux Mingus–and our feisty audience. And speaking of Beaux Mingus, we’ll start the evening off with a few of Beaux’s best loved short films! Free event! Everyone welcome!

We’re delighted x 1,000,000 to welcome illustrator/filmmaker/drummer/dog lover Joff Winterhart as EPFC North’s Artist In Residence for two weeks beginning September 17!!!!!!

Join us Saturday, September 21 for Wearing The Garden (bring a t-shirt or other fabric item and Joff will share some cool stencil techniques!) and Saturday, September 28 for The Great Canadian Dog Draw and a screening of Joff’s fabulous animated films! All events FREE and FAMILY FRIENDLY! More info here!

Two great events hosted by EPFC North May Artist In Residence Cheryl Hamilton of ie:creative!

Thursday, May 16 @ 7:30 pm: Public Art Dialogues I – The first installment of an ongoing series of films and discussions about public art. Free event! Everyone welcome!

Saturday, May 18 @ 1 pm:  Round & Round: A Zoetrope Workshop – Make your own zoetrope at this fun, family-friendly workshop. Free event! Everyone welcome!

EPFC North at Moberly Fieldhouse is located at 7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Vancouver friends, please join us for a very special Sunday of workshops and films with EPFC North’s first Artist In Residence, Gina Napolitan! 1 PM workshop; 4 PM reception, 5 pm screening. All events are free… everyone welcome!

EPFC North at Moberly Fieldhouse, 7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver, BC.