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During the spring and summer of 2014, the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, displayed some incredible art works that are available for purchase as part of our Art for an Oil-Free Coast campaign…
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Brent Richter / North Shore News
It’s not really an art show. Not exactly a science lecture. And can’t really be pegged an activist meeting, either. But the AFC’s annual festival combines all three themes…
Pique News Magazine – Alyssa Noel
Last summer, 50 Canadian artists travelled to the rugged, isolated Great Bear Rainforest where they took in the breathtaking scenery and turned it into art…
Whistler Question – Brandon Barrett
A group of prominent B.C. artists have teamed with the Raincoast to produce a series of works, an art book and two documentary films to raise awareness of a proposed oil pipeline…
Gulf Islands Driftwood
ArtSpring has hosted more than a few acclaimed exhibitions, but the recent visit of the Oil-Free Coast show saw dozens of BC’s top artists unite for one impressive collective effort…
Island Tides, By Sara Miles
Raincoast’s sweeping ‘Oil Free Coast’ initiative began last June taking 50 artists to the coastal rainforest…
CHEK TV covers the Victoria opening of the Art for an Oil-Free Coast exhibition tour…
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Gulf Islands Driftwood
Art and environmental action have come together in a travelling exhibition called Art for an Oil-Free Coast that stops at Salt Spring from Dec. 11 to 16…
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
The image of mist drifting over steep slopes, where a black bear searches for salmon, instantly evokes the Great Bear Rainforest…
Check out the coverage of the Art for an Oil-Free Coast exhibition grand opening at Performance Works on Granville Island…
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By Chris Genovali, The Huffington Post
Raincoast is excited to present the documentary film, Reflections: Art for an Oil-Free Coast, which shares the story of an expedition of artists into the Great Bear Rainforest…
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By Lissa Alexander, Parksville Qualicum Beach News
After flying to Bella Bella, artist Dan Gray joined Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever for journey through the Great Bear Rainforest
