DVF Opening Night – PechaKucha

DVF Opening Night – PechaKucha

DVF Opening Night – PechaKucha

September 17

September 17

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Celebrating Creatives in 20 slides x 20 seconds.

As part of the festival, we will kick off this year with PechaKucha Night.
A presentation format where presenters show only 20 images for only 20 seconds each - a 6 minute and 40 second dose of ideas before the next presenter is up. It is a fun and informal 120 minutes of culture, ideas, creativity, passion and opinions. We want to create a social, community-minded event that offers presenters a platform, and audiences inspiration. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

PRESENTERS:
Cheryl Kaka'solas Wadhams - Kwak waka wakw First Nations Artist
Danielle and Wade Papin - Pyrrha Jewellery
Edita Hadravska - KITS
Evaan Kheraj - Photography
Janaki Larsen - Ceramics
Jay Macdonell - bocci
Leo Vicenti - Type Design
Meeru dhalwala - Lila Restaurant
Micheal Leckie - Leckie Studio
Venelin Kokalov - revery

HOSTS:
Marianne Amodio - MA+HG
Caroline Boquist - Walrus

Celebrating Creatives in 20 slides x 20 seconds.

As part of the festival, we will kick off this year with PechaKucha Night.
A presentation format where presenters show only 20 images for only 20 seconds each - a 6 minute and 40 second dose of ideas before the next presenter is up. It is a fun and informal 120 minutes of culture, ideas, creativity, passion and opinions. We want to create a social, community-minded event that offers presenters a platform, and audiences inspiration. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

PRESENTERS:
Cheryl Kaka'solas Wadhams - Kwak waka wakw First Nations Artist
Danielle and Wade Papin - Pyrrha Jewellery
Edita Hadravska - KITS
Evaan Kheraj - Photography
Janaki Larsen - Ceramics
Jay Macdonell - bocci
Leo Vicenti - Type Design
Meeru dhalwala - Lila Restaurant
Micheal Leckie - Leckie Studio
Venelin Kokalov - revery

HOSTS:
Marianne Amodio - MA+HG
Caroline Boquist - Walrus

Date & Time:

September 17, 2026

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Location:

Location:

630 Hamilton Street

630 Hamilton Street

Vancouver

Vancouver

BC

BC

Design Vancouver Festival and the city of Vancouver is located within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Presented by Open Format Arts & Culture
Identity & Website by Tomorrow

Design Vancouver Festival and the city of Vancouver is located within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Presented by Open Format Arts & Culture
Identity & Website by Tomorrow

Design Vancouver Festival and the city of Vancouver is located within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Presented by Open Format Arts & Culture
Identity & Website by Tomorrow