“ Art speaks to me, as well as for me”
Diana Victoria Newman is a Vancouver born Artist and Expressive Arts Therapist.
After Diana discovered that her artwork held deep truthful insights into her reality and helped to awaken, heal, inspire & liberate her, she was inspired to let the art lead the way.
Read MoreInspired by International Women’s Day and launching the same day as our IWD Community Fundraiser, we present a female-led art show by 8 Vancouver artists. Come by the restaurant to see the show until April 21st.
Read MoreRob Buten’s art is back on our walls, and we couldn’t be happier. We first learned of his work through his participation in our Fireweed Art Show for our inauguration day fundraiser in 2016. A bit more about the artist:
Read MoreThe art show for this event features Cody Lecoy, a local artist of Okanagan and Esquimalt ancestry. His work can currently be found all across our north wall, and the pieces are priced individually. Inquire at codyplecoy@gmail.com about prices.
Read MoreWe've wanted to mark NIPD at Bandidas for many years, but have struggled with how best to execute an event. As white business owners, we’ve often felt unsure of how to be effective allies, and the desire to do things perfectly can often keep us from acting.
Read MoreAlongside our Earth Day Fundraiser (April 22nd), we've hung over 200 pieces of student art work. When taking action on Earth Day, it's important to us to consider youth voices. It's the younger generation who we are responsible to, and it is they who will ultimately be handed the continued work of environmental conservation and restoration. We believe it's important to engage these youth voices, and are blown away by what the colourful and insightful collection these students have created.
Read MoreOn Earth Day, Bandidas Taqueria is hosting a student art show and community fundraiser in support of RAVEN Trust's Heiltsuk campaign.
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to welcome this initiative back to our walls. Since 2003, Megaphone's Hope in Shadows calendar project has offered meaningful work and empowerment through art to people experiencing poverty.
Read MoreWe’ve launched a student art show alongside our fundraiser for RAVEN Trust’s Pull Together campaign. The works comes from three East Van classrooms whom we connected with after our Fireweed fundraiser and art show on Inauguration Day. The classes visited Bandidas to study art and its role in democracy, and returned to the classrooms to create their own works of response to the election results.
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