Travel-Themed Luggage Tags with B.C. Art

Gifts to Grab: Stocking Stuffers to Soothe Any Travel Itch

by Rob Howatson

The Casa Collection is a Vancouver-based art bank of 600-plus archival prints by 110 artists, most of them from B.C., with imagery ranging from whimsical paper-collage interpretations of iconic Vancouver scenes to early 20th-century travel posters. Hospitality industry heavyweights draw from this pretty pool (as the Four Seasons Resort Whistler did for a recent reno), but the wholesaler is also open to all collectors. Art lovers can order ultra-high-resolution archival ink-jet reproductions in any size to a maximum of 152-by-343-centimetres. Less committed aesthetes may wish to start small with one of the collection’s handsome luggage tags – perfect for highlighting bags on crowded airport carousels and, in the pre-Olympics buildup, for encouraging both fellow B.C.ers and visitors to support the local art scene.