Here are descriptions of the photos on our 2008-09 Photo Collage illustrating many of the projects we were involved with during the year.
Environmental Art
Stanley Park Environmental Art Project
CACV board secretary, Susan Gordon, admiring Birth by Tania Willard, Stanley Park Environmental Art Project
CACV is a partner with Vancouver Park Board and Stanley Park Ecology Society on this project.
Funders include BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver.
Stanley Park Environmental Art Project artists Photo: Paul Colangelo
Semi-Permanent Works completed in the summer of 2009 Photos: Paul Colangelo
Hibernators, an Ephemeral Work by Shirley Wiebe. Photo: Paul Colangelo
Shortly after installation of Cozy, nature began to add to Shirley Wiebe's semi-permanent piece. Photo: Derek Irland
Dig In
A one-day workshop at the Roundhouse by the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project partners including a hands-on workshop, a tour and a panel of the artists involved in the project.
Leaf and Seed Palette
Means of Production – MoP Out!
Welcome to the Tea Party. Guests at the tea parties are invited to write their name on a wooden clothespin and then add a flower to embellish. Photo (and idea): Sharon Kallis
CACV worked with the Means of Production Artists Raw Resource Collective to provide outreach and communication.
Creating the fences from willow and hazel wood grown in the garden. Photo: Sharon Kallis
You Must Tell the Bees. In 2009 a bee hive was installed. Lori Weidenhammer was the artist in residence planting a garden designed to attract bees. Photo: Sharon Kallis
Jody Macdonald serving Herbal Teas - in style. Dragons head, dandelion root, wild bergamot, anyone? Photo: Sharon Kallis
Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Band at Means of Production Tea Party Photo: Sharon Kallis
Ivy Project
Ivy Weaving workshops by Sharon Kallis
Sharon Kallis worked with an amazing number and diversity of groups on the ivy project.
City Opera Vancouver
CACV supported City Opera Vancouver through hiring them for various projects, including in the downtown eastside.
Margaret Atwood with Charles Barber, Artistic Director of City Opera Vancouver
Here Artistic Director, Charles Barber meets with Margaret Atwood, writer for the upcoming chamber opera, Pauline.
The Emperor of Atlantis, a production of City Opera Vancouver played to many sold out audiences and critical acclaim.
City Opera Vancouver produced Emperor of Atlantis in 2009
Arts in the Downtown Eastside
We worked with the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts on a number of projects including the Chinatown Night Market, Community Quilt and Fabric Arts Projects.
Quilt Square from the Community Quilt Project run by the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts for CACV. Photo: Hannah Beckingham
Community Quilt project at the Interurban. Photo: Hannah Beckingham
