Lena approached us from Germany last spring, and was "pleasantly persistent". She had chosen CACV as her ideal placement for an internship as part of her Masters in Cultural Sciences. Last night she gave a presentation on a theoretical context for social change and community arts. …
Archives for October 2010
Board 2009-2010
PRESIDENT – Michael Clague, C.M. Michael has been executive director of three voluntary agencies, the Britannia Community Services Centre, the Community Services Centre, the Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria, and the Social Planning and Research Council of BC. From 1996 to 2005 he was director of a City of Vancouver facility, the Carnegie Community Centre in Vancouver. In …
Yulanda Faris
"I feel we don't dance enough. If we danced more and sung more, I think that we'd be happier people" -Yulanda Faris Yulanda Faris, arts philanthropist, chair of the Vancouver Opera Foundation, and honorary chair of the Judith Marcuse Dance Project, spoke at the CACV Annual General Meeting on November 25, 2010. Born in Jamaica, Yulanda came to Canada to attend McGill University and moved to …
Kirstie McCallum, Writer
Kirstie just completed her first interview as a CACV volunteer - with Lyle Povah. Kirstie McCallum lives in Vancouver where she is the Dance Editor for Plank Magazine and an Editorial Assistant for Event Magazine. She was raised in Prince Edward Island and studied in Halifax and Fredericton: she has a BA in Contemporary Studies and English from the University of Kings College and an MA in …
Anna Wilkinson, Writer
Anna Wilkinson is a member of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver's Communications Committee. She is an emerging museum professional and is interested in the ways that diverse communities can interact within gallery spaces and through public art. Contact Anna. Anna's interviews include: Carla Bergman Marina Szijarto …
Celebrating Life and Death: All Souls at Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery
An Interview with Community Artist Marina Szjiarto by Anna Wilkinson Earlier this October(2010), I took a walk around Mountain View Cemetery with Marina Szjiarto the art and technical director of Vancouver’s All Souls. In its sixth year, Marina describes the series of All Souls events as a time for community members to come to the Mountain View Cemetery and remember the dead. On October …
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