The DTES Community Arts Fund Program is accepting grant applications for collaborative community arts projects from organizations with activities in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). Grants are adjudicated by a jury of peers made up of artists and community leaders and are awarded in amounts up to a maximum of $5,000 per project. This CACV program is supported by the Community Arts Fund, …
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"Challenging Stigma and Dispelling Myths" is the motto of the The Hooker Monologues, a project supported by CACVs Community Arts Fund. As this suggests, this project aims to raise awareness about issues of sex work and the challenges that sex workers face, an aim that has been greatly bolstered by media coverage from CBC's The National. This 15 minute segment on The Hooker Monologues was aired …
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The fourth annual SWITCH! paid tribute to the memory of Yulanda Faris who co-founded the event along with John Montalbano, and whose philanthropic activity made a tremendous impact in the arts throughout Vancouver. The sold out event at The Imperial featured a silent auction with visual art from local residents and a live auction hosted by David C. Jones. An array of talented performing …
