Archives for 2017

Jacob’s Well – “Resilience” Nest Community Mural 2017

November 20, 2017 by Kelsey Savage

h4>>As part of the Community Arts Funds projects of 2017, the Community Arts Council of Vancouver is proud to share a documentary time-lapse video of the Jacob’s Well "Resilience" Nest Community Mural. This project was built on the success of the 2014 Nest Community Mural Project, with the intention of enhancing leadership skills in individuals, especially those who participated in the last …

Call for Nominations: 2017 Yulanda M. Faris Award

September 17, 2017 by Kelsey Savage

h4>>The Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) is awarding the second annual Yulanda M. Faris Young Philanthropist Award to recognize leaders in fundraising for the arts under 35 years old. The winner will receive the award at CACV’s annual fundraiser SWITCH! November 14, 2017, an event that Yulanda Faris co-founded to support the Community Arts Council of Vancouver and the Community Arts Fund. …

Community Responds to the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival

September 17, 2017 by Kelsey Savage

h4>>Below are a few of the responses we received from the inaugural Outsider Arts Festival. A huge thank you from me and all the dancers for this opportunity to be part of Vancouver Outsider Art Festival this year! It was amazing meeting and seeing all these artist share their work and passion. We truly had a really great experience performing on this stage. - Artist Wonderful event team. …

Feedback for Illicit: A Workshop and Performance Conversation

August 18, 2017 by Kelsey Savage

h4>>From Managing Artistic Director & Facilitator Kelty McKerracher: "On the opening night of the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival, the Roundhouse Community Centre stage played host to the debut performance of Illicit: Stories from a Harm Reduction Movement. Co-researchers performed to a very nearly full house; the audience was a healthy mix of our ever-supportive DTES community, as well as …

Illicit: A Workshop Performance & Conversation

August 10, 2017 by Kelsey Savage

h4>>For the last ten months, growing out of the community of the PHS Drug Users Resource Centre, a group of harm reduction workers and frontline responders from the Downtown Eastside community have been meeting monthly to investigate the nuances of illicit drug culture, the human impacts of drug policy, and the realities of the opioid overdose crisis that claimed more than 900 lives in BC last year, …

Reframing Relations Welcomes 5 New Artist-Facilitators

July 17, 2017 by Kelsey Savage

h4>>This spring, CACV brought on board 5 new artist-facilitators for our Reframing Relations program. They join CACV Program Manager Kelty McKerracher and Project Director Ronnie Dean Harris leading arts-based workshops in school and community settings that deepen engagement and understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Our pilot program in schools is complete and we look forward to …

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