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Community Wellness, Collaboration and Nutrition by Lindsay Wong

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h4>>This is the November blog post by Inclusive Community Artist-in-Residence Lindsay Wong. For more information on Lindsay's residency, click here.  Hellen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” This is also true when storytelling workshops can be merged into teaching tools for health, nutrition, and dental hygiene. In writing practice, one always assumes that a …

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Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival: Call for Organizing Committee Volunteers

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h4>>Landon Krentz presenting VOAF 2018 Disability Justice Workshop. Photo credit: Tom Quirk The third Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF) will be held August 9-11, 2019. This 3-day free festival offers exhibition, sales, performance, learning and connection opportunities to Vancouver-based visual and performing artists facing exclusion. In 2018 we had over 1,200 people attend and sold over $ …

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Facing Our Fears With Scary Stories by Lindsay Wong

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h4>>The following is the November blog post from Inclusive Community Artist-in-Residence Lindsay Wong. To read more about Lindsay's Residency, click here. In a recent drug overdose incident, a neighbour, Darren, ran screaming and sobbing through the halls of our building, yelling for help and pounding on apartment doors. “Please, please! He’s my brother! He’s not waking up! Someone help! …

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Leaning Towards Possibility: Are You In?

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h4>>Do you believe in the power of the arts in creating possibility for individuals and communities? Do you believe in an inclusive, socially-engaged, vibrant city alive with community arts? Community Arts Council of Vancouver does. Since 1946 when a determined group of women formed North America's first arts council, CACV has helped weave the cultural fabric of this city. In the 21st century …

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Daniel Thomas: Special Olympic Athlete, Artist, and CSO User by Lindsay Wong

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h4>>The following is a blog post by Inclusive Community Artist in Residence Lindsay Wong. For more information on Lindsay, click here.  “The CSO has allowed me to become the person I am today.” Daniel Thomas and I have a shared joke about him being “the real artist-in-residence” at the CSO on Fraser Street, while I’m someone that was randomly hired. I have zero fine arts skills, but he’s the one who …

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Learning the Art of Community

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h4>>Some things I found interesting in our initial survey responses from artists, arts organizations and non-arts organizations on their experiences working in, with, and for community: Defining community as 'co-creating your environment' and 'whoever you feel responsible to' which pointed to intention and care perhaps transcending identity or geography. A common challenge included 'getting out …

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