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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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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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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