Community Arts Council of Vancouver in association with Britannia Community Services Centre & Green Streets CITIZEN ARTISTS WANTED “EcoArt Walk” invites citizen artists in Grandview-Woodland to create temporary eco-art installations in Green Streets Gardens. We hope to seed-bomb artworks that fertilize civic conversation at the meeting place of people, ecology, and …
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On Friday, October 4th, my mother-in-law died. I had been taking care of her for two years since both her husband and her only son (my husband) died. I tell you this because it is pertinent to what happened Wednesday evening, October 9th, at the Eco-Arts salon. It was my first experience with an Art Therapist. Nicole Parekh is studying for a degree in Expressive Arts Therapy. Her audio-visual …
Rebecca Chunn gave an informative presentation on her work and on the field of Environmental Art to a small and inspired group. Rebecca graduated Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 1997. She presented images of an ephemeral installation she had created for an Eco Workshop that was held this past spring at Crab Park at Portside in the Downtown Eastside and images of her past …
An eagerly interested group gathered in Room C at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre Wednesday evening to take in a presentation by socially conscious fashion designer Nicole Bridger. Nicole was born and raised in Vancouver and received her BAA in fashion design from Ryerson University in Toronto. During an internship in London with Vivienne Westwood, Nicole learned the art of …
February's Eco-Arts Salon featured local playwright, Jordan Hall, in an intimate setting where participants enjoyed an evening of dramatic storytelling. As our first Eco-Arts playwright presenter, Jordan gave some unique insight into the crossover between storytelling and environmental and political activism. The salon began with a reading from the play Kayak, where the author read in the …
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January’s Salon was a thought provoking event attended by an enthusiastic, engaged audience of CACV members together with people attending a Salon for the first time which was great to see. The night kicked off with an insight into the fantastic eco-arts related work being carried out by three different local organizations- The Stanley Park Ecology Society, The UBC Student Environmental …
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