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Gather

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h4>>Community-engaged art practice has always been rooted in social transformation. Whether it is in the form of social advocacy, place making, empowerment, resistance, reconciliation, or development, it is a practice that brings people together. It fills a need within a group of people, simultaneously producing artist(s) & arts organizations, and opportunities for members of a community to engage …

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Unexpected Ghost Stories by Johnny Trinh

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h4>>The following is the February blog post by Inclusive Community Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more about Johnny's Residency, click here. Photo by Johnny Trinh “I helped build this building.” “I’ve been off heroin for 10 days.”. “I stay with my brother sometimes.” “I painted the artwork on the walls.” “I used to live in Saskatchewan, in a haunted house!” “My family and I don’t get …

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CACV Renews Values

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h4>>by CACV Executive Director Eric Rhys Miller As the ground of our recent strategic planning process, CACV looked closely at our Values, and did a refresh. This was important, because as a values-driven organization we want to do more than post a list of buzzwords. We felt it was important to say more about what the words mean to us, as a living guiding document that can respond to a changing …

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**POSTING CLOSED** Artist Call for “Reframing Relations Program Facilitator”

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h4>>PLEASE NOTE THIS POSTING IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to those who applied. About the Reframing Relations Program Reframing Relations is an inter-disciplinary, arts-based program that aims to engage youth in creative dialogue about the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Led by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, the pilot phase of this program was developed in …

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Announcing the 2019 Inclusive Community Artist in Residence: Johnny Trinh

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h4>>Making. Playing. Telling. Together Johnny David Trinh, spoken word poet, theatre maker, and community-engaged artist will be taking on the role of Artist in Residence at the John Howard Society. As resident artist, Johnny will facilitate 2 drop-in sessions/month, open to all participants. These sessions will also feature guest artists to come share their practice. Drop-in sessions will consist …

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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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