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Francis Heng is an Advocate for Community Arts and Social Change

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h4>>Francis Heng has been actively participating in various CACV initiatives since 2011 and is a passionate advocate for Community Arts and Social Change. In 2012, Francis became co-chair of our Community Arts Activities Committee and coordinator of Community Arts Dialogues. Francis is a professional visual and performance artist as well as an arts-based facilitator. He currently works in a variety …

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Bah! Humbug!

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h4>>SFU Woodward’s and Vancouver Moving Theatre present Bah! Humbug! a staged reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Starring Jay Brazeau A New Woodwards Tradition Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre Goldcorp Centre for the Arts 149 W Hastings Street   Proceeds to benefit community arts in the Downtown Eastside and the Heart of the City Festival …

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City of Vancouver, Emily Carr, Vancouver Park Board and Community Arts Vancouver present…

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h4>>NEWS: This event is "sold out" at 100 participants - with another 100 on a waitlist. We are video-recording all of the large group sessions and it will be posted within 4 weeks. Note-takers will be at breakout sessions and notes will be posted. We are delighted at the response and the mix of people and organizations attending. The organizing committee will get together after the event …

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Community Arts Dialogues

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h4>>We regularly convene community arts dialogues to bring together artists, community members and those just interested in "creating community through the arts". The goals of our dialogues are to: Facilitate networking Share tools, resources and best practices Explore and increase awareness of community arts – what are its forms and what are the benefits? Identify needs for the community …

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Hearts and Arts

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h4>>Hearts and Arts After our two heart-themed (and heart-felt) community arts dialogues, we've gotten rather attached to the theme of heART. Thank you to Jacquie Rolston for the poster designs.   September: Change of heART:  Self-Empowerment by Design October: Take Heart! Take Part! January: Heart to Heart: Art to Art   We recently tallied up the kinds of images we …

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Social Practice

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h4>>Stay tuned for the line-up of presenters at Culture + Community: Visioning Social Practice. Sorry - this session is full - but you can put your name on a waitlist by following the links from here: http://www.cacv.ca/dialogue-2012-11-30   …

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