Ali Lohan
h4>>Ali Lohan is a community artist engaged with Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
She worked with the Art Cart project as community coordinator. …
People
Golya Mirderikvand
h4>>We welcome Golya as one of our newest volunteers to the Community Arts Activities Committee.
Golya has a Master of Art Conservation degree from Queen's University, Canada.
She has volunteered at Gallery Gachet and had several solo exhibitions.
You'll see Golya at the Bees Please Parade and Shiny Kids Fest - and at Activities Committee Meetings - 2nd Thursday of the month. …
Behind Open Doors Arts Collective
h4>>Biography
Behind Open Doors is a collective of performers, dancers and scholars of public space and the urban environment, founded in 2004. They are interested in exploring and questioning urban spaces and our environment through performance, improvisation and film. From hosting “hops” (where they would play with improvisation in different places in the city and where anyone of any ability was …
Interviews with Community Artists
h4>>Here are some of the community artists we've featured on our website:
Sharon Kallis
Helen Bolduc
Naomi Singer
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Mayworks Mail Art
h4>>What can you say about "labour" and "work"? If a picture is worth a thousand words - maybe you'd like to put your thoughts down on a 5"x 7" postcard and mail to Ed Varney for a Mayworks Mail Art Exhibition on Vancouver Island.
We are planning a few collage workshops in the Downtown Eastside to facilitate creating mail art on this theme.
Our volunteers arrive with materials, glue, scissors …
Bruce Voyce
h4>>Biography
Visual arts and ecology have been an integral part of my life since childhood. I recognized the transformative power of art when I began sculpting during an extended stay in the hospital. Later my driftwood sculptures were inspired as a collaboration with nature while I was tree planting and living in the wilderness. Now, my artistic practice has evolved to embrace public art and …
