The following is the March/April blog post by John Howard Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more on Johnny’s Residency, click here. Cough. Something as simple as a cough can spark fear, then violence, then isolation. Cough. Something as complex as a cough can mean a range of conditions: a cold, a choking hazard, asthma, an allergy, water down the wrong pipe, a too …
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The following is the February blog post by John Howard Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more on Johnny’s Residency, click here. Putting People First As program manager of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, I have the privilege of overseeing some amazing initiatives. All of our programs aim to support communities, people within communities, and foster social transformation. As …
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The following is the January blog post by John Howard Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more on Johnny’s Residency, click here. Vancouver is experiencing heavy snowfall, busses are stalled, sky trains are delayed- but that has not slowed down the Artist In Residence Program at the John Howard Society Lower Mainland. Our first session was held on January 7, 2020. It was a …
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The following is the December blog post by John Howard Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more on Johnny's Residency, click here. It was December 19, 2018, I walked into the John Howard Society Lower Mainland for the first time as incoming artist in residence. I vaguely remember Lindsay brought some vegetable chips and a box of mini chocolate bars. Around the table, 3-4 participants …
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The following is the November blog post by John Howard Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more on Johnny's Residency, click here. Quick Recap. Last time on the AIR BLOG I talked about the thanksgiving feast. At the feast we gained two new practicum students, who were thrown into the deep end of what the CSO is like when it’s full and bustling. It’s been quiet at the Community Service …
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The following is the October blog post by John Howard Artist in Residence Johnny Trinh. To read more on Johnny's Residency, click here. Growing up I couldn’t differentiate the roots of American Thanksgiving from Canadian Thanksgiving. For as long as I could remember, the idea of a festival that celebrates the harvest was often overlayed with the image of young people dressed up as colonizers …
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