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Feedback for Illicit: A Workshop and Performance Conversation

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h4>>From Managing Artistic Director & Facilitator Kelty McKerracher: "On the opening night of the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival, the Roundhouse Community Centre stage played host to the debut performance of Illicit: Stories from a Harm Reduction Movement.  Co-researchers performed to a very nearly full house; the audience was a healthy mix of our ever-supportive DTES community, as well as …

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Illicit: A Workshop Performance & Conversation

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h4>>For the last ten months, growing out of the community of the PHS Drug Users Resource Centre, a group of harm reduction workers and frontline responders from the Downtown Eastside community have been meeting monthly to investigate the nuances of illicit drug culture, the human impacts of drug policy, and the realities of the opioid overdose crisis that claimed more than 900 lives in BC last year, …

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Reframing Relations Welcomes 5 New Artist-Facilitators

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h4>>This spring, CACV brought on board 5 new artist-facilitators for our Reframing Relations program. They join CACV Program Manager Kelty McKerracher and Project Director Ronnie Dean Harris leading arts-based workshops in school and community settings that deepen engagement and understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Our pilot program in schools is complete and we look forward to …

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The VOAF Needs You!

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h4>>Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival August 11th - 12th Bringing outsiders in... Are you looking to become more involved in the Vancouver Arts community, but don't know where to start? Do you have volunteer hours you need to fill for school, or perhaps you simply have some free time on your hands this August? We have the perfect solution: our first Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival is seeking …

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Hello from Kelsey, the new Communications Coordinator!

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h4>>Happy June, Vancouver! Continuing on the thread of new faces here at the CACV, I will take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Kelsey Savage, and I've taken over for the iridescent Megan Hooge as Communications Coordinator with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. Megan and I, along with former Executive Director Chris Gilpin, have been connected through the vibrant …

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Community Arts Fund Program Recipients 2017/18

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h4>>Congratulations to the following Downtown Eastside organizations - stay tuned for updates on their fantastic projects! (Photo courtesy of Talentosa Productions and Accordion Noir Society. Left to right Rosa Prieto, JJ Harper, Peter Dale, Emily Neumann, Dr. Ross Braes) Accordion Noir Society in partnership with St James Music Academy The Great Accordion Journey This project provides an …

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