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Volunteer Opportunity: Interviewing People from Our Past

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h4>>Memory and movement - is an inititive to connect people from CACV's history with CACV today. As part of the initiative we are interviewing selected past presidents. Interviewers are needed who will: - conduct 3-5 interviews - preferably including audio and/or video clips - photograph or request photographs from the individual - write the interview up and check with the …

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EVENT: Art + Ecology – a conversation with John K. Grande

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h4>>On Thursday July 16, 2009, at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 60 people gathered to hear John K. Grande trace the pattern and history of how 'Land Art' morphed into 'Earth Art' and discuss concepts of 'the natural' and 'the manufactured' as they apply to sculpture in the environment. His presentation will be illustrated with images from the Earth Art show he curated for the Royal Botanical Gardens in …

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Means of Production Artist’s Community Garden

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h4>>We are involved with and helped start the Means of Production Artists Community Garden in the Mount Pleasant area of Vancouver. Means of Production started in 2002 with Oliver Kellhammer as lead artist and instigator, working with Vancouver Parks Board, the  Community Arts Council of Vancouver and Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA).  The piece of land straddles  Vancouver Park Board and …

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NEWS: Beauty in Destruction

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h4>>News article by Jeff Hodson published in Metro Vancouver - December 04, 2008 Fringe by Shirley Weibe - Photo by Paul Colangelo A series of environmental works of art have sprouted among wreckage of the 2006 windstorm that knocked down thousands of trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The works — some of which are on display in prominent places, like the old polar bear exhibit near the …

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Mary Bennett

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h4>>Fall, s008 The Board of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver is pleased to announce that we have contracted with Mary Bennett to work as our arts administrator on a part-time basis. Mary's skills in communication, networking and volunteer support will be well used as CACV works with our members and project partners to continue to build community through the arts in Vancouver and especially …

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Building Community Report – October 2008

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h4>>Up-Date: Building Community Society October 13, 2008 Demonstration Sites: Gerry and Mike H. have met with a Vancouver lawyer with strong philanthropic interests and connections. He has asked BCS to prepare by the end of the month case statements for three potential housing projects by the end of this month. The Aboriginal Mothers’ Centre, First United Church, the Pantages Project and 58 West …

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