Join our Eco-Arts initiative in the creation of a snake sculpture for the Year of the Snake! Artist Alastair Heseltine will lead five half-day sessions at the Firehall Arts Centre Courtyard and teach skills on working with natural materials, including green willow. The snake sculpture workshops are part of a series of events to engage with community members celebrating the lunar new year. The …
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Snake in the News Province http://www.theprovince.com/news/foot+long+sculpture+marks+Year+Snake+Vancouver+garden/7896041/story.html Westender http://www.wevancouver.com/news/190029651.html Metro Vancouver cover photo February 8 on Breakfast TV with Dawn Chubai and on Shaw TV Lunaria snake and artist Jacquie Rolston were interviewed on CBC On the Coast February 8. Have you sighted …
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***This call is now closed. *** The Community Arts Council of Vancouver's Eco-Arts initiative is looking for poets/storytellers/performers to assist in our event on Tuesday, December 11 at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden where we'll be creating a snake lantern for the Winter Solstice and then the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. To get us in the spirit, Susan Ma, Education Director …
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***This call is now closed. *** Create snake sculptures from invasive/abundant natural materials Thanks to the Province of British Columbia, we will be offering 5 half-day workshops for community groups to create snake sculptures in honour of Year of the Snake. This snake sculpture will be modular and made from various natural or invasive species materials. The project will culminate in the …
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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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Lenore Rowntree's writing has appeared in several journals and anthologies, and she is a co-editor and contributor to the anthology Hidden Lives: coming out on mental illness (published by Brindle & Glass, 2012). If I Became a Money Plant If I became a money plant money plant would become snake snake, shining lantern and if I became a shining lantern lantern would …
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