SONGS OF MAHALIA JACKSON
Fri. Apr. 15 @ 8 pm
St. Andrew's Wesley Church,
1022 Nelson
TICKETS:
Firehall Arts Centre Box Office
$25 general/$40 reserved seating
The "Songs Of Mahalia Jackson" featuring Dalannah Gail Bowen, and this year's Juno nominated group The Sojourners with musical director, Grammy-nominated keyboardist Michael Creber will bring to life some of the most familiar songs made famous by the well-known gospel singer. The evening's presentation will include old standards such as "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" and "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" to more modern gospel songs such as "In The Upper Room" and more.
The Songs of Mahalia Jackson is a fundraiser for the Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver's Community Arts Fund for Downtown Eastside.
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Member: Gallery Gachet
April 8, 2011 - April 28, 2011
Wed-Sun, 12-6pm
88 East Cordova Street
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Member:
Carnegie Association
Documentaries for Thinkers
Free documentaries covering subjects seldom covered by mainstream media.
Carnegie Centre Theatre
Shows every Saturday night EXCEPT the first Sat of every month. Often Q&A sessions from the producers attending.
Documentaries announced at beginning of month on posters at the Carnegie Centre and in the Carnegie Newsletter.
More information contact Colleen Carroll
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Member: Mary Gavan
Stories for Adults
Listen! Laugh! Enjoy! Storytelling for YOU!.
Sun April 17 7pm
$7 at the door.
Philomena Jordan, Wendy Paton and Tony Rainbow
tell engagingly on theme of Wind in the Willows.
1805 Larch /2nd Ave; enter alley off St Mark's; parking
Contact Mary Gavan: 604-683-1575
www.vancouverstorytellers.ca
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
Artists in our Midst
THE ROUNDHOUSE EXHIBIT
Thurs Apr 2811am - 10pm
Opening 7pm - 10pm
Fri Apr 29 11am - 9pm
OPEN STUDIOS
Sat Apl 30 & Sun May 1
11am - 6pm
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Call for proposals from artists: For The Incubator, a studio residency at Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre , 7646 Prince Albert Street in South Vancouver.
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre
Deadline: Apr 29
If you have further questions or to schedule individual appointments please contact Cyndy Chwelos, Arts Programmer 604-718-6521
Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre is a Park Board facility at which The Incubatorwill be hosted. This up to three-year pilot residency will provide free studio space for an artist or artist team in exchange for community-based arts engagement. The call is open to artists working in all disciplines (dance, theatre, visual arts, new media, etc.). Our goal is to create a stronger identity for Moberly as a unique cultural space, to nurture the role of the artist, and to explore the potential of community arts engagement by having an onsite studio residency.
How to Apply:
Please visit the website for all the application details
Open Studio Visits are scheduled for
Wed Apr 13 1-4 PM and
Thurs Apr 14 5- 8 PM
Proposed residencies must be a minimum of one year and cannot exceed three. Artist(s) must be able to demonstrate a passion for their practice and dedication to community arts engagement.
Apply to Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre, 7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver, B.C.V5X 3Z4 or via email
Deadline: 4 pm Apr 29
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Greetings!
Lots going on around town - I'll be at the Vancouver City Planning Commission's Symposium Friday and Saturday, along with a number of other CACV friends and volunteers. Saturday I'm heading to We Are the People (see below) and the Community Arts Fund is one of the beneficiaries of the benefit: The Songs of Mahalia Jackson on April 15 (see left).
 Yesterday I took a friend for lunch in Stanley Park and then did a tour of several of the Stanley Park Environmental Art Projects.
Right is Cozy by Shirley Wiebe from June of last year. It's now further broken down with a majority of the tree cookies on the ground. Clearly the last to go are the ones on top. To my surprise it didn't seem as if there were any plants growing on top as yet. You can find a map online at http://vancouver.ca/spea along with lots more information including several excellent videos with introductions with the artists. This is the fifth time over two years, I've made this "pilgrimage".
Sincerely,  Mary Bennett,
Administrator, CACV
mary@cacv.ca
604-682-0010
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ADVANCE BOX OFFICE: www.firehallartscentre.ca or 689-0926  We Are the People commemorates 125 years of laughter and tears in the Downtown Eastside - the historical heart of our city. This concert of original and period songs of struggle, loss, celebration and perseverance showcases the home-grown creativity of the Downtown Eastside community.
Historical events highlighted in this City of Vancouver 125th Anniversary concert include the rescue of Vancouver residents by members of a Squamish congregation during the 1886 fire, the 1907 Anti-Asian riot, labour struggles of the 1930's, historic personalities such as saloon keeper Gassy Jack Deighton, industrial tycoon / philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, activist and City Councillor Bruce Eriksen; inner city challenges such as poverty, unemployment, homelessness, prostitution and addiction; neighbourhood victories such as the establishment of the Carnegie Community Centre and the Militant Moms' successful protest; and Downtown Eastside values of tolerance, courage, compassion and community. The project's principal artists are award winning Savannah Walling (Artistic Director and lead writer) and Neil Weisensel (Music Director, Conductor and co-composer). The songs are composed by some of Vancouver's finest composers: Michael Creber, Earle Peach, Joelysa Pankanea, Wyckham Porteous, Bill Sample, Yawen V. Wang and Neil Weisensel. Song lyrics have been written by Dalannah Gail Bowen, James Fagan Tait, Bob Sarti, Savannah Walling and emerging community writers from the Downtown Eastside. With special guests: St. James Music Academy Youth Choir! |
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Playful Children are Strong Children
It was 125 years ago that the YMCA began helping Vancouver become stronger. It's time to celebrate this milestone and unveil a tremendous work of art by Nathan Scott, donated by Peter A. Allard and The Highbury Foundation. This sculpture embodies children taken with the playful wonder of our natural environment and celebrates the YMCA's values of honesty, respect, care and responsibility. This is the time for an evening of celebration-of art, of childhood and the spirit of the YMCA. We hope you will join us ! Event Details: Robert Lee YMCA 955 Burrard Street, Vancouver Wed Apr 13 4-6 pm RSVP 604.622.4951 claire.smith@vanymca.org
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Eco-Art Salon Hits the Streets!
CACV's Eco Arts Salon is taking to the streets. Come and get involved in a hands-on project. Using an intersection in the Jericho Beach area of Kitsilano as a pilot, we are brainstorming ideas about how to put an environmental arts twist on Vancouver's Green Streets program.
Green Streets COMMUNITY ART GARDEN Corners of 8th & Trimble SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR ART MAKING & GARDENING! We are looking for people with a passion for arts, gardening and/or community building. All are welcome. No experience necessary. Join us this month to tend the corner gardens at the intersection of 8th & Trimble and begin decorating the space with small art pieces, short stories & interactive poetry to include in the greenery.
THROUGH ART MAKING & POETRY WE'LL BE INVESTIGATING THE THEME OF GROWTH & WHAT WE'D LIKE TO CULTIVATE IN OUR LIVES. Saturday, April 16 @ 3:30 - 5:30pm Saturday, April 30 @ 3:30 - 5:30pm Meet @ the Corner of Trimble & West 8th street ( 99 Bus - UBC. Get off at Sasamat ) **Come dressed for the weather and please bring garden tools if you have them. We start off outside and then depending on the activity we'll move indoors, to the park or a cafe. Call 604 762 8112 if you're running late. *** About... We meet every other Saturday. Each meetup will include gardening plus a range of different activities including creative brainstorming, outdoor poetry making, creating a five senses garden, collaborating with youth, walks down to Jericho beach for inspiration, community building, conversation and more. Multidisciplinary artist and educator, Ella Cooper has recently gained four of the City of Vancouver's Green Street plots and would like to turn them into a veritable eco-arts gallery and space for community engagement. Collaborating with the Community Arts Council's Eco Arts Salon, gardeners, guerilla knitters, creative minds, poets and interested members of the community we will be working to create a happy blend of community gardening and eco arts projects that creates an interactive green space that will evolve as the plants grow. If you can't make it to this meeting but would like to be actively involved in the gardening and eco-arts making, please contact Ella at ella@eapnetwork.ca - 604-762-8112.
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Mapping Arts for Social Change in Vancouver's Lower Mainland... We invite you to connect!
The International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC) is involved in an interesting and useful project - mapping local organizations and individuals who are engaged in different forms of arts-in-community/arts-for-social-change activities.
Please click here or contact us if you wish to participate in this survey and we will send it directly to you.
Dayna Kneeland ICASC Research Assistant (604) 565-2164
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Current opportunities:
Meeting support: For our committee and board meetings, we need help for preparing materials; setting up the room; greeting participants, making copies etc. Regular times are 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesdays. Meetings usually start at 6:30. You'd arrive at least an hour early and stay for at least an hour of the meeting.
Upcoming meetings include:
April 13 & 27 @ the Roundhouse - Environmental Arts Planning
April 28 @ 111 West Hastings Street - Board Meeting
Contact mary@cacv.ca if you're available for these 3 meetings - or volunteer@cacv.ca if you are interested in general, but not available for these particular dates.
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
Thursday, April 14 @ Gallery Gachet - 5:30-7pm
Contact aleida@cacv.ca for more information
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THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS.
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Community Arts Council of Vancouver
creates community through the arts.
Our mission: CACV is the voice for the community arts in Vancouver. We explore critical social issues through creative processes. CACV fosters and supports programs, practices and initiatives that develop common understanding through shared experiences.
From its founding in 1946 as the first community arts council in North America to today, CACV has been influential in the arts and culture scene in Vancouver. 2010 program priorities are to support community arts programming and infrastructure in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver; provide leadership in community arts in the City as a whole; and be a leader in the developing field of environmental art.
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Community Arts Council of Vancouver
Established 1946
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