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Save the date!
Fall 2011 Community Arts Council of Vancouver events.
Community Arts Dialogue: the State of Community Arts in Vancouver Sat. Nov. 5 SFU Woodwards, World Arts Centre Addressing questions such as: What defines community arts? Why promote community arts, what are the benefits? What are some of the challenges in promoting or directing community arts and how can we best circumvent them?
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Call for Artists - Chapel Arts
Chapel Arts is seeking submissions of original thought provoking art work from passionate Vancouver artists to display their work in our rotating community gallery at 304 Dunlevy Avenue, open every Thursday night from 7-11pm.
Chapel Arts is also seeking proposals from Artists and Arts organizations for "themed" Arts events, performances, and art related fundraisers. Priority will be given to work and/or events which contain a community element and are both engaging and inspiring for consumers of Art.
To submit work or an idea for a show, email a ONE PAGE cover letter/proposal/resume along with a maximum of 2 photographs (1MB max for each) of Art work to: Ross MacMillan - Community Relations Manager, Chapel Arts - Email: rossmacmillan@shaw.ca.
For more information on Chapel Arts and Wiens Studios, please visit: www.chapelarts.com.
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City of Vancouver Poet Laureate
Call for Expressions of Interest
Deadline: August 26, 2011
The City of Vancouver invites members of the literary community to submit nominations and expressions of interest for the position of Poet Laureate, the third in the City's history. The Poet Laureate position was established by City Council in December 2006 to honour and celebrate the contribution of literature and poetry to life in Vancouver. The Poet Laureate, 'the people's poet,' is an honorary three-year position. During that term, the Laureate will act as a champion for poetry, language and the arts and create a unique artistic legacy through public readings and civic interactions.
More information click here
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Member: Enterprising Women Making Art (Atira)
Looking for volunteers
Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA), a program of Atira Women's Resource Society is looking for volunteers to facilitate art workshops.
Previous workshops have included photography, silk screening, painting, jewelry making and even working on a business plan. Any creative ideas are welcome. These workshops will be two to three hours long and will take place in our studio at 54 E. Cordova Street.
Please contact us for more detail. Salima
t. 604 658 8043
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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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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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Greetings!
Synchronicity and Six (or Less) Degrees of Separation.
We're very pleased to welcome Sonja Embree to the Community Arts Council's board. Sonja's background is in teaching and psychology and she brings great experience in a number of vital areas to the Council. She's dived right in to help with grant applications, community arts dialogue planning and, of course, learning the ropes as Board Secretary. She was drawn to us because within a couple of weeks, "Community Arts Council of Vancouver" kept popping up through friends and friends of friends. When she received an invitation to come and build nests and a potluck for Village Vancouver from me (drawing several areas of my life together), she decided to pursue this synchronicity (meaningful coincidence). (See below for more about that project). That took her to the website to find there was a vacancy on our board and then to Leslie Kemp as chair of the Nominating Committee. Along the way she found she knew several board members, or knew people who knew them.
I sometimes think in my life it's not so much six degrees of separation, but two degrees - six times! I seem to frequently meet people where I have more than one connection with through unrelated connections.
On my mind right now is the fact I walked into the book store on Hornby Island, saw the latest book of poems by Cornelia Hoogland who I'd "met" through internet because we're hoping to set up an Eco-Arts Salon with Cornelia this coming winter. While we'd exchanged emails and I'd watched some youtube videos of her readings, I was a bit surprised when I bought Wolf Woods Girl, her book to see a note saying she divides her time between London Ontario and Hornby Island.
Cornelia describes an eco-poet as a nature poet with anxiety. Through the wonders of the internet, we've now connected and plan to meet up in person while we're both on the island.
Sincerely,  Mary Bennett,
Administrator, CACV
mary@cacv.ca
604-682-0010
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 CACV Eco-Arts Salons! At our July Eco-Arts Salon Naomi Steinberg amazed us with her storytelling and informed us of her ELEMENTAL Project focused on using the elements as a metaphoric access point for an intergenerational story-sharing! Come join us in discussion at our upcoming Eco-Arts Salons - held the fourth Wednesday of every month from 7-9pm at the Roundhouse!
Wednesday August 24, 7-9pm - Nicole Dextras  | |
Photo credit: Nicole Dextras
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Nicole Dextras is an environmental artist who's artworks follow the seasons, working with ice in the winter and plant materials in the summer. She records the passage of time inherent in her ephemeral installations through photographs that she later exhibits. The socially engaged aspects of her art practice have been influenced by her work in theatre, dance and community based productions. Dextras is a graduate of the Emily Carr University, where she has been a sessional teacher for the past 8 years. Her artwork has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and featured in numerous publications.  September 28 - Rita Wong October 26 - Sharon Kallis November 23 - Yarn bombers For more info Click here. Thank you to the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre for partnering with us to present this series and to the City of Vancouver for funding support for our Community Environmental Arts Program.
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Flying the Nest; Feathering the Nest
A Community Environmental Art Project at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
 Come join us next Sunday 4-6pm for nest-building and 6-8 for a potluck dinner. The potluck is in conjunction with Village Vancouver Kitsilano Transition Village.
We'll be finishing off the nests for an installation at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House which will be finalized for Saturday, August 27 1-4pm. Please come by to either.
Send a note to mary@cacv.ca for details on the nest-building.
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Shower Singers - it's time to get your feet wet!
Member Information: Sing City Show Choir
Sing City Show Choir is currently open for registration for their 2011/2012 season, commencing September 6, 2011. The choir is made up of 55 - 65 singers of all adult ages. They rehearse on Tuesday nights from 7:15pm - 9:45pm, in the West End, at Jervis & Davie, Vancouver. Learn to sing for fun and become a better singer with weekly training.
No experience necessary, just the ability to sing in tune (quick voice check required). If you, or anyone you know, is interested in singing with this choir, please check out our website and video montage, and forward the links:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8i92SPi2z4
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There are many opportunities to get involved with CACV, including event support throughout the summer.
If you are interested in getting involved please email volunteer@cacv.ca.
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