We send out three e-newsletters each month. You can subscribe to one, two or all three. Monthly CACV News goes out the first of the month. Downtown Eastside Community Arts News mid-month Community Environmental Art News goes out in the 3rd week (in conjunction with the Eco-Art Salon.) Click above to subscribe or change your subscription.
Past newsletters can be found by clicking here.
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Thank you to Vancity for support of our series of events celebrating our 65th anniversary - and congratulations to Vancity on their 65th anniversary as well!
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The Community Arts Council's of Vancouver's 65th Anniversary Tea Party!
65 years old and no plans to retire!
Sunday October 2, 3:00-5:30pm
Museum of Vancouver - Joyce Walley Learning Centre
with Special guest host Max Wyman
Performances by: City Opera Vancouver, Rachel Fenlon, soprano, Andrey Andreychik, baritone, Greg Caisley, piano
Dalannah Gail Bowen
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Silk Road Music
Please RSVP to anniversary@cacv.ca or call 604 682 0010
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Community Arts Dialogue: the State of Community Arts in Vancouver
Sat. Nov. 5
partner: SFU Woodwards
Presentations and dialogue around:
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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Community Arts in Vancouver: the Future
Sat. Nov. 26
Woodward's Atrium
Hastings and Abbott
A display and celebration of the future of community arts.
See cacv.ca/future for participating groups - and see you there!
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Environmental Arts Workshops
Second Nature Lab
This fall, Continuing Studies is pleased to present Second Nature Lab, a creative and experimental investigation of the relationship between humans and the natural world. Design-builds, public walks, workshops and events will investigate topics such as technology, sustainable design, agriculture, and food fermentation and production. Through the lenses of art, design, technology and architecture, Second Nature Lab brings together a diverse cast of thinkers and makers to collaborate and exchange ideas for regeneration. Curated by Holly Schmidt. For a list of special courses and workshops click here. |
| Volunteer with us
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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MEMBER EVENTS
Falsecreek Watershed Society September events Means of Production (MOPARRC)
Location: Means of Production Community Garden, North China Creek Park, Corner of St Catherine Street and East 6th Avenue Note: Uneven terrain so proper foot wear is recommended.
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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!
September is here and things have kicked into high gear. It was a great pleasure to participate in the Kits House Eco-Arts event in late August and visit the Art Is Land Network exhibition at Granville Island.
Our three 65th Anniversary events are attracting attention and I hope to see some of you at one, two or all three!
Please take 5 to 10 minutes to complete our survey on community arts in Vancouver. Click here to provide your input!
Mary Bennett, mary@cacv.ca
Administrator
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"Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. ...Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved."
-The Secret Life of Bees
"Every little thing wants to be loved."
 Isn't that the truth? I rememberbeing really struck by that line. However small, even these little flying, stinging creatures need love and a place to belong; a home. Bee numbers are declining because of habitat destruction, farming practices, pesticide use, the list goes on. But don't despair! We can all do our little bit - however small. Remember, even the small things can potentially make all the difference! We will be building a lovely bee home on September 18th in Mary's common room which will hang in the garden circle of 6th and Trafalger. Come be part of this wonderful celebration of life, love, and little things! September 18 from 4-6pm - Eco-Arts Creation time, 6-8pm - Potluck please contact kits-eco-arts@cacv.ca for details. To download the brochure of upcoming Eco-Arts Salons and see other information about our community environmental arts programs click here.  Sincerely, volunteer, CACV
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2011 Eco-Arts Salon Series
 September 28th, from 7-9, Rita Wong will discuss her projects related to water, including the project Downstream: researching the poetics of water.
She is the author of many well-received books, and won the 2011 Canada Reads Poetry competition. She is currently researching the poetics of water and teaches in the faculty of Culture and Community at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. 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 October 26, 7-9pm - Sharon Kallis  At the October Eco-Art Salon Sharon will talk about the current BranchWeave project with Science World and Vancouver Park Board, and introduce an upcoming project, The Urban Weaver, where in collaboration with Debra Sparrow and Todd DeVries, the three artists will be investigating how the invasive plants of Stanley Park can be up-purposed as urban replacements for traditional First Nations weaving materials such as cedar and spruce. Working with Stanley Park Ecology Society; Sharon, Todd and Debra will be researching methods through the fall and winter, and facilitating workshops in the community throughout 2012.
 Wednesday November 23 - Yarn Bombers Tuesday December 6 - Haruko Okano 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. |
| Means of Production Garden
6th & St. Catherine's
Sunday September 18th 10-11.30am
Oliver Kellhammer talk
In his talk, Kellhammer will outline his concept of 'open source landscape,' a design philosophy he incorporated into his 2003 founding of the Means of Production project. Open source landscapes are generative and evolve as a function of the interplay between their human and non-human constituents, with a minimum of top-down aesthetic control. The result is a kind of ecological palimpsest that constantly adapts to those who participate. Kellhammer will also present a short history of the project and highlight some of the interesting plants on the site and their ethnobotanical significance.
Oliver Kellhammer is a Canadian land artist, permaculture teacher, activist and writer. His botanical interventions and public art projects demonstrate nature's surprising ability to recover from damage. His work facilitates the processes of environmental regeneration by engaging the botanical and socio-political underpinnings of the landscape, taking such forms as small-scale urban eco-forestry, inner city community agriculture and the restoration of eroded railway ravines. His process is essentially anti-monumental - as his interventions integrate into the ecological and cultural communities that form around them, his role as artist becomes increasingly obscured.
He describes what he does as a kind of catalytic model-making, which lives on as a vehicle for community empowerment while demonstrating methods of positive engagement with the global environmental crisis. |
ELEMENTAL: earth - bench building dates
September 21st, 22nd and 23rd
 During these three days we will be constructing the foundation, mixing and building with earthen materials, and adding creative design elements pulled from the fantastic ideas, and imaginationings of the storytelling workshops.
There is no cost to attend these days of down right dirty fun. The work will be child friendly, safe and non-toxic.
Please register before hand so we can know what kind of numbers to expect. There will be a limited amount of space.
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Bee Habit-Art
Bees Please started in Spring 2011, with the creation of the Bees Please Mason Bee box in the roundabout at Yew & 6th in Kitsilano. Designed by Chloe Bennett, the project was part experiment, part statement, part guerrilla gardening, part public sculpture. The mason bee house is a success, with mason bees currently inhabiting the sculptural cube.
For more bee and bee related information, here are some great websites!
www.beediverse.com
Greenstreets
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Village Vancouver Events
The Art of Attraction:
Creating a Pollinators Paradise Workshop
 Learn about the importance of native pollinators like the Blue Orchard Mason Bee and how to encourage them to take up residence in your garden.
Time: Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 2pm to 4pm
Location: SFU Burnaby -
8888 University Drive
Organized be the SFU Local Food Project and the Environmental Youth Alliance
For more information visit
http://www.sfulocalfood.ca
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Winter Solstice Eco-Arts Lantern
In 2010, we created our first Winter Solstice Community Eco-Arts Lantern at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden.
This year we're imagining more variety and a tree-shaped structure. Probably using morning glory/bindweed as a key component for tying things together.
Click here for more information
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