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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SAVE THE DATE
Our Annual General Meeting is coming.
Time: Nov 24, 2011
from 6pm to 9pm
304 Dunlevy (near Oppenheimer Park)
or send a note to agm@cacv.ca
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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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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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Heart of the City Festival
starts October 26 @ 2pm. Hope to see you there - or at one of the events in the following days.
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| 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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Greetings!
October 21, 2011
Greetings!
Fall is here and again we are blessed with the beautiful turning of colours. Burnt umber leaves coupled with the golden autumn light combine for a spectacular palette throughout the city.
Amidst such a gorgeous backdrop, the Community Arts Council hosted a well-attended EcoArts Salon at the Roundhouse with Rita Wong on September 28th. Rita led an engaging conversation about her active research and practice of the 'poetics of water.' Be sure to check out this month's EcoArts Salon with Sharon Kallis, Wednesday October 26 at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall.
Interested in learning more about environmental arts? Want to get involved, but don't know where to start? We're currently planning our upcoming winter and spring schedule and we'd love for you to join us - just send an email for more info.
Co-Chair, Environmental Arts Committee
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| Harvest and Hallowe-en - great times to look at the garden (and back alleys) for materials for fall and winter eco-arts creations.
Me, I've made Hallowe'en "spider webs" out of the grapevine with crocheted morning glory vine (Mary's favorite invasive species) as the web.
And the second annual "scarecrow" with the grandkids. This year the pink pillow case used for a head got tied off to make it rounder and instantly looked more like a scare pig. As Em says: We've probably got the only Scare Pig in Vancouver. Then she commented: Most people buy scarecrows. Not farmers and not artists, I reply. I happily donated a pair of cords and a turquoise sweater for this year's creation. In both cases, these were in the way-too-comfortable-to-throw-away but way-too-worn to be worn category. So, now they're art. They've gone to a better place.
Hope to see you Wednesday to hear Sharon Kallis talk about her work. She's amazing! I expect I'll be roaming the back alleys even more after hearing her again!
Mary Bennett, mary@cacv.ca
Administrator
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Social Media
ECO-ARTS SALON PAGE
We tweet as @EcoArtsSalon
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2011 Eco-Arts Salon Series
Wednesday October 26, 7-9pm - Sharon Kallis
With a "one mile diet" approach to sourcing art materials, Sharon Kallis works to discover the inherent material potential in a local landscape. By involving community in connecting traditional hand  techniques with invasive species and garden waste she creates site-specific installations that become ecological interventions. At home in Vancouver, Sharon works with Vancouver Parks Board, Stanley Park Ecology Society, Artstarts, Evergreen Society, Community Arts Council of Vancouver and Environmental Youth Alliance. Sharon has exhibited and engaged communities with her practice in Ireland, Spain and throughout the United States.
At the October eco-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 (Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden)
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. |
| The Future is Coming and it's GREEN
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Among the groups participating in our Future of Community Arts Celebration on Saturday, November 26 are Environmental Youth Alliance, Stream of Dreams Mural Society, St. George Creek and Greenway/Falsecreek Watershed Society, deer crossing the art farm and... our Community Arts Council Environmental Arts Working group will be present to help coordinate and connect, in the person of Robin Pickell. CACV Volunteer Rachael Campbell-Parker will be helping people make bracelets from recycled plastic bags.
Can you be on hand to assist with these groups and their projects? Contact us at future@cacv.ca or Robin@cacv.ca
Maybe something on Environmental Youth Alliance @ Nov. 26 event
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Old Mossy is Tree of the Month
Kitsilano Neighbourhood House is entering 18-24 months of redevelopment: To mark the event they are preparing an eco-arts nest installation on the beautiful mossy maple tree outside their building. Over the coming weeks they hope to install 10-12 nests filled with messages written on leaves about memories and dreams of Kits House.
Interested in joining us for this and other eco-arts sessions in Kits? More information here.
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Green Streets
 Congratulations to and Ella Cooper both of whom were recognized at the 2011Greenstreets party for their creative gardens. Chloe has a Bee-Habit-Art on her traffic circle at 6th & Yew and Ella a Community Art Garden at 8th & Trimble.
Click their names to get more information.
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 Art is Land Network
Robin Ripley, one of the artists of the Network will be giving us a report in our next issue. It was a huge and well-received effort to have their exhibition on Granville Island during the Fringe. We were proud to see our big red "C" on all of the posters and to have sponsored Nicole Dextras' installation.
http://artislandnetwork.com/
Photo shows in foreground: Claim Line by Fae Logie and one of the "lily pads" that got away from the main installation of Detritus by Tiki Mulvihill Photo: Mary Bennett
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Winter Solstice Eco-Arts Lantern
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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. (see Mary's messageabove!)
Click here for more information
Come join our Kits Eco Arts group on the third Sunday (2pm-6pm) in November. Contact mary@cacv.ca for details.
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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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