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Helene Bolduc – Emerging Artist in Community-engaged Arts

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h4>>Helene Bolduc was honoured at the 2011 Mayor's Arts Awards as being the nominee selected by Naomi Singer for a $2500 award as an emerging artist in the field of community-engaged arts. Mayor’s Arts Award: Helene Bolduc By Megan Sheldon, Narrative Communications Helene Bolduc has never needed much fanfare when it comes to her theatre and performance art. She is happy to receive quiet …

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Naomi Singer receives Mayor’s Arts Award for Community-engaged Arts

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h4>>Congratulations to Naomi Singer, artistic director of the Secret Lantern Society for her award as the recipient of the Mayor's Arts Awards for Community-engaged Arts. Celebrating Community Art By Megan Sheldon, Narrative Communications The days may be getting shorter and the light may be growing darker, yet there is reason to celebrate. For Naomi Singer, the creative genius behind The …

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Megan Sheldon

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h4>>With almost ten years of experience in Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising, Megan's client list includes UNICEF Canada, TransLink, Vancity, The Sarah McLachlan Foundation, and Youth Challenge International in Ghana. After completing a Masters in Mythology, she began to see the connection between storytelling and marketing and launched Narrative Communications in January …

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Visionary, John H. Goodwin & wealth of the “why”

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h4>>By Maziar Ghaderi, storyteller & visual communicator John H. Goodwin had been the president of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver from 1986 to 1989, but his roots with us dig much deeper than that. His father, Howard Goodwin, a successful Vancouver ad man was one of the five original founders of CACV in 1946. Being involved in arts and the community was a part of the Goodwin …

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// A leading woman – artivist pioneer, Elizabeth Lane

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h4>>By Maziar Ghaderi, storyteller & visual communicator Now I can tell you about how Elizabeth (Betsy) Lane helped bring to life some of the most culture-defining art institutions that Vancouver has ever seen. I could tell you how she was the first chair of the British Columbia Arts Board as well as countless other committees, and has been awarded with an honorary Doctor of Laws from …

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// A salut to our bellowing good guy, Anthony Norfolk //

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h4>>By Maziar Ghaderi, storyteller & visual communicator An Englishman found himself stranded on the strip of tundra that is our nation's capital when an unnamed echoing call casted him to the wet sands and mild winds of the Pacific. "I first got involved with the Heritage Committee and soon became chair," explains Anthony Norfolk from a back room in his second home, The Roedde House …

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