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DTES Community Arts Program Funding Support

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h4>>Here are the guidelines and application form for our DTES Community Arts Program.  Maximum funding available is $5000 per project.  Maximum available in total is $20,000. Deadline: November 6, 2012 We're offering a workshop on Monday October 29 from 2-4pm co-sponsored by the City of Vancouver Cultural Services in the W room on the 5th Floor of 111 West Hastings Street (Woodward's Heritage …

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The Heart of The City Festival 2012

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h4>>Well, it is that time of the year, the beginning of The Season.  The festivities that will get us through the long, dark, days ahead.  Cheer you up?  No.  Okay, let's go to the Heart of the City Festival, organized by the incredible Vancouver Moving Theatre team, showcasing and highlighting arts and craft in the Downtown Eastside.  Featuring all the people we know and love, (well, for the most …

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Vivian Bomberry leads us in making “heart art” from invasive species

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h4>>Vivian  facilitated heart art from invasive materials at our community arts dialogue in September. Read an article in UBC Reports August, 2007 For aspiring entrepreneur Vivian Bomberry, the irony of the term cohort -- used in education circles to define a group of students in the same class year -- wasn’t lost when she began her studies in the Ch’nook Advanced Management Program at …

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Joji Kumagai speaking at Dialogue

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h4>>Joji Kumagai is the Executive Director of the Strathcona Business  Improvement Association (SBIA). One of the core mandates of the  SBIA is its  Green Zone Initiative, an initiative to create a community of  businesses working to reduce enviromental impacts through  resource efficiency and  collaboration. Joji majored in ecology and toxicology at Simon Fraser  University and is currently working …

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Sandra Pronteau reading at Dialogue

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h4>>S A N D R A P R O N T E A U Found such gratitude within this province of British Columbia and feels so valued and had many opportunities in exploring and sharing many interests in all levels. With the support of past Instructors and mentors; writing is a form of Art when sharing poetry or having the courage to write argumentative essay papers or even to the past Prime Minister. Writing …

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DTES Community Arts Program Support

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h4>>Come and learn about this and four other programs that provide funds for arts and community in the DTES - and one for the whole City. FREE REGISTER HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT Community Arts Fund Program Support for Downtown Eastside Community Art Projects By November 30, 2012, the Community Arts Council of Vancouver will be allocating approximately $20,000 from our Community Arts Fund for …

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