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DTES Community Arts Program Committee

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h4>>At the Board Meeting March 1,2012,  the board adopted the following as a working document to be finalized at the next meeting. Leslie Kemp, past president of the board, was appointed as Chair of this committee. Jessica Numinnem is the board liaison to the committee. Terms of Reference Downtown Eastside Community Arts Program Committee March 1, 2012 - Approved as a working document to be …

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Guiding Principles for DTES Community Arts Program

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h4>>CACV intends to develop Guiding Principles for our DTES Community Arts Program. Thank you to Vancouver Moving Theatre for sending this information about the principles they subscribe to in their work in this neighbourhood. Please comment below. -- Here are 12 guiding principles for VMT’s DTES community engaged art practice:   Involves culturally diverse professional artists …

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Art Cart

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h4>>Gallery Gachet and Oppenheimer Park (the Carnegie Community Centre Association) are expanding their creative partnership to build Art Cart! One cart will be built to serve both the Oppenheimer Park Community’s artists and Gallery Gachet artists, creating an all weather/year round, transformable mobile art gallery/vending cart.This mobile “Art Cart” will enable artists to transport their art packed …

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Strathcona Markers

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h4>>Here are descriptions of two of the projects scheduled for completion in spring, 2012. Strathcona/SPOTA Mosaic Project This project is intended to help make sure that significant points in the history of the Strathcona community are not forgotten. Work on a historically significant marker began last year to recognize the home of Mary Chan (658 Keefer Street). This was where the Strathcona …

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