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Catalyzing the Collective Imagination: The First Community Arts Unconference

July 16, 2016 by CACV Admin

h4>>In September 2013, I started working as the coordinator of the Community Arts Fund Program with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. Since 2011, a community jury has awarded annual project grants of up to $5000 to Downtown Eastside organizations working collaboratively with an artist. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of overseeing 4 cycles of funding partnerships with diverse …

Gastown Designated as National Historic Site

May 19, 2016 by CACV Admin

h4>>On May 17, 2016, Mayor Gregor Robertson and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna unveiled a plaque to commemorate Gastown as a national historic site. CACV was invited to participate in the unveiling ceremony to honour its advocacy efforts to preserve Gastown in the 1960s & 70s. Mayor Robertson retold the story, relayed to him by First Nations elders, about the …

WePress Opens on Keefer St.

February 9, 2016 by CACV Admin

h4>>This Monday, February 8th, WePress threw open its doors for the grand opening of the pop up community makerspace. Located at #202-268 Keefer Street on the second floor of the Sun Wah mall, WePress is in the heart of historic Chinatown, less than a block east of Main Street. A photo posted by Community Arts Vancouver (@yvrarts) on Feb 8, 2016 at 2:16pm PST WePress collective …

Community Cube Lantern Draws Crowds at Winter Solstice

January 11, 2016 by CACV Admin

h4>>On December 21st, CACV once again teamed up with the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden and the Secret Lantern Society to bring our Community Cube to the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. As soon as the doors opened, we were flooded with eager participants. Staff members Chris Gilpin and Kelty McKerracher were on hand to facilitate the activity, but were amazed at how participants …

CACV-funded Project featured on The National

December 15, 2015 by CACV Admin

h4>>"Challenging Stigma and Dispelling Myths" is the motto of the The Hooker Monologues, a project supported by CACVs Community Arts Fund. As this suggests, this project aims to raise awareness about issues of sex work and the challenges that sex workers face, an aim that has been greatly bolstered by media coverage from CBC's The National. This 15 minute segment on The Hooker Monologues was aired …

Notice of 2014-15 AGM

November 9, 2015 by CACV Admin

h4>>The annual general meeting of the Community Arts Council for the 2014-15 year will be held on Tuesday, November 24th from 6:30–8pm at the Woodward's Heritage building (111 West Hastings St) in the W Room on the 5th floor. Members are encouraged to attend this important event. Your voice matters to your Community Arts Council. Membership renewal and application will be available on-site. Light …

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