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CACV Renews Values

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h4>>by CACV Executive Director Eric Rhys Miller As the ground of our recent strategic planning process, CACV looked closely at our Values, and did a refresh. This was important, because as a values-driven organization we want to do more than post a list of buzzwords. We felt it was important to say more about what the words mean to us, as a living guiding document that can respond to a changing …

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CACV Enters New Organizational Phase

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h4>>The Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) enters a new organizational phase with the hiring of Chris Gilpin as Executive Director. Gilpin joins the CACV bringing a strong background in arts administration and community engagement. Gilpin most recently worked as Executive Director for Vancouver Poetry House and Director of Development for Thursdays Writing Collective. He continues to serve as …

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Constitution – Our purposes from our founding

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h4>>The Community Arts Council of Vancouver was incorporated in the Province of British Columbia in 1950. Here are the purposes from our constitution: The purposes of the Society shall be to increase and broaden the opportunities for Vancouver citizens to enjoy and to participate in cultural activities and to improve the quality of the city, and shall include the following: a) to help coordinate …

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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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