PAST EVENTS
Enable: Arts Society & CACV collab workshop & event on March 15, 2024!
We are excited to collaborate with Enable: Arts Society to bring you Enable: Nourishment A Workshop with Patricia Mirth and Ritual (R)evolution. Join us on March 15, 2024, at the Annex Theatre!
Enable: Nourishment A Workshop with Patricia Mirth
Join Patricia Mirth in “Enable: Nourishment”, where participants will be invited to 2 hours of self-nourishment utilizing different mindful and creative modes of poetry, crafting, somatic and narrative therapy, and meditation.
Ritual (R)evolution
How do we honour the cycles? How do we honour death as part of the cycle? How do we break apart from part of the cycles that do not save us, cycles of harm? Through a ritual exploration of these questions, the artists of Enable will take us through an interdisciplinary experience. Weaving in meditations, visual art, light and soundscape, poetry, movement and more, for a journey into the world of the artists. With poetry openers Allison Shields and Harpreet Kang, and live drawing from Alisha Sian. Enable Ensemble: Franz Seachel, Bryn Davies, Anjalica Soloman, Alyssa Amarshi, & Thelonious Lee Dexter.
This event is supported by the Downtown Van, Vancouver Civic Theatres and Deux Mille Foundation.
February 15, 2024 – I Wish U Roses
I Wish U Roses is a collaboration between Couch Jams Collective and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, bringing the community a brand new musical experience. We are partnering with the iconic Annex Theatre to present an evening of immersive music that meshes the intimacy of our open mic events, along with the rehearsed performance calibre of our artist showcases.
Couch Jams Collective is a community collective dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented BIPOC artists and musicians.
Event host: Sam Darko
Performers: Haleluya, Manyenya, Ebonempress back and Majo
February 18, 2023 – Music as Medicine
Exploring notions of music, Music as Medicine is a collaboration between UWIDO and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, centred around the power of music as a means to heal through gathering, expressing, relating, sharing and learning.
UWIDO is a music company based in Vancouver, BC, prioritizing support for independent BIPOC artists. Offering services in career consultation, creative direction, grant writing, management and more, UWIDO offers support by, with, and for artists while helping them keep their independence.
Event host: Francis Arevalo
Performers: Bukola, Dakota Bear, Mikey Jose
October 29, 2022 – Outsiders at the Annex
The Community Arts Council of Vancouver presents Outsiders at the Annex, a diverse night of emerging performing artists at the Annex Theatre. The next event will take place on February 18, 2023.
These events are an extension of the annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival, which is presented annually by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. The festival offers opportunities for exhibition, performance, connection, and learning to visual and performing artists facing social exclusion and other barriers. The artists featured in these events are local Vancouver artists and past participants of the festival.
We hope these events will foster new relationships and connections and a chance to gather once again and celebrate the talents of established and emerging artists in our community!