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Vancity Community Partnership supports Reframing Relations in 2019!

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h4>>Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) has been selected by Vancity as a new Community Partner in support of our Reframing Relations program. Reframing Relations brings pairs of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artist-facilitators into schools and other community settings to advance the possibility of Reconciliation through creative action. We particularly recognize that we live work and play on …

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Announcing the 2019 Inclusive Community Artist in Residence: Johnny Trinh

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h4>>Making. Playing. Telling. Together Johnny David Trinh, spoken word poet, theatre maker, and community-engaged artist will be taking on the role of Artist in Residence at the John Howard Society. As resident artist, Johnny will facilitate 2 drop-in sessions/month, open to all participants. These sessions will also feature guest artists to come share their practice. Drop-in sessions will consist …

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Community Wellness, Collaboration and Nutrition by Lindsay Wong

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h4>>This is the November blog post by Inclusive Community Artist-in-Residence Lindsay Wong. For more information on Lindsay's residency, click here.  Hellen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” This is also true when storytelling workshops can be merged into teaching tools for health, nutrition, and dental hygiene. In writing practice, one always assumes that a …

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Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival: Call for Organizing Committee Volunteers

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h4>>Landon Krentz presenting VOAF 2018 Disability Justice Workshop. Photo credit: Tom Quirk The third Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF) will be held August 9-11, 2019. This 3-day free festival offers exhibition, sales, performance, learning and connection opportunities to Vancouver-based visual and performing artists facing exclusion. In 2018 we had over 1,200 people attend and sold over $ …

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Facing Our Fears With Scary Stories by Lindsay Wong

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h4>>The following is the November blog post from Inclusive Community Artist-in-Residence Lindsay Wong. To read more about Lindsay's Residency, click here. In a recent drug overdose incident, a neighbour, Darren, ran screaming and sobbing through the halls of our building, yelling for help and pounding on apartment doors. “Please, please! He’s my brother! He’s not waking up! Someone help! …

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Leaning Towards Possibility: Are You In?

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h4>>Do you believe in the power of the arts in creating possibility for individuals and communities? Do you believe in an inclusive, socially-engaged, vibrant city alive with community arts? Community Arts Council of Vancouver does. Since 1946 when a determined group of women formed North America's first arts council, CACV has helped weave the cultural fabric of this city. In the 21st century …

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