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Volunteer Opportunities: Workshop Assistants

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h4>>We will be offering five half-day (or evening) workshops in a variety of Vancouver locations in January. Two volunteer assistants are needed to work with a professional artist and community group. The sessions will teach skills on working with invasive or abundant natural materials and the group will create a snake sculpture as part of our "Year of the Snake" Lunar New Year project. The role …

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Community Arts Dialogues

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h4>>We regularly convene community arts dialogues to bring together artists, community members and those just interested in "creating community through the arts". The goals of our dialogues are to: Facilitate networking Share tools, resources and best practices Explore and increase awareness of community arts – what are its forms and what are the benefits? Identify needs for the community …

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Hearts and Arts

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h4>>Hearts and Arts After our two heart-themed (and heart-felt) community arts dialogues, we've gotten rather attached to the theme of heART. Thank you to Jacquie Rolston for the poster designs.   September: Change of heART:  Self-Empowerment by Design October: Take Heart! Take Part! January: Heart to Heart: Art to Art   We recently tallied up the kinds of images we …

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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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