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Art(IS)Land on the Fringe of the Fringe

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h4>>Art(IS)Land Exhibition on Granville Island Sept 8-19 2011 by Robin Ripley If you were visiting Granville Island in September perhaps you noticed a giant sewer pipe inscribed with text, foliage fish swimming through the trees, or a fluorescent clam line. These were just three of the eleven temporary installations created by members of   Art is Land Network (AILN).   AILN is a …

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Louise Towell says: Best Fishes to You!

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h4>>Stream of Dreams: Joan Carne & Louise Towell co founders of a Stream of Dreams Mural Society were a 2009 Arts and Healing Network Awardee http://awe.sm/5XiDV And they don't even know who nominated them. How cool! Louise regularly attends our Eco-Arts Salon at the Roundhouse on the 4th Wednesday of each month 7-9pm. Stream of Dreams will be part of the cacv.ca/future event on November 26. …

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Hallowe’en

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h4>>Hallowe'en Spider Webs from Grapevine and crocheted morning glory ("bindweed"). I've placed them on the rose trellis, after pruning the rose. Hoping they'll attract some interest from people, cats or spiders. Crows would come if a placed a treat there I'm sure. More photos will be posted when the spiders arrive. I'm sure they will come before Hallowe'en. Harvest and Hallowe-en- great …

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Eco-Arts Meets Green Streets

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h4>>Friends of Community Arts Council cleaned up in the "Most Creative or Unique Garden" category for the City's annual Green Streets Awards. Chloe Bennett and Ella Cooper both were awarded. This contest pits "circles against circles; bulges against bulges". Here's the description of their garden: This garden is very personalized and is uniquely distinctive from other street gardens. It includes …

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Ella Cooper Wins Big at Green Streets Annual Awards

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h4>>Congratulations to Ella Cooper for her big win at the Green Streets party! You can see photos including behind-the-scenes pictures at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjuzsg7M Ella says: Most of our art has returned to the earth or now taken out of the space. The purple kale and rainbow chard that were part of the Street Permaculture experiment grew to hip height! and the salad greens became gigantic, …

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Rita Wong and the Poetics of Water

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h4>>Rita Wong is the author of sybil unrest (Line Books, 2008, with Larissa Lai), forage (Nightwood, short-listed for the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry in 2008), and monkeypuzzle (Press Gang, 1998). Wong's book, forage, won the 2011 Canada Reads Poetry competition.  She is currently researching the poetics of water and teaches in the faculty of Culture and Community at Emily Carr University …

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