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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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Helene Bolduc – Emerging Artist in Community-engaged Arts

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h4>>Helene Bolduc was honoured at the 2011 Mayor's Arts Awards as being the nominee selected by Naomi Singer for a $2500 award as an emerging artist in the field of community-engaged arts. Mayor’s Arts Award: Helene Bolduc By Megan Sheldon, Narrative Communications Helene Bolduc has never needed much fanfare when it comes to her theatre and performance art. She is happy to receive quiet …

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Naomi Singer receives Mayor’s Arts Award for Community-engaged Arts

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h4>>Congratulations to Naomi Singer, artistic director of the Secret Lantern Society for her award as the recipient of the Mayor's Arts Awards for Community-engaged Arts. Celebrating Community Art By Megan Sheldon, Narrative Communications The days may be getting shorter and the light may be growing darker, yet there is reason to celebrate. For Naomi Singer, the creative genius behind The …

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