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Yulanda Faris

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h4>>"I feel we don't dance enough. If we danced more and sung more, I think that we'd be happier people" -Yulanda Faris Yulanda Faris, arts philanthropist, chair of the Vancouver Opera Foundation, and honorary chair of the Judith Marcuse Dance Project, spoke at the CACV Annual General Meeting on November 25, 2010. Born in Jamaica, Yulanda came to Canada to attend McGill University and moved to …

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Kirstie McCallum, Writer

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h4>>Kirstie just completed her first interview as a CACV volunteer - with Lyle Povah. Kirstie McCallum lives in Vancouver where she is the Dance Editor for Plank Magazine and an Editorial Assistant for Event Magazine.  She was raised in Prince Edward Island and studied in Halifax and Fredericton: she has a BA in Contemporary Studies and English from the University of Kings College and an MA in …

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Celebrating Life and Death: All Souls at Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery

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h4>>An Interview with Community Artist Marina Szjiarto by Anna Wilkinson Earlier this October(2010), I took a walk around Mountain View Cemetery with Marina Szjiarto the art and technical director of Vancouver’s All Souls. In its sixth year, Marina describes the series of All Souls events as a time for community members to come to the Mountain View Cemetery and remember the dead. On October …

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Carla Bergman – Youth, Arts and Activism

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h4>>Community Artist Interview Carla Bergman, Purple Thistle Centre by Anna Wilkinson   anna@cacv.ca How do the arts help to create community? I am interested in art that sits outside of careerism and the market where it can level the distinction between "amateur" and "professional."  Making the arts accessible and in most cases, free, helps people easily move from being a cultural consumer …

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Lyle Povah – Rhythms of the Body and Mind

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h4>>Lyle Povah: rhythms of the body and mind written by Kirstie McCallum Lyle Povah is a performer with a special interest in African drumming. He has studied and performed worldwide as a musician and educator, particularly in the areas of  health and creativity, leadership, community building, eating disorders, autism and intergenerational learning.  He was a participant in the Community Arts …

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