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AHA MEDIA is very pleased to support Megaphone Magazine one year anniversary party !!
Megaphone set to open office in DTES
It has been quite a year for Megaphone. Since we renamed the magazine from Street Corner to Megaphone a little over a year ago, we have produced 30 hard-hitting and entertaining issues that have put thousands of dollars into the pockets of the homeless and low-income vendors who sell the magazine on the street and helped raise awareness across the city about poverty and homelessness across the city.In May, Megaphone won three esteemed journalism awards, which included two international accolades: Editor-in-Chief Sean Condon and photographer Ahmad Kavousian both received awards from the International Network of Street Paper (INSP), while Managing Editor Amy Juschka received the Rafe Mair Award for Excellence in Journalism from the University of British Columbia.“Megaphone has worked hard over the past year to give marginalized people a chance to speak up about the issues that impact their community,” says Condon. “Whether it’s the Downtown Eastside or the West Side, Megaphone has become a strong voice for the voiceless.”Megaphone expects to carry the momentum from last year’s successes into the next. On Monday, June 8th, Megaphone officially opens its office at the corner of Hastings and Carrall (9 E. Hastings). Having a street-level space in the heart of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) will allow us to significantly expand our distribution base and help dozens more homeless and low-income vendors become self-sufficient through the magazine.To celebrate our one-year anniversary, Megaphone is teaming up with local artists and holding an art auction fundraising event at the Interurban Gallery (1 E. Hastings) on Friday, June 12th. The fundraiser will help raise funds for the magazine so it can continue supporting its vendors and will feature artists from the Downtown Eastside and across Vancouver.“The fundraiser gives us a chance to celebrate the incredible work that our vendors and volunteers have done over the past year and help keep the magazine going as an effective voice for the community,” says Condon.Proceeds from the silent auction will be split between Megaphone and the artist. The event will also feature prize draws, music, food and drinks.Megaphone’s one-year anniversary party:Interurban Gallery (1 E. Hastings)
Friday, June 12th – 6 p.m. to midnight
Cover charge: $5-$20 (sliding scale)For more information contact:Sean Condon – 778-835-4440
sean@megaphonemagazine.com
AHA MEDIA was pleased to attend What about Love?: Out of the Rain Group Exhibition
AHA MEDIA was very pleased to attend the
What About Love? : Out of the Rain Group Exhibition
Opening: Friday June 5th, 2009, 6:00pm-10:00pm.
June 5th to 28th, 2009
Artists: Sue Blue, Wendy Chew, Bob Fiddler, Angel Gaeta, Ray Grabelle, Victor Jean, Montana King, Priscillia Tait, Garnet Tobacco, Adam Warne, Johnney Watts, and others.
Artists from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside show new work produced during this fourth annual Out of the Rain program.
Out of the Rain supports artists who face challenges to maintaining regular art practice but who, in spite of these challenges, persevere to make art as a means of survival and self-expression. This year’s twelve artists were provided with art supplies and a street level arts studio to make work for the group exhibition. These artists were selected from over 50 interested and qualified artists.
This year, Out of the Rain is made possible through financial support from Edgewater Casino’s Social Responsibility Fund (through the City of Vancouver), Direct Access Grant funding, a generous contribution from John Casablanca Institute (via the Community Arts Council of Vancouver), and the provision of subsidized street level work space (Flack Block, 175 W Hastings) thanks to The Salient Group.
We would also like to thank Opus Framing and Arts Supplies for assistance with supplies, and the DTES Community Arts Network for early project support and partnership
AHA MEDIA wishes to thank
Lianne Payne, Ali Lohan, Quin Martins of Gallery Gachet for leading the Out of the Rain project and for such a welcoming opening and reception 🙂
Lani Russwurm of DTES Community Arts Network for his ongoing support 🙂
Tom Quirk – for documenting the Opening Night 🙂
To see more photos, please see our Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619358649675/
W2 info night on June 4, 2009 at Flack Block in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
Interested in W2 and the community? Want to get involved to make a positive and lasting change?
Come to the W2 info night, held on Thursday, June 4th at 7PM. This is an free and informal event open to everyone. Food and drinks will be served.
Thursday night is a community meeting for our supporters. We will be doing Info Sessions every week on key subjects, but this meeting is aimed at updating our active community on challenges we are having with City negotiations, as well as recruiting more volunteers.
The W2 Info Night will be held in W2’s new offices at the Flack Block building at 163 West Hastings from 7-10PM on June 4th.
A W2 staff member will be waiting out front of the building to let guests inside.
Future topics include Social Enterprise Incubator program
W2 Youth Media Arts Lab apprenticeship program recruitment
Intro to our tv/radio programs
Youth program
Disability arts program
W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org
To see 68 photos, please see our Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619314534906/
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA attended Pacificthorn Launch Party
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Following up our private launch event last week, the Pacificthorn showroom is now open and will be hosting a public reception and preview of our seasonally self titled fall line (the Fall) and street release of our spring line (ATLANTIS). The concept for our spring collection is informed by Christian Nicolay’s gallery exhibit of the same name, which provocatively questions the loss of personal freedoms and examines the potential fall of the American nation-state in the contemporary milieu. From its initial reception on Nov .08 at Winsor Gallery, the ATLANTIS exhibit has extended itself to a variety of expressions, each differing only slightly between venue, This June ATLANTIS finds itself uniting with its cross referenced clothing line. Featured artist Christian Nicolay , extends himself, producing a third and final installation in conjunction with the Pacificthorn showroom tying the very conceptualization of the spring line together in cross reference to his gallery project. -Neal Nolan Pacificthorn.com
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Spring/ Summer 09 street release – Fall/ Winter 09 preview::
Thursday, June 4,
7pm – 12am
110 E. Hastings at Columbia.
Please see artist’s statement (attached) in compendium to this event.
ATLANTIS.
Christian Nicolay.
2009
ATLANTIS is a protest of the erosion of the US Constitution, which was formed as a safeguard against tyranny by the Government.
ATLANTIS deconstructs American Flags and reconstructs them into art objects and not willingly destroyed or desecrated for that purpose.
ATLANTIS draws attention to the pitfalls of the globalization, the instability of the international markets and corrupt financial institutions.
ATLANTIS represents not only the fall of a great nation, but also the fall of basic rights and freedoms.
ATLANTIS combines ubiquitous and mundane materials such as ‘Made in China’ labels, plastic toys and USD One-Dollar Bills with the intensely symbolic American flag. The subsequent re-presentation is a timely commentary on national self-image and its inherent fragility.
ATLANTIS represents the global economic crisis we are currently in and “change” needed to stay afloat and navigate through troubled waters.
Not all is lost,
because hope floats.
the war on terror,
is the war on your freedom
fighting terrorism
by creating it
less they forget
we’ll remind.
c.nicolay 09
To see 95 photos, please see our flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619218649520/
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA attended the closing of the artshow by Daniel McRorie in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA attended the closing of the artshow at Goonies at 108 East Hastings Street in Vancouver Downtown Eastside by Daniel McRorie.
McRorie folded 1000 cranes to try save his friend from cancer (the tradition was started by a young girl after the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima)
Daniel’s website is danielmcrorie.com
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