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AHA MEDIA films at DTES CAN ( DTES Community Arts Network ) NEW Art Space at 57 East Hastings in the LUX Hotel for ArtWalk Vancouver 2010 in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA films at DTES CAN ( DTES Community Arts Network ) NEW Art Space at 57 East Hastings in the LUX Hotel for ArtWalk Vancouver 2010 in Vancouver
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Lani Russwurm, Coordinator of DTES CAN and April Smith of AHA MEDIA look through the new Art space to provide Downtown Eastside (DTES) artists a chance to participate in Artwalk Vancouver 2010. http://www.ArtWalkVancouver.ca/
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Below is a photo of Lani Russwurm, Coordinator of DTES CAN at the NEW Art Space at 57 East Hastings in the LUX Hotel in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES)
DTES CAN (DTES Community Arts Network)
http://www.DTESCAN.wordpress.com
Founded in 2003, DTES Community Arts Network brings together artists, residents, community agencies, and arts organizations to cultivate a vibrant and viable arts scene in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
Few neighbourhoods make as much noise as Vancouvers Downtown Eastside (DTES). Although much of the attention it attracts focuses on drug addiction, mental health, and poverty, it is also one of the most creatively-inclined areas of the city, as seen in its street art, numerous art galleries, scores of artists, demonstrations, and even the unruly culture animating its streets and alleyways. While other neighbourhoods struggle to define themselves in a rapidly changing city, the DTES boasts a community that knows who it is and isnt afraid to express it. DTES Community Arts Network strives to channel this creative power to make positive change in the neighbourhood by cultivating a viable and vibrant community arts sector.
DTES Community Arts Network emerged out of the 2003 celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Centre and the historic role of the DTES as the Heart of the City. It is a network of individuals and community and professional arts organizations working through the arts to contribute to the economic, social, and cultural renewal of the DTES. As intense redevelopment transforms the area, DTES CAN aims to strengthen the DTES as a healthy, artistically vibrant, and culturally rich community where people with predominantly low incomes and from diverse lifestyles, abilities, and financial means feel at home.
DTES CAN is committed to providing opportunities for Downtown Eastside residents to experience the arts as aspiring and practicing artists, audience members, as a means of personal and collective expression, and to advocate on issues affecting the community. Using a cluster organizational model to bring artists and residents together, DTES CAN encourages participation, builds capacity, and supports, renews, and builds arts and related projects in the community to foster cultural redevelopment.
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In this photo and video is Lani Russwurm of DTES CAN speaking with David Duprey and Rachel of Artwalk Vancouver 2010
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Below are photos of the spacious 2,000 sq feet NEW Art Space for DTES CAN artists to have their art displayed during Artwalk Vancouver 2010
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Below is a photo and video of Lani Russwurm, Coordinator of DTES CAN showing the New DTES CAN ( DTES Community Arts Network ) Art space’s big Garage Door Access in the back
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Below is a photo and video of Lani Russwurm seeing the New DTES CAN ( DTES Community Arts Network ) Art space from the back going towards the front of the space by the entrance door
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Below is a photo of Alvin Clayton of AHA MEDIA and one of his art pieces that will be in the displayed in New DTES CAN ( DTES Community Arts Network ) Art space for Artwalk Vancouver 2010
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Below is a photo of New DTES CAN ( DTES Community Arts Network ) Art space for Artwalk Vancouver 2010 from the back with the lights off. (Please notice the shadows in the window from the street level)
Heart Therapy: A Downtown East Side Art Show Features Unlikely Artists; Pamela Masik leads Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) women on Healing Journey
Can art heal? Try asking the artists featured in a show titled: “Uncovering Vision: A Discovery of Art Forms by Men and Women on the Downtown East Side.” The show runs from Nov. 20-22, with an opening at 4:00pm on Friday the 20th at 361 Heatley Ave., and is sponsored by the East Side Culture Crawl.
The show is the culmination of two art programs hosted by the Union Gospel Mission for the men and women from their Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program and Women’s Drop-In Program: The Creative Journey, with artist Pamela Masik, and Photography 101, with photographer Kevin Clark.
Elizabeth, one of the women who took part in the Creative Journey class, arrived in Vancouver ten years ago with only five dollars in her pocket, fleeing an abusive relationship. Finding herself on the streets and alone, she turned to the Union Gospel Mission for help, eventually finding a home in one of UGM’s permanent supportive housing suites. She’s been through some difficult times over the last ten years, and the Creative Journey program has helped her to process those experiences.
“It isn’t just art, it’s healing,” says Elizabeth. “It’s a way to take everything that happened to me in the past and let it out. I didn’t realize I had so much emotion in me!”
Masik led the women through a ten week journey, helping them to find their own artistic voice and create several pieces each, including a mask, a charcoal drawing, and a large-format oil painting on canvas. But the women came away with more than just art. “Life out there is hard, so it was good to get in off the street and express ourselves,” says Elizabeth. “We became friends, got updates from each other and supported each other every week. We’re healing together.”
Photo Caption(high-res available on request): Artist Pamela Masik (right) helps guide Elizabeth, a participant in the Creative Journey program.
For Masik, the Creative Journey was a natural extension of her own work. She recently completed a series of 69 8’x10′ portraits of women who have been missing from Vancouver’s Downtown East Side for more than a decade, a collection titled The Forgotten. The collection will be featured in a major museum in 2011. “Facilitating the women on this creative journey has been a wonderfully transformative experience, and I believe finding one’s voice through art can be very empowering. Not only did the women create amazing art, which will be featured at the Uncovering Vision show as part of the East Side Culture Crawl, they were also offered a group art exhibition opening at Grace Gallery on Main Street on January 14th, 2010. I am proud of them for their achievements!”
Masik will continue to fund and run the program in the future. “It is a way to give back to the community, by inspiring women to find their voice through art.”
The Details:
What: Uncovering Vision: A Discovery of Art Forms by Men and Women on the Downtown East Side, sponsored by the East Side Culture Crawl. Opening will be attended by many of the featured artists, Mayor Gregor Robertson, Photographer Kevin Clark, Artist Pamela Masik, and others.
When: Opening Friday, November 20th at 4:00pm; show runs Friday, Nov. 20th 4pm-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm
Where: Maurice McElrea Place, 361 Heatley Ave, Vancouver.
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Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA is proud to attend THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE ARTS4ALL INSTITUTE
Arts4All Institute
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THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE ARTS4ALL INSTITUTE
November 12-20, 2009
Vancouver BC
In association with Vancouver Moving Theatre
This week long intensive course focuses on the principles, practices and underpinnings of community-engaged art; the tremendous value it has for communities; and the things you need to know to launch your own project. Activities include presentations, discussions, videos, hands-on workshops, creative explorations and resources to take home.
Who is the Institute for? People interested and experienced in arts and other processes that engage communities, and Downtown Eastside community artists ready for leadership roles.
What are the course topics? Definitions, values and principles; developing your own vision; project start-ups and basics; planning and partnerships; budgets and grant-writing; arts-based and oral history research; facilitation skills; documentation and evaluation; legacy and sustainability; challenges and rewards; aesthetics and ethics.
Faculty instructors include four of Canada’s leading community artists: Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre, Toronto), Savannah Walling (Vancouver Moving Theatre), Cathy Stubington (Runaway Moon theatre, Enderby BC) and Varrick Grimes (associate artist, Jumblies Theatre), along with guest panelists and presenters.
Dates & Venues: all day Nov 13-15 and 17-19 at the Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender (Sat Nov 14 at the Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 401 Main)
With thanks to http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/arts4all/arts4all-institute/
Alvin Clayton of AHA MEDIA from the Nisgaa Nation in Northern BC, speaks of his Aboriginal Art inspired by loving memory of his Father
Alvin Clayton of AHA MEDIA from the Nisgaa Nation in Northern BC, speaks of his Aboriginal Art inspired by loving memory of his Father who was involved in community services for a very long time.
Below are photos and video of Alvin and his hand drawn Aboriginal artwork prints to be used for fundraising for Harm Reduction in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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Below are photos and video of Alvin Clayton who dedicates his art to be used as the WAHRS ( Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society) banner at LifeSkills Centre in loving memory of his father who was very involved in community service in his Nisgaa home nation up North in B.C.
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms
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