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AHA MEDIA’s designed 3 new sites for Kashube Art, Sun Eagles and Up Words in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA has designed and developed 3 new sites as part of our skills portfolio.
http://www.kashubeart.wordpress.com <– Paintings by Ken F. Glofcheskie
http://www.suneagles.wordpress.com <– Vancouver Downtown Eastside Homeless Street Soccer
http://www.UpWordsMagazine.wordpress.com <– UpWords Magazine by Stimulant Discussion Group at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA attended The Miss Guide’s “Walking the Ruins: Fragments of Vancouver
April Smith and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA on behalf of W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org attended the “Walking the Ruins: Fragments of Vancouver with commentary by The Miss Guides made up of a art collective of Natalie Doonan, Katharine Somody and Sean George .
AHA MEDIA found the walk a delightful blend of a historical tour and a theatrical performance. It was like taking part of a National Film Board of Canada documentary but in real time and experience 🙂
A unique blend of historical tour and street theatre, this one hour walk will make you experience Vancouver as though for the first time. Using the city as their stage, The Miss Guides will lead you through the gritty underbelly of a city teeming with secrets.
From glamour to grime, Walking the Ruins explores four surprising urban sites, drawing unexpected connections between the forgotten past and overlooked present.
Audiences are limited to 12 adults, and groups meet on the Northwest corner of Granville and Hastings Streets, in front of Sinclair Centre, rain or shine ( bring an umbrella )
Walking the Ruins runs July 9 – August 1: Thursdays + Fridays at 7pm; Saturdays at 2pm.
Tickets $20 ( includes entry to Harbour Center’s The Lookout, valued at $13) available through: http://www.themissguides.com
or http://www.tickettonight.ca or 604.684.2787
Intro to the Miss Guides Walk in Vancouver
In this video, April films http://www.themissguides.com give intro commentary during their performative and historical walk in Vancouver
Going up in elevator at Harbour Centre as part of Miss Guides Walk
In this video, April films http://www.themissguides.com give commentary during their Performative and historical walk while going up in the elevator in Harbour Centre.
Going Down in Elevator in Harbour Centre as part of Miss Guides Walk
In this video, April films http://www.themissguides.com give commentary during their Performative and historical walk while going down in the elevator in Harbour Centre.
These videos were 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 these videos, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
Hendrik Beune introduces Upwords Magazine from LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
In this video, Hendrik Beune introduces Upwords Magazine written by DTES Commnity folks about issues regarding the area from poverty, addiction and homeless issues.
It’s nice to see published work of DTES people’s stories and Hendrik Beune wrote an editorial in Upwords Magazine. AHA MEDIA enjoys peer training others in making their own media. 🙂
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.
April Smith of AHA MEDIA went to the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island to do new + social media animation and production which help bring our Province of B.C.’s Old Capital City into a New era of social media savyness!!
April Smith of AHA MEDIA went to the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island to do new + social media animation and production and help bring our Province of B.C.’s Old Capital City into a New era of social media savyness!
My Social Media trip to Victoria was made possible by the honored invitation of my mentor Lorraine Murphy of http://www.raincoastermedia.com ( for thinking of me to accompany her in the first place :>)
A much heartfelt thank you to the following for sponsoring such a wonderful trip to Victoria! 🙂
Sherry Baumgardner, Director of Marketing for Coast Hotels & Resorts
Danny Dang, Electronic Distribution for Coast Hotels & Resorts
Coast Hotels http://www.coasthotels.com
BC Ferries http://www.bcferries.com
Royal BC Museum http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Sea Cider Farm & Cider House http://www.seacider.ca
Spinnakers BrewPub and Guest Houses http://www.spinnakers.com
Tartan Group http://www.tartanpr.com
Tourism Victoria http://www.tourismvictoria.com
Photos and Video to come – Please stay tuned 🙂
In the meantime, one can always looks at my Live Twitter feed of my time in Victoria 🙂
http://www.twitter.com/AprilFilms <– it will be in reverse chronological order I tweeted 263 times about the amazing people and attractions of Victoria while on my 2 day trip 🙂 I like providing a live feel experience in my twitter updates for all my followers.
You can also do a search function on Twitter using my name @AprilFilms and the hashtag #NewVictoria
When I have more time, perhaps I will post the live twitter feed from my twitter stream in chronlogical order, so that everyone can see what I experienced in beautiful Victoria 🙂
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/
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