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“Life Size” – PHS LifeSkills Centre Art Show – August 10 – 30, 2011 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
A collection of works created entirely by members of LifeSkills Centre that exhibits the talent, depth and diversity of spirit and person that this community holds.
The works of three groups are presented in this exhibition: The Writing Collective, The Art Studio and The Music Therapy Workshop
All three groups share the following in their mandate:
- To create a space that welcomes and encourages diversity
- To bring the voices of the DTES to light
- To promote the health and wellbeing, and mindfullness, validation and self worth through creativity
- To hone techniques and teach practical skills
- To complement the spectrum of support services offered by PHS LifeSkills Centre and create another access point for the community to services
AHA MEDIA to exhibit a video at ‘Life Size” – PHS LifeSkills Centre Art show – Aug 10 – 30 2011 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Opening Night Wednesday Aug 10, 2011 6pm – 8pm at InterUrban Art Gallery 1 West Hastings in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA is very proud to have their first experimental art video of Life in the Downtown Eastside at this showing! Many thanks to Colin Askey for mentoring us in artful editing!!
Below are some stills from our video
We hope to see everyone at the show!
AHA MEDIA filmed at W2 Comfort Soul Food Dinner with Anne Marie Slater in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Comfort Soul Dinner
August 7
For residents of the Rice Block, ATIRA Housing, artist Anne Marie Slater brings together local women and children from low-income communities adjacent to the Soul Garden site to share their stories and recipes about comfort foods. The dinner will draw on the cultural and immigrant histories of the site by serving Sunday dinner dishes that celebrate the history of comfort foods through the European, Russian, Jewish, and Ukrainian community churches in the area, as well as participant’s favorite comfort Sunday dishes.
Devon Martin aka Mr Metro’s music and slam poetry class at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
LifeSkills Centre’s Music and Poetry Class on Fridays 1-3
With Devon Martin aka Mr. Metro – professional music producer on keyboard and beats!
AHA MEDIA filmed at W2 Soul Gardens Long Table Pie Competition in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Soul Gardens Pie Competition
Event Details
Time: August 6, 2011 from 4pm to 6pm
Location: W2 Media Cafe
Street: 111 W Hastings
City/Town: Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-689-9896
Event Type: culinary, food, pie competition
Organized By: W2 Woodwards
Event Description
Soul Gardens Pie Competition
What’s Vancouver’s best pie? Taste the history of Vancouver through the unique ingredients we grow in our gardens and put in our fruity summery pies and savoury dinner pies. Welcoming artful culinary creations that qualify for the artistic category.
3 categories: Savoury, Sweet, Artistic
It is all going down in the Woodward’s Atrium, and to enter, it’s easy!
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