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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/
AHA MEDIA to participate in Pivot’s Hope In Shadows 3-Day Photography Contest in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
PIVOT’s Hope In Shadows 3-Day Photography Contest
Vancouver Downtown Eastside Photography Contest
First Prize (1 winner): $500 cash
Second Prize ( 5 winners): $100 cash each
Third Prize (10 winners: $50 cash each
Honourable Mention (24 winners): $25 cash each
Every contestant will get $5 cash when they turn in their camera
Winning photos will be exhibited and may be used in the 2010 Hope In Shadows calendar
Free Cameras and training provided
This year’s theme Heart of our Community
Cost to enter: Free! First Come, First Served
Pick up cameras: 10:30am, Saturday June 6
Interurban Gallery (1 East Hastings)
Contest ends 5pm, Tuesday June 9
Space is limited to 200 contestants
Each contestant will be given a disposable camera at the beginning of the contest
All pictures must be taken with an official contest camera.
You enter your photos by turning your camera in, – we take care of developing and printing!
To see 200 photos, please see our Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619350888586/
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA in support of Betty Krawczyk To Appeal Criminal Contempt Conviction
Three years (+ 1 day) after the fall of Eagleridge Bluffs, Betty Krawczyk is scheduled to appeal Justice Brown’s criminal contempt decision that resulted in a10-month jail sentence.
BC Court of Appeal
400-800 Hornby St. Vancouver, BC
Betty will be self-represented, basing her appeal on judicial bias as well as the manner in which the Judge invited the crown to seek a criminal contempt conviction on behalf of the court.
*Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA was the only man out of a group of 12 while the rest were all women.
To read more about Betty K. http://tinyurl.com/koo9r4
AHA MEDIA is pleased to introduce a Benefit Concert for DTES NH with Earle Peach and Solidarity Notes Choir – Friday May 29th 7:30pm
AHA MEDIA is pleased to introduce a benefit concert for DTES NH with Earle Peach and the Solidarity Notes Choir http://www.solidaritynotes.ca
Earle Peach is a legendary singer, songwriter, conductor and composer whose political activist work has included the Vancouver Downtown Eastside. He was Carnegie Centre’s band and choir leader until a few years ago. http://www.earlepeach.com/
Hendrik’s tribute to trees at Pigeon Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
In this video, Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA talks about how some trees in Pigeon Park aren’t sprouting new leaves as he feels the trees know that their time is passing ( There is an ongoing Carrall Street greenway project)
So in honor of the trees, Hendrik gives them tobacco ( which is a traditonal Westcoast Aboriginal/Native custom of honor )
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.
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