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Volunteer at the ArtStarts ShowcaseWe are seeking enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers to help us put on our annual Showcase. ArtStarts in Schools will be hosting a 2-day conference on March 1st and 2nd, featuring performances by over 30 artists and groups. We are looking for students or professionals with theatre production experience or stage craft training (Additional training will be provided.) |
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Volunteer TestimonialArtStarts would like to recognize the hard work of our very talented volunteer Anna Creasy. Anna came to ArtStarts in November 2011 to work on the gallery reception and the installation of the Kingsway Project. |
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We're Hiring an Arts Integration ManagerArts Integration Manager The definition of Arts Integration for this program is as follows: Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process, which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both.
Some of the key goals of the program include: establishing a network of schools committed to arts integration as an approach to teaching; developing teachers’ and artists’ abilities to plan, lead and assess quality arts integration lessons; positively influence the way teachers teach and the way students learn; and facilitating teachers and students to meet provincially determined Prescribed Learning Outcomes in the arts and other subject areas.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work in collaboration with an advisory committee to develop and launch this new program
- Build relationships with key advocates
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Imagination Play with Kathryn RickettsWe all had an entertaining morning and afternoon as artist and story teller, Kathryn Ricketts tells us a story through her imagination, physical gestures and interactive performances. Kathryn's method of storytelling is to get children and families excited about the content, in this case Dr Suess, and relate in a physical way so that everyone has a deeper experience beyond listening to a story. |
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Welcoming Max as our Communications + Development ManagerArtstarts is pleased to announce the addition of a new staff member, Max Kullberg. Max joins the ArtStarts’ team as Development + Communications Manager. |
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Multi-talented puppeteer and ventriloquist Kellie HainesWe all enjoyed a fun and laughter filled puppet adventure on our October ArtStarts on Saturday’s workshop series. Multi-talented puppeteer and ventriloquist Kellie Haines invited us to join an amazing space expedition along with her friends Magrau the bird and Kamilla the frog. |
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The Kingsway Project unfoldsArtStarts and professional photographer and media artist Anne Marie Slater have come together to bring the history of the Kingsway corridor alive for 120 grade 3 to 7 students at two Kingsway area schools, Sir Guy Carleton and Charles Dickens Elementary. Made possible through the support of the City of Vancouver’s125th Anniversary Grant Program, this three-month residency aims to
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Welcoming Juliana as our Program Assistant and Volunteer CoordinatorJuliana Bedoya has joined the ArtStarts' team as Program Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator. She brings the valuable insight and experience cultivated through a personal art practice in sculpture, performance and installation as well as through her work in collaboration with diverse communities and interdisciplinary teams on an international stage, within the context of art projects that effect social change. |
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Around the World with Boris SichonFor our Septemeber ArtStarts on Saturday’s workshop, we had the pleasure of hosting Boris Sichon for an amazing musical experience that kept us all captivated. |
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We're hiring!Development + Communications Manager ArtStarts in Schools is seeking a Development + Communications Manager for a regular full-time position starting November 1, 2011. This position reports to the Executive Director and works with the Fund Development Committee for the planning and implementation of all fundraising and communication activities of the organization. |
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ArtStarts Open House for Culture DaysGet in the spirit of Culture Days at the ArtStarts Open House featuring:
Sunday October 2, 11am - 3pm |
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BIG IDEAS opening a BIG HIT!After months of planning, designing, installing, tweaking and talking, the BIG IDEAS exhibition of young people’s art launched with an appropriately BIG BANG! The ArtStarts gallery was filled with a wonderful array of well-wishers, from the young artists and their teachers to school superintendents, event organizers from the Vancouver Biennale and ArtStarts, important community contacts, friends, family and more. |
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Welcome Sarah Kim, our new Booking & Touring managerAnnouncing the arrival of our brand new Booking & Touring Manager, Sarah Kim! Sarah succeeds Tara Bailey who served five years in the position. |
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Welcoming Keiko into her new role at ArtStartsWe're happy to welcome Keiko into the role of Residencies + Exhibitions Manager. Keiko first joined the ArtStarts team as the Communications Coordinator in 2010 and as of June 2011, has taken over management of the Artists in Education 2 program as well as the management and curation of our wonderful gallery. |
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Gitksan teachings with the Dancers of DamelahamidThe ArtStarts gallery enjoyed a full day of song and dance when the Dancers of Damelahamid joined us at our monthly performance workshop series. Dressed in their distinctive red and black button blankets and intricately carved and painted masks, they shared stories of their ancestral origins and ancient stories with the lucky group that had gathered that day. |
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Drumming with a Smile and Fana SoroMay’s installment of our free workshop series was a big hit, with record numbers of kids (and kids at heart) taking part in an African drumming workshop led by master drummer, Fana Soro. Some of the kids made it down after having seen Fana perform at their school in the past. |
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Laughter and Silly-ness with DuffleBag TheatreOur most recent installment of the ArtStarts on Saturdays series saw the gallery filled with laughter, silly-ness, and grownups in funny costumes, as DuffleBag Theatre presented their interactive version of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. |
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Young Artists visit for Grow Exhibition Opening45 student artists from Mount Pleasant Elementary School visited ArtStarts for the opening celebration of Grow, an exhibition that features artwork that they, along with students from across BC, created in collaboration with professional artists. The work was inspired by their interactions with nature and discussions around sustainability. |
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Wendy Newman, Arts Champion in EducationEach year during Arts and Culture Week, ArtStarts presents an Arts Champion award to someone who has made a significant contribution to the lives of young people through the Arts in Education. |
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A&C Mashup success!
Arts and culture lovers gathered at the ArtStarts gallery last night for A&C Mashup. The event was organized by ArtStarts as part of BC Arts and Culture Week, in celebration of the role the arts play in learning and in life. |
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TapCo. comes to ArtStarts on SaturdaysA record number of mums, dads and little ones came out to enjoy the rhythmic styling of TapCo.’s youth ensemble at our March installment of ArtStarts on Saturday. Eight talented, young dancers shared four exciting pieces with the audience, taking time throughout to share bits of information on the history and technique of the dances. |
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A Closer Look at Booking & TouringArtStarts is dedicated to increasing BC student’s access and exposure to professional artists and art. Our Booking and Touring service is one of the key ways that we achieve this. With the annual Showcase recently behind us and booking and touring requests beginning to pour in, we thought we’d check in with the program’s manager, Tara Bailey, for some insight into the inner workings of the service. We discovered that the process isn’t always smooth sailing, providing some twists and turns that keep her and her team on their toes! |
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Busy time for Arts Advocacy in CanadaIt is a busy time for arts advocacy in Canada. From conferences and summits to celebrations happening across the country, to the upcoming Federal Election prompting the arts sector to stand up and take action. |
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Video and Reception Volunteers NeededDo you enjoy the visual arts, performing arts and young people? Then consider joining the friendly ArtStarts team! |
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2011 Showcase in ReviewA month has passed since ArtStarts hosted the 2011 Showcase and we’ve had some time now to reflect on – and recover from – this exciting and rewarding annual event. Showcase connects school and community arts programmers with a diverse range of professional arts groups available for touring schools. Many months of planning and preparation go into creating a three-day event that is well-programmed, well-organized and well-attended. Looking back we can safely say that those goals were achieved. |
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Grow: Creating an Exhibition at ArtStartsInstallation of our latest art exhibition "Grow" has just been completed and our gallery walls are once more hung with beautiful, moving and inspiring art work created by some of BC's talented young people. We spoke to the show's curator, Katie Varney, to get some deeper insight into the show and how it all came together. |
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Haida Stories with Roberta KennedyParents and children were captivated by the words of Haida storyteller, Roberta Kennedy (Kwii-Ge-Ii-Wans), who recently joined us for ArtStarts on Saturdays. |
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Funny Bamboo Music was made by all!The ArtStarts gallery was recently filled with the sound of laughter, applause and “Funny Bamboo Music” when Khac Chi joined us for ArtStarts on Saturdays! |
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New Executive Director at ArtStartsThe Board of Directors at ArtStarts is pleased to announce the appointment of Navida Nuraney as its new Executive Director as of January 10, 2011. She succeeds Wendy Newman, the organization's founder, who has served for the last 15 years. |
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Clowning Around with Dianna DavidArtStarts recently hosted the incredibly talented and mad-cap clowning, miming and dancing antics of Dianna David in its downtown gallery as part of ArtStarts on Saturdays. |
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Big Sisters back at ArtStarts for Art Crawl 2010ArtStarts had the pleasure of welcoming the Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland back to the gallery as part of their annual Art Crawl. |
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At the Michael J. Fox Theatre with Burnaby StudentsWe’re just back from a wonderful presentation by Ballet Victoria to an audience made up of grades 4-7 from the Burnaby school district, at the Michael J. Fox Theatre. This presentation was the second in a series of four that is being presented by the Burnaby Young People’s Concert Series. |
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Art-Making Underway at Windemere Secondary SchoolWe recently visited Windemere Secondary School in Vancouver, where on that particular day, Grade 8 students were learning stenciling techniques with Vancouver artist and muralist, Indigo. |
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Over $11,000 awarded through the Cherniavsky "Mr. Music" FundArtStarts in Schools has just mailed the first round of cheques to schools on behalf of the Cherniavsky’s ‘‘Mr. Music’’ Fund. This annual program offers grants to schools to assist in purchasing tickets for students to attend a wide range of live performances in classical and traditional music, opera, or dance. This year, a total of $11,231 will reach students in 56 rural and urban communities, giving almost 4,500 lucky students the opportunity to discover and enjoy the classics. |
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Racism. Stop It! Free Filmmaking WorkshopConsidering taking part in the Racism. Stop It! National Video Competition? Take advantage of this free workshop being offered by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. How to Produce an Award-Winning Public Service Announcement |
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Singing and Dancing with Will StroetThis Haloween weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting a crowd of little monsters, dinosaurs, giraffes, bumble bees plus their mums and dads at our most recent ArtStarts on Saturdays workshop with Will Stroet! |
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The Cheques Are In The Mail!$44,740 has just been awarded to 28 artist residency projects through our Artists in Education 2 Grant. That means that over 3440 students in 19 BC communities will have their learning enriched this school year, as professional artists engage with them through hands-on art projects in the classroom. |
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Now Available: BC Curriculum for Arts Education K to 7The new Arts Education K to 7 2010 Curricula for Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts is now available on the BC curriculum website and through Crown Publications. For more information about the new Arts Education curriculum, visit our post New BC Arts Education Curriculum Announced or the Ministry of Education website. |
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Gallery Tour - Grade 6's Hearing VoicesGrade six students from Clinton Elementary School in Burnaby were recently given a tour of our exhibition Hear Our Voices. Conversation and questions arose amongst the students as they looked at, read and interacted with the richly diverse collection of work on display. When asked for their thoughts on the show, one enthusiastic student declared, "I love it! Beautiful artwork!". |
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Hoop Dancing with Teddy AndersonIn honour of Culture Days and the opening of our new exhibition, ArtStarts showcased two interactive workshops by traditional First Nations Hoop Dancer Teddy Anderson as part of our ArtStarts on Saturdays series. Teddy's moves, which sometimes had him spinning up to 20 hoops at one time, captivated the audience. |
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Hear Our VoicesOur current exhibition, Hear Our Voices, is named after a collection of colourful stories written by First Nations students from Balmoral and Carson Graham Secondary Schools. Under the guidance of author-in-residence, Sylvia Olsen, thirty-six students crafted fictional and true stories, honing their evolving skills at story telling and writing. |
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ArtStarts Performer, Max-i-mime, Joins Cast of Cirque Du SoleilArtStarts would like to congratulate mime artist, Max Fomitchev on his new position as a performer in the Cirque du Soleil show, Alegria! Max will be touring across Canada and the United States in the prestigious production, performing as the lead clown. Max has performed for hundreds of school shows under his moniker, Max-i-mime. |
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Taking it to the Street- Public Art in the CurriculumTaking it to the Street is a cross-curricular, multi-grade, inquiry-based project that takes students to experience the Vancouver Biennale International Public Art installations. |
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CTF to Launch Imagineaction InitiativeOn September 1 the Canadian Teachers’ Federation will launch a new initiative – Imagineaction – a student-driven social action program for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. |
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New BC Arts Education Curriculum AnnouncedThe British Columbia Ministry of Education recently announced the implementation of a new Arts Education curriculum for students from kindergarten to Grade 7. The new curricula has been designed to allow flexibility in organizing and implementing programs to best meet the needs of students, teachers, and communities. |
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ArtStarts Founding Executive Director LeavingExecutive Director Wendy Newman is leaving ArtStarts in Schools December 31, 2010 after serving 15 years as the organization's founding Executive Director. |
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Wild Things, Wild Play with Kathryn RickettsRoaring, stomping, clapping, dancing. Kids and parents had lots of fun acting like monsters at our latest ArtStarts on Saturdays workshop! Kathryn Ricketts stopped by the gallery space on June 26th to lead two interactive storytelling workshops based on Maurice Sendak's classic tale, Where the Wild Things Are. |
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Thinking About a Career in the Arts?The Cultural Human Resources Council has just released an updated and interactive online versions of their popular Careers in Culture guides. |
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Honour Scroll Project UnveiledStudents, teachers and members of the community gathered at Britannia Secondary on Friday, June 11th for the unveiling of the Honour Scroll project, which included scrolls made by students in collaboration with artist Susan McCallum. |
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Artist Spotlight: Norman FooteNorman Foote is an internationally acclaimed performer known for his humorous live shows, outrageous props, and intelligent songwriting. Foote was the recent winner of the 2010 Juno Award for Best Children’s Album with his new CD, Love My New Shirt. |
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Taiko Drumming with Bonnie SoonBonnie Soon stopped by the Artstarts gallery on Saturday to lead two lively Taiko drumming workshops. Using garbage can as drums, kids and parents learned the basic stance and movements involved in Taiko drumming, and also did some fun vocal shouts! |
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Safe Amp at ArtStartsLast month the ArtStarts Gallery was host to a special fundraising event for The Safe Amplification Site Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a permanent all-ages space for music and other arts events in Vancouver. |
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Gallery Tours!Students from Hammond Elementary in Maple Ridge recently visited the ArtStarts Gallery for a tour of our current exhibition, Welcome to Our World. |
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Keeping Vancouver SpectacularArtStarts thanks the Keep Vancouver Spectacular program, a project of the City of Vancouver and Tourism Vancouver, for making sure our neighbourhood looks great! |
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Arts & Culture Week at Dasmesh SchoolThe 11th annual BC Arts & Culture Week wrapped up on April 24th. Many schools and arts councils around the province took part. From the Arty Awards in Abbotsford to a school tour of the north by Vancouver dance company Joe Ink, citizens and students across BC got engaged in arts activities that connected them with their local communities. |
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Instrument Fun with The KerplunksAward-winning band The Kerplunks visited ArtStarts today to deliver a fun-filled musical performance. The 4 talented members taught the audience about a variety of instruments, including bass, guitar, trumpet, trombone, banjo, drums, and even kazoo! |
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Sudnya Mulye at the ArtStarts GallerySudnya Mulye visited the ArtStarts Gallery on Saturday for a workshop on Indian Dance. Kids and parents learned about the classical dance style Bharata Natyam, exploring Indian culture and tradition through this expressive medium. |
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Schools Across BC prepare for Arts & Culture WeekSchools across BC are preparing to celebrate BC Arts & Culture Week. During the week of April 18-24, hundreds of schools and community arts organizations will host events, from Arts Galas to theatrical performances. |
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Artist spotlight: Julian LawrenceStudents from Windemere Secondary school, who came in for a tour of our current exhibition, Welcome to Our World, recently left ArtStarts some very original thank-you gifts! |
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Portraits of Resilience on display at ArtStarts GalleryThe Many Strong Voices Programme (MSV) was created in 2005 to bring together indigenous peoples, community organizations, policy makers, NGOs, and researchers from the Arctic and Small Island Developing States. One of its key goals is to make sure the voices of people in these vulnerable regions are heard. |
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Drumming with Milton RandallSaturday marked another action-packed ArtStarts on Saturdays workshop. Milton Randall dropped by to teach kids & parents about the language of drumming. Participants got a workout and practiced their counting skills as they banged on their individual drums. |
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Code LiveCODE Live Opens February 4th! -- 18 days of interactive art and cutting edge music. All part of CODE, the Cultural Olympiad’s digital |
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Sing-along with Bobs & LoloAfter a month in hiatus, the ArtStarts on Saturdays series is off to a great start in 2010. In record breaking numbers, families poured into the ArtStarts gallery for a performance by popular local artists, Bobs and Lolo. Kids sang and danced to a number of songs, using movement and imagination to celebrate the natural world. |
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Welcome To Our WorldThis afternoon ArtStarts celebrated the opening of our newest gallery exhibition: Welcome To Our World. It was a busy day, as young artists, friends, teachers and mentors came to see the display of creative work by students from Port Moody to Greenland. |
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More photos of African Dance!Here are some more photos from our exciting African Dance workshop with Maobong Oku. Many thanks to Lia Margueratt for documenting the event. |
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African Dance with MaobongThe ArtStarts Gallery was packed on Saturday for two invigorating African Dance workshops with Maobong Oku. Kids and parents got a workout as Maobong led them through a series of different dances that celebrate Nigerian culture. |
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Toward cultural harmonyStudents at Handsworth Secondary in North Vancouver concluded a special music project with a concert at their school Friday afternoon. Working with a composer-in-residence, several world music experts, and mentors from Sinfonia Orchestra, a group of students collaborated over several months to create cross-cultural musical works that reflect their ideas on matters of cultural understanding, pluralism and community building. |
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Big Sisters Art Crawl kicks off its first year at ArtStartsThe Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland visited ArtStarts this weekend to participate in their first ever Art Crawl. Participants had tours of both the Contemporary Art Gallery and ArtStarts, where they checked out the Creative Connections exhibition. |
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Halloween with Max-i-MimeHalloween was an opportunity to get creative and act out some fun and spooky characters at the ArtStarts Gallery this weekend. Max-i-mime started off our free Saturday workshop with a hilarious performance, demonstrating how to tell an expressive story without using any words. |
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Children Live Dream HereOpening tonight! Strathcona Elementary students will celebrate an ongoing community-based project with outdoor projections of their photography this evening. Drop in after school or work to see photos and hear audio recordings that reveal the voice of inner-city children. |
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ArtStarts postpones Showcase until February 2011For many years, ArtStarts has brought together artists and school district delegates from around BC for our exciting Spring Showcase. The event helps arts programmers select from a diverse range of professional arts groups when booking performances for young audiences in their communities. However, after careful consideration, ArtStarts has decided to postpone our April 2010 Showcase until February 2011. |
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Thank you, TELUS!Howard Jang, director of Arts Club Theatre Company, stopped by this afternoon to present a cheque to ArtStarts on behalf of the TELUS Vancouver Community Board, of which he is a member. The Board has generously offered to renew its sponsorship of the ArtStarts on Saturdays Series. This means we will be continuing to offer free, artist-led workshops to families & kids in the downtown Vancouver area next year! |
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A Special VisitIt's not Halloween yet, but people are already showing up in costume at ArtStarts! Applications for the 2010 Showcase are streaming in. One group decided to make an impression and drop off their application to Tara in person. Here's GoGo Bonkers giving us a little taste of their school show... |
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Lord Roberts Elementary gears up for a special drawing project...This morning excited students from Vancouver's Lord Roberts Elementary visited the ArtStarts gallery to get a glimpse of where their artwork will soon be exhibited. Three classes will be working with artist Julian Lawrence throughout the fall to produce a comic book project reflecting their connections to the spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games. |
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Michael Mitchell gets kids dancing to songs about Canadian history!Seasoned children's performer Michael Mitchell visited the ArtStarts gallery on Saturday to perform some songs about Canadian history! He got kids stomping around like prehistoric dinosaurs, paddling an imaginary canoe through the Land of the Silver Birch, and waltzing like Log-Drivers on the Ottawa river. |
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Flutter, Hum, Buzz...Yesterday the ArtStarts gallery was visited for a second time by a group of 3/4 students from Graham Bruce Elementary, here to view a display about their completed project Flutter, Hum, Buzz: An Artful Garden Party. The project was the result of an artist residency by Lori Weidenhammer, who helped the students to learn that art is more than painting and sculpture, and that the raw materials for artistic expression can be found all around them. |
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Culture Matters!This afternoon, ArtStarts staff joined protesters at the Vancouver Art Gallery in support of the fight against recent cuts to the Arts in BC. Concern and outrage was voiced by a number of noted figures in the Arts community. |
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Welcoming Jessica!ArtStarts in Schools is thrilled to welcome Jessica Wilkin as its newest member to the team. Jessica will be filling in temporarily as the Communications Assistant for the Communications Coordinator while she is away on parental leave. |
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SWARM takes ArtStarts by storm!What an exhilarating performance by Vancouver's very own hyper- kinetic percussion troupe SWARM! The group offered a unique hands on experience filled with fun, music and movement. Kids learned action drumming using funky recycled instruments such as rubber tubing, garbage can drums and even rubber duckies and chickens. Parents and kids leaving the event told us it was a blast, so awesome, and that they i loved it all! |
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My volunteering experience at ArtStartsFor a while now, I've been saying to whomever wants to hear it, that the highlight of my week is coming to ArtStarts to volunteer a few hours. It's not because of the work I do here, since being a volunteer implies that I don't have a position with responsibilities that demands much creativity, I do basic office work and help a bit with gallery strikes and set-ups. Nonetheless, everything I do here I like very much. |
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ArtStarts welcomes newest member of its extended family!Congratulations to ArtStarts Communications Coordinator, Harriet Fancott and husband Mark Mogatas, proud new parents of Theodore Anthony, born July 27th,2009, 9:17am. We are so proud and wish you good luck and good health in this wonderful new chapter of your life. |
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Traffic Saftey for everybody!Once again, kids, parents and grandparents joined us for another successful Saturday event featuring the dynamic and playful, Major Conrad Flapps. His“Traffic Safety Show” parodies hip-hop and rap as Flapps demonstrates the right and wrong ways to cross the street. |
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Welcoming Rex!ArtStarts welcomes a new member to the team: Rekha Pavanantharajah, our exuberant summer intern will be staying on throughout the year to help at the front desk and at ArtStarts on Saturdays. Rekha AKA "Rex" enjoys the warm, supportive environment at ArtStarts, and all of the awesome people she gets to interact with. Outside of work hours, she spends her time studying at SFU, practicing yoga, reading books, watching movies and painting. |
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Vancouver Operas visitVancouver Opera in Schools' Education Manager, Patrick Le Blanc stopped by ArtStarts for a visit late this afternoon. It'll be another exciting year for the Vancouver Opera, as they are en route across the province with their show "Jack Pine," an operatic performance that explores issues of self-esteem and the environment. |
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Opening soon! {Creative Connections}Creative Connections. Program Coordinator Katie Varney worked hard with the help of staff and volunteers, including the above handyman extraordinaire, to install this exhibition. The exhibition runs until December 18 2009 and features insightful work from some of BC's youngest artists as they reveal their world through art. |
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They sang, they danced, they played!Children and parents were captivated by popular children's entertainer Art Napolean at the ArtStarts in Schools Saturday series on June 27th. Art's performance was fun and interactive, which kept the audience interested as he playfully taught kids Cree chants, drumming and traditional stories ending in a friendship dance. |
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Night for appreciationStaff, board, and volunteers wined, dined and enjoyed good conversation at the ArtStarts gallery last Friday. ArtStarts celebrated another successful year of artistic creativity while honoring our wonderful volunteers. |
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A woman of distinctionOver 1000 women and men packed the glittering hall of the Westin Bayshore on June 3rd for a gala-gala-do that feted some of the city’s most outstanding women. ArtStarts Executive Director, Wendy Newman was one of the nominees in the Arts, Culture & Design category for her lifelong dedication to the arts including the establishment of the ArtStarts gallery for young people’s art. |
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Group of 60 visits ArtStarts!Peals of laughter rang through the gallery as 60 grade 3/4s from Graham Bruce Elementary took part in a gallery tour followed by a session of timed, blind contour drawing, which aims to free up the drawing juices. |
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Joe Ink moves it!Both children and parents shook it up and stretched it out at the May 30th Move it Show. The Joe Ink workshop was stimulating and interactive for kids and allowed their parents to bring out their inner child as they joined in the live dance performance. Energetic lead dancers Jacci and Barb encouraged everyone to be a "super dancer" as they coached participants to follow the magic hand, do the robot or paint the bubble. |
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Congratulations Chels!This week, our super Program Assistant, Chelsea Werrun, graduates from Simon Fraser University with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology. We're so proud of this accomplishment and know that it will help you in all of your future endeavors. Congratulations! |
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CreativeIt's that time of the year again! With only a month left of Regional Voices (on until June 27), planning is underway for our next exhibition, Creative Connections. This exhibition will feature insightful work from some of BC’s youngest artists as they reveal their world through art. |
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Free performing arts workshops for familiesStarting January 31st, ArtStarts is presenting a free performance series for families in Vancouver's downtown area. "ArtStarts on Saturdays" will kick off with a workshop by circus artist Sand Northrup AKA One Woman Circus, who will introduce youngsters to circus skills including feather balancing, juggling, rola bola and plate-spinning. |
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Iskwew tours schools in the StikineIskwew, a trio of First Nations women, who perform in the plains and West Coast traditions toured the Stikine and the Kootenays with ArtStarts in November and got an early welcome to winter. |
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Elsie Roy visits ArtStartsWe had groups of students from the neighbouring elementary school, Elsie Roy, working with artist Elizabeth Mackenzie on a portraiture residency at the gallery. |
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Fat Cat Banner ProjectThis stunning piece is one of a series of 12, 10-foot banners created by grades 3 students (yes grade 3!) from Kelowna to market the local Fat Cat Festival. |
