Blog Posts
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Celebrating Community at Second Street Community SchoolWe recently had the chance to visit Second Street community school in Burnaby where the entire school of over 300 students has been working for the past three months with local artists Anna Talbot and Mona Lochan and the City of Burnaby’s Community Arts Development Coordinator, Shelley Twist to create a series of banners that explore the theme of Celebrating our Community. |
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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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. |
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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. |
