Maps & Memories: 4th Downtown Eastside Artfare Institute

Vancouver Moving Theatre and Jumblies Theatre present Maps & Memories 4th Downtown Eastside Artfare Institute A three-day intensive workshop on researching and expressing community stories through oral history and mapping Ukrainian Hall 805 East Pender Street June 6-8, 2014 9:30am - 5:30pm Application deadline: May 5, 2014 (5pm)
VMT-Arts4All-Spring-2014-FlyerVancouver Moving Theatre and Jumblies Theatre are pleased to announce the newest round of the Downtown Eastside Artfare Institutes. This three-day workshop on community-engaged practice will explore the gathering of personal and ancestral histories; images of landscapes and waterways from False Creek to Burrard Inlet and beyond; and their application in community-engaged art making. The workshop is facilitated by two of Canada’s leading community-engaged artists, Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre, Toronto) with Savannah Walling (Vancouver Moving Theatre, Vancouver/Downtown Eastside). Join Ruth and Savannah and guests on this intensive, experiential journey of learning and art-making. Workshop activities will blend presentations, hands-on activities, discussions, demonstrations, creative explorations and take-home resources. We will: • Consider approaches, methods, challenges, ethics and aesthetics involved in researching and expressing community stories through oral history and mapping; • Explore interview and mapping-based arts processes via a variety of interdisciplinary activities; • Touch on stages of research, creation, presentation, performance, evaluation and legacy; • Work with themes and forms linked to current Vancouver Moving Theatre/Jumblies creative partnerships scheduled for spring 2015: The Big House project, a Downtown Eastside performative feast; and the Train of Thought, a coast to coast community arts journey.
WHO IS IT FOR? • Emerging and professional artists from all forms and traditions; • Practitioners from related fields (e.g. oral history, community development, etc.); • People with experience in community engaged arts; • People with past projects or in-process projects involving oral history, interview or mapping research; • People who can apply what they learn and share it with others through their practice. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? • Deepen and expand your community arts skills and experience; • Learn skills for your own oral history or mapping arts project; • Meet and network with like-minded creative people; • Jumblies’ workshops are recognized nationally as credentials by arts employers and academic institutions; • It will be lots of fun! MEALS AND ACCOMMODATION Snacks and the makings for lunches are provided. For out of town registrants, we can help you locate a budget hotel. CERTIFICATION Those attending the full course will receive a certificate of completion from Vancouver Moving Theatre and Jumblies Theatre. FEE: $150 Work trade places are available for those for whom the fee is a barrier Application deadline: May 5, 2014 (5pm)
APPLICATION PROCESS Limited to twenty participants, selected partly based on experience and potential to benefit, with a view to creating a compatible and diverse group, including Downtown Eastside community members. Registration form can be downloaded HERE Email completed application to dtesartfare@gmail.com. Please see details in application form about mailing the application. Applications arriving by May 5 will be assessed and space confirmed by May 12. Late applications will be considered only if there is space available.
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