Terry and Savannah win 2009 Mayor’s Award (Community Art)

Terry, Savannah Rose cropped at Mayors AwardAnnouncement: Vancouver Moving Theatre Society’s Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling receive 2009 Mayor’s Award (Community Art)

Dear Friends and Colleagues:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Vancouver Moving Theatre Society I am pleased to extend congratulations to Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Executive Director Terry Hunter and Artistic Director Savannah Walling as recipients of the 2009 Mayor’s Award (Community Arts).

The presentation ceremony, hosted by broadcaster and author Bill Richardson, was held Monday November 16th with Mayor Gregor Robertson paying tribute to the recipients at a reception at the Museum of Vancouver.

The honour follows two recent awards presented last to year (2008) to Vancouver Moving Theatre and its Executive and Artistic Directors:  the City of Vancouver Cultural Harmony Award (Vancouver Moving Theatre), and the British Columbia Community Achievement Award (Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling). Read the rest

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November 19th, 2009 | Category: Events, Featured | Comments are closed

Japantown Multicultural Neighbourhood Celebration

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JAPANTOWN MULTICULTURAL NEIGHBOURHOOD CELEBRATION
Celebrate the history, diversity, and enduring promise of Vancouver’s Japantown
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 10:00am – 9:00pm
Various venues, including: Japanese Hall, Oppenheimer Park, Chapel Arts, Kalayaan Centre, and the streets of Japantown
INFO: 604-628-5672 or www.vjls-jh.com

Celebrate the history, diversity, and enduring promise of Vancouver’s Japantown in the first Japantown Multicultural Neighbourhood Celebration (10:00am-9:00pm, March 28). This full day of cultural events and public forums reflects upon the journeys of the past, the diversity of the present, and the promise of the future.

The Japantown Multicultural Neighbourhood Celebration features concurrent activity at the Japanese Hall, Oppenheimer Park, Chapel Arts, Kalayaan Centre, and in the streets of Japantown. Japantown lies on the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations and is the site of Vancouver’s earliest beginnings. Read the rest

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March 10th, 2009 | Category: Events, Featured | Comments are closed

Vancouver Moving Theatre awarded Cultural Harmony Award

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Vancouver Moving Theatre (VMT) has been awarded the City of Vancouver’s 2008 Cultural Harmony Award.

The award, which recognizes Vancouver Moving Theatre contribution to building cultural harmony in Vancouver and the Downtown Eastside, was presented by Mayor Sam Sullivan to Vancouver Moving Theatre’s co-founders- Executive Director Terry Hunter and Artistic Director Savannah Walling -in a ceremony at City Council Chambers on Tuesday October 28.

Two days later on Thursday October 30, Vancouver Moving Theatre was honoured with the planting of a tree and a plaque bearing the company’s name in the Vancouver Park Board Cultural Harmony Grove, located east of the Burrard Marina at the south foot of the Burrard Street Bridge.

The City of Vancouver established the Cultural Harmony Awards in 1996 to recognize individuals and organizations that display a significant and sustained commitment to the promotion of cultural harmony in the City of Vancouver. Read the rest

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March 10th, 2009 | Category: Awards, Featured | Comments are closed

Terry and Savannah Receive BC Community Achievement Award

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Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling were among forty-five outstanding British Columbians named the recipients of the fifth annual BC Community Achievement Awards by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.

“As British Columbia celebrates its 150 anniversary this year, we recognize the strength of our province is founded in the spirit, ideas and passion of our people,” said Campbell. “It is a privilege to acknowledge the efforts of these individuals who work for the betterment of our communities and our entire province.”

“These individuals have shared the most valuable of today’s commodities, their time and compassion and, in doing so, have positively contributed to their communities.” added Mitchell. “We’re honoured to celebrate the contributions of these exceptional British Columbians.”

An independent advisory council selects the recipients of the British Columbia Community Achievement Awards. Read the rest

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March 7th, 2009 | Category: Awards, Featured | Leave a comment