Event Listings

ARC Lines: Vancouver’s Artist Run Origins


Date: February 2011 – ongoing
Location: Online @ www.arcpost.ca

The Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres’ project Origin Stories is an important on-line publication documenting Vancouver’s Artist-Run Centres. Posted on the ArcPost: Artists and Institution website, Origin Stories will identify each member centre and include significant archival images, original mandates, history of founding artists and other materials pertinent to the origins of Vancouver’s artist-run activity. Critical writing, online and print resources will also be included. This online site will celebrate the history of artist-run movements in the city and provide a resource for tracking the influence of these centres on Vancouver’s contemporary art practices. www.arcpost.ca

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada.

Talking Stick Festival 2011


Date: February 1 to February 13, 2011
Location: Various venues throughout the city: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, The Wise Hall, The Pond, Cafe Deux Soleils, Zawa Resturant, the Britannia Community Centre, The Holiday Inn and Suites, and the Scotia Dance Centre. Community workshops at Point Secondary School, Britannia Secondary School and MacDonald Elementary School.
Website: www.fullcircle.ca

The 10th annual Talking Stick Festival is a two-week celebration of Aboriginal performance and art. Over the course of 13 days the Aboriginal community gathers together in a fusion of cabaret, music, dance, theatre and storytelling. In venues across the city, the festival highlight the talents of artists from as far as the Yukon, Ontario, and the United States and as near as Vancouver’s own back yard! Everyone is welcome! Come and join presenters Full Circle for the 10th Annual Talking Stick Festival.

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada.

Read more:

The Province: Top picks for Talking Stick Festival

Georgia Straight: Event Listing

Georgia Straight: “Talking Stick Festival’s Fragments grew out of survivors’ stories”

Georgia Straight – “Talking Stick Festival reflects resurging Native arts”

Vancouver Live Performance Project


Date: Symposium – TBA, 2011; Online Archive – ongoing
Location: Vancouver Live Performance Project Symposium – at the Cultch’s Vancity Culture Lab; Vancouver Live Performance Project Archive — available online.
Website: www.plankmagazine.com

Wild Excursions Performance partners with Plank Magazine to create the Vancouver Live Performance Project online archive, celebrating Vancouver’s accomplishments in theatre and dance. This archive will include written and audio interviews of Vancouver dance and theatre artists. The research will lead to a published booklet containing selected interview excerpts, photos and Plank Magazine writings. A symposium in spring/summer 2011 will complete the project.

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada.