arts and youth
Youth leave arts legacy on Aldergrove wall
Aldergrove youth have left a legacy on an Aldergrove wall for Arts and Culture Week. On Friday, April 23 at 6 p.m., several youths from Aldergrove Community Secondary School will be unveiling a large-scale, public art piece, along Aldergrove’s busy Fraser Highway and the community is invited to attend this event. The artwork was created [...]
Vancouver: Young artists hope to help stop crime, put an end to violence
Recreations of bloody crime scenes, weeping relatives and young people behind bars. Those are just some of the images that more than 300 secondary students from across B.C. used to create anti-gang posters for a provincewide contest sponsored by The Vancouver Sun and the Gang Task Force. Some entrants said they had seen gang violence [...]
Strings attached to arts funding in B.C.: Most of $10 million in legacy money must go to youth programs: Krueger
Arts groups, still reeling from deep cuts to their funding, should expect $10 million in government legacy money this year to be mostly earmarked for youth programs, says the B.C. arts minister. “We do want an emphasis for a substantial portion of it on mentoring young artists and helping them get their start in their [...]
North Vancouver: Summer offers plenty for the artistic set
Children with artistic leanings will find plenty to do this summer with the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. The organization is once again offering Byte Camps, a selection of programs that help participants use computers to express themselves. Claymation Movie Production gives participants the opportunity to build their own clay characters, sets and props; develop [...]
Educators, son of founder praise East Side kids choir
His mother started a free choir for East Side kids when she 86. Now Don Fitzpatrick is determined to keep the non-religious Kids Sing Chorus going and has found allies lending their voices to the cause. The Corpus Christi College Chamber Choir, based out of the Catholic Liberal Arts College at the University of B.C., [...]
Surrey: ‘On the MOVE’ free workshop part of festival
Valuable info for dancers who want to go pro can be had at a free workshop held during the Surrey Festival of Dance. The “On the MOVE” workshop on April 3 is a day-long session of “professional development and personal growth” aimed at dancers age 16 and over, parents and dance teachers. An organizer of [...]
Festival attracts young talent from all across Vancouver Island
“My teacher is very cool,” says violinist Keito Bryce, a kinetic 12-year-old who has been playing six years and plans a career in music. “He makes lessons so fun. Right now I play an hour every day. I also play in Daniel Lapp’s fiddle orchestra, and take both classical violin and fiddle lessons. I like [...]
Whistler Arts Council reeling from gaming grant cuts: Children’s Art Fest, other programs likely to be scaled back: director
No events will be cancelled but some — such as the popular Whistler Children’s Art Festival — will have to be “scaled back significantly” as a result of last week’s B.C. government decision to eliminate B.C. Gaming Grants funding to arts and cultural groups, the head of the Whistler Arts Council (WAC) said last week. [...]
Young entrepreneur focuses on youth arts and Haiti fundraiser to alleviate high youth unemployment
As a former high school teacher, 27-year old Monika Blichar, founder and owner of MAB Ventures Inc., is well-positioned to focus on youth arts in order to combat the high youth unemployment rate as the Canadian economy enters a “jobless recovery”. The 2010 federal budget earmarked an additional $178 million this year to support work-sharing [...]
North Vancouver: Carving out a city welcome
North Vancouver city hall could one day feature a traditional Coast Salish welcome figure created by local students under the guidance of a master carver. Tsnomot-Brad Baker, North Vancouver school district vice-principal and a member of the Squamish Nation, presented his proposal to city council Monday. “Carson Graham is one of the very few schools [...]
Courtenay: Ten Valley students scoop performing arts festival awards
Two public concerts celebrated with gusto have brought the 33rd North Island Festival of Performing Arts (NIFPA) to a rousing conclusion. Held in the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay, both the Festival Variety Showcase last Friday and the Festival Dance Gala on Saturday turned in to an exuberant celebration of talent. “This was an opportunity [...]
Dance, music give kids an Olympic voice Kinesphere combines talent of budding musicians and dancers as part of the cultural Olympiad
The true meaning of the words “arts umbrella” opened up under sunny skies on the weekend as Arts Umbrella celebrated a first. For the first time in 30 years, separate disciplines at the popular Granville Island non-profit centre for educating youth in the arts joined forces to present a co-creation. Kinesphere is less than 15 [...]
New Westminster: Make a film at Massey this Spring Break
The Imagination, Arts and Media Youth Program, sponsored by Massey Theatre, the City of New Westminster and SD 40 will host a film making camp during spring break, March 8-12 for youth aged 13–18. Josh Hite, a video artist and Jan Derbyshire, a stage and screen writer will team up as instructors to teach independent [...]
