Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, 800 East Broadway Avenue, is looking for an artist to lead a community art mural project. The project is a partnership between Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, Broadway East Youth Resource Centre and Vancouver Native Housing. The aim is to engage community members especially youth in planning, designing and implementing three murals along Broadway East. Working with the themes of water and culture, the murals will link the diversity of the neighbourhood to the St. George Rainway stream daylighting project. The plan is to begin the project in June 2013 with the installation aimed for mid-August 2013. The application deadline is June 20, 2013. This is a great opportunity to showcase your artistic talent. If you would like to add your name to the list of candidates, see the attached link for the Job Description and contact information.
A Call for an Artist for Community Mural Project
18 Jun
The First Broadway East Art Walk – June 8, 2013
6 Jun
The first Broadway East Art Walk is happening this Saturday, June 8th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The walk will showcase local Vancouver artists within local businesses along the Broadway East corridor including Anna’s Cake House, 606 East Broadway, Harkness & Co. Butchers, 666 East Broadway, and the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, 800 East Broadway.
A temporary art installation will also be on display at the alley neighbouring Harkness & Co. Butchers. You are invited to unleash your inner artist with activities being held at the Neighbourhood House. The event will culminate with a screening of short films capturing stories from a variety of residents of the area by filmmaker Ana Mateescu starting at 6:15 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. All activities are drop-ins, but they ask that you RSVP for the film screenings at: http://bit.ly/beawjune8.
UPDATE (June 7th): If you want to take a peak at the list of participating artists and where they will be, check out the following link: http://bit.ly/jun8art
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