Signal Out: Remote Artist Talk from Newfoundland!

Posted on January 29, 2012 by flick

So without much more than a crashed Macbook to slow us down, Something Collective’s first presentation of “Signal Out” went off great. Liz Solo and the Black Bag Media Collective presented Flick Harrison‘s films in St John’s, Newfoundland, while we showed Liz’s music-video and machinima work here at our studio at Moberly Cultural Centre.

After the screenings, we did live Skype chats so the audience could Q & A. I spoke a lot about Final Cut Pro vs Adobe software and the future of independent video editing. Liz, for her part, talked about Second Life and the combination of joy and horror she feels in that phantasmagoric shopping mall.

Liz got to bed VERY late – the time difference is 4.5 hours – and a good time was had by all, at both ends of this giant country.

Map Hatter’s Visioning Party!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by flick

Tonight, Something Collective led the Sunset Community Centre Board of Directors in a fun creative exercise to help them get started on their visioning process. The game, which we call “The Map Hatter’s Visioning Party,” got them thinking about the neighbourhood and its future.

The exercise also launches our Community Mapping project in the Sunset area. More news will follow, but we plan to recruit in the neighbourhood for a fun creative project with dance, video, music, puppets and more, with stuff targeting every age group.

See the gallery after the jump…

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Downtown Eastside Community Art News – Dec 2011

Posted on December 16, 2011 by flick

From Mary Bennett and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver:

December is here and the DTES is a hive of activity and creativity–even more so than usual.

You may be involved with one or more of the events here – and maybe you’ll attend some of the others to support friends and neighbours.

We are grateful to once again be one of the beneficiaries of the Bah! Humbug! benefit coming soon. Watch the Woodward’s Atrium video monitor for some preview shots and images about the organizations involved.

Read the rest here.

The Future of Community Arts @ Woodwards

Posted on November 29, 2011 by flick

Something Collective took part in the CACV conference on Nov 26 in the Woodwards atrium. Tons of artistic folks set up interactive booths where the public could get creative, have fun and learn about community arts programs.

It was raining like crazy, and there was a Grey Cup Traffic Jam Parade, but the event was a lot of fun. Our group created an exquisite corpse scroll – each visitor painted a bit and then rolled the paper along so the next viewer could only see half, leading them to paint something else in a an endless disparate narrative…

Probably the biggest booth was for Deer Crossing The Art Farm…

Launching our new logo

Posted on November 28, 2011 by juliana

Yarn Bombing before the Bomb

Posted on November 17, 2011 by juliana

Something Collective will be at The Future of Community Arts

Posted on November 16, 2011 by juliana

A celebration of the Future of Community Arts in Vancouver!

Time: November 26, 2011 from 12pm to 9pm
Location: Woodwards Atrium
Street: 111 West Hastings (at Abbott)
City/Town: Vancouver

As the “future” portion of our “Past, Present and Future” event series, we plan to pay our respects to the youth and kids who will one day carry on the legacy of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver.

Over a dozen organizations will be participating (including Something Collective), providing activities, displays, demonstrations and information throughout the day.

Here are some of the organizations who are participating:

ArtStarts in Schools
Arts Umbrella
Deer Crossing the Art Farm
Environmental Youth Alliance
Gen Why Media
Green Thumb Theatre
King George Secondary Writers
Pull Focus film school
Purple Thistle
St George Creek Daylighting Project (False Creek Watershed Society)
St. George Creek & Greenway
St. George Blueway on Facebook
Some Assembly Arts Society
Something Collective
Stream of Dreams Murals Society
Vancouver Society of Storytelling
W2 Community Media Arts

For more information please visit the official Community Arts Council of Vancouver events page at http://communityarts.ning.com/events/the-future-of-community-arts. A preliminary schedule is also listed on their webpage http://www.cacv.ca/future

The event is FREE but you can also RSVP via THIS LINK – http://artsfutureyvr.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink

Hope to see you there!

Come to our Open Studio on Nov 20 at Moberly!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by flick

(The open studio will also be accessible on the avatar chat network Blue Mars Lite in the room called Something Collective. Download and prepare yourself ahead of time! Thanks to Jeremy Turner for turning me on to it…)

You’re invited to Something Collective’s Nov. 20th Open Studio, from 4-7 pm, at Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre.

Something Collective Open Studio
Nov. 20th, 4-7 pm
Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre
7646 Prince Albert St.

As friends, neighbors and colleagues of Something Collective, we are inviting you to the celebration of our new Incubator Residency at Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre. Our like-minded group of activists and artists includes Maggie Winston (puppetry, theatre), Juliana Bedoya (sculpture, performance installation), Laura Barron (flutist, yogi, writer), Flick Harrison (media arts), and Natalie Gan (dance). We are excited to serve the Sunset community over these next three years, by bringing our versatile expertise to a vibrant array of community-engaged art projects. In order to maintain an active presence in the community, we are hosting three annual open studios, at our new collective space, on 7646 Prince Albert St. (one east of Fraser, at 59th). The first of these takes place on Sunday, November 20th, from 4-7 pm. There will be refreshments for all, as each of us shares work from our individual art practices. We also look forward to discussing some of our plans for future community art projects, and we invite you to share ideas about this community’s passions and interests so that we can better meet the needs of the Sunset neighborhood.

We hope to see you there!
Maggie, Juliana, Laura, Flick, & Natalie

Canada Day at Sunset Community Centre, Vancouver BC – July 1st, 2011

Posted on September 10, 2011 by juliana

Sunset held it’s annual Canda Day Event on July 1, bringing thousands of community members together to celebrate in the Sun!

Something Collective, the resident artists at Moberly Arts & Cultual Centre were out in full force providing community members the opportunity to contribute to the making of the flag. Come view the completed flag at the Sunset Community Centre along with a formal introdution to who Something Collective is!