Inspiration: July 2009 Archives

Drawn Festival at venues around Vancouver until 8th August - pencils are more than an early mouse....

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Mobilizing Mouse
on July 18, 2009 10:15 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Drawn Festival arrives in Vancouver

Drawn - paper, canvas, walls, pencils, crayons, charcoal, cave art; back to pure expression.

http://www.drawnfestival.ca/

Some samples, examples are available here:

http://illolab.com/?p=943

One preview/ review from the Georgia Straight

New inspiration at Vancouver's inaugural drawing festival

By Robin Laurence
Publish Date: July 16, 2009

Spanning 16 galleries, the new Drawn festival celebrates an underappreciated form that's low-tech but high-skill

"Seeing is the problem," Ann Kipling says. "Drawing is the solution." One of Canada's most distinguished artists, Kipling is a key participant in Drawn, Vancouver's inaugural drawing festival. The first of its kind in Canada, Drawn celebrates an often underappreciated medium. It launches on Saturday (July 18) and runs until August 8 at 16 galleries across the city.

Drawing as performance, drawing as installation, drawing as sculpture--there's more to this seemingly modest medium than marks on a piece of paper. A series of events during the new Drawn festival will explode the art form out of the studio and into the public eye. One of the most fascinating takes place Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons, from July 19 to August 7, when the artists' collective DRIL mounts a site-specific drawing performance and installation, City Hall, at the foot of Carrall Street in Gastown.


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Simply inspiring and humbling: demolition company refuses work at Little Mountain housing complex

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Mobilizing Mouse
on July 6, 2009 7:41 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Want to congratulate Mike Cote and Clearwater for this noble action?

He can be emailed here: mcote@clearwaterenviro.com

or phoned at 604-313-3837

July 3, 2009
Demolition company refuses work at Little Mountain housing complex
Project Manager attends July 4 rally to protest the demolition

Clearwater Environmental Group is a demolition company that refuses to bid on the demolition of the 224 social housing units at Little Mountain. "What the government is doing here is not right. They should not be taking down homes before they have a plan to build anything", says Mike Cote, Project Manager for the company.

Cote attended a government sponsored information meeting for prospective demolition companies on Tuesday, June 30 and left as soon as he understood the situation. "We thought these homes were coming down and would be replaced immediately. We are in the business of making people's lives better, not ruining them," he said. Clearwater Environmental Group was one of several demolition companies attending the meeting. The provincial government required the attendance of any company wanting to bid on the demolition of the 15 acre site.

"Everyone knows there is not enough affordable housing. How could you sleep at night after tearing down these homes for an Olympic parking lot? We want no part of this until there is a plan," Cote continued.
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