News Briefs & Multicultural Events

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

Multicultural Mural Community Project

November 23, 2011 to April 30, 2012

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society (DIVERSEcity) has secured an Arts Engagement grant from the Provincial Government to create a made-in Surrey Mural, a digital art design for a vinyl installation (888.50” width x172” height).

The Multicultural Mural Community Project aims to establish a mural which represents Surrey’s cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity through the collaboration of community members from diverse backgrounds or perspectives, including youth, seniors, new immigrants and refugees. 

Upon the closing of Call for Expression of Intereston on November 10, DIVERSEcity will host Focus Group sessions and encourage participate (Youth and Seniors, New immigrants and/or refugee, people who speak English as a second language, people who do not have art experience) input in November to December, and draft mural design would be avable by mid February 2012. Final mural design will be ready by end of April 2012.

This community project will engage a diverse group of local Surrey residents to develop a mural design that is representative of the social, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity of their community. Project participants will provide the necessary input into the creation of the mural design that will reflect their idea of a welcoming and inclusive community. This input will be gathered through focus group sessions facilitated by the project coordinator. The contracted digital artist will create the design based on participants’ input and ideas from these focus group sessions.

The Project Planning Committee is comprised of project partners: City of Surrey, Arts Council of Surrey, Anthem Properties and DIVERSEcity.

The City of Surrey will make a set of 3 street banners from the mural design and it will be placed throughout theNewton town center.

The first focus group meeting will take place on December10.

For more information or to apply, please read info sheet or contact

Ayano Ogata (Multicultural Mural Community Project Coordinator)

DIVERSEcityCommunity Resources Society

604-597-0205 ext. 1204  /  aogata@dcrs.ca

SPARC BC & Museum of Vancouver

Opencall for Working World: Diversity and Employment in Metro Vancouver,

an exhibit of local photography

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: January 6, 2012 (4:30pm)

In April 2012, SPARC BC and the Museum of Vancouver will launch an exhibit of photographs that explore work and diversity in Metro Vancouver. Show us how Metro Vancouver’s working world looks from your eyes. Submit your photojournalistic style image, photo description, CV and artist statement by January 6, 2012 to have your work selected for display. Selected artists will be awarded for their contributions (from $100 to $1,500).

The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) is a non-profit that works in the areas of income equality, community development and accessibility. We are partnering with the Museum of Vancouver to present an exhibit of local photography about diversity in work in Metro Vancouver. We are just putting out a Call for Submissions from local photographers (amateurs/students, professionals and first/second generation immigrants) to display a series of works at the Museum of Vancouver’s community display gallery in April 2012. Selected contributors will be awarded from $100 to $1,500.  Submissions are due January 6, 2012.

The following Working World: Diversity and Employment in Metro Vancouver information is now available on the SPARC BC web site:

• ·         Call for submissions
• ·         Submission guidelines

Have questions? Contact: Katie McCallum kmccallum@sparc.bc.ca.  

To learnmore about SPARC BC, visit: www.sparc.bc.ca

To learn more about the Museum of Vancouver, visit: www.museumofvancouver.ca

Richmond Multicultural Community Services

Culture Club: Diversity Talent

Smaller performances between January and February,  the Grand Finale at Gateway Theatre on March 8^th 2012.

Richmond Multicultural Community Services(RMCS) will host a high school talent show, Culture Club: Diversity Talent in Richmond between January and February 2012. There will be qualifying performance nights at Hugh Boyd Secondary, A.R. MacNeill Secondary and the Cultural Community Centre in Richmond. The top five performances from each event will move on to the Grand Finale at Gateway Theatre on March 8^th 2012.

Culture Club: Diversity Talent will start to connect different cultures together. This event isn’t just about talent; it’s about showcasing the diversity of Richmond and extending it to Greater Vancouver.

Participating youth would have a voice to discuss issues surrounding diversity and how people can work together and connect even if they have cultural backgrounds. They will use DRAMA, SONG, or DANCE to deliver messages of diversity and harmony, anti-bullying and anti-racism.

More detials please contact Stefanie Johnston, Events Assistant

Email: stefanie@rmcs.bc.ca

Visit RMCS at www.rmcs.bc.ca