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Hello Aurora,
We're already one month into 2023 and time is flying by! I mark my days with the many events, exhibitions, workshops, classes and activities Place des Arts has coming up!
I'm happy to say, I'm always busy. This month we have a first-time event! We combined our adult-only art night with our classic concerts. Come for a night of music and art and feel inspired!
Other highlights this month include our current exhibitions (now up online!), our Creative Connections Interview series launch, new teachers joining our team and more! Find out more below.
Also, this Valentine's Day I want to show some love for our volunteers, customers, teachers, staff and board!
With love from all of Place des Arts,
Aurora van Roon
Communications Coordinator
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Attend our first pARTy@PdA/Concert Mash-Up | |
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This February 25 from 7:00-9:00 PM join us for a one-of-a-kind event! We've combined our adult-only pARTy@PdA art night and Classic Concert events together for an Art/Music Mash-Up.
Create beautiful cards by combining alcohol inks with pressed flowers and botanicals while listening to the beautiful sound of live string music. Learn how to collage and mount flowers and leaves on greeting cards.
Participants are encouraged to press their own flowers/leaves and bring them to the event, but it is not required. Create cards and experience a beautiful night of community, ambiance, creativity and music.
Tickets: $26/person or 2 for $42
This event is for ages 19+
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Our current Exhibitions are online now! | |
Image: Louise Bunn's Dimensional Rift | |
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You can visit our three current exhibitions online at the links below:
These exhibitions will be up until March 9, 2023, on our website or you can visit in person during our operating hours.
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Spring Break Camp Registration is Open! | |
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Ignite your creativity over Spring Break! Place des Arts offers various classes for children and youth from March 13-17 and 20-24.
Kindergarten-Gr. 5
Classes allow beginners and experienced students to try new visual, literary and performing arts activities.
Gr.6-9
For a more intensive experience, students can participate in week-long, half-day workshops that are designed with this age group in mind to delve more deeply into specific disciplines.
Register:
- online (click the button below)
- in-person at Place des Arts
- by phone at 604.664.1636
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Our interview series Creative Connections has launched! | |
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Our new video series shares the stories of board members, founders, teachers and other members of the Place des Arts community!
In our 50 years, we have had many incredible, talented and dedicated people that have made Place des Arts the organization it is today. We're so excited to share their accomplishments, their impact on Place des Arts and the impact we've had on them in turn.
The first in our series is from long-term board member and current Board President, Barb Hobson.
Videos will be coming out weekly, with the exception of some holidays and peak times for Place des Arts.
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Meet two of our new theatre teachers! | |
We have two fantastic teachers joining our team. Crystal is our Acting 101 teacher and Sylvia is teaching Musical Theatre. | |
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Crystal Koskinen (HBFA) has been an Arts Educator for over 20 years and is passionate about all things
creative. Her mission is to renew the gift of imagination through her unique and creative classes.
Creating an encouraging and fun environment allows students to grow in confidence, creativity, imagination, thinking outside the box and teamwork.
Crystal is a writer, director and designer. She has created costumes, props and set designs for many
shows over the years. She also has worked in hundreds of schools, developed arts curriculums for various organizations and even hosted several Canadian awards shows annually. She has acted in film, television and commercials and is no stranger to the stage. As a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program in Toronto, improv is a big part of all she does. As a voiceover artist, Crystal has enjoyed recording for radio, television, Audible, Netflix, web, animation and more.
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Sylvia Zaradic is a working voice artist, director, vocal coach and performer based out of Vancouver, BC.
Sylvia owns and operates Purely Vocal Casting where she provides off-camera voice casting for TV and film.
As a voice actor, Sylvia has enjoyed a varied career.
Sylvia was honoured to be the English-speaking Announcer at Whistler Medals Plaza during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from UBC. Sylvia recently resigned from a long-held faculty position in the School of Performing Arts at Capilano University where she taught and mentored student artists in both the Musical Theatre and Acting for Stage & Screen Diploma Programs.
Notable theatre performance credits: Yente in Fiddler on the Roof (RCMT) and Janet in Waiting for the Parade (Chemainus Theatre). Select Musical Director/Directing credits: 7 Stories, 9 to 5: The Musical, Almost an Evening and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (BlueShore Centre for the Performing Arts, CapU).
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Apply for our 50th Anniversary Exhibition | |
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We are seeking submissions from current and former Place des Arts students, teachers, volunteers, artists, artisans and staff for our 50th Anniversary Community Exhibition.
The exhibition will be installed in the Atrium at Place des Arts from June 2 – 22, 2023 and viewable online. This exhibition reflects our 50th season mission to celebrate Place des Arts voices through creative connection, storytelling and joy!
All submissions must be created within the past 50 years and reflect the artist’s artistic journey and connection to Place des Arts.
Application deadline: Monday, April 24, 2023
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We will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2023 for Family Day. | |
Congratulations to our Survey Winners | |
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Congratulations to two PdA client's who have helped us improve our services by filling out surveys.
Krista completed a Sep-Jun Mid-Year Survey and won $75 credit on their PdA account.
Cordelia completed our Fall Events Survey and won two tickets to an upcoming pARTy@PdA event.
Thank you! Check your inbox at the end of classes or after an event for an opportunity to fill out a survey and potentially win.
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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
on until February 5, 2023
Now in its season in 2023, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival delivers groundbreaking, contemporary works of dance, theatre, multimedia and music by artists from Vancouver, across Canada and around the world.
Find out More
Festival du Bois is seeking volunteers!
Date: January 24-28, 2023
Evergreen Cultural Centre Studio Theatre, 1205 Pinetree Way
Volunteer for the 34th edition of the Festival du Bois. They are currently recruiting volunteers for the festival, which returns to Mackin Park March 24-26, 2023. Deadline is March 10, 2023.
Fill out the form here!
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