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Arts Alive! this Saturday |
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2022 Arts Alive! postcard |
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Whats happening in the arts this coming year? Find out about all the wonderful and inspiring arts events for 2022-23 at the second annual Arts Alive! arts info fair this Saturday, September 17, from noon to 4 at the Public Service Center Plaza on 1300 Franklin in downtown Vancouver.
This year's performances will showcase the wide range of music, dance and theater our community offers. Poetry and spoken word will also be performed on the main stage. Twenty-two local arts organizations will have booths to share what they do, offering information on classes and upcoming events.
Arts Alive! is free and open to everyone. Parking is free in the county's parking garage.
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Poetry Moves
Raúl Sánchez chooses Season 12 poems
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Start watching for new poems to appear on C-Tran buses
This season is exciting for many reasons. Of course the poems are varied and surprising and thought provoking. Every bus has 2 poems on overhead channel cards and since every bus takes a different route each day it doesn't take long to read all the poems if you are a regular rider.
Congratulations to Season 12 poets:
Teresa Anderson: Last Dance
Sossity Chiricuzio: Lessons I’m learning From My Garden
Genevieve DeGuzman: Shape Shift
Betty Fullard-Leo: Transient Ambitions
Julianne Hudson: Backyard Observances
Jody Katopothis: Friendship
Dvora Robinson: Powell Butte
Raúl Sánchez, City of Redmond Poet Laureate 2019-2021: Longing
Monka Spykerman: Octopus
Anand Tawker, Avian Guru
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Thank you Raúl Sánchez!
Nine poems were chosen by this season's esteemed juror, poet Raúl Sánchez, Poet Laureate for the City of Redmond, Washington (2019-21). He provided a tenth poem, Longing, to complete this season's collection of ten poems. Sánchez is the author of two books of poetry When There Were No Borders (2021, Flowersong Press) and All Our Brown-Skinned Angels (2012, MoonPath Press).
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Plan ahead for the free Open Studios Tour |
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Printed guidebooks will be available at this fall's Open Studios Tour. Beginning in October they can be picked up for free at our sponsor locations including Art at the Cave and Aurora Gallery in downtown Vancouver, Vancouver Art Space at Vancouver Mall, and the Attic Gallery in Camas.
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Día de Muertos
Esther Short Park, October 22
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Mark your Calendar
Please join us at Esther Short Park for a Day of the Dead ancestral celebration to remember and honor those who have departed. Día de Muertos is truly a celebration of life, love and healing.
Experience beautiful luminarias, traditional Mexican dancing, music, guest artists, catrinas and an ofrenda of the beloved deceased. This free, family-friendly event will take place rain or shine.
Día de Muertos is presented by Vancouver Ballet Folklorico and funded in part by a grant from Group Health Community Foundation with support from Artstra, Clark County Arts Commission, Columbia Arts Network and the City of Vancouver.
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Our all-volunteer organization works toward building greater arts awareness, rewarding creative excellence, and expanding arts accessibility. We are working to facilitate long-term arts development for Southwest Washington. We envision a stronger arts infrastructure that includes an art center and a community-focused performing arts facility.
Your support will help to make this vision a reality. Artstra's current programs include our annual Clark County Open Studios Tour and Poetry Moves, a collaborative effort that features the words of local poets on C-Tran buses. Both of these programs have already demonstrated the power of art in our lives to connect us, transform us, and fuel the economy.
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Five ways to support the cause |
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1- Donate
2- Declutter
Give useable items to Nifty and Thrifty at 6607 E. Mill Plain Blvd. And when those items sell, the money is split 50/50 with participating nonprofits. Just let them know your items are donated to benefit Artstra.
3- Shop
Link your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Artstra using our code #84120. Just by using your rewards card number, and at no cost to you, every time you shop you'll help Artstra earn a quarterly donation from Fred Meyer.
4- Shop online
5- Volunteer
Artstra is an all-volunteer organization. If you have specialized skills, especially in fundraising, outreach and marketing, we'd love to talk with you.
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About Artstra
Artstra is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization advocating for the arts in Clark County and southwest Washington. We envision a vibrant arts economy in our region, north of the Columbia River, with public/private investments and facilities that sustain artists and enrich community. Our mission is to elevate the arts, build greater arts awareness, reward creative excellence, and expand arts accessibility.
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