Once A Peer Network of Artists Now Something Else

Vancouver Art Studio is Moving

As ARA is now closed down I'm working on opening up another art studio outside of Vancouver. Stay tuned! Meanwhile I've left some of my personal art of the last three years and most of the group's event related stuff live.

Saturday Afternoon Digital Media and Marketing Study Group

Digital Media and Marketing Study Group Poster

**** A New Community Study Group ****

Digital Media and Marketing

Facts, Fiction, Ethics and Opportunities

When: every second Saturday starting Jan. 16, 2016 from 1 – 3:00 PM

Where: ARA Mental Health Drop-In Centre, 163 W Pender

Whether you are new to the Internet and want to participate or have extensive experience to share, this think tank / help forum is for you.

All interested are welcome to participate!
(refreshments and small snacks– available during break for participants)

The initial pilot study group will cover these six modules:

Jan. 16, 2016 - Search Engines, Job/Family/Friends Search and SEO
Jan. 30, 2016 - Emailing, Communication and General Internet Security
Feb. 13, 2016 - Social Media – Privacy Issues, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Business Promotion …
Feb. 27, 2016 - Exploring Cyberculture: Influence, Impact and Relevance to Contemporary Society
Mar. 12, 2016 - Blogging for Sharing Art, Open Journaling, Activism, Politics, Recovery, Industry and Technical Writing …
Mar. 26, 2016 - Online Internet Marketing, Ebay, Craigslist, Kijiji …

A Joint Project Sponsored, Supported and Facilitated by UBC Humanities 101 Community Programme, Recovery by Design and ARA Mental Health Advocacy!

Free Food in Vancouver Cheap Meals

We started formulating a list of the free food resources in and around the DTES. We will try to keep our list updated and we asked that you contact us with omissions and corrections. Thank you and enjoy the food!

Addresses and Contact

BLUE BUS - Helmcken and Seymour Park

CARRALL STREET CHURCH - 331 Carrall 604-684-3097

DOOR IS OPEN - 255 Dunlevy 604-669-0498

DTES NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE - 573 E. Hastings 604-215-2030

DUGOUT - 59 Powell 604-685-5239

FIRST BAPTISTS CHURCH - 969 Burrard St 604-683-8441

FIRST UNITED CHURCH - 320 E. Hastings 604-681-8365

FOOD ON THE CORNER - Main and Cordova

GRANDVIEW CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 1803 E 1st Ave 604-255-1411

HARBOUR LIGHT - 119 E. Cordova 604-646-6800

LIVING WATERS - 782 E. Hastings 604-251-2493

MISSION POSSIBLE - 543 Powell 604-253-4469

POTTERS PLACE - 21 E. Hastings 604-688-2968

SALVATION ARMY SOUP TRUCK - 222 Main 604-525-7311

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH - 2881 Main 604-874-7818

STREET CHURCH - 175 Hastings

TENTH CHURCH - 11 W 10th Ave 604-876-2181

UGM - Drop In 601 E. Hastings 604-253-3323

Monday Free Meal Schedule

6:30 AM – UGM breakfast note: ticket line-up 6:00 AM

7:15 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

8:30 AM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH coffee/snack

10:00 AM – DTES NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE breakfast

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

11:00 AM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

11:00 AM – HARBOUR LIGHT lunch

12:00 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

12:00 PM – DTES NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE lunch

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

4:00 PM – HARBOUR LIGHT supper

5:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:30 PM – TENTH CHURCH supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:00 PM – BLUE BUS food bags, soup truck

7:00 PM – CARRALL STREET CHURCH supper

9:00 PM – POTTERS PLACE supper

Tuesday Free Meal Schedule

6:30 AM – UGM breakfast note: ticket line-up 6:00 AM

7:15 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

8:30 AM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH coffee/snack

11:00 AM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

11:00 AM – HARBOUR LIGHT lunch

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

12:00 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

1:30 PM – MISSION POSSIBLE coffee/snack

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

5:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:00 PM - CARRALL STREET CHURCH supper

8:30 PM – FIRST BAPTISTS supper

9:00 PM – POTTERS PLACE supper

9:45 PM – POTTERS PLACE soup truck

Wednesday Free Meal Schedule

6:15 AM – FIRST BAPTISTS breakfast

6:30 AM – UGM breakfast note: ticket line-up 6:00 AM

7:15 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

8:30 AM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH coffee/snack

10:00 AM – DTES NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE breakfast

11:00 AM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

11:00 AM – HARBOUR LIGHT lunch

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

12:00 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

12:00 PM – DTES NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE lunch

1:30 PM – MISSION POSSIBLE coffee/snack

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

4:00 PM – HARBOUR LIGHT supper

5:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:00 PM - CARRALL STREET CHURCH supper

9:00 PM – POTTERS PLACE supper

Thursday Free Meal Schedule

6:30 AM – UGM breakfast note: ticket line-up 6:00 AM

7:15 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

8:30 AM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH coffee/snack

11:00 AM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

11:00 AM – HARBOUR LIGHT lunch

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

12:00 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

1:30 PM – MISSION POSSIBLE coffee/snack

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

5:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:30 PM – GRANDVIEW CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH supper

9:00 PM – POTTERS PLACE supper

Friday Free Meal Schedule

6:30 AM – UGM breakfast note: ticket line-up 6:00 AM

7:15 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

8:30 AM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH coffee/snack

11:00 AM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

11:00 AM – HARBOUR LIGHT lunch

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

12:00 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

1:30 PM – MISSION POSSIBLE coffee/snack

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

4:00 PM – HARBOUR LIGHT supper

5:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:15 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:00 PM - CARRALL STREET CHURCH supper

7:00 PM – STREET CHURCH hot dogs

Saturday Free Meal Schedule

7:00 AM – ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH breakfast

7:15 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

9:00 AM – MISSION POSSIBLE breakfast note: ticket line-up 8:30 AM

10:00 AM – MISSION POSSIBLE breakfast note: ticket line-up 8:30 AM

11:00 AM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

11:00 AM – FOOD ON THE CORNER soup truck

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

12:00 PM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

4:00 PM – HARBOUR LIGHT supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:00 PM - CARRALL STREET CHURCH supper

7:00 PM – LIVING WATERS hot dogs

9:00 PM – POTTERS PLACE supper

Sunday Free Meal Schedule

8:00 AM – DUGOUT breakfast

11:00 AM – FIRST UNITED CHURCH lunch

11:00 AM – LIVING WATERS hot dogs

11:00 AM – POTTERS PLACE breakfast

12:00 PM – DOOR IS OPEN lunch

1:00 PM – CARRALL STREET CHURCH supper

2:00 PM – UGM lunch

4:00 PM – HARBOUR LIGHT supper

6:30 PM – UGM supper

7:00 PM – STREET CHURCH hot dogs

9:00 PM – POTTERS PLACE supper

9:45 PM – SALVATION ARMY SOUP TRUCK soup truck

Hunger Pains

I watched as you poured the rest of your soup into the already full garbage. It slopped off the top. One noodle plopped; like a squashed worm in the rain for four days. Soup juice trickled on the side of the can but only made it halfway down before it expired into permanent suspension. I was so hungry. You couldn’t have known that I hadn’t eaten in ninety-six hours.

You spotted me from behind your car when I opened up the pizza box that was left on the picnic table. You knew I was hoping to come across a prize. A slice would be nice but I’ll settle for a couple of pieces of crust, maybe some small green pepper chunks, the cheese glued to the inside. I couldn’t figure out in my mind what you were smiling about as I folded up the box and stuck it under my arm. Maybe I reminded you of a funny joke you once knew. I did look around and tried to smile at you as I made my way to the trail but you were gone, Beamer and all.

I thank you for the frozen loaf of bread you gave me anyway in spite of the soup kitchen being closed for the summer. I was surprised that the two people who told me about this place hadn’t mentioned that part. It unthawed pretty quickly in the scorching afternoon. I took it to the creek in order to complete my meal and ended up struggling to finish my third big bite.

“Look!” I exclaimed to myself. “Someone dropped their candy.” It appeared to still have all its sugar coating the sweet soft center.

I came upon the raspberries by accident. There were two dozen bushes of the purpling bombs. I could see the army below; busily getting ready for gravity’s fleshy explosions. Sorry soldier, I’m higher up the chain. On my second trip I noticed that half the battalion was out on scouting missions. I ate the last one on my fourth feed. There was only one around and he was carrying part of another insect’s leg; incisors above helmet.

She knew I was hungry and gave me her half jar of peanut butter. I only really wanted the two slices of bread I asked her for. I thanked her but wanted to hug her and kiss her cheek. I had to quickly go so I could find my place to cry.

This time I couldn't avoid walking by a restaurant patio. I’ll just stare at the sidewalk moving below my feet. I was floating by until it shrieked. Then, two tables full of hyenas. One of the scavengers’ howling mouth was filled with red and yellow. It was a hot dog eater and she looked at ME with a startled gaze, and then, whispering to the pack while pretending to be just wiping mustard with a napkin, she spit her food towards me. Roarings but then the laughter ceased harmoniously. Ten pairs of eyes burned through me. A quarter block away, her French fry fork a conductor’s stick, the scarlet lipped beast initiated another eerie chorus; without peering back I knew it was another song for me.

An Orange Evening Painting in Green Fluorescence

The painting An Evening Falls

An Evening Falls

The night's a fall that offers its fiery hope.
In tomorrow's green fluorescence.
It's life's lessons.
The rope.

Looking Back and Making Changes for 2016

Looks like Recovery by Design is ready for a bit of a restructure. In all fairness, if you are interested in participation in its evolution then please let us know, otherwise it'll be full steam ahead. As noboby's come forward to steer it along for a while, Fred's decided to grab the helm and change its path. It'll likely unroll in the new year (January 2016). Please stay tuned!

All Musical Artists Come to Next Music Jam

We are getting very close to perfecting our 2015 Christmas song. Dan, the guy that has been doing videos lately, has offered to do the video and video editing portion for the music video version. The filming will take place before Christmas while decorations are up but we have to get a soundtrack soon. So, the next music jam will be on:

November 18th 2015 at 4 PM until 5 PM

We need one of our fiddle players to show up. We have a guitar player, a percussionist, a mandolin player and a keyboard player but don't have a violinist. The introduction to the song requires a violin player.

A Painting of My Mother - A Forest Dream

A Forest Dream

This is a 24x36" acrylic on chloroplast in plastic frame.

My mother is the birch tree and her five sons are the pine trees around her. We are all being touched by her magic circle. Her few grandchildren are small pines at her feet.

Close Up of the painting A Forest Dream

Free to DTES Residents UBC Writing Courses Spring Semester

Writing courses are offered twice a year by UBC - Point Grey Campus. They are free to low-income residents of the East Side and South Side downtown Vancouver.They request that we let everyone know so this is how we do it here. Below is the original bulk email.

In Writing 101 and 201, each week a new genre of writing will be discussed and practiced. These include, creative fiction and non-fiction, songs and lyrics, screenplay, short stories, life writing, poetry, journaling and manifesto writing.

The Writing course runs from January to April 2016. All classes are held at UBC Point Grey Campus on Tuesday evenings, from 6.30 – 9 p.m.

Participants receive school supplies, UBC student cards, bus tickets to get to and from class, meal vouchers to use on campus, and childcare if needed.

Applications are available at the following times and places:

Carnegie Centre, Main and Hastings St.

Saturday November 21^st at 11 a.m

The Gathering Place, 609 Helmcken St. (meeting room)

Monday November 23^rd at 11 a.m

Crabtree Corner, 533 East Hastings St. (third floor)

Tuesday November 24^th at 11 a.m

Vancouver Recovery Club, 2775 Sophia St.

Tuesday November 24^th at 1 p.m

Humanities 101 Community Programme

Dr. Margot Leigh Butler, Academic Director

Paul Woodhouse, Programme Coordinator

Maureen Phillips, Writing Coordinator

Wil Steele, Reuben Jentink and Margot Mabanta, Programme Assistants

tel. 604-822-0028
fax. 604-822-6096

Programme Office:
#270 Buchanan E
1866 Main Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z1

Website: http://humanities101.arts.ubc.ca/

Wall Mural, Fabric, Wood and Wire Art

one corner of the art room

Here's a very good photo to show you of our wall mural in development. There are quite a few things hanging in front of it like a birdhouse and our huge mobile. The idea for remodeling was to give the room a bit of character and depth. The art room is turning into a fun, inviting and uniquely expressive space.

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