"Hi, I play 'Pamela' in Upstairs Downstairs which will be back on PBS in Oct. I have Downs Syndrome. Dad American mum is English."
BRIAN - BC Regional Inclusive Arts Network
A community of artists with disabilities and inclusive arts organizations in BC
A community of artists with disabilities and inclusive arts organizations across the province of British Columbia, Canada
Latest Activity
A.E. Falkenberg posted a status"I'll be performing my poem Exiled from the Pack and getting jumped up on caffine."
A.E. Falkenberg posted a status"But the SWAN is still going to hold it's 6th annual Coffee House next week on November the 18th."
A.E. Falkenberg posted a status"Sadly the studio I had been working at for the past year has shut down due to lack of funding. ."
A.E. Falkenberg posted a status"Hello, sorry if I haven't updated this blog in awhile, but extenuating circumstances have left me busy as hell."
Wallace Malay posted a photo
Disturbed 2a (2)
I am in New York for the 2011 Pyschout conference. I will be presenting this morning with my Stigma painting. Wow what a city.
Richard Robert Homer Jamieson is attending A.E. Falkenberg's event
Expose Yourself to Art! at In the Beantime Cafe
May 2, 2011 to June 15, 2011
Come to the Beantime Cafe to see some Contemporary Outsider Art by a local artist and poet living with Asperger's Syndrome. Explore the psychological, natural, and urban landscapes painted, drawn, and photographed from the perspective of an abnormal mind. The works of this show, inspired by poetry and life-changing traumatic experiances, explore the themes of freedom and imprisonment, corruption and innocence, and of social conformity and the psychological tortures inflicted on those who…See More
A.E. Falkenberg posted an eventExpose Yourself to Art! at In the Beantime Cafe
May 2, 2011 to June 15, 2011
Come to the Beantime Cafe to see some Contemporary Outsider Art by a local artist and poet living with Asperger's Syndrome. Explore the psychological, natural, and urban landscapes painted, drawn, and photographed from the perspective of an abnormal mind. The works of this show, inspired by poetry and life-changing traumatic experiances, explore the themes of freedom and imprisonment, corruption and innocence, and of social conformity and the psychological tortures inflicted on those who…See More
MANDATE
BRIAN – the BC Regional Inclusive Arts Network, connects artists with disabilities and inclusive arts organizations across the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Our mandate is to facilitate opportunities for:
- Members to present their work
- Networking between members, and arts communities
- Collaboration - on projects, commissions, research
- Advocacy tools, workshops, for ‘disarts’ in BC
- Distribute information about events, funding, calls for work
Our mandate is to facilitate opportunities for:
- Members to present their work
- Networking between members, and arts communities
- Collaboration - on projects, commissions, research
- Advocacy tools, workshops, for ‘disarts’ in BC
- Distribute information about events, funding, calls for work
Members
Blog Posts
RealWheels Theatre Fall Newsletter 2010
Read RealWheels November 10 2010 Newsletter onlin here:
http://email.veratta.com/t/ViewEmailArchive/r/AEB3763214CDE001/C67FD2F38AC4859C/
Here is what is inside:
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Posted by Meg Torwl on November 25, 2010 at 7:21pm
EVENING the frayed edges: a collection of first-hand accounts of Mental Health Recovery
This local book was launched recently at a well attended event in North Vancouver, and is available for $10.
More info at the Heartbeats blog:
http://heartbeats1.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-book-by-recovery-narrative-project.html
and the book blog
http://eveningthefrayededges.blogspot.com/…
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More info at the Heartbeats blog:
http://heartbeats1.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-book-by-recovery-narrative-project.html
and the book blog
http://eveningthefrayededges.blogspot.com/…
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Posted by Meg Torwl on November 25, 2010 at 7:07pm
PrideNZ Photography Profile
Pride NZ is featuring a profile of me in their Visual Arts section, with a portfolio of my photography! Yay!
It is a great website with many audio programs on just about every topic you can imagine - Arts and Culture, Community Profiles, Education, Health and Wellbeing, History, Identity, Media, Organisations, Relationships, Sport and… Continue
It is a great website with many audio programs on just about every topic you can imagine - Arts and Culture, Community Profiles, Education, Health and Wellbeing, History, Identity, Media, Organisations, Relationships, Sport and… Continue
Posted by Meg Torwl on November 18, 2010 at 7:30pm
Inventing the IQC - Identity Quotients Calculator in Magdalena Aotearoa Vol 36
The second part of a two part series I wrote about working in performance and video, published on pages 15 -16 Magdalena Aotearoa Newsletter, Issue 36 October 2010. Puts my own artistic practice in the context of the development of women working in film, and disability arts practice both in Aotearoa and Canada. Particularly the mentoring role pf women who came through Canada's Studio D, feminist film studio;… Continue
Posted by Meg Torwl on October 22, 2010 at 9:00pm
One in Five begins soon
This is the exhibit I have been chosen to be a part of.I hope some of you have the opportunity to be there in October.Be well my friends and embrace the art of healing.
The Victoria Fine Art Festival is seeking artists for its October exhibition,…
ContinuePosted by Wallace Malay on September 4, 2010 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
One in Five
Well my friends,
I am one of ten artist province wide chosen for the upcoming 1 in 5 exhibition in Victoria.…
Posted by Wallace Malay on September 4, 2010 at 7:30am
Photos
My exhibition at the Beantime
by A.E. Falkenberg Added June 15, 2011 at 11:36pm
One in Five -Life is amazing
by Wallace Malay Added October 17, 2010 at 12:07pm
One in Five
by Wallace Malay Added October 2, 2010 at 8:15am
Meet and greet August 7 ,2010
by Wallace Malay Added August 17, 2010 at 4:30pm
Kickstart Festival March 8-27 2010
by Kickstart Disability Arts Added August 17, 2010 at 4:04pm
Art by Bernadine Fox BFA
by Bernadine Fox Added August 5, 2010 at 4:40pm
EarSighted Audio Description
by Kickstart Disability Arts Added August 5, 2010 at 12:24pm
A small part of Art
by Wallace Malay Added August 5, 2010 at 7:35am
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Arts Access Aotearoa
This is an international link with useful resources for making arts organizations more accessible to people with disabilities.
You can download resources about the below and much more:
- Exhibition design
- Marketing to the disabled community
- Accessibility Q and A
- Accessibility checklist
- Ticketing and seating
- Print and publication guidelines
- Practical resource for arts organizations
Arts Access Aotearoa
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