2015

Arts and Health Project: Healthy Aging Through The Arts hosts Elders and seniors’ arts groups across greater Vancouver on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl ̓ ilw̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

This project sees professional artists work collaboratively with older adults across many arts disciplines, moving forward together through the exploration of their knowledge and life experience. The annual exhibition and performance is a showcase for this work. The project began in 2006 as a partnership initiative of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and Vancouver Coastal Health in collaboration with other organizations and associations who have close ties to community and share mandates focused on health, community recreation, and the arts.

The 2015 showcase includes work by seven groups. These groups include Britannia Community Services Centre First Nations Arts Mentorship, Britannia Community Services Centre Queer Imaging and Riting Kollective for Elders (Quirke), Carnegie Centre Elders Dance, Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre Seniors Dance, Roundhouse Community Centre Express Your Voice Choir, Strathcona Community Centre Senior Puppet Theatre, and Tsleil-Waututh Nation Mix Media Arts.

Arts and Health Project: Healthy Aging Through the Arts is generously funded by Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vancouver Coastal Health – SMART Fund, Vancouver Foundation.

Read the curatorial statement here.