Come-on down for the last Purple Thistle party of the season: Saturday, June 5th!
FEATURING
Live musical performances
Film screenings
Art-show
A mystery album release
Free tea, coffee, and snacks
Live, free creative people
Open jam
doors open 7:00 PM
show starts 8:00 PM
open jam 10:30 PM
BRING YOURSELF!!!
BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!!
FREE FREE FREE
just a heads up that the silk-screening intensive workshop planned for tomorrow (May 15) has been postponed
till NEXT Saturday, May 22nd! 11-3.
contact: screenprint@purplethistle.ca
click here: sonik-youth for poster!
experimental sound art techniques
with kristen roos
introductory level workshops cover:
- sound walks with contact mics
- collecting and editing sound
*this is by sign up only*
4 hour sessions twice a month
may 11th and 25th 4:30 - 8:30pm
contact: kristen.roos@gmail.com
website: kristenroos.com
************* PRESS RELEASE: MONDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2010 *************
The Purple Thistle Launches its
YOUTH URBAN FARMING PROJECT
The Purple Thistle Centre in East Vancouver has launched a new project this spring with support from Vancouver’s Whole Foods Markets, MEC and the City of Vancouver.
Twenty-five low-income youth and friends have started farming unused industrial-area boulevard land on the Eastside of the city. The project is transforming one of the least attractive, most polluted areas of the city into viable food production space, while building local knowledge of food security, youth participation in the neighbourhood and re-imagining urban possibilities.
Please come and visit us on Earth Day, April 22nd at any of the four Whole Food Market locations in Vancouver where we will be participating in the stores’ 5% Day, distributing information about the project and talking with anyone interested about our work and plans.
Much gratitude to all our supporters and especially to Whole Food Markets for their generosity.
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Please contact Matt Hern at matt@purplethistle.ca for further information.
The Thistle is a youth-run arts and activism centre. We operate in four main ways: We are open in the afternoons and evenings for drop-in. Please see signs on the door, big white board and website for hours. We run classes and projects of all kinds. There is lots of information available about what’s going on and how to sign up. If it isn’t totally obvious, ask someone.
We run full-time, paid training programs during the day, focused around arts, community work and/or publishing. If you are interested, write matt@purplethistle.ca Also, lots of groups, big and small, use the space for meetings, conferences, gatherings or as a work-space. You are welcome to meet here, just run it past the collective.
The list of classes taking place at the Thistle. Feel free to check 'em out.
Free black and white darkroom. Some equipment. Great group.
Contact Diana if you are interested: lalunaphoenix@gmail.com
Some supplies. Pro models. Awesome atmosphere. Thistle is closed for drop-ins during Life Drawing. Drop-in participants for Life Drawing are welcome.
Contact Nicole or Mike: lifedrawing@purplethistle.ca
facebook group
This 12-week class will involve a direct interaction with the surface of the film material, both in exposing and processing the image. Themes include working with the qualities of uncertainty and chance, as well as the tensions between the intentional and the unexpected, the crisp/clean and the muddled/messy. Techniques include solarization, toning, tinting, coffee/Vit C developer, cross processing, handmade sound, optical printing, etc. Theoretical readings and screenings will be an important part of the group experience. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas or works-in-progress.
(Wednesdays, 4:30 - 7:00pm, September 29 - December 15)
contact:
april@aprilgrayson.com
to register.
space is limited.
Where brains meet and decisions are made.
Join us for weekly meetings, field trips, discussions, workshops, and gardening parties! We will be creating a city food garden, compost system, cob shed, and more.
Contact Matt: matt@purplethistle.ca
Find weekly meeting notes, event/workshop announcements, photos and info on our facebook page: “.Guerrilla Gardeners of the Purple Thistle.”
we are a bunch of youth who are here to make art! all sorts of it, every kind! and to take it to the streets. to share. to engage in art and culture. public space is our space.
"abolishing the gap between art and life"
Contact: rain@purplethistle.ca