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Dear Friends of SJS,
Please join our partners for these great events:
Victoria Friends of Cuba present:
The City Talks
Fall 2015: Street Art and the Politics of Urban Place-Making
Sponsored by the UVic Committee for Urban Studies
Title:
Panel: "Let's Talk
About Free Walls: Community Perspectives on Decriminalized Sites of
Public Art"
Panelists
to include Lisa Helps (Mayor of Victoria), Erik Volet (Trackside Art Gallery),
Wendy Welch (Vancouver Island School of Art), Erika Heynrman (Wildfire Bakery),
and Ken Kelly (Downtown Victoria Business Association)
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates Street
Doors Open at 7:00pm
Lecture Begins at 7:30pm
Abstract
This City Talks panel will explore various local community perspectives on "free walls"... as part of the public artscape in Victoria as well as the role of street art in urban place-making more generally.
This is a free public event at the Legacy Art Gallery ~ 630 Yates Street
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Run by the Committee for Urban Studies at the University of Victoria, The City Talks is a free public lecture series featuring distinguished scholars drawn from the University of Victoria, across Canada, and beyond. The theme for the Fall 2015 series is Street Art and the Politics of Urban Place-Making.
The lectures last an hour and a half, including a question and answer session with the speaker.
For more information, please visit www.TheCityTalks.ca
MOSQOY TEXTILE FAIR Nov. 20 and 23
Mosqoy is a non-profit organization which supports social-justice and cultural rights in the Peruvian Andes. We are hosting our Annual Textile Fair and wanted to invite your department, and ask if you could please forward this email to the students in your department!
Please join us to see amazing handcrafts and stock up on quality holiday presents! We will be hosting a two day event on November 20th from 10am - 4pm, and November 23rd from 9am to 12pm. The textile fair will be held in the Environmental Studies Department Common Room in DTB and these funds will go directly to supporting indigenous weaving communities in Peru.
Everyone is welcome to stop by for snacks, have a look at our textiles, and
hear presentations about language, culture, and weaving by Mosqoy founder Ashli
Akins and graduate student Alison Root.
We hope to see you there,
Salud!
Mosqoy
A link to the event, feel free to invite your friends!
https://www.facebook.com/events/764940586984587/
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Nicole Darnell
Office Manager, Mosqoy
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VIDEA’s
Fair Trade Fair
Saturday November 28th,
First Metropolitan United Church Hall
932 Balmoral Rd, off Quadra
10am till 4pm
Join us to support over 30 local fair trade vendors and shop
with a conscience this holiday season! Learn more about fair trade and enjoy a
festive day featuring music, food from the International Women’s Catering Coop,
good friends and lots more!
Admission by
donation,
Wheel chair accessible,
Please post widely!
More information at www.videa.ca, questions to Lisa at:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.?subject=Fair%20Trade%20Fair" target="_blank"> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.?subject=Fair%20Trade%20Fair">lhernandez@videa.ca
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