“The Agewell Chataqua Project invites you to create and submit small-scale artwork that is an expression of your thoughts and feelings on aging: what it means to you; how that meaning is shaped and influenced by your external environment and society; how you are impacted by it, your hopes, worries, and struggles with it; and how the inevitability of it shapes your decisions and actions.
Creative expressions can be in a wide range of media, including paintings, graphics, textile art, installations (which can be interactive), photography, poetry, narrative, and performance work in music, theatre and dance.
This invitation is open to everyone, and all are encouraged to submit. We are hoping for reflective work that is thought-provoking and can be used as a starting point for further dialogue on the topic of aging and seniors’ health and wellbeing. We will aim to include as many of the submissions as possible in the exhibit, but due to space limitations, submissions will be gently juried.
The criteria for the jury will include (but not necessarily be restricted to):
• How the creative expression relates to the theme of aging
• Diversity of themes related to aging
• Representation from different sectors of the community
• Clarity of the message of the work
The art exhibition will be the launch event for the Agewell Chataqua research project. Selected works will be exhibited in the PAL Vancouver Theatre, 581 Cardero Street, Vancouver, BC, from May 29 to June 7, 2014 during which time there will be two public dialogues that will use the exhibited art as a starting point for discussion on aging.
During the exhibition period, we will be offering four free workshops in storytelling, puppetry, theatre/movement, and visual arts that enable members of the public to further explore their relationship with and understanding of aging.
For more information go to www.icasc.ca/AgeWell, download this information sheet or contact Kim Gilker, Community Liaison, ASC! Project, Simon Fraser University, email: info@icasc.ca, phone: 778.782.9768.”
-submitted by Kim Gilker, Community Liaison, ASC! research project, Simon Fraser University, Judith Marcuse Projects/International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC)
