Just over a week to go until EMBERS Rising Stars Event.

Just over a week to go until Our Rising Stars Event for graduates of our Build-a-Business Program.  Click here to view and RSVP!

Here are ways You can help our Entrepreneurs and EMBERS:

• Subscribe to our newsletter Our quarterly bulletin highlights news and views on our entrepreneurs and EMBERS programs. Many of our workshops are open to the public.
• Join us on Facebook Spread the word about the neat things EMBERS is doing to empower others to improve their lives.
• Be an event sponsor! Help make EMBERS Rising Stars a success ($500 – $1,000).
• Sponsor a Scholarship for the Build A Business program – $500 each.
• In Kind Service Donations Our entrepreneurs need assistance in Marketing, Web Design, Social Media, Branding & Logos, Legal and Accounting services, Printing, Office Space Support.
• Donate to EMBERS Make a donation through Canada Helps
• Invite EMBERS to be one of your corporate charities!
• Donate a Raffle Prize $50 or greater value

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Bruce Turnbull opens his newest exhibition “Stumble.Fall.Eaten” on Thursday November 18th

EMBERS Build a Business student Sheryl Hamilton has her own business promoting art.

Bruce Turnbull opens his newest exhibition “Stumble.Fall.Eaten” on Thursday November 18th.

Opening Reception: Thursday November 18th, 5 – 8 pm

(exhibition runs to December 11th)

Elissa Cristall Gallery, 2245 Granville Street (at 7th)

Tel: 604 730-9611

“Apres L’Hockey, encaustic on found object, 11″ x 57”

“I’m always looking for the beauty in things that have been discarded,” says Bruce Turnbull. “As I get older, I realize how important Dr. Seuss is to a well-rounded education,” he adds.

A renovation and construction manager by day, Turnbull uses discarded materials from building sites to create his art. He works with beeswax and oil paints that are fused to the surface with heat. With a whimsical approach to his work, Turnbull’s subjects range from hockey players and skiers to angels and bumblebees.

“The inspiring thing about Bruce is that his artistic work starts in demolition,” says D. Mackinnon. “He remodels your house, salvages the surfaces, and paints intelligently executed images on them. It has been most satisfying, for us, that our old home lives on in the form of beautiful art on our walls.”

Bruce Turnbull graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1998 and completed his MFA at the New York Academy of Art, NY. His art can be found in public collections including the National Portrait Gallery of Canada, the Colart Collection, Quebec and private collections in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. He is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Award, a Canadian grant given to emerging artists.

Selected works can be viewed at: http://www.CristallGallery.com/UPCOMING

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Benefit Concert for Haiti & Pakistan

On Saturday the 27th of November there will be a benefit concert for Haiti & Pakistan at the amazing Hycroft Mansion Ballroom- 7:30 – 11pm.

There will be live music from the Burke Street Blues Band & the Ineffable Blues Band plus a silent auction.

Advance tickets are available from Dollar & Classic Gifts, 2881 West Broadway for $16, or $22 at the door.

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Furniture……

EMBERS is downsizing in preparation for our move and we have lots of furniture to give away and sell extremely cheaply.  We have several dark wooden desks, a lovely corner desk, various chairs and a variety of other miscellaneous items.  If interested, please call Emma on 604 692 0781 or email embersvancouver at gmail dot com.

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

EMBERS is MOVING!

From Monday 29th of November onwards we will have an office in the Historic Woodwards Building! Our new address will be: Suite 310, 111 West Hastings St, Vancouver, V6B 1H4. Our phone number and email will remain the same and we will be open for business as usual.

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Rising Stars 2010

Our Rising Stars Event for graduates of our Build-a-Business Program now has a facebook invitation.  Click here to view and RSVP!

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Claudia Segovia Upcoming Shows!

Embers Build-a-Business graduate Claudia Segovia of Figa’s Closet has a number of upcoming shows:

Reflexions of the Mexican Soul.  UBC Library Gallery, Vancouver, BC
November 20th – Dec 22nd
http://mexicofest.ca/events3.html

Launchpad Gallery, Portland OR
Nov 5th – 27th
http://launchpadgallery.org/facing-fear/

Gateway Theater, Richmond, BC
Nov 29- Dec 22nd
https://www.gatewaytheatre.com/

Whistler Arts Council, Whistler, BC
January 7th-28th
http://www.whistlerartscouncil.com/

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Susan Katz- Evening the Frayed Edges Book Launch

Susan Katz is a creative writing instructor as well as a journalist and author. She has a special interest in creating public awareness of the lived experiences of people who are differently-abled. She inspires her students to weave their lived experiences into the fabric of our society.

Susan is launching a book this month called “Evening the Frayed Edges” , a collection of first-hand accounts of Mental Health Recovery which hopes to provide insight and education to both the public and health care professionals.”  Details are below.

 

THE RECOVERY NARRATIVE PROJECT WRITERS**

**Dori Jaffe, Deniz Burton Ismen, Jude Swanson, Margo Robinson, Susan J. Katz, and Susan Trapp**
WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE CELEBRATION OF THE LAUNCH OF OUR FIRST ANTHOLOGY:

EVENING the frayed edges:
a collection of first-hand accounts of Mental Health Recovery

Edited by Susan J. Katz
AT THE JOHN BRAITHWAITE COMMUNITY CENTRE
145 West 1st Street, North Vancouver

November 14 2010
OPENING AND GREETINGS BEGIN AT 4:00 PM

with music by Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan and Charles Kaplan
followed by WORDS AND READINGS BY THE AUTHORS
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
**BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SIGNING AND PURCHASE**
and are also available from PeerNetBC, Odin Books, and People’s Co-op Bookstore

Click to follow their blog

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Vote for First United in the Pepsi Refresh Project!

Check out this amazing video & vote for the First United in the Pepsi Refresh project. They are in the running to receive $25K to help maintain a wonderful & extremely valuable service- a storage facility for the belongings of homeless people.

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com

Register now for EMBERS Build a Business Program!

 

EMBERS

http://www.embersvancouver.com