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If you've secured a spot for UBC ARTIVISIM: Sex + The Unheard's co-hosting of the streaming tonight (still some tickets left!!) of Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women here is a link to information about the post-show discussions Nov 19 + 20th. The sessions will be facilitated by two of our partners UBC Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office and UBC Equity & Inclusion. Thanks so much to our other hosting partner Peter A. Allard School of Law's UBC OutLaws - and love this name!. This week is Trans Awareness Week and tomorrow is Trans Remembrance Day, a great time to learn more about Trans people and how to support them. Trans Scripts #transrightsarehumanrights

WOOT! Colour me "Tickled Pink"? Our SVPRO X ARTIVISIM: Sex + The Unheard colouring book is now downloadable! Check out this wonder-filled 2.0 version of this series from our fab friends at SVPRO aka the UBC Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office. Send us pics of your artistic genius & we will post them! https://www.dropbox.com//SVPRO%20x%20Artivism%20Colouring%?

PAINT BUCHANAN? YES YOU CAN! Proposals being accepted for individuals or teams by your UBC Arts Undergraduate Society now!! Unleash your creativity and design an art installation piece to engage the community in a conversation around a sustainable future on the topic of UN Sustainable Development Goals. The art piece should make a connection between sustainability by addressing one global challenge related to poverty, inequality, climate, prosperity, and peace and justice and aim to encourage a call to action in achieving these sustainable goals. It should demonstrate a unique approach in addressing these goals. All supplies provided for this 2nd annual competition and the final murals will be evaluated by our panel who will award the top design with $500 to donate to your favourite charity.

REGISTER BY November 18th, 11:59pm PT: https://tinyurl.com/capacitychallengeregistration DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: December 7th, CAPACity is proud to announce our first design challenge in collaboration with Women Women Transforming Cities, ArtLink, and UBC Arts & Culture District. ... How can we use digital placemaking to reimagine and activate the Flagpole plaza site on UBC campus? Prizes First Place: -> $1,000 in seed-funding to be used towards the implementation* of their project. -> Support from CAPACity and our partners in bringing the project to life. -> $300 valued prize from local/sustainable businesses. To be determined by the winning team. Second Place: -> $200 valued prize from local/sustainable businesses. To be determined by the winning team. Important Dates: November 9, 2020 ->Team registrations open ->Design challenge officially begins November 16, 2020 ->Public Space for the People Panel event at 6:00pm (PST) November 18, 2020 ->Team registrations close at 11:59pm (PST) December 7, 2020 ->Submissions close at 11:59pm (PST) January 18, 2021 ->Final pitch-off event (Time TBA) This design challenge was only made possible with support from TakingITGlobal, the Government of Canada, UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning , Canada Service Corps, and UTown UBC. We thank you for your generous contributions and for believing in our vision.

What an exciting opportunity!

TONIGHT! 6PM on Instagram Live OPEN MIC - the ARTIVISIM edition. Presented by Blank Vinyl Project - BVP UBC Acapella and Dive Into UBC. Sign up for a time to perform at the link in bio on Blank Vinyl's Instagram Bio.

Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture are a fabulous arts group looking for artists - and they are very interested in emerging young artists as well as established! They can also provide mentorship opportunities between the two.

TOMORROW! ARTIVISM: Sex + The Unheard and Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture in collaboration with BC Culture Days | Fête de la culture bring you: 105 ARTIST TALK: Art + Disability Sunday October 25th, 2020. 1:30pm 3:00pm... This an artist talk on Zoom featuring 10 artists based in British Columbia who identify as living with a disability. Each artist will present for 5 minutes about themselves and their artistic practice. A short Q & A will follow. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: August Bramhoff, Meghan Carich, Daryl Dickson, Brooklyn Fink, Taryn Goodwin, Rosie Lam, Troy Lindstrom, Sandy Scofield, sb smith and Elizabeth Tojcic ASL and Closed Caption provided. This event will take place on Zoom. RSVP at link . https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/10-x-5-art-disability-an-artist See more

TODAY 5 - 6:30PM PDT Come join us on Zoom for 2 short dance films from All Bodies Dance Project and enjoy a Q&A with some of the artist/collaborators that have made this Vancouver company's ground breaking work internationally recognized RSVP Link is in the event description: https://www.facebook.com/events/1247518822283854/

LIVE from the Chan Centre At Noon WED SEP 30 2020 Online + FREE! Pianist Mark Anderson Vimeo Link in bio @ubc_music ... Lift your midday with the soaring sounds of this concert. Wednesday Noon Hours is a musical tradition at UBC that returns to us - now online - presented by our UBC School of Music @ubc_music Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Barcarolle, Op. 60 The UBC School of Music will be streaming their Wednesday Noon Hour concerts live from the Chan Centre stage until it is safe to resume in-person performances. . . . . . . @ubc_studentlife #ubc @blankvinyl @artsreportcitr @ubyssey @dive.into.ubc #yvrmusic See more

TONIGHT! 6:30 Learn 90's BURLESQUE moves as Niki Pierre and Victoria Farkas steam up the mirrors for "Hit the Floor: A Sexy Workshop Series." Presented as part of ARTIVISIM: Sex + The Unheard in collaboration with your Arts & Culture District, Dive Into UBC and BC Culture Days | Fête de la culture

Have you been in to see SOUNDINGS a touring exhibition now at UBC’s @belkinartgallery ?? Admission is FREE! How can a score be a call and tool for decolonization? Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts features newly commissioned scores, performances, videos, sculptures and sound by Indigenous and other artists who respond to this question.... Part of this exhibition, Olivia Whetung’s Strata, invites viewers to select and pour beads into a mason jar on a metal plinth. The sound of these beads falling is both amplified and recorded. Following the coloured layers of the mason jar as a pattern, the Anishinaabe artist will create a beadwork as the jars fill. Once all the beads vials have been emptied, the jar will be removed, replaced with the beadworks from previous Soundings iterations, and the tracks of the falling beads will reverberate through the gallery. #oliviawhetung #soundings #belkinartgallery #ubc @curatorsintl . . . @hatch_artgallery @vasa.ubc @ubc_arts @ubc_studentlife @ubyssey @artsreportcitr #ubc @ahvaubc @dive.into.ubc

You know that wonderful feeling when somebody else is doing your idea??? Our festival UBC SEX + The Unheard presented with BC Culture Days | Fête de la culture officially adopts this event! : Zoom in tomorrow Sat Oct 24 @ 5:30 for an virtual presentation from UBC Museum of Anthropology and discussion on the queer Indigenous resilience, sexuality and eroticism of Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience. You can also reserve a spot to walk into MOA and see this awe inspiring exhibition - and if you're a student it's FREE !!

Have you heard? The Fall 2020 Chan Centre Dot Com Series will feature six all-new performances, delivered 100% online. Recorded from both the @chancentreubc stage and various locations around the world, enjoy performances by @jdutchermusic @piqsiq_music @crisispato @brendanmcleodstuff @abelselaocoe as well as @ubc_music faculty playing the music of @ravenchcn. Visit the link in @chancentreubc profile for full details. #ubc #digitalperformance #onlineevents #chancentre #yvrmu...sic #performingarts . . . . #ubc @ubc_studentlife @blankvinyl #ubcartsculture @artsreportcitr @ubc_arts See more

TONIGHT Just a few spots left! Race, Kink + EMPOWERMENT 6PM PDT. Toronto Sex Educator and wonderful human Luna Matatas seeks to help students of all ages and experience levels deconstruct their inner walls and approach their desires with playfulness, an open mind, and an empathetic spirit. Her workshops on body love, pleasure, and play are refreshingly funny, warm and inviting. In this workshop she will explore how kink can be a tool for unpacking shame, reclaiming our bodies and empowering our erotic selves. All are welcome - RSVP required to get the link! https://www.facebook.com/events/1090066308079660/ Check out our EVENTS section to see all the free programming for our festival - UBC ARTIVISIM: SEX + The Unheard - produced in partnership with Dive Into UBC and BC Culture Days | Fête de la culture

TONIGHT! Open Mic + Showcase with UBC Slam Poetry and these beautiful humans! 6-8PM Join online here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1246380435718782

EXCITING arts development close to campus - a newly restored historic live performing arts and film venue which also has state of the art technology to capture events for broadcast. And - they're hiring! Something tells me we'll be going HOLLYWOOD soon...

Looking for an excuse to write some PLAYS? What an idea! Looking for a group of people who want to read what YOU wrote? Looking for a list of plays to read, discuss, and bei n s p i r e dby? #Repost @ubc_players_club . WHAT: Work with a group of other budding playwrights to create 2 10-minute scripts per semester. Every week two people will have a chance to have their work read and get feedback from the group. We will also have a different play to read and discuss every w...eek! By the end of the semester, the goal is to have written at least one short script that you can submit to the UBC Players Club for Festival Dionysia in the spring! No playwriting experience necessary, just a love of writing and an interest in theatre. . . WHEN: One 2-hour meeting a week, plus time to read one play in your free time. Day & time tbd based on group availability! . . INTERESTED? Email Cassandra [email protected] for more information! Please include your name, a little bit about yourself, and your general weekly availability for meetings. . . WHERE: Over zoom Join us from anywhere with WiFi! . . Can't wait to see you there!! See more

TOMORROW! This wonderful free online concert with Tonye Aganaba and sponsored by UBC Equity & Inclusion is the 2nd of 4 events which seek to celebrate Black lives, culture and activism, Black Artistic Expressions in BC. - October 21st

MONDAY Sept 28! How can we expand our perspectives regarding underrepresentation, sexuality, sex, and body ownership? What can we do to contribute to having a sustainable community and reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? . Do you want to learn more on the importance of art for mental well-being and creating awareness? Join the UBC Arts Undergraduate Society on Monday, September 28th at 8:30PM PST on Zoom for a virtual panel that tackles the universal c...oncepts of sustainability, underrepresentation, sex, sexuality, and body ownership. . Featuring Emily Valine from The Houndstooth Collective, Casandra Avanzado from the Arts Undergraduate Society, Coral Santana @coralb.santana from the UBC Arts and Culture District, Kate Theriault from UBC Sustainability @ubcsustainability , and David Ng, a PhD student at The Social Justice Institute UBC Social Justice Centre . Moderated by the AUS VP Student Life, Chelsea Bian, we will be discussing how these themes tie in with the UBC Arts Undergraduate Society project Brushes and Buchanan. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86731947643 Meeting ID: 867 3194 7643 Passcode: 571175 This event is free and open to UBC students in all-years. Message @ubcaus Facebook page if you have any questions. UBC Arts Undergraduate Society is here to improve your student experience at UBC with a variety of services, programming and events. Create meaningful experiences by making lifelong friends, learning about your faculty, and getting to know your AUS! Instagram: @ubcaus Website: http://www.ubcaus.com . . . . #ubcseeds #ubc Dive Into UBC

If you plan to support Mi’kmaqi and the Indigenous land defenders across Turtle Island at this event please be safe. If sick stay home a live feed will be posted on the event. bring a mask stay 2 M apart sanitize your hands

Zoom Foot Cam Update? Thank you to the cosy group who made this a chill evening for our Zoom Appetizers tonight - or should that be Appeteasers?! . Marla Renee Stewart @1marlastewart had so much great knowledge to share about aphrodisiac foods. Like all food chat our dinner conversation led by Coral Santana @arrecifede.coral went in many compelling directions! . Looking forward to Episode 2 of 3, The Main (Course) Event, for UBC ARTIVISIM 2020 SEX + The Unheard’s Aphrodisia...c Cooking series in October! I got dressed up for tonight... it’s a shame Zoom has no foot cam. Maybe in the next update? We can only hope. . . . . . . . #zoom #aphrodesiac #wellbeing #bodypositive @dive.into.ubc @fluevog #cooking @thecalendarubc @ubcfoodie @ubclfs @davidspeight @shilohbouvette See more

Monday Sept 28th: #Repost @hatch_artgallery Hello! Hello! Tune in tomorrow to learn how to do some at home printmaking and how to fold a 16 page zine like the one you all will be getting in the mail! Don’t forget to sign up to get your copy with the link in our bio! ... . . . . . #zine #ubc #ubcartsculture @dive.into.ubc @ahvaubc @vasa.ubc @ubccreativewriting @sofsdoodles @ubc_studentlife @ubcslampoetry #yvrwriters See more

Come out Friday afternoon & enjoy one of our best UBC traditions - the Thunderbird Marching Band!!

TONIGHT! Join Marla Renee Stewart @1marlastewart and host Coral Santana @arrecifede.coral for dinner on Zoom at 6PM PST. Just RSVP at the link in our bio to receive the URL & Passcode - see you there! . . . .... . . . . . . @bcculturedays @culturedays #ubc #ubcartsculture @dive.into.ubc See more

Diwali Festival dates coming up soon: Diwali Downtown Surrey (Nov. 1) and Diwali Downtown Vancouver (Nov. 7)! Festival this year will be virtual - celebrate with us safely from home! Stay tuned for more details Diwali Fest #diwalifest2020 #lightyourspirit

In Search of the Perfect Aphrodisiac Recipe - Join us TONIGHT at 6PM PST live on ZOOM and hosted by Coral Santana for a flirty dinner experience with Marla Renee Stewart where we engage with brazen ingredients and heighten every single one of your senses. Here Marla shares tonights recipie preparation and amazing properties of the ingredients to increase pleasure. Check out our Event page for your key to join our dinner!

We’re so honored to bring you renowned sex educator Marla Renee Stewart tomorrow to heat things up with host Coral Santana @arrecifede.coral in the 1st installment of our 3 part INDULGENCE: Aphrodisiac Cooking series for our festival ARTIVISIM: Sex + The Unheard opening weekend! Grab the ingredient list at the @bcculturedays hub event link in our bio and see you for a flirty dinner Sunday on Zoom 6pm (link TBA) - but watch for Marla’s cooking video to drop at 10am . #Rep...ost @1marlastewart I have many favorite moments... but most of my favorite moments have been by myself. . A blissful euphoria where time stops and all your worries dissipate into the ether. . The last time I had that moment, it was right before @sdscon. I was at a spectacular Airbnb carriage house and the bed was so comfortable. . The tension was so high because of the conference, that I needed a release to get me through the stress. . My body did not disappoint. I released and the fluid made a small puddle on the bed. . I was now energized to get the rest of my day started, feeling spectacular. . So tell me about your favorite (or last) moment... . . end #repost . . . . . . . #ubc #ubcartsculture @dive.into.ubc @ubcfoodie #bcculturedays #culturedays #aphrodisiac #healthyfood #worldsexualhealth @ubcthrive See more

Ep. 1 SpeakEASY Podcast with Shane Sable: 2Spirit Gixsan Virago Nation Burlesque Performer Shane Sable and host Coral Santana chat about being indigenous in the sultry world of burlesque, museums, revenge fantasies and more in the first episode of our ARTIVISIM: SEX + The Unheard festival SpeakEASY Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01tTyJ1ylmNeoCJcxFBR1s Dive Into UBC

Our hearts are full after the opening night livestream Speakeasy Cabaret for new festival producer Coral Santana (oh that dress!) - and a very smart cover of ARTIVISIM: Sex + The Unheard from The Tyee - both landed tonight!Love & deep appreciation to our wonderful artists. Thank you for coming out onto our first virtual stage for this 3rd annual fest Missy D Shane Sable andreajin

45 MINUTES to our opening night SPEAKEASY Cabaret! We welcome @viragonation ‘s force of nature to our livestream stage with a Burlesque dance created just for our theme: SEX + The Unheard. The art of creative resistance and the politics of the body. Your key to this hour of delights also featuring a comedy set with the hilarious @andreajin (she goes for the power move ladies!) and an unforgettable music set from @missyd_femcee . . . .... . . . . . @dive.into.ubc #ubc See more

Your key to our festival opening SPEAKEASY Cabaret has arrived! 4PM PST showtime is drawing near my dears: Date: Friday September 25 Location: TWITCH Channel https://www.twitch.tv/artivism2020 ... Time: 4PM - 5PM We are SO excited to share a new set from MISSY D @missyd_femcee that she created especially for the theme of our livestream festival SEX + The Unheard - The art of creative resistance and the politics of the body. You’ll hear Missy D perform the title track from her powerful new album YES MAMA - and much more. . . . . . . . #yvrmusic #ubc @dive.into.ubc

Giveaway! UBC ARTIVISIM: SEX + The Unheard has partnered up with @viffest to giveaway tickets to their online VIFF festival film NO ORDINARY MAN September 24 - October 7 American jazz musician Billy Tipton lived his entire life as a man. Reading the role of Billy, a roster of trans-masculine artists reframe and reclaim this misunderstood piece of queer history.... TO ENTER: 1. LIKE this post 2. Follow us @ubcartsculture @dive.into.ubc and @viffest 3. TAG a friend in the comment 4. If you SHARE on your story this post, you will be entered an additional entry for the giveaway, please tag @ubcartsculture and @dive.into.ubc when you repost to your story! Since Tipton’s death, the tabloid tale of a fame-driven woman who "duped" everyone by pretending to be a man has prevailed. Up-and-coming filmmakers Aisling Chin-Yee’s (The Rest of Us; producer: Rhymes for Young Ghouls) and Chase Joynt’s (Framing Agnes) clever approach asserts the dignity Tipton posthumously deserves by inviting his son, Billy Jr., to re-examine his father’s life through the lens of a new generation. Reading the role of Billy, a roster of trans-masculine artists reclaim this misunderstood piece of queer history for themselves and an entire community whose elders and heroes have more or less been left in the closet. Though Tipton himself can no longer consent to this newfound visibility or label, No Ordinary Man unapologetically celebrates Tipton’s gender expression and creates room to consider the nuance of an icon who achieved the unthinkable at a time when any perceived gender discrepancy could cost much more than a career. . . . . . . . . #onlinefilmfestival #queerhistory #transhistory #transmanofinstagram #billytipton #billytiptonfilm #yvrart @filmubc @ubc_studentlife @ubcfilmsociety #canadianfilm

SO very excited to feature Missy D in a set at our opening night TOMORROW 4PM! Listen up at the link below for a taste of her sweet new album & register for the cabaret here! Spots are limited! RSVP to this link: https://forms.gle/B14tanLjyDgaBDE88

Let's see some student artists on this panel!! So excited to be co-producing ARTIVISIM with Dive Into UBC again and first time collaborating with Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture!

Introducing your new UBC Arts + Culture whisperer Coral Santana! Coral is a Afro-Latina writer, producer, and activist born in the Dominican Republic. She began working in our virtual office in April and started the first of many bold moves to come by naming the theme for our 3rd annual UBC ARTIVISIM festival as SEX + The Unheard. Coral is a 4th-year student at UBC, majoring in Film Studies with a minor in Creative Writing. In her work, Coral explores her mixed heritage and... how colonialism has shaped her perception of self. Her writing is infused with memories from her childhood and how unlearning and relearning her history continues to shape her. As well, she is an avid advocate for gender, sex and sexuality empowerment, using her platforms to amplify the voices of resistance in her community. She is also the director of Dive Into UBC, a student-run organization that is closely aligned with UBC Arts + Culture in its focus on highlighting UBC student artists and fostering the arts and culture community at the university. Join Coral as she hosts the opening night Cabaret of our ARTIVISIM Festival this Friday 4-5PM and starts our SpeakEASY weekend - which also kicks off BC Culture Days! See more