May 2013
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WatchIf you missed Pamela’s talk at CMVan last month about the environment, women in power, and the mistake of making assumptions, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important...
April 2013
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Pamela Goldsmith-Jones - Profile and Q&A
Pam is an effective, creative person.
As the former Mayor of West Vancouver she stuck with multiple changes needed to transform West Van from safe to a sense of enterprise and engagement. She’s an innovator when it comes to community participation (new working groups instead of advisory committees) and corporate governance (creating a non-profit to manage the award winning community...
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WatchThe theme for the April 5, 2013 was ‘The Future’ featuring notable photographer and alchemist Ian Ruhter.
Forbidden Vancouver, Creative Mornings, and more:... →
Get up: Friday brings Creative Mornings, the monthly morning gathering of local creative types. Each event includes a 20-minute lecture and a 20-minute group discussion. It begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends with everyone splitting for work at 10 a.m. This month’s speaker, Ian Ruhter, is an old school photographer. Way old-school. He is an artist who sought to restore some of the depth and soul of the...
SCOUT LIST: 11 Things That You Should Absolutely...
This Friday brings Creative Mornings, the monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture followed by a 20 minute group discussion. It begins at 8:30am and ends with everyone splitting for work at 10am. This month’s speaker, Ian Ruhter, is an old school photographer. Way old-school. This is an artist who sought to restore some of the depth and soul of the...
Vancouver Province interview with CM Van Alumni... →
Photograph by: Jason Payne , PROVINCE
Treana Peake, CreativeMornings/Vancouver alum, talks about the seamless stitching of her fashion and philanthropy (which was the topic of her presentation at CMVan).
March 2013
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April Icebreaker question
“If I could travel into the future I would…”
Answer and be entered to win a hassle-free ticket to hear Ian Ruhter on April 5 at the Dodson House.
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Profile and Q&A: Ian Ruhter
Photography, which for me had started as an art form, over the last several years has evolved into something less personal and true, a process that has become vapid, much less inspiring, and therefore significantly less fulfilling.
As my career progressed, with technological advances in the image-making process I lost sight of the old way of making images. I began to lose all connection to the...
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WatchIf you missed Natacha’s talk at CMVan last month, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important creative community events.
Radio interview with "creative wizard" and... →
Creative community agitator and change agent Mark Busse talks creativity, connections and Vancouver.
Vancouver Weekly takes a look at how... →
Mark Busse opines about what makes the city great, and what is needed to enrich community and culture.
The Vancouver Courier enjoyed Treana Peake's talk. →
February 2013
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Profile and Q&A: Natacha Beim
Natacha V. Beim is recognized
internationally as an educational
leader,
author,
speaker,
child
advocate and parenting expert. She
created an educational approach
based
on
children’s
brain
development and the values of
contribution and empathy. In 1996,
she founded Core Education &
Fine Arts Junior Kindergarten
schools, which are highly recognized
in North America. Born in Uruguay
and raised...
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WatchIf you missed Treana Peake’s talk at CMVan last month, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important creative community events.
January 2013
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Profile and Q&A: Treana Peake
Treana Peake is a Canadian fashion designer. In 2005 she founded Obakki, a luxury brand that focuses on urban, easy-to-wear and effortlessly cool clothes for women. Treana believes that collaboration and innovation are the keys to staying current in fashion; her sexy styles evolve season after season thanks to the eclectic input from the fashion collective she oversees. Recently her collections...
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WatchIf you missed Joseph Wu’s talk at CMVan last month, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important creative community events.
December 2012
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Profile and Q&A: Joseph Wu
Like many people, Joseph Wu encountered origami as a child, folding paper since the age of
three. Unlike most people, he continued practising his craft, and began creating original designs
at the age of eleven. Joseph continues to be an active participant in the international origami
community. He has been invited to attend conferences, teach classes, give lectures, and exhibit
works in many...
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WatchIf you missed Gregor Robertson’s talk at CMVan last month, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important creative community events.
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WE Vancouver covers Gregor Robertson at CM!
WE Vancouver has written up a lil’ something about Gregor Robertson, his creative solutions, and what he talked about at Creative Mornings. Check out the full article here.
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Thank you for your donations to our AV team!
Thank you very much to everyone who made a donation toward new equipment for our AV team. We were able to raise enough to replace our old laptop, but haven’t yet been able to raise enough funds for two new video cameras. If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click here or press the “Donate” button below to make a donation via...
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BCRobyn Tells All About CMVan
Now this is nice. BCRobyn has been to quite a few Creative Mornings in her time, and in her post, she offers a “quick and dirty” breakdown of what goes down.
Check out the full post here.
Thanks, BCRobyn!
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CMVan in BC Business
Kristen Hilderman from BC Business just wrote a heartwarming little article about us and our role in gathering creative professionals together.
“At CreativeMornings, a free monthly speaker series that attracts Vancouver’s ambitious creative types, the crowd is as integral to the experience as the speaker himself.”
Read the rest of the article here.
November 2012
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“I love my job...Plus I still have a few things on... →
The Globe and Mail on our December speaker, Mayor Robertson!
How Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson weathered the storm
It is a miserable November day and Gregor Robertson is late for lunch. Outside, Vancouver goes about its business under a gloomy grey canopy. On the sidewalks, people bow their heads against the wind and rain, struggling to keep the ribs of their umbrellas from turning inside...
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Profile and Q&A: Mayor Gregor Robertson
In November 2011, Gregor Robertson was elected to a second term as Mayor of Vancouver. He was re-elected to continue building upon the accomplishments of his first three years in office—working to end street homelessness, addressing housing affordability, improving public transit, and making Vancouver the greenest city in the world.
Mayor Robertson is also a national advocate for urban issues...
CreativeMornings/Vancouver Needs Your Help
UPDATE
We’re proud to announce that we have raised $1,500 of the $5,000 required to outfit our video team with the new equipment they need to continue to produce the excellent video archives of CreativeMornings/Vancouver events. Deep thanks to the many who donated. Your generosity will not be forgotten and we’re hoping to do something special for you all soon.
If you believe in the...
October 2012
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The Province covers CM/Van!
Big thanks goes out to The Province for covering CreativeMornings/Vancouver and the talk by Vikram Vij! Check out the whole story here.
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Vikram Vij in WE
The The Westender gave us some more love in an article about Vikram Vij. Check it out here.
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Profile and Q&A: Jeff Hamada
Jeff Hamada is a Japanese Canadian artist living and working in Vancouver. In 2008 he created Booooooom.com which has become one of the largest art blogs on the Internet. He has created things for Native Shoes, Converse, Oakley, Endeavor Snowboards, Electronic Arts, and Livestock.
CMV: How do you define creativity and apply it in your career? JH: Creativity is not really answering...
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WatchIf you missed Vikram Vij’s talk at CMVan, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important creative community events.
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Vikram Vij answers one more question!
Following Vikram Vij’s incredible talk on October 5th, one more question came in for Vikram to answer.
Q: We really liked how your talk focused on the why over the what or how. Did you have the vision why you wanted to be a chef and open a restaurant before you did it, or did the why become more transparent over time?
A: I had a vision to be a chef due the fact that I loved to cook but...
September 2012
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Profile and Q&A: Vikram Vij
Vikram Vij was born in India in December 1964 and lived in New Delhi and Bombay until 1984. He studied, work and lived in Austria until 1989, during which time he received his chef certificate from the Salzburg Hotel Management School. Vikram moved to Canada in 1989 to work at the Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta. In September 1994, Vikram opened Vij’s Restaurant in Vancouver, BC. In early 1995,...
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WatchIf you missed Crystal Pite’s talk at CMVan, you are in luck. The video of his talk is now up on Vimeo. Check it out!
If you appreciate the work the CreativeMornings/Vancouver volunteers are doing, please click the “Donate” button below to help ensure the continued success of these important creative community events.
Thank you, IDSWest, for sponsoring us!
Thank you for the kind words, IDSWest. We are tremendously grateful for your support and sponsorship and simply would not be able to have CreativeMornings/Vancouver without the help of organizations like yours.
CBC's "Pinched" with Shiral Tobin covers CMVan's... →
With our September 7 talk featuring dancer-choreographer Crystal Pite, CreativeMornings/Vancouver marks its first anniversary. Shiral Tobin captured the vibe and spirit of the event series in this six minute long segment, in which she interviews attendees, speakers and organizer Mark Busse.
August 2012
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Profile and Q&A: Crystal Pite
Crystal Pite has collaborated with celebrated dance artists, theatre companies and filmmakers in Canada, Europe, and the United States. Since 2002, she has created and performed under the banner of her own company. Her work and her company have been recognized with numerous awards and commissions. Kidd Pivot tours extensively around the world with productions that include The Tempest Replica...
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July 2012
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Profile and Q&A: Omer Arbel
Omer Arbel, born in Jerusalem, is a Vancouver-based designer. He is the founder of OAO, an award winning design practice, and Creative Director of Bocci, an innovative manufacturer of industrial design objects, furniture, lighting, and building technologies. His diverse works include everything from the designs for the 2010 Winter Olympics medals to award-winning interiors for luxurious public...
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NUVO Magazine features CreativeMornings
The folks over at NUVO Magazine were kind enough to publish a little feature on us in their Summer 2012 issue. Although the full article isn’t available online, you can read a snippet here.
June 2012
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BC Business Creates Respect for Creatives
Tony Wanless over at BC Business featured us in his article, “Creating Respect for Creatives”. He points out some bleakness about the creative industries (sigh), but gives Creative Mornings a thumbs up. Check it out here.
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Profile and Q&A: Sandy Garossino
Sandra Garossino is founder and CEO of Intellex Legal Project Management Inc., a provider of contract legal services to corporate counsel and law firms.
A lawyer by training, she is also a businessperson who has owned and operated a number of companies, from small start-ups to 250 person operations, in sectors as diverse as transportation and digital content creation and publishing.
Garossino...
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Campfires are Cozy, and So Are We
Well, isn’t that nice. The Atlantic just ran an article about CreativeMornings; not about the Vancouver chapter specifically, but about all of us in general, calling us “A Monthly Campfire for Designers”. The article explains what CreativeMornings is all about to the general public (but you already know all that, right?)
Anyways, we like campfires.
Read the entire feature here.
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CreativeMornings in Wired Magazine
Alissa Walker just published an article about CreativeMornings in Wired Magazine. A former CM speaker herself, she tells everyone a little about CreativeMornings, and also proclaims her love for donut dunkin over creativity before work. Read the article here.
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Profile: Jessica Hische
Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, and self-described “avid internetter”. After graduating with a degree in Graphic and Interactive Design from Tyler School of Art, she worked for Headcase Design in Philadelphia before taking a position as Senior Designer at Louise Fili Ltd. While working for Louise, Jessica also maintained a busy freelance career and after two and a half years of little...
