Welcome to a special
community festival!
Welcome to the Emily Carr Community Festival of the Arts and Ecology, a weaving together of art, culture and community.
We are proud to honour the eco-cultural legacy of artist and author Emily Carr, as we celebrate local art, culture and heritage, and the United Nations' International Year of Biodiversity.


Carr, Emily | Above the Gravel Pit | 1937 | oil on canvas 77.2 cm x 102.3 cm
Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust

West Shore | Victoria | Spring 2010

Come Together
Answer the call to community action
on the arts and ecology
Celebrate
The natural world
Local food, art and culture
Green learning and healthy living
Community environmental stewardship
Discover
The beauty and power of our
community's wild places
– forests, farms, lakes, meadows and the seas –
The magnificence of First Nations cultures
Talented artists and performers
Learn
How to live, work and thrive as we move
toward a sustainable future

Thanks to our sponsors!
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Support the CAWS
The festival is a project of CLIMATE ACTION WEST SHORE, a grassroots community alliance championed through the West Shore Chamber of Commerce, and involving a growing network of local community business, education, arts, culture, recreation, and environmental groups and organizations, representing people
of all ages and abilities.


 
Honouring our Festival Partners and Sponsors
West Shore Chamber of Commerce | City of Colwood | Royal Roads University Hatley Park National Historic Site | Fort Rodd Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites | West Shore Parks & Recreation Society | Island Chefs’ Collaborative | Parks Canada | School District #62 (Sooke) | Westshore Town Centre | Moyer Creative Group | Rambling Feats Communications | Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative | ELSI | Capital Families Association
City of Langford | Town of View Royal | Canadian Earth Institute
District of Metchosin | District of Highlands | Town of View Royal
Fired Up! | District of Highlands | Realtors of Greater Victoria
Coast Collective | Realtors of Greater Victoria
Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage
Juan de Fuca Pathfinders Volkssport Group