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![]() 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, UNESCO’s International Year of Planet Earth, and the Decade of Sustainable Development (2005-2014). |
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![]() Carr, Emily | Lagoon
at Albert Head | c. 1936 |
oil on paper 51.5 cm x 72.5 cm
The Thomas Gardiner Keir Bequest Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria |
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West Shore | Victoria | Spring 2008 Come Together Answer the call to climate change
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 < download festival
book (5.1MB) >
Thanks to our sponsors!
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 Arts Council | West Shore Parks & Recreation
Society | Island Chefs’ Collaborative | Parks Canada | School District
#62 (Sooke) | Westhills Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific | Better
Business Bureau of Vancouver Island | Maxwell International School | Emily
Carr House | Art Gallery of Greater Victoria | Westshore Town Centre |
Moyer Creative Group | Rambling Feats Communications | Robert Bateman Get
To Know National Calendar Contest | Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative
| FIRED UP! Contemporary Works in Clay | Sierra Club BC | Colwood Association
for SmartGrowth | Turner Lane Development Corp. | Capital Regional District
| Voices of Nature Society / Artist Response Team Inc. (ART) | Capital
Families Association | Goldstream Avenue Bicycles | Emily Carr Project
| Stephen Whipp | Barbara Giuliany | City of Langford | Town of View Royal
| Colwood Rotary Club | DFH Real Estate Ltd. | Canadian Earth Institute
| Olympic View Golf Course | Tom Lee Music | Green Drinks West Shore |
Island Savings Credit Union | Aquattro | Essencia | Juan de Fuca Senior
Citizens’ Association | Juan de Fuca Arts and Crafts Guild | Highlands
Heritage Parks Society | Metchosin Blue Green Spaces Strategy | A-Channel
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