Announcing an inter-cultural celebration at this year’s AGM
Mark your calendars for December 3rd, 6:30pm, World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards | 149 West Hastings Street 2nd Floor, Vancouver, BC This year’s AGM is not to be missed. Featuring a diverse line up of...
View ArticleBoldskool Workshop Returns to SFU Woodwards!
November 10th is Boldskool day! urban ink productions in association with SFU Woodwards is proud to present a susbidized Boldskool workshop for youth organisations in the GVA! Co-facilitated by Omari...
View ArticleUp-close and personal with GM Rohit Chokhani
Not a Star Wars fan, he does however admire the “King of the World” and moves Bollywood-style in front of and behind the camera. Snapped here urban ink’s General Manager, Rohit Chokhani. by Amita...
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New Year brings new faces to urban ink
We have two fantastic additions to our ui team! Introducing… Film Producer, Multidisciplinary Artist, Yoga Teacher and Community Activist Dima Alansari, our new Resident Artist, was born in Beirut,...
View ArticleSal Capone readies for action!
As we move into production design phase, we are ecstatic to annouce that we have many new updates for our upcoming production, Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of. After much hard work, playwright...
View ArticleWhat’s new at BOLDSKOOL?
To kickstart 2013 urban ink is excited to announce that we have booked four new BOLDSKOOL workshops with two new partners: the Vancouver School Board’s Aboriginal Education program and the Nisga’a...
View ArticleA New ui Board Member!
We’ve got a fabulous new addition to our Board of Directors! Introducing the amazing and talented Sean Stiller! He will be assisting us with our branding and marketing efforts for Sal Capone and...
View ArticleCasting Notice For Sal Capone
Casting for the Montreal & Vancouver Premiere of Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of Written by Omari Newton Directed by Diane Roberts A national co-production by urban ink productions in...
View ArticleSlam Love Bring Back
Last month in celebration of V-day, we hosted the hottest hippest event in town! Slam Love Community! 150 artists, intellectuals, social activists, actors and free radicals came for the show of their...
View ArticleFebruary BOLDSKOOL Journeys
We couldn’t be more happy with the outcome of BOLDSKOOL this past season. The final three workshops in Burnaby and the Nisga’a Nation were off the hook! It was amazing seeing youth with no prior...
View ArticleSal Capone branding begins!
We’ve got a new fantastic new graphic designer on our Sal Capone team! Introducing David Arias who has been hired to brand the project! David is an independent graphic design professional based in...
View Articleribcage: this wide passage springs forth with new life
You may be as floored as I still am to consider that the purported first Jewish person to come to Canada, in 1738, was a young Christian man outed as a Jewish woman. Or a young Jewish woman passing as...
View ArticleWomen in Fish returns this April!
Women in Fish is back and ready to make a splash! Thanks to the Maple Ridge Arts Council, Women in Fish is showing at the Katzie First Nation’s Celebration Day of Life along the River on April 27th at...
View ArticleWomen in Fish returns to Vancouver this Fall!
Vancouver audiences can see Women in Fish in this October at The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival this October (dates and venue to be confirmed). Rosemary Georgeson as The Cloud Reader and...
View ArticleThe Return Home… in Kitchener, Waterloo
REFLECTION #2 The Return Home by Dima Alansari Hi again! It’s been a while & I am so sorry… I’ve just been busy living life AND now, already, so soon I’m in Kitchener Ontario ready for workshop # 2...
View ArticleSal Capone is Montreal Bound
In 2008, playwright Omari Newton approached ui about an idea he had to write a play that spoke to the rage he felt when he heard that Freddy Villaneuva, an unarmed youth of colour, was shot by police...
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urban ink in Lillooet BC
Over the summer urban ink has enjoyed a fabulous creative partnership with The Ucwalmicw Centre in Lillooet BC. Located in the St’at’imcts territory, the centre is founded upon principles of healthy...
View ArticleChanges at urban ink
urban ink Board Chair Jennifer Reddy announced the departure of General Manager, Rohit Chokhani, who will be leaving urban ink at the end of September. Rohit says his one year with urban ink has been...
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Introducing the Cast for Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of
We are thrilled to introduce our stellar cast for the upcoming premiere of Sal Capone. Director Diane Roberts has already landed in Montreal for pre-production week and reports that the Montreal...
View Articleurban ink Intermin General Manager supports Fall Season
urban ink productions is pleased to announce the appointment of Cathy McDonald as interim General Manager, to maintain momentum during a busy Fall of programming. “It’s an exciting time. Our Artistic...
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