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Arts * Councils Off the Wall AGM The business of the day having been duly attended to, and refreshments liberally partaken of, the West Vancouver Community Arts Council Annual General Meeting was capped by a highly innovative and entertaining event. After listing his credentials as curator and artists of three decades, Jim Felter - the guest speaker of the the occasion - confessed his aversion to public speaking in general and neatly side-stepped the possible tedium of a straight-forward presentation. He proposed instead - by virtue of his special status as an artist, mind you - to engage a personal fantasy and conduct the press conference that had hitherto eluded him. By entreating his audience to assume the roles of "highly respected" news media representatives, he programmed his listeners to direct the course and content of his presentation. (Clearly, a coup for a computer programmer, and worthy of applause in itself!) The serious tone of the interview was immediately established when Marius Soska, identified himself as the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, official representative of the belated AustroHungarian Empire. The conference was concluded with an insoluble query regarding art critics voiced by a representative of the Chemical Schizophrenic Artists Association of Lesser West Vancouver. In the course of the interview everything was cheerfully clarified by Mr. FelteT, from the elucidation of the identity and roles of the artist at large, to the advocacy of the persistence of windows in art galleries and how to cope with them. In general, the press conference was a resounding success, instilling in all present the overwhelming impression that an Arts Council meeting could be at once productive, informative and entertaining without stooping to the level of vulgar frivolity. All concerned are to be justly congratulated ^ , R m F a l c U n i N O R T H V A N C O U V E R C O M M U N I T Y A R T S C O U N C I L 988-6844 W E S T V A N C O U V E R C O M M U N I T Y A R T S C O U N C I L 922-1110 NEW M E M B E R S H I P A P P L I C A T I O N S - Please make sure to send the application to the appropriate Arts Council. To save confusion, there are two separate applications below - one for the North Vancouver Community Arts Council and one for the West Vancouver Community Arts Council. If you wish to join both, all the better! Your patronage enables you to participate in our special programs, receive our newsletter and support the cultural development of your community. A l l D O N A T I O N S will have a tax receipt issued. Supporting and patron members will receive a tax receipt for the amount minus the membership costs. X NEW MEMBERSHIP NAME PHONE NUMBER (RES.) APPLICATION · NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL ADDRESS (Bus.) N.V. City This is a NEW membership POSTAL CODE Are you a resident of: N.V. District INDIVIDUAL... $11 FAMILY . . . $ 1 6 This is a R E N E W A L : C O R P O R A T E ... $ 51 _ GROUP... $ 2 6 $ SENIOR/STUDENT ... $ 4 SUPPORTING M E M B E R ... $ 101 DONATION Please make cheques payable to T H E N O R T H V A N C O U V E R C O M M U N I T Y A R T S C O U N C I L , 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver, B . C . V 7 M 3G9 Include This Section With Appropriate Application: ARE Y O U INTERESTED IN BECOMING A VOLUNTEER? Special Area(s) of Interest: Theatre Literary Arts NEW MEMBERSHIP NAME PHONE NUMBER ( R E S . ) MEMBERSHIP T Y P E (FEE ENCLOSED): Music APPLICATION YES NO Dance · Film/Video Visual Arts WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL ADDRESS (Bus.) INDIVIDUAL ... $ 1 0 F A M I L Y ... $ 15 POSTAL CODE GROUP... $ 5 0 P A T R O N ... $ 1 0 0 Please send cheque or money orders to T H E W E S T V A N C O U V E R C O M M U N I T Y A R T S C O U N C I L THE S I L K P U R S E , 1570 A R G Y L E A V E N U E , W E S T V A N C O U V E R , B.C., V 7 V 1A1 Arts Acce»» Autumn 1991 Page 19