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I Arts * Reviews Building Community The recent provincial Assembly of B . C . Arts C o u n c i l s focused on the topic Building Community. The conference was a combination of plenary sessions and skills-building workshops that enabled participants to engage i n much community-building networking. Two keynote addresses focused directly on the theme and are summarized briefly in this report In his address on The Potential Role of Community Arts Councils in a Changing Canada, John Hobday, Executive Director of the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation, challenged participants to find ways to move from an insular focusing on ourselves to reach out and make "common cause" with others. M r . Hobday pointed out that we need to strive to have a shared vision in the community of the community. The 93 Arts Councils in B.C. are an obvious starting point in a process that must begin at the grassroots. He reminded us of the need to end the isolation of the arts. T ° ensure that cultural values are at the centre of the community, we must be engaged with others, noticing how much we have in common with others, not simply what makes us different. In contrast, David Diamond, Artistic Director of Headlines Theatre, urged the audience to think about how the mountains and the sea make us different and to focus attention and energy on enabling local expression of culture. Using the metaphor of the body that becomes sick when it is not allowed to express itself, Mr. Diamond spoke of the critical need for our communities to express themselves through cultural activity. He believes local work, together with touring artists, will add up to a multiplicity of cultural expression. Recently returned from Namibia, he described an event where everyone sang a song together. Do we all know the words to any one song? he asked. The challenge is to create a community where the individuals are engaged with that place, and thus are able to sing that community's *- Brenda Berck Arts Access Autun Page 7 Under The Volcano North Shore's Summer Youth Arts Festival It was the hottest day of the summer. Temperatures were rising and the heat was on for the North Shore's Summer Youth Arts Festival. Over one thousand eager youth flooded into Cates Park on August 18th for the second annual Under The Volcano Festival. They were not disappointed. Nine hot bands performed from noon to six p.m. Poets, native speakers, artists all got an enthusiastic reception as they showcased their talent. Without a doubt it was the largest community gathering for youth ever to be held on the North Shore. And that's no small feat. The entire event was produced by the North Shore Youth Art Works Society, and presented by ARTEST and the North Shore "It was an eruption of local Youth Council. Financial assistance was provided via a grant from the North Shore talent that was an unsurpassed Arts Commission, the North Vancouver District Centennial Committee and the success for Youth Art Works." North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Invin Ooslindie A very special thanks goes out to all the young volunteers who participated. I