BarCamp Gets Arty, it's ArtCamp07

With all the Vancouver tech-heads de-fragging after BarCamp, it leaves some room for a different kind of creativity - enter ArtCamp. Started last year after being inspired by the productivity and energy of BarCamp's un-conferences, ArtCamp will be a one-day gathering of various creative types to talk about everything from DIY endeavors to Community mods. In their own words, it "is a hybrid conference/workshop/etc event in which participants come together to show work, demo artworks, projects, research or technology, learn new hands-on practices, and talk about ideas...As an unconference, it's about using principles of self-organization to bring people together, and to create an emergent format where people may talk, meet, show work, present ideas, receive input, and generally discuss, view, and advance ideas, research and projects." Awesome.

I've been waiting for something like this to happen in Vancouver for a long while, so I'm not sure how I managed to miss last year's inaugural session - first of its kind in the world - but never mind that, now that it's here let's just get on with it and make sure we don't miss it. Kudis to organizers Upgrade! Vancouver and the New Forms Festival for coming up with such an inspiring event.

It will be held Saturday, September 8th at Intersections Digital Studios, which is at the Emily Carr Institute campus on Granville Island. Coffee and registration opens at 9:30 AM and sessions go from 10 until 6 PM, with a reception afterwards at the Backstage Lounge.

It's a free event and open to everyone, but make sure you add your name to the list to reserve yourself a spot. Bring your big ideas and tough questions.

Saturday, September 8th
Intersections Digital Studios (IDS) at Emily Carr Institute
1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island
10 am - 6pm
Reception to follow

Questions, Information: Contact Kate Armstrong, ArtCamp Convenor: kate at katearmstrong dot com

Image of an "unconference" courtesy of jdlasica on flickr.