W2: Community Media Arts Vancouver BC

Welcome to W2

W2 is a world-class community media arts centre in Vancouver's DTES (Downtown Eastside) opening in Spring 2010. W2 will feature a 150-capacity performance space, community TV studio, FM radio station, gallery, social enterprise café, letterpress studio, telepresence and mobile media programs, and more.
Until we open at Woodward's, we are based at the Perel Building across the street (112 W Hastings), and running programs and media arts residencies.

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Bladerunners

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Fearless City

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Events Team

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Communication Committee

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Gathered Moss

by Donna Chen

Gathered Moss

by Donna Chen

Gathered Moss

by Donna Chen

Gathered Moss

by Donna Chen

Blog Posts

W2 Intro Animations: Number One

A couple of months ago, Kasey Lum and Jorge Feres Jr.—two talented individuals in the final term of Vancouver Film School's Digital Design program—took on the task of creating five intro animations for W2 and community television. Their goal was to amplify the notion that W2 is a beacon of light in the DTES and a source of inspiration for the people that surround it. Not only that, their goal was to create a template that W2 contributors could challenge to create similar… Continue

Posted by Todd Smith on November 3, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

W2 collaborates with SFU on $1 Million Equipment Funding

Funding announcement photograph at Woodward's construction site attended by government, SFU, and W2 representatives.

$1 million Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) funding is equiping SFU for its community partnerships with… Continue

Posted by Irwin Oostindie on October 13, 2009 at 6:30pm — 5 Comments

Coming in 2010: W2 Café in the Woodwards Atrium

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Fearless City

Fearless is a community portal that functions as a fountain would in a village's central plaza: a media cluster to advance community health and liveability through communication and empowerment.

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nice! I even know who he is!

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Introduction to Ubuntu Studio

This is a talk given at Ubuntu Vancouver's "Introduction to Ubuntu Studio" on November 21st 2009 by Eric Hedekar, a member of the Ubuntu Studio development team. It was a rainy Saturday afternoon in Vancouver.

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