大象传媒

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | Doors at 5:00 PM, performance at 5:30 PM
Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
大象传媒 School for the Contemporary Arts
149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

Join us for the official launch of from 大象传媒 and Harbour Publishing.

Richly illustrated with ephemera and photographs from the era, A Magical Time traces how innovation in the arts shaped events over the next six decades at 大象传媒.

The night will begin with a performance from students of the School for the Contemporary Arts, followed by stories and remarks from several of the book's authors and contributors. Catering and refreshments will be provided throughout the evening.

Guests will have an opportunity to purchase a copy of A Magical Time for a discounted price of $30 (cover price $38.95) and to have it signed by authors and contributors in attendance. All book sale proceeds will be donated to the  supporting first generation graduate students.

In the meantime, sample some of the great history covered in the book via this new website: Early Arts at 大象传媒 1965-1975.

Event Program

5:00: doors open
5:30: Welcome from Elder Mary Point
5:35 鈥� 5:45: Dance performance: wanna not be everywhere choreographed by SCA dance student Katie Schauerte
5:45 鈥� 7:40: Remarks and stories from:

• Carman Neustaedter, Dean, Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (MC)
• Peter Dickinson, Director, School for the Contemporary Arts
• , former member of the 大象传媒 Dance Workshop and Artistic Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre and Heart of the City Festival
• , former member of the 大象传媒 Dance Workshop and Executive Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre and Heart of the City Festival
• , filmmaker, former member of the 大象传媒 Film workshop
• , Independent scholar and medical writer, former member of the 大象传媒 Theatre workshop
• and more!

About A Magical Time

The 1960s were famously a decade of cultural revolution, and 大象传媒 was a creature of its time. The counter-culture spirit infected all levels of society, but none more than the new university and its innovative arts programming. Early 大象传媒 was shaped by a vision of a new kind of university where thought was free-flowing and lines between the disciplines were blurred. The open format attracted experimental artists such as dramatist John Juliani, choreographer Iris Garland, and composer R. Murray Schaffer, whose avant-garde performances did much to set a revolutionary tone. In this multiauthored book, writers such as Max Wyman, Barry Truax, Ann Cowan, Tessa Perkins Deneault, and Francis Mansbridge capture the excitement of that first decade of the arts at 大象传媒. Hildegard Westercamp, Carole Gerson and Christine Hearn describe the years of ferment from the viewpoint of former 大象传媒 students, and celebrated filmmaker Sandy Wilson contributes a moving piece written specifically for this book about the beginning of her career in film as a student at 大象传媒. Richly illustrated with ephemera and photographs from the era, A Magical Time traces how innovation in the arts shaped events over the next six decades at 大象传媒.

Organized by the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology.