NV council
targeting
youth with
Oostindie
presidency

AN EMILY Carr College stu-
dent is about to become the
next president of the North
Vancouver Community Arts
Council.

By Evelvn Jacob
Now Reporter

Twenty—five-year-old Irwin
Oostindie, a former Sutherland
Secondary student, will be voted
in by the organization’s members
at its Sept. 15 annual general
meeting.

Oostindie, whe replaces outgo-
ing president Donna Oseen, will
become the youngest president in
the council’s history. Executive
director Elia Parkinson said he will
help bridge the gap between the
arts council and North Vancouver
youth,

“We have made a commit-
ment that we're going to try to
help youth. There's really nothing
for them on the North Shore. He’s
{Oostindie) the one who'll reach
them. | think he can do it hetter
than anyone,”’ said Parkinson.

She said the community ars
council has fallen short of its
desire to involve North Shore
youth in the arts, “We've tried to
put on workshops for them in the
past but the thought of a
workshop turns them off. We've
tried to put on various events but
got absolutely nowhere. Things
that work with other groups just
don’t work with this age group,”
she said, adding that young people
make up a very small portion of
the council’s 335 members.

The hope is that Oostindie will
take the council into a new direc-
tion. Among other things Parkin-
son would like to see a year-round
multi-discipline arts program in
which young people aged 13-17
can learn about photography, how
to write scripts, poetry and how to
make prints.

“It may not work but we're go-
ing to give it a try,” she said.

Oastindie, however, said he
does not plan to focus exclusively
on youth. ‘’My focus is grassroots
development of the arts. We've
revamped the arts council and
have come up with a set of goals
for next year which includes in-
valving artists in a democratic
process in the arts council,
pushing for more facilities for ar-
tists, fundraising, and supporting
youth,”

Onstindie, who has served on
the arts council board since 1989,
emphasized the need for the
community arts council to keep in
touch with the artists it supports.

“We should be the ones with
our ears to the ground. We can’t
wait for other !evels of government
to lead the way,” he said.

Oostindie said he will be work-
ing closely with the council’s two
new vice-presidents, Richard
Strachan, an actor with the North
Vancover Community Players, and
visual artist Kadi Rae-Madrus.

Among other things, he would
like to see the arts council’s schol-
arship program be dismantled in
favor of community artists’ pro-
jects. “Personally | think scholar-
ships are rather elitist.”

Choir seeks
new members
for ensemble

DOGWOOD CHORUS is hoping
to add more voices to its 32-
member ensemble.

{In order to increase its
membership to 50, the group has

Wednesday, September 9, 1992 — North Shore News - 25

mounted a search for women
singers.

Do you like to sing but havent
the ability to read? Dogwood
Chorus wants you, especially if
your voice is in the low range.

The group meets Tuesdays at
7:45 p.m. at Highlands School in
North Vancouver. If you think
you'd like to join, drop by or
phone Linda at 929-7061 or fudy,
980-3584,

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