Moberly is a community cultural hub located in South East Vancouver at 60th and Prince Albert. (2 blocks East of Fraser at 60th). It is a dedicated facility for the development and delivery of the arts in everyday life: an objective aligned with the mandate and vision in the Vancouver Board of Parks, Recreation and Culture’s Arts Policy.
Opening individuals to an art experience is an integral part of any healthy, inclusive community. MACC works with artists to empower community to be creative through all arts disciplines. At MACC, we are excited to support projects that focus on nurturing the creative voices of all participants; building on their personal experiences and backgrounds to realize a collaborative creative outcome.
Principles guiding decisions on the programming of Moberly are:
Cultural diversity is a fundamental aspect of Vancouver’s identity and a resource to be drawn on
Communities which work and celebrate together are more resilient and supportive of all members
The inherent human capacity of creativity promotes well-being and generates innovative thinking and action
Practices and policies which are flexible enable a wide range of creative ideas
Participation enhances the growth of the individual and empowers communities to determine their own priorities
Artists, as key contributors to community life, must be recognized and recompensed for their work.
Tuesday, June 22 Ross Park Ages 12+ Join Sandeep Johal as she leads the community through the process of painting a mural in a public park. This is a great opportunity to participate in a community bonding experience and learn how to paint large-scale projects...
June 17, 2021 530PM – 730PM Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre Making Sense of It All will be continuing this spring with its next engagement at Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre. This is a special public literature project led by artist Jordan Baraniecki designed to...
Tuesday June 8 | 7pm-8pm | Free Event This is an all ages, free online event for residents in the Sunset neighbourhood. We will get together via Zoom to learn how to paint 6"x6" ceramic tiles using ceramic paints. This fun class will allow you to use your creativity...
June 12 | 12:30 - 1:30 Free Virtual Event (Registration Required) Come join us for an afternoon of art-making with visual artist Sandeep Johal. This workshop will also include live storytelling and a glimpse into a new piece of public art coming to Ross Park here in...
The Moberly Writers and Storytellers are going to be hosting an open studio session on June 1st @ 9:30am. If you'd like to tune in to listen to some stories and see our process, please email us at moberly@vancouver.ca or call us at 604-718-6521.
Just a note that Moberly will not be open on Friday, May 28th. We will re-open on Monday, May 31st. Thank you!
May 22, 2021 11AM – 1PM Kensington Community Centre Making Sense of It All will be continuing this spring with its next engagement at Kensington Community Centre. This is a special public literature project led by artist Jordan Baraniecki designed to explore...
Our event at Moberly this past Friday night was a great success. Artist Jordan Baraniecki's project, Making Sense of It All, went off without a hitch just outside our front doors - a collaborative cut-and-paste poetry event projected live and streamed over Facebook....
Returning for the Spring, our creative writing program has been renamed Moberly Writers & Storytellers. This nine-week Arts & Health project will guide you to explore important memories in your life and give you tools to write poetry and stories - all via a...
Sunset Community Centre | Wednesdays | April 21 - June 16 Ages 4-6 (5:15pm - 6:00pm) & Ages 7-12 (6:00pm - 7:00pm) Energetic music, dance, exercise and choreography makes SHIAMAK’s Bollywood Dance classes a favourite among all ages. This progressive class series...
April 23, 2021 7PM - 8:30pm Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre Welcome to Making Sense of It All! This is a special public literature project led by artist Jordan Baraniecki designed to explore collaborative poetry using cut-and-paste methods. During this event,...
Friday March 19, 2021 3:30pm - 5pm Come on down to the Moberly garden....virtually! While we can't quite yet have you all down to help us grow and play in the Moberly Garden (we will soon though!), Lori Snyder would still like to introduce all the Moberly gardeners to...
Join the local poets of the Writers International Network for a virtual evening of poetry reading to celebrate the International Day of Poetry. Registrants will be emailed a virtual link 48 hours before the event. Poems will be read by the following poets: Janet...
Untitled Sherry Duggal We are forced to cut pieces of life into meaningful compositions as time holds the notes of sun filled patterns over rooftop silhouettes that lie scattered across an atlas of pain I live in a dream somewhere between the lines of a flag or the...
THE SOLSTICE Robert Calingo when will the next Autumn be? it won’t be late for me to see though cold wind and lonely nights keep tearing my skin, making me numb those days we held each other tight I seek warmth and comforting love. tonight shall be the longest night...
Welcome back to Life in Quarantine! Our poem this week is by Judith Neale, a Canadian poet, mentor, educator, opera singer, and spoken word performer. Thanks for Ashok Bhargava for the beautiful photography as always. The Pause Bitterly the night comes, and we entwine...
Covid-19 is keeping Moberly an unusually quiet place these days. At least, it is physically. But many of our community partners are still really hard at work creating new projects within health guidelines. This winter, the Moberly crew will be working with one of our...
Happy holidays Moberlites! The Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre will be closed from December 16th - January 4, 2021 as we take a much needed break. We're really looking forward to some new residencies and programs we have planned for the new year as we start to put...