During the year, ICA puts together many different types of arts events in and around the community to help build cultural connections. 

For information about our former lantern festival, Luminara, please see our Luminara page.

Youth Arts Summer Camps

ICA is offering a free arts camp!
August 12 - 23   Monday to Friday, 10am - 3pm     Ages 9 - 12
Meet new friends, go on fun field trips to learn about the birds, animals and plants in our area, and work in the Luminara Studio to build lanterns, giant puppets, kites and costumes for an illuminated procession. You can also be part of the Moon Festival lantern celebration at Gordon Head on September 21!

The camp is now full. (June 19)

More information: Karin Scarth
250-388-4728 ext 129
kscarth@icavictoria.org

Moon Festival at Gordon Head - September 21, 2013

Keep posted for more information about this exciting event coming soon!

Photo: Takayo Kono

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate community, family and the full moon on September 29, 2012 at Gordon Head Recreation Centre!

Special thanks to our community partner, Saanich Parks & Recreation and to all our fabulous volunteers!

Voice and Place: Culture, Community and Belonging

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A culturally diverse photographic exploration of Greater Victoria

The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) invited a group of 23 newcomers to the region to take part in intensive training in photojournalism with local photographer Quinton Gordon. Each participant worked through the following core themes: Friends & Family, Community, Fears, and Hopes & Dreams. Through these themes, the photographers examined their individual experience and sense of place in the community. Out of the 7000 images that came out of that process, 19 were chosen to be part of this exhibition, images of what makes community welcoming for these photographers.

The interactive web component of the exhibition was developed through a series of regional community mapping workshops including a diverse cross-section of participants, and is ongoing, allowing all viewers an opportunity to participate in the project by adding their own images to a community map.

On May 12, 2012 this exihibit launched at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd, Saanich.

Show your Diversity! Voice & Place: Culture, Community, and Belonging is a travelling exhibit. To find out more about the launch and how you can host this exhibition featuring 17 banner stands and a slide show, click here.

To see more images from the event, click here. 

Photojournalism mentoring and production by Quinton Gordon Photography

To find out more about the Champions of Diversity, click here.

For more information, please contact Karin Scarth, Arts & Outreach Manager at kscarth@icavictoria.org or 25-388-4728 ext129