Guest Speakers

PAULA JARDINE

Panelist
Celebration Artist ~ Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
www.vancouver.ca/allsouls

The focus of Paula Jardine’s work has been to revive and redefine community arts and artists’ role in the community. The founding Artistic Director of the Public Dreams Society, Paula Jardine’s most visible achievement is the introduction of Lantern Processions as a community art form in Canada.  She is best known for her initiation of the Illuminares Evening Lantern Procession, and the Parade of the Lost Souls, both popular annual events held in East Vancouver, involving hundreds of volunteers and artists, and attended by thousands.
 
Paula is currently Artist in Residence at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, and artistic director of the Victoria Dance Series’ Community Dance Project.