Art Classes & Workshops

Music, Poetry & Art: Word Whips inspired by  Place Settings
Thur    May 16    7:00-9:00pm       
EVENT CANCELLED


Music, Poetry & Art: Word Whips inspired by Travelogue III: Into the Garden 
Thur    June 20    7:00-9:00pm       
Free Admission. Everyone is welcome

Taslim Jaffer hosts the evening featuring music by Dave Ivaz and Julie Boton and poetry inspired by Lori Goldberg’s paintings in her Travelogue III: Into the Garden exhibit. Featured poets include Sita Carboni, Mike Peacock, Daniela Elza, Kevin Spenst, Mary Duffy, kc dyer, Rob Taylor and Bonnie Nish.
Dave Ivaz and Julie Boton-Ivaz will celebrate the musical genius that spans decades and continents as they explore Jewish songwriters of the 60’s as well as classics from the Great American Songbook of the Big Band era. 
Jazz guitarist Dave Ivaz hails from Chicago, and with  his wife and musical partner, Julie Boton-Ivaz is proud to call Vancouver home. Considered one of the top session, event and show guitarists in Chicago, Dave has performed with some of Vancouver’s well-known musicians, as well as with the Fifth Dimension, Little Anthony, The Shirelles, The Drifters, Bobby Vinton, and many other acts. He has performed with internationally known Israeli stars like, Avraham Freed, Yeedle, and in various Broadway productions including Ragtime, Chicago, Grease, and The Wiz.

Word Whips are presented by the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery in collaboration with Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library, and made possible by the Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative Grant