MARIA ROTH
current + recent work
PROJECT ACE
Spring 2023-present. Extra-wide engagement and industry / government advocacy to accelerate new, permanently affordable, net zero homes on public land in BC. We are working within the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (zeic.ca), with past / current funding from the Real Estate Foundation of BC, the North Family Foundation, the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association, the BC Indigenous Housing Society, City of Vancouver, Climate Caucus and the Urban Development Institute.
GRAPHIC ART PRINTS
A new line of colourful contemporary prints, launching in early 2025. The series will include abstract forms inspired by mid century modernism, text-driven work in support of equitable change and change makers, and other graphic art prints.
MUTUAL AGENCY
Ongoing. Helping to support and create housing justice shifts through mutual work for / with the False Creek South Community Housing Trust (falsecreeksouth.org), the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC ( chf.bc.ca) and the Social Housing & Human Rights campaign (moresocialhousing.ca).
CO-OP COLLABORATORY
2022-24. Community engagement and capacity-building project co-directed by seven non-market housing co-ops. We co-designed / delivered several internal board / co-op educational events, three art engagement projects with local artists, several social + knowledge bridging events (barbeques, community planning book club), four coop-oriented EDI learning labs, and hosted several creative engagement sessions (storytelling, poetry, music). Outreach to identify ways to more meaningfully include underrpresented / marginalised community members in decision-making was integral across the project. Funded by the Community Housing Transformation Centre.
JUST COMMUNITY
2022-23. Social science x cross media documentary project on False Creek South, an iconic, experimental 1970s waterfront community under threat of displacement, in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Canada Council for the Arts Research + Creation Grant.
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