Arts Alliance Blog
- Information Sessions On Changes To Society Act
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- Wed, Feb 1st, 2012
- The Government/Non Profit Initiative (GNPI) will host an information session on Monday, February 13 regarding proposed amendments to the Society Act.
The session will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Choi Hall (S.U.C.C.E.S.S. at 28 West Pender Street).
The Society Act outlines the...
- Gaming Grant Applications Update
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- Wed, Feb 1st, 2012
- Community Gaming Grants officials have confirmed that the first phase of processing Special Intake grants is now completed. Groups in the Restored Funding Category (which were automatically processed based on their existing 2011 applications) will have their grants deposited within the next...
- City Services Survey / Support Cultural Services
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- Tue, Jan 31st, 2012
- The City of Vancouver is conducting an online survey to get a sense of what services, including the Cultural Services branch, are most important, or not important at all, to citizens. This is an opportunity to let City management and Council know how important to us both...
- Celebrate The Arts - Celebrate Volunteerism!
- Wed, Jan 18th, 2012
- Registration is now open for the 2012 Celebrate the Arts – Celebrate Volunteerism Conference. The conference takes place Saturday, February 18th and participants will connect with like-minded arts volunteers, listen to local artists share about their craft with the theme of “Passion, Actipon,...
- MEMBERS' ADVANTAGE PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: Quantum Accounting
- Wed, Jan 18th, 2012
- Quantum Accounting has announced the launch of their new Arts Administration Services, available to Alliance members at a 20 percent discount as part of our Members’ Advantage Program.
Quantum also announced the addition of arts management specialist Cheryl Hurd to their team, bringing over 17...
- Poet Laureate Offers Free Consultations To Emerging Poets
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- Tue, Jan 17th, 2012
- Evelyn Lau, the City of Vancouver’s third Poet Laureate, invites emerging poets to apply for a free one-to-one manuscript consultation at VPL’s iconic Central Library.
"I look forward to meeting with poets - aspiring or published - to discuss their submitted work and answer questions about the...
- Gaming Grant Announcements "A Step In The Right Direction" Says Alliance
- Fri, Jan 13th, 2012
- This week’s announcement that last year’s top-up of $15 million for gaming grants for social profit community groups will be repeated in the current fiscal year and, in Premier Christy Clark’s words, be “baked in the budget” for the next three fiscal years received some mixed reviews across the...
- Applications Open For $14,000 Chrystal Dance Prize
- Fri, Jan 13th, 2012
- Dance Victoria is inviting applications for the 2012 Chrystal Dance Prize of $14,000 from dance artists who are at different stages of their career and who have an international focus.
The prize is named for Dr. Betty “Chrystal” Kleiman whose bequest to the Victoria Foundation in 2009 created the...
- Philosphers' Cafe: Does Art Matter?
- Fri, Jan 13th, 2012
- The SFU sponsored Philosophers' Café will tackle the questions “does art matter?” and “if so, how much, and what would our world be like without it?”
The discussion will take place Tuesday, February 7at 7:30 p.m. at Byng Arts Mini-School (3939 West 16th Avenue.
The conversation moderator will be...
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