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Read MoreHill Strategies Research has released its latest report on Arts and Cultural Workers in Canada's Provinces and Territories, based on the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) and historical data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The report examines the number of artists, selected demographic characteristics of artists, artists' incomes, and trends in the number of artists. The report also provides comparable information for cultural workers and the overall labour force.
Read MoreIn advance of the November 15 civic elections, the Alliance is inviting mayoral and city council candidates across the province to share their views on arts, culture, and heritage issues in their respective communities - and we need your help!
Read MoreThe City of Vancouver invites you to join managing director Richard Newirth, the Arts and Culture Policy Council and Cultural Services staff on November 13 for an update on achievements over the past year guided by the City’s Culture Plan with a look forward to how strategies will evolve in the coming years.
The event will also include a discussion about how, as a community, we can best work together to support a dynamic and thriving cultural sector. Watch a brief presentation and participate in a dialogue and social.
Read MoreSubmission deadline extended to December 12! Artists are invited to go deep into their imaginations to create a wearable piece of art that challenges what most consider to be wearable, or everyday fashion. Get your submission in now for the 2015 Wearable Art Awards.
Read MoreElizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, internationally renowned duo-pianists and currently co-artistic directors of the Rose Gellert Hall Concert series at the Langley Community Music School, have been named associate directors of White Rock Concerts.
Read MoreNew Westminster's new Anvil Centre Theatre is now open, and you're invited to check out the space and learn more at an upcoming Theatre Information Session.
Read MoreWith Culture Days in BC wrapped up for another year, participant and community organizer Julia Trops gives her perspective on this year's successful collaboration between artists and local businesses in the District of West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation.
Read the full story on the Culture Days blog here.
Read MoreDates for the BC Arts Council's community consultation sessions in Vancouver, Surrey, and Chilliwack have been announced and registration is now open.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Art Gallery has launched a new initiative committed to advancing scholarship and public appreciation of Asian art. The Institute of Asian Art will expand and further develop the Gallery’s exhibitions, public programs, and permanent collections dedicated to the visual arts of Asia, with particular focus on China, India, Japan and Korea.
Read MoreA new core team are onboard at the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA), with Dawn Brennan as director, Rohit Chokhani as producer, and Mallory Gallant in communications.
From the GVPTA announcement:
Read MoreIn this issue of Hill Strategies' Arts Research Monitor: Summaries of three recent landmark studies related to the benefits of the arts, including Canadian and English summaries of various aspects of the impacts of the arts as well as new estimates of the economic impact of culture in Canada.
Read MoreEach fall, the all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services seeks public input on the next year’s provincial budget through public hearings, written submissions and an online survey. The consultations are based on the Budget 2015 Consultation Paper.
Read MoreFollowing a five-month, nation-wide search, the Arts Club Theatre Company has appointed Peter Cathie White as its new executive director.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Finance is seeking public feedback on the proposed new Societies Act (to replace the existing Society Act which governs all non-profit societies in BC). The draft legislation is outlined in a White Paper and includes a provision that is of particular concern to many non-profits.
Read MoreMargot Holmes, executive director of the Vancouver Island Symphony, has been named the recipient of the 2014 National Cultural Champion Award: Arts Leadership.
Read MoreLast week Vancouver City Council unanimously approved four not-for-profit arts organizations as tenants in the city-owned cultural amenity space in the Woodward's heritage building.
Read MoreCARFAC BC is partnering with Ministry of Casual Living, Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, and the Victoria College of Art to present an intensive grant writing workshop to artists in Victoria.
Read MoreCanadian Aboriginal writers/filmmakers based in Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon) are invited to apply to the Whistler Film Festival Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship, a creative and business immersion experience to be held in Whistler from December 5 to 6, 2014.
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