How To Advocate For the Arts After the Elections
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Wondering how you can start leasing with the new government and advocating for the arts? We’ve put together a list of resources to help you navigate the conversations ahead.
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The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
Come together through Mass Cultre: Solution Pathway
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Join in the conversation on future-oriented exploration put on by Mass Culture, on behalf of a group of arts service organizations. They hope to facilitate conversations that will lead to better lives for artists and arts workers, and greater access to arts experiences for all, and greater equity for under-represented marginalized voices.
Solution Pathway is a series of online sessions born from the results of a crowdsourcing campaign that occurred last spring. These sessions will intentionally give space for the arts community to come together and think through positive, and potentially transformative, ways forward.
Five statements have been shaped into topics for discussion that will navigates those who have signed up through well designed and facilitated outcome-based discussion:
How might we develop a shared plan for inclusion?
How might we demonstrate the arts’ value through evidence to reveal the human side?
How might we continue to build the infrastructure and knowledge bases needed to meaningfully work with different communities?
How might we support artists from getting lost in the digital world?
How might we assist in the permanence and present nature of the arts?
Those who serve the arts sector are invited to take part in an online Solution Pathway from October 22 until January 2023.
Concepts from these discussions will be more deeply explored during a two-day in-person conference hosted in Toronto and online in following the January 2023 sessions.
Sign up to participate here.
It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900 – 1970 and Now
/It’s About Time is a ground-breaking new exhibition that highlights the recorded dance histories of Canada’s Black population from 1900-1970.
Read MoreThe 2022 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival
/The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF) provides a much-needed platform to celebrate those who live and work outside of mainstream cultural spaces.
Read MoreOpen Call for the Museum of Vancouver exhibit Reclaim + Repair
/Local designers and makers are invited to submit design concepts for the upcoming Reclaim + Repair: the Mahogany Project exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver.
Read MoreFunding for Professionals Working in the Live Performance Sector
/If you work in live performing arts in Canada, and are experiencing financial challenges due to the pandemic’s affect on the live performance sector the AFC Arts Reactivation is here to help.
Read MoreUpdated CADA/West Fees & Rates Standards
/CADA/West Fees and Rates Standards of performing artists has been updated.
Read MoreTake the CMC BC Survey for a Chance to Win
/The Canadian Music Centre BC is asking people to fill out their survey in order to gain insights into the community and in an effort to seek better engagement in the future.
Read MoreCall for community feedback: Survey on BC Arts Council 2022 Operating Assistance Application
/A survey is being conducted to understand the experiences of B.C.’s arts community with the recent BC Arts Council Operating Assistance grand program and its September 15 application deadline.
Read MoreNational Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Friday marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day.
Read MoreCheck Out Our All-Candidates Meetings Map in BC
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One of the best ways to advocate for arts and culture is attending All-Candidates meetings.
Check out the Alliance's ArtsVote BC All-Candidates Meetings Map to find a forum in your area.
Read MoreInterested in Cultural Accessibility in the Arts? Attend Free Taking Care Webinar
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In this panel and open discussion, the Museum of Vancouver will address what it is about the arts in cultural organizations that is inherently institutional and inaccessible.
Read MoreVolunteers Needed for Public Art Committee
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The City of Vancouver is seeking volunteers for positions on the Public Art Committee. The committee provides advice and guidance to City Council, staff, civic agencies, developers and citizens on public art matters.
Read MoreDialogues: Encounters around Riopelle's Oeuvre from Sea to sea Program
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A pan-Canadian call for projects that is addressed to artists, cultural workers, organizations and local communities, this program aims to support artistic and cultural initiatives that bring communities across Canada into dialogue with artist Jean Paul Riopelle's work.
Read MoreAttend Diálogo: A conversation about Latin American Art in North America
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For this conversation, Latin Expressions brings together artists and curators from two distinct and exciting exhibitions.
Read MoreApply for the Public Policy Institute Capacity Building Program
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Between January and June 2023, the United Way Public Policy Institute will bring together another group of 25 leaders from the BC non-profit sector whose organizations want to better understand and influence the public policy process. Enrollment is open to not-for-profit organizations from all regions of the province.
Read MoreCulture Days Is In Full Swing, Bringing Art To Folks Around The Province
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Culture Days is here! It is time to celebrate arts, culture, and heritage in your community through hundreds of free and family-friendly events across the province.
Read MoreVolunteerism in the Arts Award Goes to Maya Preshyon, Founder Of Vancouver Black Library
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We are very happy to announce the 2022 return of BC Culture Days, which debuted in Vernon, on the traditional territory of the Syilx people of the Okanagan Nation.
Read MoreNominations are open for the 40th annual Women of Distinction Awards
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Image Courtesy: YWCA Metro Vancouver
This is your opportunity to recognize an outstanding woman or business by nominating them for the 40th annual Women of Distinction Awards presented by Scotiabank. The award will be announced on May 9, 2023.
Join the YWCA for an online info session on how to submit a nomination. Register on their website.
The award categories include:
Arts, Culture & Design
Business & the Professions
Community Champion
Education, Training & Development
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Environmental Sustainability
Health & Wellness
Non-Profit
Reconciliation in Action – this award honours two unique women; an Indigenous leader and an ally, working independently and committed to finding a new way forward.
Research, the Sciences & Technology
Young Woman of Distinction
Outstanding Workplace*
*Does your organization care about diversity and inclusion? Does it support and respond to the diverse needs of its employees? Does it proactively support the success and advancement of women? If you answered yes to all these questions, consider nominating your organization for the Outstanding Workplace award.
Nominations that recognize the contributions of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour, as well as LGBTQ2S+ individuals are strongly encouraged. These awards honour all women, including trans women.
Nomination deadline: December 2, 2022 at 5:00pm.
Share your thoughts on the Young Canada Works program
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Since Museum Labour’s launch last year, they have been discussing major labour issues in the sector through dialogue with museum colleagues across the country. One thread throughout these conversations was museum workers’ experiences with the Young Canada Works program (YCW). Museum Labour has embarked on research into the YCW and has consulted with other emerging museum professional groups on this topic.
To get a deeper understanding of perspectives, barriers, and participation in YCW, they’re launching a survey on the program. They would appreciate anyone who has participated in the program taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences, regardless of whether you’ve held a YCW position.
The progress of the research will be presented at the National Trust Conference in October 2022 and a full report will be shared with the wider museum community later this year.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact them via email.
Survey Snapshot:
- Open to anyone who has participated in the Young Canada Works program
or has been interested in participating
- Both French and English versions of the survey are available
- Takes 5-10 minutes to complete
Museum Labour would like to thank the Group of Ontario Emerging Museum Professionals (GOEMP), EMP/PEM Canada, Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property, and Canadian Museum Association for their feedback and advice on the survey.
A special thank you to Annick Tremblay for generously providing the French translation.
