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Get Involved In Culture Days
Mon, Jul 11th, 2011
In 2010, Culture Days launched as a National Arts Festival with large aspirations.  In its first year the first annual Culture Days event was held in September 2010 in over 700 Canadian cities and towns, over 4,500 free hands-on, participatory activities and events attracted millions of...
Alliance responds to Province's announcement to maintain funding to BCAC
Fri, Jul 8th, 2011
July 8, 2011 Dear Minister Chong: On behalf of the Board and membership of the Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture, I would like to express our gratitude to you and Premier Clark for undoubtedly advocating for and supporting the decision to maintain funding to the BC Arts Council....
Province maintains support for arts sector
Fri, Jul 8th, 2011
Province maintains support for arts sector  VICTORIA – The BC Arts Council received $16,831,000 from the provincial government to help fund artists and cultural organizations in British Columbia for 2011-12. Arts groups large and small apply to the BC Arts Council – an independent agency of...
BC Arts Groups Endorse National Common Arts Platform For Federal Election
Thu, Apr 21st, 2011
More than 70 national, provincial and municipal cultural organizations from across Canada have signed a common electoral platform in the context of the 2011 federal election, in which they ask federal parties to make commitments concerning Canadian arts, culture and heritage. This common...
Alliance endorses the Common Arts Election Platform
Wed, Apr 13th, 2011
The Alliance is endorsing the Common Arts Election Platform, which brings together the concerns of many different arts and cultural organizations and artists across Canada.   If you would like to also endorse this document, please let The Canadian Conference for the Arts know by Friday...
Non-profits call on Clark to replace Rich Coleman
Fri, Mar 11th, 2011
Charitable Gaming & Alliance For Arts Cite Crisis of Confidence The BC Association for Charitable Gaming and the Alliance for Arts and Culture call on Premier-designate Christy Clark to replace Solicitor General Rich Coleman as Minister responsible for gaming in the Province of BC. We cite:...
A Call To Action: Protect Charitable Gaming
Wed, Nov 17th, 2010
Dear Alliance Members: At the Alliance for Arts and Culture’s Board Meeting on November 16 a resolution was passed to support the BC Association for Charitable Gaming’s Petition to the City of Vancouver to protect the charitable and non-profit sector in the City of Vancouver. The request to expand...
BC Association of Charitable Gaming writes Open Letter to Minister Rich Coleman on the Legality of Gaming Cuts
Mon, Oct 18th, 2010
The British Columbia Association of Charitable Gaming, which represents over 7000 charities across British Columbia, has issued an open letter to Minister Coleman in response to his remarks to the media last Friday, in which he claimed that Gaming cuts to B.C. charities and non-profits were...
Alliance Calls For Restoration of Gaming Funds
Thu, Oct 7th, 2010
Alliance for Arts and Culture Calls For Reinstatement of Gaming FundsWedge Politics Strategy Seen In Loss of Investment In a Civil Society Speaking on behalf of its 350 members and a growing province-wide coalition of arts and community service groups, the Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts...
David Diamond Submission to the BC Standing Committee on Finance
Fri, Sep 17th, 2010
To the Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services: September 16, 2010 Hello, my name is David Diamond and I am the Artistic Director of Headlines Theatre. The best way, I believe, to talk about arts and culture is to make it personal. One of the reasons I am here because sometime in the...
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