Guest Posts
- A Perspective On The History Of Gaming Funding For The Arts
- Fri, Oct 8th, 2010
- By Lydia Marston-Blaauw: I just read the announcement of the Alliance’s call for restoration of gaming funds and want to point out an error. As I was already working in the arts when gaming came into the province I remember it all quite well.
Firstly, the “social contract” referred to in this...
- David Diamond: Art is the Psyche of a Society
- Thu, Aug 19th, 2010
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An open letter to Kevin Krueger, BC Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
August 19, 2010
Art is the psyche of a society
Dear Minister Krueger: I am a co-founder of Headlines Theatre (1981) and have been the Artistic Director since 1984, having worked in the professional theatre...
- Response to "Liberals clarify B.C. Spirit Festivals plan to arts groups"
- Wed, Jul 28th, 2010
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The following is a response by Sandy Garossino, Alliance Board Member and Advocacy Task Force Chair, to the a Georgia Straight news item "Liberals clarify B.C. spirit Festivals plan to arts groups". The comment was originally posted on the Alliance’s Facebook page.
Having these grants...
- VIEWPOINTS: Roy Arden In Support of A New Art Gallery
- Mon, Mar 29th, 2010
- The following is a letter that artist Roy Arden originally submitted to the Vancouver Sun. They declined to publish it without revisions that Roy felt changed the tone and intent of the letter, and Roy has chosen to circulate it directly to a variety of blogs and other outlets:
Dear Editor,...
- VIEWPOINT: Thoughts On The Cultural Olympiad
- Fri, Feb 12th, 2010
- by Bruce Hoffman
I’ve watched with growing disquiet the rush by various artists and arts groups to disparage the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Since I was responsible for marketing the recent choral gala Welcome the World, a Cultural Olympiad event, I didn’t feel it was right to...
- NEWS: OPEN LETTER TO HERITAGE VANCOUVER MEMBERS
- Fri, Dec 18th, 2009
- It is with much regret that I inform the members of Heritage Vancouver that the Pantages Theatre Arts Society has lost its three-year struggle to preserve and restore the 102-year old Pantages Theatre. We came within a whisker of success but were derailed by City staff...
- Vancouver Arts Summit: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences
- Tue, Jun 30th, 2009
- This is a guest post by the Alliance's summer student, Angela Friesen. It is reproduced from her blog, The New Is The True.
I was lucky enough to spend the past two days at the Vancouver Arts Summit (thanks to my great summer job at the Alliance for Arts and Culture). The entire thing was...
- It's time
- Fri, May 1st, 2009
- This is a guest post on the behalf of all the artists and administrators working tirelessly to restore the cuts to the BC Arts Council, and a call to action for British Columbians everywhere.
It’s time to step up.
Our BC Arts Council’s budget has been dealt a devastating blow. This funding entity...
- Why Aren’t We Talking about the Arts during this Election?
- Mon, Apr 27th, 2009
- [caption id="attachment_146" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Photo by Trevor Brady, The Georgia Straight"][/caption] A message from the Executive Director: So yet again the arts and cultural sector seem to fall off the table. The NDP and Green platforms for BC Election 2009 addressed...
- The Design Process Behind Our New Logo
- Wed, Apr 8th, 2009
- This is a guest post by Richard Hatter of Hired Guns Creative. It is a revised version of an article he published on April 3, 2009. As many of you may know, we were recently featured on Smashing Magazine’s ‘Drawing Inspiration From Creative Logos’ for the design of the...
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