PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• BC Boys Choir www.bcboyschoir.org
• Bear Creek Park Train (Surrey) www.bctrains.com
• Elwoodettes Marionettes www.elihuentertainment.com 
• Greater Vancouver Zoo (Aldergrove) www.gvzoo.com/
• Kids Market (Granville Island) www.kidsmarket.ca
• Jungle Maze (corn maze, Surrey) www.thecornmaze.com
• Maplewood Farm (North Vancouver) www.maplewoodfarm.bc.ca
• Masabo Culture Company www.masabo.com
• North Vancouver Youth Band - 604-987-9295
• Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) www.pne.bc.ca
• Science World www.scienceworld.bc.ca
• Stanley Park www.parksvancouver.bc.ca
• Theatrix Youth Theatre www.theatrixyoutheatre.com
• Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre www.vanaqua.org
• Vancouver Children's Choir www.vancouverchildrenschoir.org
• Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra www.vyso.com/

British Columbia

• Kaleidoscope Theatre (Victoria) www.kaleidoscope.bc.ca
• Dinotown (Bridal Falls) www.dinotown.com
• Victoria Children's Choir www.victoriachildrenschoir.ca

Canada

• The 411 Iniative for Change http://www.whatsthe411.ca

International

• Jewish Children's Musuem www.jcm.museum

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts www.chutzpahfestival.c+om
• Performing Arts BC www.performingartsbc.ca
• Reel to Real: International Film Festival for Youth and Families www.r2rfestival.org
• Spring Break Theatre Festival - 604-927-6555
• TD Canada Trust Media Arts Festival (child students) www.artsumbrella.com
• Vancouver International Children's Festival www.childrensfestival.ca

British Columbia

• Fat Cat Children's Festival (Kelowna) www.fatcatfestival.ca
• Okanagan International Children's Festival www.okchildrensfest.org
• Vancouver Island Children's Festival www.childrensfestival.com
• Whistler Children's Art Festival www.whistlerartscouncil.com/caf/index.asp

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Vancouver

• Artists for Kids Trust www.artists4kids.com
• ArtStarts in Schools www.artstarts.com
• Vancouver's Civic Youth Strategy www.vancouveryouth.ca

Canada

• Canadian Children's Book Centre www.bookcentre.ca
• Media Awareness Network www.media-awareness.ca
• Music for Young Children (MYC) www.myc.com
• Performing Arts BC www.performingartsbc.ca
• The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) www.act-aet.tv

International

• International Centre of Films for Children and Young People (CAN) http://erc.unesco.org/ong/en/directory/ONG_Desc.asp?mode=gn&code=798
• International Child Art Foundation www.icaf.org

WEB RESOURCES - resources on the Internet about the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Find Family Fun www.findfamilyfun.com
• KidsVancouver.com www.kidsvancouver.com

Canada

• ArtsAlive.ca - National Arts Centre www.artsalive.ca
• The 411 Initiative for Change http://www.whatsthe411.ca
• YoungPoets.ca www.youngpoets.ca
• YouthPath www.youth.gc.ca

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

• Summer Camps

Greater Vancouver

• A Star Performing & Fine Arts Studio www.astarstudio.com
• Academy of Music and Dance (Surrey/White Rock) www.musicanddance.org
• Arts Umbrella www.artsumbrella.com
• Art Starts in Schools www.artstarts.com
• CirKids - West Coast School of Circus Arts www.cirkids.org
• Contemporary Art Gallery www.contemporaryartgallery.ca/education.html
• Dance West Studios www.dancewest.ca
• Gateway Academy for the Performing Arts www.gatewaytheatre.com
• Kaleidoscope Film Production Program www.mccecd.bc.ca/kaleidoscope
• Music Friends www.musicfriends.ca
• OneDance Creative Arts Centre www.onedance.ca
• Panorama Dance (Surrey) www.panoramadance.com
• Peace Arch Performing Arts Academy (PAPAA) www.angelfire.com/ca/papaa/home.html
• Perform Art Studios http://members.shaw.ca/performartstudios/intro.html
• Performing & Fine Arts Studio - 604-266-3053
• Reflections Dance Academy (Surrey) www.reflectionsdance.com
• StageCraft Theatre School www.stagecraft.ca
• Summer Visions Film Institute for Youth www.cinematheque.bc.ca/summer03.html
• The Arts Connection: Visual and Performing Arts Centre www.theartsconnection.ca
• Theatrix Youth Theatre www.theatrixyoutheatre.com
• Vancouver Youth Theatre www.vyt.ca
• Velocity Media Arts Services Society (VMASS) - 604-648-2753
• Warren Performing Arts www.warrenperformingarts.com

British Columbia

• Eagle Arts Academy (Shawnigan Lake) www.eaglearts.ca
• Island Mountain Arts (Wells) www.imarts.com
• Kaleidoscope Theatre (Victoria) www.kaleidoscope.bc.ca
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com
• Stage West School of Performing Arts (Port Alberni) www.stagewestschool.com
• Whistler Dance Academy www.whistlerdance.com

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

Vancouver

• Get Out! Push Your Boundaries (making youth ideas happen in sports, arts, and culture) www.heygetout.ca

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2007