PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Granville Island www.granvilleisland.com
• Philosophers' Café www.philosopherscafe.net
• Public Dreams Society www.publicdreams.org
• Society for Disability Arts and Culture www.s4dac.org

British Columbia

• BC Healthy Communities Network - 604-736-8118

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Under the Volcano Festival of Art and Social Change http://users.resist.ca/~volcano/

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Association of Neighbourhood Houses of Greater Vancouver www.anhgv.org
• British Columbia Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (BC-AIRS) www.vcn.bc.ca/bcairs
• Block Watch www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/blockwatch
• City of Vancouver Community Web Page www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/community_profiles/index.htm
• Cloverdale Online www.cloverdale.bc.ca
• Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) www.downtownvancouver.net
• Information Services Vancouver www.vcn.bc.ca/isv
• Society for Community Development (Coquitlam) www.societyforcommunitydevelopment.com
• South Granville Rise www.southgranvillerise.com
• Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/
• Vancouver CommunityNet www.vcn.bc.ca
• Volunteer Vancouver www.volunteervancouver.ca
• YWCA of Vancouver www.ywcavan.org

British Columbia

• BC Block Parent Program www.block-parent.bc.ca
• British Columbia Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (BC-AIRS) www.vcn.bc.ca/bcairs
• Co-op Housing Federation of BC www.chf.bc.ca

Canada

• Creative City Network www.creativecity.ca
• Council of Canadians www.canadians.org
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities www.fcm.ca
• Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) www.impacs.org
• Prison Arts Foundation www.prisonartsfoundation.com

International

• Community Arts Network (USA) www.communityarts.net
• Culture Shapes Communities www.cultureshapescommunity.org
• Eurocities www.eurocities.org
• Idealist.org www.idealist.org
• National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts (USA) www.creativecommunitiesonline.org

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

Canada

• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canada Day Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/03_e.htm#cdp
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canadian Studies Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/03_e.htm#csp
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Cultural Capitals of Canada www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ccc/index_e.cfm

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Spirit of Vancouver Awards www.spiritofvancouver.com
• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

British Columbia

• British Columbia Community Achievement Awards www.bcachievement.com

Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2007