EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• A Star Performing & Fine Arts Studio www.astarstudio.com
• Academy of Music and Dance (Surrey/White Rock) www.musicanddance.org
• Adler School of Professional Psychology www.adler.bc.ca
• Anna Wyman School of Dance Arts www.annawyman.com
• Art Institute of Vancouver www.aiv.aii.edu
• Art Starts in Schools www.artstarts.com
• Arthur Murray Dance Studio - 604-684-2477
• Arts One, University of British Columbia http://arts1.arts.ubc.ca
• Arts Foundations, University of British Columbia http://foundations.arts.ubc.ca
• Arts Umbrella www.artsumbrella.com
• ArtStarts in Schools www.artstarts.com
• BC Institute of Film Professionals www.bcifp.com
• Blanche MacDonald Centre www.blanchemacdonald.com
• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) www.bcit.ca
• Booming Ground Writers' Community www.arts.ubc.ca/bg
• Canadian Picture Framers School (Langley) www.framing-school.com
• Capilano College www.capcollege.bc.ca
• Caulfield School of Dance www.caulfield.bc.ca
• Centro Flamenco www.centroflamenco.com
• CirKids - West Coast School of Circus Arts www.cirkids.org
• City Centre Dance - 604-591-2247
• Coastal Sound Music Academy www.coastalsoundmusic.com
• Comerford School of Irish Dance - 604-913-1081
• Contemporary Art Gallery www.contemporaryartgallery.ca/education.html
• Creative Writing at UBC www.creativewriting.ubc.ca
• Crystal Ballroom Vancouver http://crystalballroom1.tripod.com/home/
• Dance Co. www.danceco.com
• Dance West Studios www.dancewest.ca
• Dorset College - Drama www.dorsetcollege.bc.ca
• Douglas College www.douglas.bc.ca
• Douglas College Community Music School www.douglas.bc.ca/ce/llpace/cms_index.html
• Dynamic Dance Irish Club www.dynamicdance.org
• Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design (ECIAD) www.eciad.ca
• Federation of Canadian Artists www.artists.ca
• Film Program, University of British Columbia www.film.ubc.ca
• Focal Point Visual Arts Learning Centre www.focalpoint.bc.ca
• Forufera Centre www.forufera.com
• Foxglove Fibre Arts (Bowen Island) www.foxglovefibrearts.org
• Gateway Academy for the Performing Arts www.gatewaytheatre.com
• Georgia Straight Guitar Workshop http://gsgw.ca
• Goh Ballet Academy www.gohballet.com
• Gradshow.com - Capilano College Animation Department www.gradshow.com
• Harbour Dance www.harbourdance.com
• Helen Lefeaux School of Fashion Design www.helenlefeaux.com
• Ingenue Professional Modelling & Acting www.ingenueschool.com
• Interactive Arts, Simon Fraser University, Surrey Campus www.surrey.sfu.ca/p_students/ugrad/interactivearts.htm
• Inverglen Scottish Dance School www.Inverglenscottishdancers.com
• Jai Govinda Dance Academy www.vcn.bc.ca/macs/
• John Casablancas www.jcvancouver.com
• Kirkwood Academy of Performing Arts - 604-521-3255
• Kauhane School of Polynesian Dance www.hulaspirit.com
• Kwantlen University College www.kwantlen.bc.ca
• Langara College www.langara.bc.ca
• Langara College Digital Film Production www.langara.bc.ca/cs/dfp
• Latin Music School www.latinmusicschool.com
• Lectures on Architecture www.lecturesonarchitecture.net
• Lindsay Kipp Vocal Coach 604-506-1218
• Lorita Leung Dance Academy www.chinesedance.ca
• MainDance Projects Society www.maindance.ca
• Malaspina Printmakers Society www.malaspinaprintmakers.com/courses.htm
• Management Courses for the Non-Profit and Voluntary Sectors - Simon Fraser University www.sfu.ca/cstudies/bus/nonprofit/
• McBride School of Dancing http://mcbrideschoolofdancing.supersites.ca
• Moore School of Irish Dance http://violetmooreschool.homestead.com
• Mount Royal College of Business and Fine Arts www.mountroyalconservatory.com
• Music Friends www.musicfriends.ca
• New Image www.newimage.ca
• Nikleva's Dance Studio - 604-277-6480
• North Shore Academy of Dancing www.nsad.ca
• Onedance Creative Art Centre www.onedance.ca
• Opus Academy www.alexind.com/opusacademy/
• Pacific Ballet Theatre School - 604-873-5024
• Pacific Dance Arts www.pacificdancearts.ca
• Panorama Dance (Surrey) www.panoramadance.com
• Peace Arch Performing Arts Academy (PAPAA) www.papaa.com
• Perform Art Studios www.performartstudios.com
• Performing & Fine Arts Studio - 604-266-3053
• Philosopher's Cafe www.philosopherscafe.net
• Places des Arts www.placedesarts.ca
• Praxis Centre for Screenwriters www.praxisfilm.com/events.html
• Port Moody Arts Centre http://pomoartscentre.bc.ca
• Professional Film Arts Program, UBC Continuing Studies www.cstudies.ubc.ca/film
• Reflections Dance Academy (Surrey) www.reflectionsdance.com
• RNB Dance and Theatre Arts www.rnbdance.ca
• SchoolCreative.com www.schoolcreative.com
• Scoil Rince De Danaan (Irish dance) www.internetimage.ca/dedanaan/
• Simon Fraser University www.sfu.ca
• StageCraft Theatre School www.stagecraft.ca
• Steel School of Irish Dance - 604-594-0158
• Stewart School of Irish Dance - 604-583-5183
• Studio 58 - Langara College www.langara.bc.ca/studio58
• Studio on the Drive www.studioonthedrive.com
• Studiostone stone carving workshops www.studiostone.ca
• Surrey Dance Centre - 604-599-9961
• Surrey Writers Conference www.siwc.ca
• Tarlington Training www.tarlingtontraining.com
• The Art Institute of Vancouver http://aivan.artinstitutes.edu
• The Arts Connection: Visual and Performing Arts Centre www.theartsconnection.ca
• The Dance Centre www.thedancecentre.ca
• The Grand Ballroom www.grandballroom.com
• The University College of the Cariboo (Kamloops) www.cariboo.bc.ca
• Theatre at UBC www.theatre.ubc.ca
• TooBa Physical Theatre www.tooba.com
• Trebas Institute www.trebas.com
• UBC Continuing Studies: www.tech.ubc.ca
• UBC Department of Fine Arts www.finearts.ubc.ca
• UBC School of Music www.music.ubc.ca
• UBC Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing www.tfcw.ubc.ca
• University College of the Fraser Valley www.ucfv.bc.ca
• University of British Columbia www.ubc.ca
• Urban Dance Co www.urbandanceco.com
• Vancouver Academy of Art www.artacademy.com
• Vancouver Academy of Dance - 604-231-8283
• Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts (VADA Studios) www.vadastudios.com
• Vancouver Art Therapy Institute www.vati.bc.ca
• Vancouver Ballet Society www.vancouverballetsociety.org
• Vancouver Community College www.vcc.bc.ca
• Vancouver Film School www.vfs.com
• Vancouver Institute of Media Arts www.vanarts.com
• Vancouver School Board Continuing Education www.vsb-adult-ed.com
• Vancouver Tap Dance Society www.vantapdance.bc.ca
• Vancouver Youth Theatre www.vyt.ca/
• Vanleena Dance Academy www.vanleena.com
• Venus Egyptian Belly Dance www.venusbellydance.com
• Warren Performing Arts www.warrenperformingarts.com
• White Rock Summer School of the Arts www.artsociety.ca
• William Davis Centre for Actors Study www.williamdaviscentre.com

British Columbia

• Academy of Ballet (Victoria) - 250-385-2622
• Actoberfest - weekend workshop for high school age theatre enthusiasts (Cowichan Lake) www.theatrebc.org/SIZ/ActFest.htm
• BC School of Art Therapy (Victoria) www.bcsat.com
• Big Dance (Victoria) www.bigdance.org
• British Columbia Bluegrass & Swing Workshops (Sorrento) www.musicworkshops.ca
• Broadstreet Dance (tap) (Victoria) www.broadstreetdance.com
• Camosun College (Victoria) www.camosun.bc.ca
• Canadian College of Performing Arts (Victoria) www.ccpacanada.com
• College of New Caledonia (Prince George) www.cnc.bc.ca
• College of the Rockies www.cotr.bc.ca
• Courtenary School of Dance - 250-334-4662
• Cowichan Valley Music Teachers Association www.cowichanmusicteachers.com
• Creator's Arts Centre (Kelowna) www.creatorsarts.com
• Crimson Coast Dance Society (Nanaimo) www.crimsoncoastdance.org
• Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/
• Dance Unlimited (Victoria) www.danceunlimited.ca
• Eagle Arts Academy (Shawnigan Lake) www.eaglearts.ca
• En'owkin Centre (Penticton) www.enowkincentre.ca
• Gibsons School of the Arts www.gibsonsartschool.net
• Grant MacEwan College (Alberta) www.gmcc.ab.ca
• Gulf Islands Film & Television School www.giftsfilms.com
• Hollyhock Educational Retreat Centre www.hollyhock.ca
• Island Mountain Arts (Wells) www.imarts.com
• Kaleidoscope Theatre (Victoria) www.kaleidoscope.bc.ca
• Kelowna Actors Studio www.kelownaactorsstudio.com
• Kootenay School of the Arts (Nelson) www.ksac.bc.ca
• Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (Nelson) http://kati.kics.bc.ca
• Linda Raino Dance (Victoria) www.lyndaraino.com
• MacKenzie School of Dance (Victoria) - 250-723-9525
• Malaspina University College (Nanaimo) www.mala.ca
• McKay School of Dance (Trail) www.trail-arts.com/mckay-dance.shtml
• Nelson's Summer of Learning www.nelsonlearning.ca
• North Island College www.nic.bc.ca
• Northern Lights College (Dawson Creek) www.nlc.bc.ca
• Northwest Community College (Terrace) www.nwcc.bc.ca
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com
• Okanagan University College (Kelowna) www.ouc.bc.ca
• Selkirk College (Castlegar) www.selkirk.bc.ca
• Stage West School of Performing Arts (Port Alberni) www.stagewestschool.com
• Tara School of Irish Dancing (Kamloops) - 250-374-5045
• The Old School House Arts Centre (Qualicum Beach) www.theoldschoolhouse.org
• University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George) www.unbc.ca
• University of Victoria www.uvic.ca
• Vancouver Island School of Art (Victoria) www.vancouverislandschoolart.com
• Victoria College of Art (VCA) www.vca.ca
• Victoria Conservatory of Music www.vcm.bc.ca
• Victoria School of Irish Dance www.victoriairishdancers.com
• Victoria School of Writing www.victoriaschoolofwriting.org
• Watt School of Irish Dance (Fort St. John) - 250-787-0989
• Whistler Dance Academy www.whistlerdance.com
• Yamaha Music Education www.yamaha.ca/musiceducation/index.jsp

Canada

• Humber College (Toronto) http://creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/
• Paramita Academy of Makeup (Toronto) www.paramita.ca
  

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

British Columbia

• Arts in Education Council of BC
• Association of BC Drama Educators (ABCDE) www.bctf.bc.ca/PSAs/ABCDE/
• Association for Co-operative Education in BC & the Yukon (ACE) www.co-op.bc.ca
• BC Art Teachers' Association (BCATA) www.bctf.ca/PSAs/BCATA/home.html
• BC Dance Educators Association - 604-871-1848
• BC Media Eductors (BCME) www.bcstudentfilm.com
• BC Music Educators Association (BCMEA) www.bctf.ca/PSAs/BCMEA/
• BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF) www.bctf.ca/PSAs/
• BC Teachers' Federation Provincial Specialist Associations (BCTF PSA) www.bctf.ca/PSAs/
• BC Teacher-Librarians' Association (BCTLA) www.bctf.bc.ca/psas/BCTLA/
• Coalition for Music Education www.coalitionformusiced.ca
• University Arts Co-ops www.mycoop.ca

Canada

• Canadian Association of Arts Administration Educators (CAAAE) www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ccm/caaae
• Canadian Association of Cultural Studies www.culturalstudies.ca
• Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans (CAFAD) www.cafad.com
• Canadian Association of Media Education Organizations (CAME) http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/CAMEO/
• Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) www.caut.ca
• Canadian College of Teachers (CCT) www.cct-cce.com
• Canadian Dance Teachers' Association (CDTA) www.cdta.net
• Canadian Library Association (CLA) www.cla.ca
• Canadian Society for Education Through Art www.csea-scea.ca
• Canadian Teachers Federation www.ctf-fce.ca
• Coalition for the Arts and Education (CAE) www.artsed.ca
• Council of Drama & Dance in Education www.code.on.ca
• Council of Ministers of Education, Canada www.cmec.ca
• ICA Canada - Canadian Institute of Cultural Affairs (for facilitators) www.icacan.ca
• Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities (MASC) www.masconline.ca
• Music for Young Children (MYC) www.myc.com
• National Screen Institute www.nsi-canada.ca
• National Symposium on Arts Education www.artsed.ca
• National Training Program in the Film and Video Sector www.telefilm.gc.ca
• The National Professional Music Teachers Association (NPMTA) www.angelfire.com/bc/npmta/

International

• Arts Education Partnership (Washtington, DC) http://aep-arts.org
• Association of Teaching Artists (ATA) (New York) http://teachingartists.com
• Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation (CHNTO) www.chnto.co.uk
• Educational Theatre Association (EDTA) www.edta.org
• European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) www.elia.ahk.nl
• European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres www.encatc.org
• International Association for Jazz Education www.iaje.org
• International Council for Canadian Studies www.iccs-ciec.ca
• International Network of Cultural Administrative Training Centres (ENCATC) www.encatc.org
• International Society for Education Through Art www.insea.org
• International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators www.istte.org
• Leiden University, School of Management www.lusm.leidenuniv.nl
• National Art Education Association (NAEA) (USA) www.naea-reston.org
• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (USA) www.nceca.net
• National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts (USA) www.creativecommunitiesonline.org
• Pacic Northwest Library Association (PNLA) (USA) www.pnla.org
• Society for Cinema Studies (USA) www.cmstudies.org
• Special Libraries Association (SLA) (USA) www.sla.org
• TeachingArts.org (California, USA) www.TeachingArts.org

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Greater Vancouver

• Online Instructor Database, Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/webapplications/IACTPRO/InstructorProposal.cfm
• Teacher Librarian Magazine www.teacherlibrarian.com

British Columbia

• BC Field Trips www.bcfieldtrips.ca
• Education Planner www.educationplanner.bc.ca
• Opening Doors - your guide to post-secondary education in BC www.openingdoorsbc.com

Canada

• Archive of Canadian Public Culture http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/comm/artefact/Public%20Culture%20Site/Home.htm
• CanLearn Interactive: post-secondary education in Canada www.canlearn.ca
• Music Education Online www.musiceducationonline.org
• National Symposium on Arts Education www.artsed.ca

International

• arts-accredit.org (USA) www.arts-accredit.org
• ArtsEdge - National Arts and Education Network (USA) www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
• European Guide to Higher arts education www.artschools-europe.org/index.html
• International Network of Peforming and Visual Arts Schools www.artsschoolsnetwork.org
• National Assocation of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) (USA) http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) (USA) http://nasd.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) (USA) http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) (USA) http://nast.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• National Information Centre for Educational Media (NICEM) (USA) www.nicem.com
• National Society for Education in Art & Design - art and design education online network (UK) www.nsead.org

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

British Columbia

• ArtStarts in Schools - Schools in Community Grant www.artstarts.com/funding/sic.html
• Centre for Sustainability (ArtsPOD) www.centreforsustainability.ca

Canada

• Department of Canadian Heritage - National Arts Training Contribution Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#natcp
• Department of Canadian Heritage - National Training Program in the Film and Video Sector www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#ntfvs

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

• Canadian College of Teachers Awards www.cct-cce.com/awards.htm

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, etc.

• Dana Press - Arts Education in the News www.dana.org/books/press/artsnews/
• DanceTeacher: The Magazine for Dance Professionals www.dance-teacher.com
• Planning an Arts-Centered School: A Handbook www.dana.org/books/press/artshandbook
• Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies www.yorku.ca/topia/

Last Updated: Monday, April 14, 2008