Links - Multicultural

PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Aché Brasil www.achebrasil.com
• Appleton Galleries (Inuit & First Nations art) www.appletongalleries.com
• Austrian Vancouver Club - 604-273-4725
• Axé Capoeira (Brazilian dance) www.axecapoeira.com
• Bill Reid Foundation (native art) www.billreidfoundation.org
• Blue Raven Company (Native art) www.blueravenco.com
• Britannia English Clog - 604-590-2945
• Burnaby International Folk Dancers - 604-522-2031
• Burnaby Scottish Country Dancers - 604-433-6081
• Caravan World Rhythms www.caravanworld.homestead.com
• Centre A - Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art www.centrea.org
• Channel M - Multivision Television www.channelm.ca
• Chinese Cultural Centre www.cccvan.com
• Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Gallery www.coastalpeoples.com
• Coghlan Art (Pacific Northwest Coast native art) www.coghlanart.com
• Cuban Dance Entertainment www.cubandancentertainment.com
• Douglas Reynolds Gallery (northwest coast native art) www.douglasreynoldsgallery.com
• Eagle Spirit Gallery (Northwest coast native art) www.eaglespiritgallery.com
• Full Circle: First Nations Performance www.fullcircle.ca
• Gleneagles Scottish Country Dance Club - 604-929-4173
• Hill's Native Art www.hillsnativeart.com
• Images for Canada Heritage (aboriginal) www.imagesforcanada.com
• IMAGeNation Indigenous Media Arts Group www.imag-nation.com
• Inuit Gallery www.inuit.com
• Jacana Asian Antiques and Contemporary Art www.jacanagallery.com
• Japanese Canadian National Museum www.jcnm.ca
• Jewish Community Centre www.jccgv.com
• Jewish Community Centre's Shalom Dancers www.jccgv.com
• Khot-La-Cha Art Gallery & Gift Shop (westcoast native & Inuit) www.khot-la-cha.com
• Klee Wyck Carvers (native) - 604-926-4786
• Langham Japanese Canadian Museum www.kin.bc.ca/langham/Japanes.HTM
• Lattimer Gallery (northwest coast native art) www.lattimergallery.com
• Lonsdale Quay Native Arts - 604-990-9078
• Manadala Arts and Culture Society (classical East Indian dance) www.vcn.bc.ca/macs/
• Manding Jata Music and Dance Theatre (West African) www.manding.net
• Marion Scott Gallery (Inuit) www.marionscottgallery.com
• Masabo Culture Company (West African) www.masabo.com
• Nikkei Place - National Nikkei Heritage Centre (Japanese) www.nikkeiplace.org
• O'shihan Cultural Organization (Persian) www.oshihan.org
• Paul Latta Polynesian Dancers and Co www.paullatta.com
• Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture www.peretz-centre.org
• Philhellenic Folkdancers of Vancouver (Greek)- 604-926-5992
• Portuguese Benevolent Society www.portuguesebenevolentsociety.com
• Scandanavian Community Centre www.scandinaviancentre.org
• Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community Centre www.jccgv.com/home/cultural_art.htm
• Sincere Lam Guzheng Ensemble (Chinese zither) - 604-984-4221
• Sopilka Ukrainian Dancers - 604-888-4739
• Spirit Gallery (first nations art) www.spirit-gallery.com
• Spirit Wrestler Gallery (Inuit & northwest coast) www.spiritwrestler.com
• Spirits of the North Gallery (contemporary northwest coast native art) www.spiritsofthenorth.com
• Stave Falls Scottish Dancers - 604-462-9935
• Surrey International Folk Dancing Society http://members.shaw.ca/dale_adamson/surrey_folk_dancing/
• Sybaritic String Band Contra Dance - 604-734-8170
• Tamburaski Orkestar Kardinal Stepinac (Croatian) www.toks.ca
• Tiddley Cove Morris and Sword - 604-926-0875
• Urban Ink Productions (First Nations) www.urbanink.ca
• Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) www.vact.ca
• Vancouver Hungarian Csardas Dance Group - 604-521-4896
• Vancouver International Folk Dancers www.vcn.bc.ca/vifd/
• Vancouver Irish Ceili Society http://vcn.bc.ca/ceili/
• Vancouver Israeli Folkdance Society - 604-709-9027
• Vancouver Morris Men www.vancouvermorrismen.org
• Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir http://members.shaw.ca/vwmc
• Yablochko Russian Community Centre Dancers - 604-448-9965
• Yasse Afro Arts www.yasse-afro-arts.com

British Columbia

• Alcheringa Gallery - contemporary Pacific Tribal Art (Victoria) www.alcheringa-gallery.com
• Black Tusk Gallery - northwest coast native art (Whistler) www.blacktusk.ca
• Gildas Box of Treasures Theatre (Campbell River) (native) www.gildastheatre.com
• Island Thyme Morris Dancers (Victoria) www.islandnet.com/~jcarver/is_thyme.html
• Judy Hill Gallery (Northwest Coast native art) (Duncan) http://judyhillgallery.com
• Museum of Northern BC (Prince Rupert) www.museumofnorthernbc.com
• Nelson Scottish Country Dancers http://nscd.kics.bc.ca
• Nk'Mip Desert & Heritage Centre (Osoyoos) www.nkmipdesert.com
• Petroglyph Gallery (Northwest Coast native art) (Bella Coola) www.petroglyphgallery.ca
• Raven Gallery (Haida art) (Masset) www.northernwoodarts.com/raven_gallery/
• Saanich International Folk Dancers - 604-477-0117
• Sadok Ukranian Dance Ensemble (Vernon) www.geocities.com/sadok_1999/?200516
• Saanich International Folk Dancers - 604-477-0117
• Sidney Israeli Dancers - 250-656-3376
• Siska Art Gallery (Lytton) (Native Art) - 250-455-0072
• Turtle Island Gallery (Kelowna) (First Nations) www.turtleislandgallery.com
• U'Mista Cultural Centre and Museum (Alert Bay) www.umista.org
• Veselka Ukranian Dance Association (Victoria) www.veselkadancers.com
• Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Cente (Mission) (First Nations) www.xaytem.ca

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Alcan Dragon Boat Festival www.adbf.com
• Anime Evolution - a celebration of Asian entertainment www.animeevolution.com
• BC Highland Games (Scottish) www.bchighlandgames.com
• BC Ukranian Cultural Festival www.vcn.bc.ca/bcucf/
• Caribbean Days Festival www.caribbeandaysfestival.com
• Celtic Fest Vancouver www.celticfestvancouver.com
• Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival www.jccgv.com/home/cult_litevents.htm
• Chinatown Festival http://vancouverchinatown.ca
• Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts www.chutzpahfestival.com
• Festival d'Été (Francophone Summer Festival) http://www.ccfv.bc.ca/e/e_festival.htm
• IMAGeNation Aboriginal Film and Video Festival www.imag-nation.com/02_festival.html
• Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Chinese harvest) www.vancouverchinesegarden.com
• Powell Street Festival (Japanese-Canadian) www.shinnova.com/powellstfestival
• Sawan Mela Festival (South Asian) www.safa.ca
• Scandanavian Midsummer Festival www.scandinaviancentre.org
• Taiwanese Cultural Festival "Temple Fair" www.tccs.ca
• Talking Stick Festival - A Celebration of Aboriginal Performance and Art http://www.fullcircle.ca/tstick/tstick.html
• Vancouver Asian Film Festival www.vaff.org
• Vancouver Asian Heritage Month www.ahm.bc.ca
• Vancouver Francophone Coup de Coeur Festival www.ccfv.bc.ca/e/e_coupcoeur.htm (English)
• Vancouver Jewish Film Festival www.vjff.org

British Columbia

• Asian Hertiage Month Festival www.ahm.bc.ca
• Penticton Highland Games (Scottish) www.pentictonhighlandgames.com
• Penticton Mulitcultural Festival - 250-493-4713
• Squamish Caribbean Summer Jam Festival - 604-892-9244
• Touch the Earth Arts Festival (Indigenous people) www.geocities.com/iaso_2/10.html
• Victoria Dragon Boat Festival www.victoriadragonboat.com
• Victoria Highland Games www.victoriahighlandgames.com
• Weetama - Whistler's Celebration of Aboriginal Culture www.mywhistler.com/to_do/events/weetama2.asp

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Alliance Francaise de Vancouver http://alliancefrancaise.ca
• Asian-Canadian Writers Workshop (ACWW) http://members.shaw.ca/asiancanadianwritersworkshop
• BC Romanian Community Centre http://romanians.bc.ca
• Celtic Heritage Society of Canada www.celticheritage.org
• Centre culturel francophone de vancouver www.lecentreculturel.com
• Chinese-Canadian Artists Federation - 604-266-2826
• Conseil culturel francophone C-B www.ccafcb.com
• Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizen's Association www3.bc.sympatico.ca/jcca/
• MOSAIC - integrating refugees and immigrants www.mosaicbc.com
• Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS) www.pirs.bc.ca
• Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society (Vancouver branch) www.tccs.ca
• Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Society of BC www.ttcsbc.com
• Vancouver Multicultural Society www.urbancultures.ca

British Columbia

• Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC www.amssa.org
• BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) www.bcaafc.com
• Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique www.ccafcb.com
• First People's Cultural Foundation www.fpcf.ca
• Immigrant Services Society of BC www.issbc.org
• Quw'utsun' Cultural and Convention Centre (Duncan) (first nations) http://quwutsun.ca
• Society of Translators and Interpreters of BC www.stibc.org
• U'Mista Cultural Society (Alert Bay) www.umista.org

Canada

• Aboriginal Business Canada http://abc-eac.ic.gc.ca
• Aboriginal Film and Video Alliance www.banffcentre.ca/Aboriginal_Arts/
• Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC www.atbc.bc.ca
• Aboriginal Tourism Team Canada (ATTC) www.attc.ca
• Association for Native Development in the Arts www.andpva.com
• Black Music Association of Canada (BMAC) - 416-463-8880
• Canadian Artists Network: Black Artists - 416-369-9040
• Canadian Multicultural Festival Society www.vcn.bc.ca/cmfs/
• Canadian Society for Asian Arts www.cic.sfu.ca/csaa/
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) www.cic.gc.ca
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada www.ainc-inac.gc.ca
• Inuit Art Foundation www.inuitart.org
• Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) www.inuitbroadcasting.ca
• Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities (MASC) www.masconline.ca
• National Aboriginal Business Association (NABA) www.nabacanada.com
• Native Women in the Arts www.nativewomeninthearts.com
• Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon (NNBY) www.nnby.net

International

• American Indian Film Institute (USA) www.aifisf.com
• Black Arts Alliance (UK) www.blackartists.org.uk
• Bureau Export de la Musique Française (French Music Export Office) www.french-music.org
• International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD) www.incd.net
• Native American Producers Alliance (NAPA) http://members.aol.com/napa4go/napa4.html
• Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) www.nativetelecom.org
• National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) (USA) www.nalac.org

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

British Columbia

• Blue Raven Co. (native art) www.blueravenco.com
• NorthernWood Arts (Native Indian) www.northernwoodarts.com

Canada

• Asian Canadian www.asian.ca

International

• Black Film Centre/Archive: Film Related Internet Resources www.indiana.edu/~bfca/websites.html

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• Jai Govinda Dance Academy (Indian) www.vcn.bc.ca/macs/
• Latin Music School www.latinmusicschool.com
• Venus Egyptian Belly Dance www.venusbellydance.com

British Colubmia

• En'owkin Centre (indigenous post-secondary) (Penticton) www.enowkincentre.ca

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Museum of Anthropology (MOA) www.moa.ubc.ca

British Columbia

• The CRS Trading Post (Britiannia Beach) www.thecrstradingpost.com

Canada

• Department of Canadian Heritage - Aboriginal Friendship Centre Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/01_e.htm#afcp
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Multiculturalism Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/05_e.htm#mp
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Northern Native Broadcast Access Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/01_e.htm#nnbap
• Canada Council for the Arts - Aboriginal Arts www.canadacouncil.ca/aboriginal/
• Francommunautés virtuelles - Industry Canada (French language content on the Internet) http://francommunautes.ic.gc.ca/index_e.asp

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

Canada

• Canada-Japan Literary Awards - Canada Council www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/canada_japan_literary/
• Canadian Jewish Book Awards www.kofflercentre.com/jewish_book_awards.shtml
• MyBindi Awards (South Asian) www.mybindi.com/AWARDS/INDEX.html

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, etc.

• Aboriginal Times www.aboriginaltimes.com
• Celtic Connection www.celtic-connection.com
• Mehfil Magazine - for today's Indo-Canadian www.mehfilmagazine.com
• Say Magazine - spirit of Aboriginal youth www.saymag.com
• The Afro News www.theafronews.com
• The Celtic Connection www.celtic-connection.com

Last Updated: Monday, July 09, 2007