The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing is Unveiled in Vancouver

Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing is Unveiled in Vancouver

The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is unveiling four Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing projects this month. The first two to be presented are Coming Home To by Robin Roberts and Eagle Woman by Shain Niniwem Selapem Jackson.

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Performing Arts Legal Clinic is now open!

PALC is an in-depth web resource with questions and answers on a variety of legal and contractual issues faced by performing artists. Resources and limited legal advice will be provided.

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Arts BC Workshop:  Building Connections & Communities Through Social Media

This workshop focuses on relationship building through the power of sharing information, collaboration and authentic storytelling.

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Last chance to register for Speaker Series: Strategies for re-engaging and reconnecting in the arts

Last chance to register for Speaker Series: Strategies for re-engaging and reconnecting in the arts

Join the Business/Arts Speaker Series, as they turn their attention to those who remain reluctant to return to the arts, and consider meaningful strategies for engaging these audiences.

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Granting programs available in BC for projects at the intersection of arts and technology

The deadline is approaching for the Interactive Fund, one of the only granting programs available in BC for projects at the intersection of arts and technology.

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Cultivating Student Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Museums, Arts, and Culture: A Webinar

Cultivating Student Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Museums, Arts, and Culture: A Webinar

Talent MATCH hosts Jules André-Brown (Leadership Consultant and appointed member of the BC Arts Council for a discussion about student leadership and entrepreneurship in the museums, arts, and culture sectors.

This free webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 25th at 3:00pm (Pacific). Participants can register here.

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Canada Council Launches Digital Generator and Digital Greenhouse

Canada Council Launches Digital Generator and Digital Greenhouse

The Canada Council has announced two new programs: Digital Generator, to help arts groups, collectives, and organizations to build digital capacity, and transform their business models and operations; and Digital Greenhouse, to help artists, arts groups and arts organizations develop projects that make use of digital technology to address sectoral and digital challenges.

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GVPTA Announces Digital Connections Program

GVPTA Announces Digital Connections Program

GVPTA has announced a new program to provide training to underrepresented theatre artists (specifically, Indigenous, racialized, d/Deaf and disability communities) on effective communication and promotion of their digital or hybrid projects through online platforms. The deadline to apply is September 9.

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CAPACOA Releases Report on Data Governance in Performing Arts

CAPACOA has issued its new report, a culmination of exploratory activities to develop a governance framework for open and shared data in the performing arts sector.

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Introducing Our FREE Digital Ladders "Ask Me Anything" Sessions!

Introducing Our FREE Digital Ladders "Ask Me Anything" Sessions!

Got a burning question you want to ask a digital expert? This is the opportunity for you. Every week, one of our digital faculty members will host an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) — a chance for you to put your queries directly to them, free for charge.

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Discoverability for Creative Content

Discoverability for Creative Content

On November 25, the BC Alliance hosted a workshop on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for artists and arts organizations, with a focus on reaching artists and audiences with disabilities. Presenter Barb Taylor has shared an in-depth guide on SEO, accessibility best practices, and other rapidly growing technologies like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Applications Are Open for Digital Ladders Prototype Labs

Applications are open until August 20 for Digital Ladders Prototype Labs — free, four-day programs where you work with digital experts to hone your unique project idea.

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CAPACOA and CQT Offer Wikidata Workshops for Performing Arts

CAPACOA and CQT Offer Wikidata Workshops for Performing Arts

To help build “A Linked Digital Future for the Performing Arts”, CAPACOA and the Conseil Québécois du Théâtre invite you to participate in a joint effort to link up the performing arts to Wikidata, an open and collaborative international knowledge base.

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CBC Launches New Arts Initiative and $1 Million Fund with Canada Council

CBC Launches New Arts Initiative and $1 Million Fund with Canada Council

On April 21, CBC launched Art Uncontained, a new initiative connecting Canadian artists and art lovers, as well as a new artist fund in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Hill Strategies Research Offers Statistical Insights and Digital Reports

Hill Strategies Research Offers Statistical Insights and Digital Reports

This November, Hill Strategies Research released a suite of research on the relationship between digital technologies and the arts, and on artists and cultural workers in Canada’s territories and provinces.

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CAPACOA and BC Alliance Host Linked Digital Future Workshop in Vancouver

CAPACOA and BC Alliance Host Linked Digital Future Workshop in Vancouver

As part of the Linked Digital Future initiative, CAPACOA will host three workshops on Preparing for the Digital Shift to build collective digital capacity for the performing arts. The Vancouver workshop takes place on Monday, November 18.

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Canada Council Digital Strategy Fund to Host Facebook Live Event

Canada Council Digital Strategy Fund to Host Facebook Live Event

To help answer last-minute questions on the Digital Strategy Fund, the Canada Council is hosting a Facebook Live event on September 4.

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CAPACOA Launches New Report on Digital Future for Performing Arts

CAPACOA Launches New Report on Digital Future for Performing Arts

On August 21, CAPACOA presented its new report, "A Linked Digital Future for the Performing Arts: Leveraging Synergies along the Value Chain."

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Canada Council and CBC Launch Digital Content Incubator

Canada Council and CBC Launch Digital Content Incubator

The Canada Council for the Arts and CBC/Radio-Canada have announced plans to launch a new $1 million catalyst tool to amplify digital creation in Canada. Full guidelines and details will be revealed in late June.

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Arts BC Shares DigistARTS Survey Findings

Arts BC Shares DigistARTS Survey Findings

Arts BC recently collected survey data to assess the digital literacy of artists and arts organizations from across the province. Click through for highlights and a link to the full report.

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