New Additions to Vancouver's Arts and Culture Policy Council
/Six individuals from Vancouver's cultural community are the latest additions to the city's Arts and Culture Policy Council.
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A New Societies Act For British Columbia
/Bill 24, the updated Societies Act, was introduced in the legislature on March 25. The revised Act proposes improved flexibility and accountability for non-profit organizations in British Columbia.
Read MoreOpen House on Housing Proposal for Low Income Artists
/Applicants are putting together a proposal to develop the first "low income" artist housing project in Vancouver in decades. This new building venture would allow artists space to live and work, while remaining part of a vibrant and growing neighbourhood.
Read MoreNew Vancouver Cultural Hub Opens Its Doors
/Four Vancouver arts organizations have opened a new cultural space called The Post at 750. Located at 750 Hamilton Street, it's a downtown home for an exciting new cooperative arts organization and a vibrant and much-needed creation space for the arts community at large.
Read MoreDance Champion Grant Strate Dies At 87
/Canadian dance pioneer Grant Strate died on February 9 following a brief battle with cancer.
Read MoreVancouver Park Board Names Artists for 2015 Fieldhouse Studio Program
/More than 30 Vancouver artists, musicians, and performers have been selected for multi-year residencies in nine former park caretaker cottages throughout the city.
Read MoreTentative Agreement Reached Between Canadian Artists and National Gallery
/For over a decade, the organizations that represent visual artists in our country have been trying to negotiate binding standards for the fair payment of artists at the National Gallery of Canada, and it looks as though that fight has finally come to an end.
Read MoreFederal Government Takes Action to Reduce Credit Card Fees Paid by Charities
/In their latest pre-budget submission to the Select Standing Committee on Finance, Imagine Canada recommended that the federal government take action to reduce fees paid by registered charities when they accept donations or payments for goods and services paid by credit card. These fees add to charities' administrative costs and divert significant dollars away from the cause.
Read MoreBallet BC's Emily Molnar Appointed Artistic Director of Dance at Banff Centre
/Ballet BC's artistic director Emily Molnar has been named sessional artistic director of Dance at The Banff Centre.
The newly created position is designed to guide and inform all Banff Centre dance initiatives throughout the year in collaboration with the dance community, including programs, partnerships, commissions, residencies, workshops, and other forms of professional development.
Read MoreRemembering Bruce Ward
/Bruce Ward was a friend and mentor to many in Vancouver’s theatre, film and television industries for over 25 years. He was a pioneer and one of the city’s first agents when Vancouver was in its fledging days of becoming “Hollywood North”, and he was an early advocate for the expanding theatre scene in the 1980’s and 90’s.
Sadly, Bruce passed away early last month after a valiant battle with pulmonary fibrosis.
You're invited to attend a celebration of Bruce’s life on:
Read MoreWhite Rock Concerts Appoints New Associate Artistic Directors
/Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, internationally renowned duo-pianists and currently co-artistic directors of the Rose Gellert Hall Concert series at the Langley Community Music School, have been named associate directors of White Rock Concerts.
Read MoreAnvil Centre Theatre Information Session
/New Westminster's new Anvil Centre Theatre is now open, and you're invited to check out the space and learn more at an upcoming Theatre Information Session.
Read MoreCulture Days Viewpoint: Enthusiasm. Empowerment. Education. Engagement.
/With Culture Days in BC wrapped up for another year, participant and community organizer Julia Trops gives her perspective on this year's successful collaboration between artists and local businesses in the District of West Kelowna and Westbank First Nation.
Read the full story on the Culture Days blog here.
Read MoreVancouver Art Gallery Launches Institute of Asian Art
/The Vancouver Art Gallery has launched a new initiative committed to advancing scholarship and public appreciation of Asian art. The Institute of Asian Art will expand and further develop the Gallery’s exhibitions, public programs, and permanent collections dedicated to the visual arts of Asia, with particular focus on China, India, Japan and Korea.
Read MoreStaffing News from the GVPTA
/A new core team are onboard at the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA), with Dawn Brennan as director, Rohit Chokhani as producer, and Mallory Gallant in communications.
From the GVPTA announcement:
Read MoreArts Club Theatre Appoints New Executive Director
/Following a five-month, nation-wide search, the Arts Club Theatre Company has appointed Peter Cathie White as its new executive director.
Read MoreCity Council Approves New Tenants for Woodward's Cultural Space
/Last week Vancouver City Council unanimously approved four not-for-profit arts organizations as tenants in the city-owned cultural amenity space in the Woodward's heritage building.
Read MoreBC Culture Days Photo Contest Winners Announced
/Surrey resident Jina Kim has been awarded first prize in this year’s province-wide “Culture Shapes Our Community” photo contest.
Read MoreA Literary Arts Centre For Vancouver?
/A group of publishers, festival organizers and other interested parties are working on creating a public space to showcase Vancouver's extraordinary practitioners in the written and spoken word arts.
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