While candidates across the province were elected to office on October 20, Vernon saw another development: the passing of a referendum to borrow $25 million for a new cultural facility in downtown Vernon.
Read MoreAllison Andrachuk, recently of Tides Canada and the Contemporary Art Gallery, steps up to fill the positions.
Read MorePrime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not sign a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement that doesn't protect Canada's cultural sectors.
Read MoreThe BC Alliance offers its sincere condolences on the passing of Ken Pickering, the co-founder and artistic director emeritus of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, who died of throat cancer on August 10.
Read MoreThe Cultural Human Resources Council has announced that it will receive financial support from Employment and Skills Development Canada to undertake a second Labour Market Information Study of the Cultural Labour Force, updating the one it spearheaded in 2010.
Read MoreThe Cultural Human Resources Council recently offered an update on its Respectful Workplaces in the Arts initiative, which seeks to address and prevent harassment in the performing, visual and literary arts.
Read MoreThe City of Vancouver has approved the redevelopment plans for the Plaza of Nations, which includes a large music presentation centre in a high-visibility area of the development.
Read MoreThe Honourable Mélanie Joly, who served in the role from 2015-2018, has been newly appointed as Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie.
Read MoreThe Granville Island Theatre District, helmed by Boca del Lupo and Carousel Theatre for Young People alongside CMHC-Granville Island, will steward performing arts programming at Performance Works, Festival House and the Waterfront Theatre.
Read MoreScotland has introduced a new cultural strategy that holds culture as essential to Scotland's social and economic prosperity, and emphasizes the creative potential of every individual.
Read MoreUnpublished children’s books left in limbo by the 2016 fire at Sono Nis Press, one of Canada’s oldest small publishing companies, have been acquired by Crwth Press.
Read MoreThe City has also approved four recommendations to support a wide variety of small to large-scale outdoor events.
Read MoreOn July 4, the BC Arts Council launched “New Foundations: Strategic Plan for the British Columbia Arts Council 2018-2022,” which includes objectives around increasing and expanding investment in regional and Indigenous arts.
Read MoreThe BC Alliance takes a moment to recognize the life and work of Perry Giguere (1950-2018), better known as Perry the Poster Man, an invaluable community member and a dear friend.
Read MoreThe board of governors of Emily Carr University of Art + Design has named Dr. Gillian Siddall as the University’s next president and vice-chancellor.
Read MoreOn June 5, Vancouver City Council approved four major cultural grant programs that support creative communities, awarding $1.6 million in funding to 134 recipients.
Read MoreThe Northern Indigenous Artists’ Collective aims to become first non-governmental Indigenous arts council in British Columbia.
Read MoreThe Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts have pledged over half a million dollars to the Cultural Human Resources Council to build better workplaces in the arts sector.
Read MoreAs Richmond’s Gateway Theatre announces the departure of artistic director Jovanni Sy in February of next year, Alexandra Montgomery steps down in June as director and CEO of the Vancouver-based Bill Reid Gallery.
Read MoreFindings show there have been only minimal compensation improvements, particularly for the small and mid-sized organizations which make up the majority of the arts organizations in the sector, while since 2008, real wages actually decreased.
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