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/The Alliance for Arts & Culture's Artists' Legal Outreach program and the Open Education Conference present:
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Read MoreThe latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
NEWS: Nominations Called For Mallory Gilbert Award
/The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) has announced a call for nominations for the 2010 Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 26, 2010.
Read MoreNEWS: Artists' Legal Outreach 2009 in Review
/Announcing the new Artists Legal Outreach website – we are excited to use this forum to talk about where art and law meet provide a forum for a conversation about copyright. Give the blog a name - suggestions welcome.
Read MoreNEWS: Tovey Renews With VSO
/The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has announced a five-year extension of Bramwell Tovey’s contract as Music Director.
Read MoreNEWS: CBC Offers Free Space
/CBC Vancouver, as part of its redevelopment process and with the support of the City of Vancouver’s Cultural Services, has created two community spaces for Vancouver based registered charities, societies and other non-profit organizations, with a cultural or artistic mandate.
Read MoreVIEWPOINT: It’s Showtime!
/by Amir Ali Alibhai,
Executive Director, Alliance for Arts and Culture
News: City of Vancouver announces Celebration Grants Program
/Celebration Grants Program
Celebration Grants are for community-based festivals, cultural celebrations and large-scale parades, in recognition of the entertainment they offer and their contribution to a sense of community among Vancouver residents of diverse cultures, ages, and interests.
Views: A Letter to the Premier from the Metro Vancouver Board
/December 30, 2009
The Honourable Gordon Campbell
Premier of British Columbia
PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E1
Dear Premier Campbell:
Re: Provincial Cutbacks to Cultural Services (original letter)
Read MoreNews: The Faces of BC Arts Cuts from the Wrecking Ball
/These photos were taken by The Social Utilities in response to the BC Arts Cuts.
The Social Utilities are: Caroline Liffman, Tanya Podlozniuk, Gina Readman, Aliya Griffin, Caroline Sniatynski and Adrienne Wong. The photos were taken on November 23 at the Wrecking Ball.
Take a look at the whole series in this slideshow.
Read MoreNEWS: OPEN LETTER TO HERITAGE VANCOUVER MEMBERS
/It is with much regret that I inform the members of Heritage Vancouver that the Pantages Theatre Arts Society has lost its three-year struggle to preserve and restore the 102-year old Pantages Theatre. We came within a whisker of success but were derailed by City staff recommending further study rather than a real decision.
Read MoreNews: Youth Internships in the Cultural Sector
/The cultural Human Resources council, through its Career Focus program, is seeking proposals from cultural institutions willing to offer dynamic opportunities in the areas of Art practice and Art administration to recent post-secondary graduates ages 30 and under.
If you have a 4 to 12 month position in mind, are able to provide at least 2/3 of the intern salary, and are looking for a positive addition to your team, send them your application!
Read MoreViews: Solstice Message
/It is that time of year again. My first year as ED of the Alliance has been wickedly quick. I began with a vision of expanding your Alliance, of growing our services and making our collective voice stronger. Some of this has happened. The arts and cultural sector has been united and singular in its lobbying of the provincial government to restore arts funding. We have developed a working relationship with the new Minister of Tourism Arts and Culture, and we have been collectively successful in engaging our audiences and communities to join us in our plea.
Read MoreNews: PuSh Festival Welcomes Interim Managing Director Kent Gallie
/PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Executive Director Norman Armour announced today that Kent Gallie will be taking the position of interim Managing Director for the 2011 PuSh Festival. "Kent Gallie is one of those individuals who form the cornerstone of any vibrant arts community. Resiliency, resourcefulness, determination—they are mantras for these current times. These words also capture the qualities that Kent will bring to the Interim Managing Director position.”
Read MoreNews: Music BC announces Make a Case Against Racism Project
/World Music artists take note!
Read MoreViews: Advocacy Update
/Dear artists and arts supporters,
Read MoreSend your ArtsCutsMemo as a reminder to Restore Arts Funding Now
/We are launching an inventive new campaign to send a clear reminder to the government to RESTORE ARTS FUNDING NOW. You can find some of the early submissions here on the ArtsCutsMemo flickr site. Please take a moment to create your own.
Here is the call-to-action:
Read MoreVisual artists file complaint against National Gallery for bargaining in bad faith
/Ottawa, Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 – Visual artists have revived a complaint against the National Gallery of Canada for bargaining in bad faith after mediation talks in November failed to resolve a bargaining impasse that has been outstanding for two years. The complaint will be handled by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal (CAPPRT) who can call a hearing to decide the issue.
