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WORKSHOPS: Communications by Design
/COMMUNICATIONS BY DESIGN
Facilitator: John McLachlan
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Venue: The Alliance for Arts and Culture / 100 - 938 Howe Street
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This workshop has been designed with the artist, arts presenter or small arts organization in mind.
Read MoreNEWS: David Diamond Joins Vice-Regal Tour
/Headlines Theatre's David Diamond is on his way to Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Cape Verde with Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean and eight other Canadian delegates.
Read MoreNEWS: Joyce Rosario to Head New Works
/New Performance Works Society (New Works) has announced the appointment of Joyce Rosario as the organization's Executive Director, effective May 17, 2010.
Read MoreNEWS: Spring Grants Available for Port Coquitlam Arts Groups
/Community Cultural Development Investment Program
Read MoreSURVEY: Legal Needs Questionnaire for visual and media artists
/CARFAC is conducting a survey to examine the legal needs of Canadian visual and media artists. Your responses will help us design services that best meet artists' needs and interests. We encourage you to complete the survey, and to forward it to other professional artists: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/62NV6YY
Read MoreNEWS: Stan Persky To Receive L.G.'s Literary Award
/The West Coast Book Prize Society is proud to recognize Stan Persky as the recipient of the 7th annual Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.
Read MoreNEWS: Simon Robinson Appointed Executive Director at Maritime Museum
/Craig Beattie, MD, president of the board of trustees of the Vancouver Maritime Museum announced the appointment of Simon Robinson as executive director, effective April 6, 2010.
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/Alliance for Arts and Culture
Read MoreVIEWPOINTS: Roy Arden In Support of A New Art Gallery
/The following is a letter that artist Roy Arden originally submitted to the Vancouver Sun. They declined to publish it without revisions that Roy felt changed the tone and intent of the letter, and Roy has chosen to circulate it directly to a variety of blogs and other outlets:
Read MoreDISCUSSION: Society Act Review and New Models
/Please join in the discussion (see link below).
Read MoreNEWS: BC Book Awards Short List Announced
/BC Book Prizes 2010 Shortlists Announced
DISCUSSION: What is a society?
/This is a piece by Martha Rans from the Artists' Legal Outreach. Please follow the link below and join in the discussion. This issue is flying under the radar for a lot of arts organizations, but many of those facing cuts will have to look at their bylaws to deal with potential cuts in administration. With the Society Act session coming up next week, you have an opportunity to talk about how to do this and share resources. Martha is flagging a very important issue for the arts community here and invites your input.
Read MoreNEWS: SHAPE Gets A New Name & New Look
/After 12 years of leadership in health and safety educational programs for BC’s performing arts and motion picture communities, SHAPE (Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment) is getting a new look and new name.
“Our community looks for clarity and directness when they have health and safety concerns,” says general manager
Dawn Brennan. “The name Actsafe has that clarity.”
NEWS: BC Government Shuts Arts Out Of Gaming Funding
/In a media release issued this morning (Monday, March 08 .10) by the ministry responsible for BC Gaming, the Government of British Columbia has announced measures to deny most non-youth oriented cultural programs and organizations any form of gaming funding for the foreseeable future.
Read MoreNEWS: Two Cultural Workers Surveys
/They want to know. They really want to know! Two surveys are currently underway to gather information on cultural workers.
Read MoreDISCUSSION: Identifying Issues for Society Act Reform
/In August 2009 the arts sector was faced with a significant cut to Gaming grants.
As I write this it appears that those funds have not been restored in the new budget. Gaming monies have been used by many arts organizations to fund the vital administrative work that is necessary to keep them going. When the only paid staff person in a small artist run gallery has to handle all the day to day issues, negotiate the lease, do the bookkeeping, as well as the programming, it is little wonder that some things fall by the wayside.
Read MoreArts Sector Key to Canada’s Economic and Social Prosperity
/Ottawa, Thursday, March 4th, 2010 – The Canadian Arts Coalition is pleased to see that arts and culture investment has been sustained in Budget 2010 and that the Government will continue to deliver on stimulus measures for the cultural sector identified in the Economic Action Plan.
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