The Alliance for Arts & Culture's Artists' Legal Outreach program and the Open Education Conference present:

remix, vancouver

a creative copyright conversation CCC

Ottawa, Tuesday, June 8^th, 2010 – Visual artists are happy to see progress being made in the copyright bill tabled last week in parliament but have some concerns that the proposal to expand fair dealing to educational use in Bill C32 could be costly for visual artists. Bill C32 has also missed the opportunity to create a Resale Right as has been done in 56 other countries. 
  

On May 28, 2010, Hank Bull, executive director of Centre A, announced to the board of directors his intention to leave the position at the end of the year.

As the founding director, Hank Bull has played a leading role in establishing Centre A. He makes this decision in order to open the way to renewal and growth for the organization. After working as a curator and administrator for many years, he intends to return to his own personal artistic practice.

Re:  Arts Festivals Cut Off From Gambling Funds--Vancouver Sun, May 29, 2010

On Saturday, May 29, the Vancouver Sun published a comprehensive report of major, though unannounced, changes to the administration of gaming funds in British Columbia, which are administered by Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman (Arts festivals cut off from gambling funds / A7). 

Richard Newirth has just been announced as the Managing Director of Cultural Services for the City of Vancouver.  Newirth has been acting in this capacity since May 1, 2009 and prior to this appointment, he was Director of Public Art, Planning and Facilities Development for the City from 2007. He previously served for twelve years as Director of Cultural Affairs at the San Francisco Arts Commission, from 1995-2007.

School boards across the province are facing severe funding cuts that will have a profound effect on K-12 education.

GET INVOLVED. NOMINATE!

How did Michel Pagliaro, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gordon Pinsent, Veronica Tennant andEugene Levy all become recipients of Governor General's Performing Arts Awards?

They were nominated by members of the public who wanted to see their performing arts heroes recognized for their passion, creativity and inspiration.

Now celebrating its sixth year, the hugely successful BC Buds Spring Performing Arts Fair is getting bigger and better.

This year’s fair will be held May 21, 22, & 23 at the Firehall Arts Centre, and with the support of the City of Vancouver's Great Beginnings program is expanding to other venues in the Firehall’s neighbourhood.

BC Buds is Vancouver's longest running multi-disciplinary showcase of emerging artists and emerging works of established artists.

Announcing some major developments on the North Shore!

The North Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs (NVOCA) has changed its name to The Arts Office; introduced on!, a snazzy new cultural events calendar that replaces the monthly Arts Alive  North Shore insert in the North Shore News; and launched a dynamic new website with enhanced functionality and social networking capabilities for both creators and consumers of culture on Vancouver’s North Shore.

Thanks for speaking with me earlier. As discussed, I wanted to provide you with some information about our Charity Tax Tools online resource. Charity Tax Tools is a free, comprehensive information website with easy to understand content developed by Imagine Canada that will provide Canadian charities with timely information and tools to ensure they have the resources to meet Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements.

Hello there, my name is Marnie Perrin and I'm the Artistic Director of the Surrey Children's Festival, I'm a stilt-performer, and I'm a mother of two creative young daughters.  I attended the School Trustees Public Forum discussing the budget shortfalls for the VSB on April 18th and was shocked at what I heard.  The budget shortfall affects all school districts in BC.  Band programs across the board are on the chopping block.  If children don’t have access to art programs in school, many will not have access, as parents can’t afford private lessons.

The Vancouver 2011 Outgames, Cultural Celebrations Committee is inviting the arts community to a meeting to discuss events that could become part of the Vancouver 2011 Outgames, which will take place July 20, and August 3, 2011.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the corporate boardroom at 2101- 1177 West Hastings Street (one block east of Thurlow on Hastings) from 4 p.m. to 5:30.p.m.

Two Vancouver arts groups, The Arts Club Theatre and Arts Umbrella, have announced their participation in a Canada-wide celebration of arts and culture scheduled for September 24 to 26.

Plans for Culture Days, a free annual event that invites people to celebrate and explore arts and culture in every province and territory in Canada, were unveiled today (April 20) at events in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.

HST & NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Facilitator: Darren Taylor of Grant Thornton LLP
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010
Venue: The Alliance for Arts and Culture / 100 - 938 Howe Street
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The introduction of the HST on July 1 will have specific implications for non-profit organizations.