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Read MoreThe latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
New Minister of "Cultural Development"
/As part of a far-reaching cabinet shuffle announced today, Stephanie Cadieux, MLA for Surrey-Panorama, was appointed as Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.
Read MoreVancouver Playhouse and DAREarts join forces to ignite change
/The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Opus Arts Supplies and DAREArts, a non-profit charity that “ignites change” in young Canadians through the arts, are joining forces to create a series of academically-grounded lessons that are linked to the Playhouse’s production of The Fantasticks through dance, movement, drama, literature, and visual arts. DAREarts arrival in Vancouver has been made possible through a fundraising campaign sponsored by Opus Framing & Art Supplies.
Read MoreJoy Coghill has been awarded the Gemini Humanitarian Award for 2010
/The Gemini Humanitarian Award is presented to an individual for their exceptional contributions and commitments to community and public service outside the Canadian television industry.
Read MoreMost Ontarians Believe Arts are Important to Quality of Life Says Survey
/Toronto, October 20, 2010 – The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has released the findings of The Arts And The Quality Of Life: The Attitudes Of Ontarians, a commissioned survey conducted by Environics Research Group.
The findings show that a large majority of Ontarians, believe that the arts are important to the quality of life in their community and to their own personal lives. The research also demonstrated how strongly these positive attitudes are held by Ontarians.
Read MoreBC Association of Charitable Gaming writes Open Letter to Minister Rich Coleman on the Legality of Gaming Cuts
/The British Columbia Association of Charitable Gaming, which represents over 7000 charities across British Columbia, has issued an open letter to Minister Coleman in response to his remarks to the media last Friday, in which he claimed that Gaming cuts to B.C. charities and non-profits were not illegal because the agreement to give 33% of Gaming revenues to charity was just an ‘understanding’ and was not legally binding.
Read MoreVancouver Chamber Choir releases new R. Murray Schafer CD
/VANCOUVER, CANADA - The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Grouse Records (its publishing arm) announce the release of their latest compact disc in the Canadian Composers Series:
Imagining Incense
The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 3
(Grouse Records #106)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn, conductor
A Perspective On The History Of Gaming Funding For The Arts
/By Lydia Marston-Blaauw: I just read the announcement of the Alliance’s call for restoration of gaming funds and want to point out an error. As I was already working in the arts when gaming came into the province I remember it all quite well.
Read MoreAlliance Calls For Restoration of Gaming Funds
/Alliance for Arts and Culture Calls For
Reinstatement of Gaming Funds
Wedge Politics Strategy Seen In Loss of Investment In a Civil Society
Network of "Community Arts Champions" to Meet MLAs
/British Columbia’s major arts organizations have joined forces in a mission to convince the BC government to show greater support for arts and culture.
Read MoreKevin Kerr named Electric Company Artistic Director
/VANCOUVER, B.C. — Electric Company Theatre announced today one of its original members is returning to Vancouver to helm the organization as Artistic Director. With operations tripling in the past three years, Electric Company is a well-recognized player in Vancouver’s vibrant independent arts scene.
Read MoreBill Horne's letter to the BC Standing Committee on Finance
/Dear Finance Committee Members:
I am writing as an artist and small business owner with 15 years’ experience in small town BC. I am also a Director of our Local Chamber of Commerce and the Vice-President of CARFAC BC, the provincial affiliate of Canadian Artists’ Representation/le front des artistes canadiens.
The two main things I would like you to consider are the restoration of all Gaming monies to the non-profit sector, without any strings attached, and a tripling of the province’s investment in the cultural sector.
Read MoreCity announces finalists for 2010 Vancouver Book Award
/Four finalists have been short-listed for the 2010 City of Vancouver Book Award:
* George Bowering for The Box (New Star Books). A tour through the glory days of the 1960s in Vancouver led by Canada's first Poet Laureate. In a series of ten stories introduced by archival photographs, the book breaks with the conventional short story genre by weaving together biography, autobiography, parable and drama.
Read MoreCulture Days fever takes over 700 cities & towns
/Hundreds of thousands celebrate first annual Canada-wide event
2011 dates announced: September 30 – October 2
Canada Council introduces new prize to recognize aspiring young musicians
/Toronto, September 21, 2010 – The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the creation of the Canada Council Michael Measures Prize to recognize promising young performers of classical music through a partnership with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC).
Read MoreDavid Diamond Submission to the BC Standing Committee on Finance
/To the Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services:
September 16, 2010
Hello, my name is David Diamond and I am the Artistic Director of Headlines Theatre. The best way, I believe, to talk about arts and culture is to make it personal.
One of the reasons I am here because sometime in the last 30 years, Headlines will have done a project in every single one of your constituencies; projects on addiction, family violence, racism, intergenerational conflict, homelessness, gang violence, suicide prevention and many others.
Read MoreAlliance for Arts and Culture Submission to BC's Select Standing Committee on Finance
/"Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?"
Canadian poet Gabrielle Roy (1909 – 1983) as quoted on the Canadian $20 bill.
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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