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2010 Governor General's Literary Award Winners Announced
/The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the 14 winners of the 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards, worth $25,000 each. This year, 11 of the 14 winners received the award for the very first time. The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and translators in the categories of fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction, children's literature (text and illustration) and translation.
Read MoreFINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON BUDGET 2011 CONSULTATIONS
/VICTORIA - The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services released its report today on the Budget 2011 consultations. The report contains 59 recommendations for the next provincial budget, based on the 1,300 submissions received from the public.
Read MoreA Call To Action: Protect Charitable Gaming
/Dear Alliance Members:
At the Alliance for Arts and Culture’s Board Meeting on November 16 a resolution was passed to support the BC Association for Charitable Gaming’s Petition to the City of Vancouver to protect the charitable and non-profit sector in the City of Vancouver.
The request to expand the Edgewater Casino will come to City Council in the context of massively expanding gaming activity and increasing revenues to the province, at the expense of its commitments to charities and non-profits, including arts and cultural groups.
Read MoreArts & Culture Grants from Vancouver Foundation - New Guidelines
/The follwing is a major funding policy guidelines announcement from the Vancouver Foundation.
Dear Arts and Culture Partner:
Read MoreWarm reception for the Arts on Parliament Hill
/Members of the Canadian Arts Coalition from communities across Canada gathered in Ottawa Thursday, November 4th to participate in over 100 scheduled meetings with Members of Parliament to discuss the key role arts investment plays in the economic and social health of Canada.
Participants presented two key priorities:
Invitation To City Budget Consultation
/We invite you to join us in creating a 2011 City operating budget that reflects your priorities. City Council wants to hear from you on issues relating to budget planning and spending priorities.
Read MoreDowntown Parking Cost Increases
/Have increased downtown parking costs impacted your arts organization? The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association wants to hear from you.
On January 1, 2010 TransLink's Parking Sales Tax applicable to paid off-street parking changed from 7% to 21%, but the compounding effect since GST also applied resulted in 27% in taxes on paid parking. With the implementation of the HST on July 1 the new total of taxes applicable to off-street paid parking changed to 35.5%.
Read MoreCulture Days Survey
/Survey: You Didn’t Do Culture Days? The organizers of the September 24 - 26 Culture Days are interested in hearing from artists and arts organizations that DID NOT participate in the 2010 celebration. They are conducting a nation-wide survey to gather input that will be critical to helping them better understand how to engage more effectively in 2011 and beyond.
Read MoreDiana King Retiring as Bard Marketing Director. Heather Kennedy to Take Over the Department.
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After 14 years as Director of Marketing and Publicity with Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, and more than 20 years working in marketing and communications in the Arts community, Diana King has announced her retirement. Building on a corporate career in fashion, textiles and business administration, Diana launched her involvement with the Arts in 1989 after a hiatus to raise her children to school age. She has enjoyed a diverse and rewarding two decades working with such industry leaders as Women in View Festival, Vancouver Writers Festival, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Vancouver Civic Theatres, and of course Bard on the Beach which she joined in 1996. During her tenure, Vancouver’s celebrated Shakespeare Festival has grown from one performance tent to two, from 2 productions annually to 4, and has seen attendance increase from 40,000 in 1997 to more than 91,000 in the peak year 2009. Diana will step down as Director of Marketing on October 31, but will assist as needed with the upcoming capital campaign as Bard sets out to raise $2.5 million for new theatre tents and a re-visioning of their Festival site.
“Being part of the team that has seen Bard grow to its current level of artistic production and audience support has been a career path that most marketers can only dream of,” says Diana. “I have been so blessed to have worked in an industry that I love, communicating the brilliance of the artistry that goes into creating a theatre production. Thank you to all the artists and administrators who have been part of this amazing two decades of my life.”
Replacing Diana in the role of Director of Marketing for Bard on the Beach will be seasoned marketing and communications manager Heather Kennedy. Heather brings to the job over 20 years experience in developing and implementing marketing and communications strategies and managing projects and teams in a variety of demanding and creative environments. For the past 5 years, she has been a lead player in the MusicFest Vancouver management team as their Communications and Marketing Manager, as well as serving other Arts organizations through her consulting company Kennedy Communications. Prior to that, Heather worked with CBC Radio as executive producer for such programs as The Roundup, Richardson’s Roundup, and Gabereau. After 2005 she continued to work with CBC as a Learning and Development Department Instructor.
Heather will join the Bard on the Beach team on November 1, 2010. Diana will facilitate Heather’s transition through November 12th.
Celebrate Your Board of Directors!
/CELEBRATE YOUR BOARD!!
The Society to Bridge Arts and the Community in partnership with the Alliance for Arts and Culture would like to invite you to do THREE things:
Read MoreNew 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
