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/The Alliance for Arts & Culture's Artists' Legal Outreach program and the Open Education Conference present:
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a creative copyright conversation CCC
Read MoreThe latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
Making Art An Election Issue!
/The Canadian Arts Coalition is working on five initiatives to strengthen the presence of the arts in Campaign 2011 – and we invite you to join us in one or more of them.
Read MorePaul Gravett To Lead Recital Society
/Paul Gravett named Executive Director of Vancouver Recital Society
Stephen Fitterman, President of the Vancouver Recital Society (VRS) Board of Directors, today announced the appointment of Paul Gravett as Executive Director of the Vancouver Recital Society, effective July 4, 2011.
Read MoreWe Need Help! A Call For Volunteers
/Your Alliance for Arts and Culture has been stretched pretty thin in recent months, trying to stay on top of all the demands of our regular work plus responding to current events.
This is your invitation to get more involved with our work by volunteering. We have needs. Boy do we have needs! For example:
Read MoreReports From Arts Summit 2011 / In the House of Spiders!
/Arrts Summit 2011 saw the gathering of some 200 arts, culture and heritage community leaders and the inauguration of the House of Spiders .... Further reports to come.
Read MoreCity approves cultural and theatre grants for 176 organizations
/Cultural organizations, including the Vancouver International Children's Festival and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, today received more than $7 million in cultural grants and $2.5 in theatre rental grants from the City of Vancouver.
Read MoreGaming Grants Increase About A Half A Loaf
/The announcement from Premier Christy Clark today allocating $15 million more for Gaming grants is in line with the position she stated during her leadership campaign.
This certainly bodes well, but doesn’t go far enough.
Yes, it is an increase from last year, a year when funding from Gaming to non-profits and charities was cut from its previous level by $36 million! The $15 million will help some of those organizations from permanently closing after their recent cuts.
Read MoreArtspeak welcomes Kim Nguyen as Director/Curator
/Artspeak is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Nguyen as Director and Curator. Kim continues our long history of promoting critical conversations between visual art and writing while supporting emerging curators and practices. She will add a distinctive voice to Artspeak’s tradition of developing contemporary visual art practices, publications, talks, and events that encourage a unique dialogue between artists, writers, and critics.
Read MoreCanadian Arts Coalition: "Budget 2011 a Missed Opportunity for Arts and Culture"
/Ottawa, Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 –
Read MoreWellness Benefit For Chris Adkins
/Wellness Benefit For Chris Adkins
Arts community beloved friend and colleague, Chris Adkins, has been waging a year-long battle with cancer. Friends are holding a celebratory fundraiser for Chris in order to raise money to support him in whatever ways he wants as he continues to undergo the extensive medical treatments he has ahead of him.
Chris Adkins Wellness Benefit
Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. (at Davie)
Alliance Staffer Named To Q Hall Of Fame
/Canada’s LGBT human rights Q Hall of Fame has announced its 2011 inductees, including Alliance for Arts and Culture communications and special events director Kevin Dale McKeown.
The twelve inductees will be recognized for their contributions to human rights and equality in Canada on July 30 at Q Ball, a gala induction ceremony at the Wall Centre Grand Ballroom.
Former inductees include such notables as former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Olympian Mark Tewksbury.
Read MoreAlliance Presentation To Edgewater Hearing
/Presentation to Vancouver City Council Hearing
Re: Expansion of Edgewater Casino.
by Amir Ali Alibhai
Executive Director
Alliance for Arts and Culture
Mayor and Council:
My Name is Amir Ali Alibhai and I am here representing the Board and members of the Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture.
Read MoreConfessions of a Hockey Fan: When Did Sports Become Conflated With Gambling?
/I have a confession to make -- I love watching and following hockey.
I’ve watched most of the games played by the Vancouver Canucks, usually on TV, since I can’t really afford to see live games. I suspect that I’m not alone. My kids often join me in my hockey obsession.
Read MoreNon-profits call on Clark to replace Rich Coleman
/Charitable Gaming & Alliance For Arts Cite Crisis of Confidence
The BC Association for Charitable Gaming and the Alliance for Arts and Culture call on Premier-designate Christy Clark to replace Solicitor General Rich Coleman as Minister responsible for gaming in the Province of BC.
We cite:
* The crisis in public confidence in the integrity of the gaming industry;
Dialogues Project Seeks Event Producer
/‘Dialogues between First Nations, Urban Aboriginal and Immigrant Communities in Vancouver’ (the Vancouver Dialogues Project) is seeking expressions of interest from Event Producers who are interested in planning and coordinating the Project’s closing celebration event.
The event will be the culmination of a 19-month long unique process engaging Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal/immigrant communities in Vancouver. It will be held at the new Musqueam Cultural Centre and will include representatives from governments, Aboriginal and newcomer communities.
Read MoreVancouver 125 Legacy Books Collection Announced
/The Association of Book Publishers of BC and the Office of Vancouver's Poet Laureate Brad Cran recently announced the reemergence of ten classic Vancouver books to be republished as part of the Vancouver 125 celebrations.
BC’s publishers in partnership with the City of Vancouver, which has provided a subsidy to help bring these lost gems back into print, will reissue 4 non-fiction, 4 fiction and 2 poetry titles to celebrate Vancouver’s 125th anniversary.
Read MoreRegister NOW For Culture Days!
/Pre-registration for activity organizers planning events during the Culture Days 2011 weekend ends April 22, 2011.
Read MoreBC Book Prizes 2011 Shortlists Announced
/Vancouver, BC – The West Coast Book Prize Society is pleased to announce the names of the finalists vying for recognition in seven categories at the 27th Annual BC Book Prizes.
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize awarded to the author of the best work of fiction:
Supported by Friesens and Webcom
* Rifet Bahtijaragic, Chernovs’ Toil and Peace (Publish America)
* Gurjinder Basran, Everything Was Good-Bye (Mother Tongue Publishing)
An Open Letter To Premier Designate Christy Clark
/To Christy Clark
Premier Designate of British Columbia
Dear Ms. Clark:
On behalf of the Board and members of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, I would like to extend our congratulations on your successful leadership bid for the Liberal Party of BC.
Art Strike Called For May 1
/An open planning session is being called by the M1 Art Strike Coalition as they begin organizing an action to “transform our lives”.
Every Saturday at 12 noon at Shudder Gallery, at 433 Columbia Street in Vancouver, artists and other arts sector workers are called to discuss plans for an Art Strike on May 1.
According to the invitation, all are invited and “disagreement welcome”.
For more information visit www.artstrike.wordpress.com.
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