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

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It has been a very busy year so far for our Alliance and in case you’ve missed anything, or want to know what we are up to, you may find this update useful.  We have seen the appointment of a new Premier of our province, a Federal election called, and some changes and a review of gaming funds underway.  We can also look forward to an HST referendum, a Municipal election and possibly a provincial election.  We also have a by-election in which our Premier is running for a seat.

More than 70 national, provincial and municipal cultural organizations from across Canada have signed a common electoral platform in the context of the 2011 federal election, in which they ask federal parties to make commitments concerning Canadian arts, culture and heritage.

I think dance celebrates what makes us human.

When we dance we use, in a very natural way, the mechanics of our body and all our senses to express joy, sadness, the things we care about.

People have always danced to celebrate the crucial moments of life and our bodies carry the memory of all the possible human experiences.

We can dance alone and we can dance together. We can share what makes us the same, what makes us different from each other.

For the greater part of the history of mankind, dance took place outdoors. People would gather in forest glades, village squares, churchyards, or on threshing floors, to enjoy dancing for hours on end. Nowadays, dance mostly takes place in ballrooms, clubs, theatres, school halls, studios and discotheques.

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.

 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:

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.

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.

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.  

Ottawa, Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 –

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)