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

remix, vancouver

a creative copyright conversation CCC

Oct. 2, 2012 - “The arts are critical to a community’s quality of life,” says Park Board Chair Sarah Blyth. “The studio space will provide a supportive, creative environment where artists can develop their work, engage residents and increase participation in the arts.”

This past weekend, 7,000 activities took place in nearly 800 communities across the country and millions of Canadians expressed their love of culture by participating in Culture Days and exploring the cultural life in their communities. Whether you hosted an activity or participated in one, congratulations to all for contributing to the largest public participation campaign in Canadian history!

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This Key Event Calendar, compiled by your Alliance for Arts and Culture, lists upcoming events in Metro Vancouver from fall 2012 through to 2013. The list is designed to be a helpful guide to event planners, who will find the roster useful in avoiding scheduling conflicts.

The list includes major cultural dates, opening nights, festivals, gala fundraisers and significant Metro Vancouver community events and activities.

A large part of the origins of the Creative Commons license was the artistic sector. Join a panel of practicing artists who will share how and why they chose to use Creative Commons licenses for their works and discuss the changing landscape of creative practice, intellectual property and participatory culture.

This is the second in a series of salons across the country to raise awareness of the potentials of the Creative Commons and to celebrate the re-launch of the Creative Commons Canada affiliate,

Ottawa, October 2, 2012 – Get ready to read the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists. The Canada Council’s peer assessment committees selected this year’s finalists out of approximately 1,700 submitted books, choosing works that tell readers compelling stories about themselves and the world around them.

In partnership with the Aga Khan Museum, Performing Arts and CPAMO (Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario), the Canadian Dance Assembly (the National Arts Service organization for professional dance in Canada), is thrilled to announce a Grant Subsidy Program.

Vancouver’s renowned pride of singing lions, Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, is pleased to announce the appointment of Erick Lichte as artistic director effective September 2013, at which point founder and current artistic director, Diane Loomer, C.M. will step into her new active role as the choir’s conductor emerita.

Vancouver, BC, September 25, 2012 – The Vancouver International Wine Festival is pleased to announce that its board of directors has selected Bard on the Beach Theatre Society as its new charitable beneficiary. Long a supporter of arts and culture, the Festival is thrilled to enter into this partnership as it celebrates its 35th year as one of North Americaʼs largest wine festivals.

This Friday's Vancouver AM Tourism Association breakfast celebration of Culture Days will include a piano recital, juggling, an electric cello performance, and brief talks about Culture Days by Vancouver actor / musician (and Spirit of the West frontman) John Mann and TELUS Community Board and Knowledge Network Chair Nini Baird.

Factors in Canadians’ Arts Attendance in 2010, the 38th report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, examines the dynamics of attendance at five arts activities: art galleries, theatres, classical music performances, popular music performances, and cultural festivals. In addition to an analysis of demographic factors, the report provides substantial information about cultural crossovers. The analysis of “cultural crossovers” examines whether participants in one cultural activity are more or less likely to attend other arts activities.

The third annual Culture Days weekend kicks off this Friday, September 28 and runs through Saturday, September 29th and Sunday, September 30th with some 7,000 FREE activities happening in nearly 800 Canadian cities and towns from coast to coast to coast. Are you ready to create, participate and celebrate in the largest ever arts and culture event in Canadian history?

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival will launch a leadership transition process this fall, following the resignation of the Festival’s Managing Director, Robert Barr. Barr, who has been the Festival’s administrative leader for eight years, announced his resignation today and said he will be officially ending his tenure in November.
 

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
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Sept. 20, 2012

Ministry of Education

The Artist Live/Work Studio program is a critical part of the City's efforts to enhance spaces conducive to artists and their work.

The City of Vancouver awards studios where artists can live and work, supporting them for an extended term of concentrated artistic activity.

All four live/work studios are awarded through a peer review process:

A volunteer is suspected of stealing more than $12,000 from two summer festivals.

The suspect, described as a heavy-set woman in her thirties with dark, wavy hair, volunteered during the Pride Parade and had access to the funds of the Vancouver Pride Society. Over $9,000 went missing on August 3, the day after the parade.

The same woman is believed to have volunteered for the Vancouver Taiwanese Festival on Sept. 3, when $3,000 went missing from a volunteer tent.

MP Joyce Murray On Friday, September 28 MP Joyce Murray will be joined by speaker Rob Gloor, Executive Director for the Alliance for Arts and Culture, for the latest in a series of MP Breakfast Connections, State of the Arts: National Policy – Local Impact.

The Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize established and emerging artists in a wide array of disciplines that make up our creative community—from literary to culinary arts, and visual to performing arts—as well as five unique awards for contributions to our community for volunteerism, business support, philanthropy, lifetime achievement, and arts board member of the year.