The Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) program is unique in Canada. Nowhere else in the country have four academic arts institutions partnered to offer a cross-disciplinary performing arts degree that has, at its heart, a commitment to collaboration and self-generation – elements which are crucial to young artists’ future success.

VIVA Vancouver is an innovative public space program that aims to transform a variety of road spaces into high-quality temporary public spaces on a short-term basis.

(TORONTO, ON – December 13, 2012) Business for the Arts, Canada’s national association of business leaders who support the arts, announced today that it has received $50,000 from Vancity to help support the artsVest program in Vancouver. Along with $50,000 from Canadian Heritage, the $100,000 will supplement the $175,000 in matching incentive funds announced last month.

The CRA has now posted the final version of a new Guidance on arts activities which clarifies the requirements for charitable registration.

The Board of Directors of Arts Health Network Canada – BC has announced the appointment of Nicki Kahnamoui as its first Executive Director.

“The Board is pleased to have found Nicki as part of an international search”, said Dr. Lawrence Burr, Co-Chair. “We look forward to her leadership as we take the Network to the next level of engagement with arts and health professionals and the general public.”

VANCOUVER – The entire visual arts community in Vancouver and British Columbia stands to benefit from a new purpose-built space for the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the institutions’ board and leadership are stepping up their efforts to ensure all voices are heard in the discussion about how the new Gallery space should be developed.

Vancouver real estate marketer Bob Rennie and economic forecaster David Baxter have presented a detailed proposal ("the $150 Million Solution") for the future of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Rennie has been vocal about his opposition of the proposed move of the Vancouver Art Gallery from its present location at 750 Hornby Street to a newly constructed facility adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth The

Diane Loomer, C.M., recipient of the Order of Canada, founder and director of Chor Leoni Men's Choir, co-founder and conductor emerita of Elektra Women's Choir and founder and conductor of EnChor Chamber Choir, died in hospital in Vancouver on Monday, December 10. She was 72.

One of Canada's most celebrated and treasured conductors and an ambassador for the classical arts, Diane leaves a great legacy to Vancouver's artistic community.

Jeni LeGon, Hollywood’s onetime “Chocolate Princess” and the first African-American woman to sign a major studio contract (MGM - Hooray for Love), died Friday, December 7 in Vancouver, where she had made her home for the past four decades.

Born in Chicago in 1916, as a child she studied dance at 'Mary Bruce's School of Dancing' and by age sixteen was performing in vaudeville chorus lines with the Whitman Sisters, as well as doing the social dances of the day like the Lindy hop and 'flash acts'.

The Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is an organization which has been dedicated to supporting independent film production in Vancouver for more than 30 years. As a registered charity, Cineworks is familiar with the challenges facing non-profits today in this economic and funding climate, and as a result is developing a program that aims to support both non-profits in the city as well as indie film producers.