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

remix, vancouver

a creative copyright conversation CCC

Orchestras Canada has posted a report which examines the situation of 50 Canadian orchestras based on Orchestras Canada member surveys from 2004-05 through 2011-12. The report was prepared for Orchestras Canada by Hill Strategies Research Inc. 

Interested in being involved on the ground floor of the planning process toward a cultural policy for BC?

Register to volunteer at Arts Summit 2013, taking place Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. This two-day conference will feature keynote speakers, presentations, interactive breakout sessions, lunchtime entertainment, and a Friday evening networking reception. 

Volunteers are needed to assist with:

We've announced more Arts Summit 2013 news this week, including updates to the roster of Community Snapshots presenters, plus a panel discussion ("The Power of Collaboration"):

Community Snapshots

"What We Have Learned" Presenters include:

In this issue: A focus on volunteers and donors in Canada, including two Statistics Canada articles on volunteers and donors in all types of not-for-profit organizations, a Hill Strategies Research report on volunteers and donors in the arts and culture, and an Imagine Canada report on long-term trends in individual donations.
 

Charitable giving by Canadians
Statistics Canada, Canadian Social Trends, April 16, 2012
Author: Martin Turcotte

Ritchies auction house has announced that they will voluntarily issue the Artist's Resale Right to Canadian artists, beginning with the inaugural Project Contemporalis auction this month. Ritchies will be the first major auction house in Canada begin paying resale commission to artists, a practise that is already law in the UK, Europe, Australia and many other countries around the world. The resale commission will be derived from Ritchies’ own in-house commissions and will affect neither buyer nor seller.

Last Friday, May 24, Culture Days' first National Congress on Culture, The Art of Engagement: Finding, Igniting and Keeping Audiences held in Toronto was attended by some 250 people while over 750 participated online via the Read More

May 26, 2013

Dear Mayor and Council,

Since learning of the imminent sale of The Centre to Westside Church in the past 10 days, I have worked at trying to raise awareness around this issue and am hopeful that something can be done to stop the sale.  I started a Facebook page last Friday and already over 1100 people have liked it and are following what is going on. PleaseDon'tCloseTheCentre on Facebook.

Another feature of Arts Summit 2013 will be a series of inspiring presentations under the title "Community Snapshots / Art For Social Change". 

The Alliance for Arts and Culture is pleased to introduce a Group RRSP Savings Plan for its individual and group members.

The fact that many of our member companies provide Extended Health Benefits for their employees through our excellent group benefits program demonstrates that as a sector we are caring and responsible employers. Now it is the future of the cultural worker that is our concern.

Group RRSPs with NEI Investments

ArtsBC has held a conference every year since its inception in 1979. The conference brings together representatives from community and regional arts councils, other arts and culture organizations and individuals engaged in arts based community development. The conference program offers professional development workshops, information sessions, panel discussions on a range of topics and issues relating to the practices of community arts organizations, as well as social and networking opportunities.

Culture Days has made available a report on the results of the third annual event that took place from September 28 – 30, 2012. 

This summary of statistics, testimonials, photos, tweets and more provide a sense of the impact Culture Days has made in just three years since its launch.