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

remix, vancouver

a creative copyright conversation CCC

Those unable to attend Arts Summit 2013 in person can watch the live stream online!  

The keynote speech, presentations, panel discussions and reporting back sessions will be live streamed over the two days, allowing British Columbians to follow our program.

Live streaming begins at 9:00 a.m. PDT on Friday morning. Visit this link for details on accessing the live stream. 

Arts Summit 2013 is fast approaching! 

We have a jam-packed schedule over the two days (June 21 and 22) and we hope that you'll join us to take the first step toward a cultural policy framework for British Columbia. 

Tickets are available for purchase in advance via Tickets Tonight until Tuesday, June 18 at midnight. If you wish to register after that date please pay at the registration desk at the Summit. 

The Key Events List (pdf), compiled by your Alliance for Arts and Culture, lists upcoming events in and around Metro Vancouver through the next 12 months. The list is designed to be a helpful guide to event planners, who will find the roster helpful in avoiding scheduling conflicts. The list includes major cultural dates, opening nights, festivals, gala fundraisers and significant community events and activities.

Judith Marcuse Projects (JMP) and Simon Fraser University this week announced the launch of a five-year national research program in art for social change in Canada (ASC). ASC refers to the broad spectrum of ways in which the arts are used to engage people and encourage positive change.

The City of Vancouver is inviting applications from Vancouver based non-profit cultural organizations who wish to lease office space, assembly and/or cafe space formerly occupied by W2 in the Woodward's heritage building at the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets.

The key objective of the RFEOI is to encourage applications which maximize cultural amenity benefits to the residents of the Downtown Eastside as well as the residents of the remainder of the City of Vancouver.

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.