Hill Strategies Reports on Cultural Volunteers and Donors in Canada
/Report funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council
Read MoreThe latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
Hill Strategies Reports on Visual Arts and Heritage Organizations
/In this issue: A focus on the visual arts sector, including a report on the role of artist-run centres within the visual arts, a statistical summary of heritage organizations in Canada, a British report that aims to provide benchmarks regarding visual arts audiences, and a British study of socially-engaged visual arts organizations.
Read MoreThe latest installment of the Hill Strategies Arts Research Monitor
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In this issue of Arts Research Monitor: Four reports that examine arts attendance and attendee motivations, including a survey of Canadians’ performing arts participation, a Montreal conference that examined the changing nature of cultural participation, an international study of theatre attendee motivations, and an American study of factors in performing arts attendance.
Read Moreremix, vancouver
/The Alliance for Arts & Culture's Artists' Legal Outreach program and the Open Education Conference present:
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a creative copyright conversation CCC
Read MoreReports Provide Indexes and Indicators of Cultural and Social Well-Being
/The latest Hill Strategies newsletter features a number of recent reports that have provided indexes and indicators of cultural and social well-being. This issue highlights two arts-specific reports, including an American arts index and a proposed set of cultural indicators for Australia. The issue also examines whether and how culture is integrated into two international indexes of social progress and well-being. You can find the newsletter and reports here.
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Shane Koyczan To Write Anti-Bullying Opera Libretto
/Vancouver Opera has commissioned internationally-recognized Canadian spoken word poet and performer Shane Koyczan to create the libretto for a new opera whose theme – bullying – is a central issue in our community, in communities across the country and around the world.
Aimed at audiences of all ages, and drawing upon Mr. Koyczan's own experiences with bullying, both as a victim and as a perpetrator, the 80-minute opera will be based on Stickboy, Mr. Koyczan's acclaimed 2008 novel in verse.
Read MoreArts-In-Learning Association Conducting Survey
/A new association of advocates for art in education is inviting cultural organizations to participate in a nation-wide survey to help create a profile of arts-in-learning activities across Canada.
The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning / le reseau canadien des arts et de l’apprentissage (CNAL/RCAA) is a new national association of artists, arts organizations, educators, policy- makers, researchers, and other advocates for arts-in-learning led by the UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning, Professor Larry O’Farrell, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
Read MoreArt/Book Fair Coming In October
/Fans of artist books, magazines, zines and experimental publishing will have the chance to browse publications by a plethora of local, national and international artists, designers, writers, publishers and institutions at the second annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair (VA/BF) this October 5 and 6 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Read MoreThe Key Events List: A Helpful Guide For Event Planners. August 2013 Edition
/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.
Read MoreCanada Council Releases New Reports on the Public Lending Right Program
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The Canada Council for the Arts has released the third and final of three reports commissioned over the past two years from author and arts consultant Roy MacSkimming on the Council’s Public Lending Right program. The reports document the opportunities and challenges facing the program in light of changes in publishing, library practices and new technology, and all three are now available on the Council’s website. The first report, The Policy Foundations of Public Lending Right in Canada, was released in 2011 and tracks the origins of the program’s formal objective “to compensate authors for the use of their works through Canadian libraries.” The second report, Canada’s Public Lending Right Program: Program Design, International Comparisons, and the Impact of Technology , was released in 2012 and sheds light on how the Canadian program compares internationally in setting compensation, defining who is an author, measuring use, identifying works, and delineating libraries. The third report is entitled Public Lending Right Program: Options for Renewal and outlines current realities and possible future directions for the program. “The Public Lending Right program, its origins and its significance to Canadians are not as well-known as they deserve,” said Canada Council Director and CEO Robert Sirman. “The release of these papers helps fill this gap, and we commend Roy MacSkimming for his excellent work in setting the scene for the next stage in the program’s evolution.” “The members of the Public Lending Right Commission thank the Canada Council for the Arts for having commissioned these reports,” said Aline Apostolska, Chair of the Commission. “They are and will continue to be very important for us in the context of our deliberations on the future of the program.” The Public Lending Right program was established by the Canada Council in 1986 and is guided in its design and administration by the Public Lending Right Commission, composed primarily of writers, librarians and book publishers and specifically created for this purpose. The program has an annual budget of $10 million and last year issued payments to over 18,000 eligible authors, illustrators and translators. |
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Cultural Amenity Space Available at Vancouver's CBC Building
/The City of Vancouver is inviting ‘expressions of interest’ to tenant the CBC cultural amenity space at 750 Hamilton. Approximately 8,500sf of finished space will be available for long-term lease in mid-2014. Eligible organizations must be Vancouver-based cultural not-for-profits with a focus on performing, media arts or festival arts.
Read MoreVancouver Foundation Appoints New President and CEO
/Gord MacDougall, Board Chair of Vancouver Foundation, announced today (July 24) the appointment of Kevin McCort as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vancouver Foundation. McCort replaces the foundation's retiring President Fay Wightman, and will formally assume the role of CEO in mid-September.
The release on Vancouver Foundation's website reads as follows:
Read MoreArts Research Monitor: Information About Arts Disciplines – Dance, Orchestras, Documentaries
/In this issue: A focus on research into specific disciplines within the arts and culture in Canada, including two studies of dance and dancers, data on the state of Canadian orchestras, and a report on documentary production.
Click report titles for access to the full report on the Hill Strategies Research website.
Canada Dance Mapping Study: Literature Review
Read MoreCulture Days Q & A with the ACT: A Cultural Hub in Maple Ridge
/The ACT Arts Centre & Theatre in Maple Ridge hosted a number of activities for Culture Days last year, including their own 10th Anniversary celebrations.
Read MoreCall for Participation from Artists and Community-Engaged Practitioners
/Culture + Community is an annual gathering of artists, and cultural practitioners, community leaders and citizens addressing and celebrating the current state of social practice and community arts practice at the local level, as well as in the context of international artistic practices. This year, the event will be held in dialogue with New York-based Creative Time’s annual summit Art, Place and Dislocation in the 21st Century.
Read MoreA New Museum for North Vancouver
/Members of North Vancouver City Council voted unanimously on Monday, July 15 to authorize a new waterfront location for the North Vancouver Museum and Archives and committed to matching each dollar raised to a maximum of $5 million in capital funding.
If the project goes ahead, the museum will be located in the Pipe Shop, a reconstructed shipyard building on the central waterfront in North Vancouver. The new site will nearly double the museum's current space.
Read MoreCulture Days Bright Spots Schedule Returns!
/The Bright Spots Schedule is a highly valued online tool that can be used to create a customized schedule of activities happening over the Culture Days weekend September 27, 28 & 29, 2013.
Read MoreBlack Artists’ Network Dialogue: Call for Submissions
/The vision of the TD Then and Now Series is to connect Canadians to Black history and culture through a showcase of artistic and cultural excellence. Since 2009, TD Then and Now has grown into an important annual cultural event that has been honoured with the prestigious Globe and Mail Business for the Arts Award in the category of “Most Innovative Marketing Sponsorship” in 2010.
Read MoreDestination Mainstage 2013 Theatre Award Winners Announced
/The British Columbia Drama Association / Theatre BC ended their Destination Mainstage 2013 festival with the announcement of award winners in a number of categories.
The gala awards night took place at the Kamloops Convention Centre on July 13, 2013. Awards were adjudicated by actor and director Dean Paul Gibson.
Thespian Awards
