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

remix, vancouver

a creative copyright conversation CCC

For Vancouverites, the Georgia Street Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery has long been a public gathering place where we meet, celebrate, and express our opinions.

A team of designers unveiled a series of concepts at its first open house on October 1, and you are invited to provide your feedback. The proposed designs were developed using public feedback from consultations held in October of last year. Following open house sessions this month, public feedback and comments will help to create the design for the plaza. 

The Canada Council for the Arts today (October 2) announced the list of finalists for the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Awards. The GGs are awarded in both official languages, in seven categories: fiction, poetry, drama, non fiction, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation. 

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 guide for event planners, who will find the roster helpful in avoiding scheduling conflicts.

The Province of British Columbia is currently reviewing its liquor policies with an eye to improving consumer convenience, the economy, and public health and safety.

Provincial liquor policy affects arts and culture groups in many different ways from gallery openings, to performances and fundraising events. From now until October 31, 2013 they are inviting all interested parties to provide feedback.

The 4th annual Culture Days that took place this past weekend was a spectacular success! More than 530 activities were held in 55 communities across British Columbia. Thanks to all who came out and for the generosity of the artists, cultural workers and volunteers who hosted the activities and welcomed Canadians into their creative and cultural spaces.

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Vancouver composer, conductor, and pianist Bramwell Tovey has been inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame along with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, as announced by Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver City Councillor Elizabeth Ball Saturday night. Tovey will receive an engraved panel on the Granville Street Star Walk.

On the evening of Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, artsScene will connect the city’s young professionals with vibrant arts and culture communities.

City of Vancouver's Cultural Services announced key dates for 2013/2014 City of Vancouver cultural grants today:

Project Assistance 

Application Deadline – Monday, December 9, 2013
(Applications and Guidelines available in mid-October)

Operating Assistance 

Application Deadline – Monday, December 9, 2013
(Applications and Guidelines available in mid- to late-October)

The Crazy8s Film Society has announced the launch of their 2014 season. Crazy8s is an 8-day filmmaking challenge that provides funding and support to emerging filmmakers to help them produce a short film. 

Can you make a short film in 8 days? If you’ve had that story you’ve always wanted to tell, now is the time to pitch it! If your idea is selected as one of six winners, your short film will screen for an audience of over a thousand at a gala and at festivals and markets around the world.

Richmond's Gateway Theatre announced today (September 25) a three-phase, 15-year strategic plan which will add four major elements to its programming and offerings.

According to the news release issued, Gateway 2028 "will introduce inclusive, culturally diverse programs that connect the community. The plan will bridge the gap between our region's demographics and our audience composition, augment our reputation nationally and abroad, safeguard our company's sustainability, and respect the concerns of our existing stakeholders."

The City of Victoria, the Victoria African & Caribbean Cultural Society, and Societé francophone de Victoria will host a free public event at Centennial Square beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday, September 27 to officially launch Culture Days in British Columbia.

Twelve exceptional civic leaders were honoured this week at Government House in Victoria with the province’s highest form of recognition, the Order of British Columbia. Among the recipients, two—Christopher Gaze and Charles Jago—are recognized for their achievements and contributions to the arts. Gaze, a 2012 recipient, was invested on Monday having missed last year’s ceremony.

The Vancouver Chamber Choir's 34^th National Conductors' Symposium is an opportunity to take part in master classes with Canada's premier choral ensemble January 20-25, 2014 in Vancouver. 

Vancouver Review magazine published its final print issue in the fall of 2011. Since that time, nearly all of the distributors and outlets which sold the publication have vanished. Basically, the magazine industry and, specifically, the market for general interest arts and cultural magazines had collapsed. 

Vancity and the City of Vancouver have recently partnered to present a series of Financial Fitness seminars designed to help arts and cultural groups with the basics of operating financially healthy and resilient organizations.