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:
remix, vancouver
a creative copyright conversation CCC
Read MoreSubmit a Nomination for the Culture Days Awards
/Here is your chance to recognize and showcase outstanding initiatives taken to engage communities in arts and culture during Culture Days 2013.
Check out the details of this new national Awards program and submit your nomination before November 15.
Read MoreBC Applied Artists and Designers Honoured with Creative Achievement Awards
/Premier Christy Clark and British Columbia Achievement Foundation Chair Keith Mitchell today announced the recipients of the Annual Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Art and Design and the BC Creative Achievement Award of Distinction.
“This year’s award recipients demonstrate remarkable creativity, originality and energetic entrepreneurship," said Premier Clark. “Their applied art and design skills help to make British Columbia’s creative industries among the best in North America.”
Read MoreVIFF Ends With a Gala Splash and a Farewell
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After 16 days of fantastic films, the Vancouver International Film Festival closed their 2013 festival with a feeling of great achievement. They reached new audiences, survived the shut-down of their main theatre and thrived in new locations, and built a platform for growth and renewal of their well-established organization. While the big winners this year were enthusiastic audience members, the closing ceremony, held at the Vancouver Playhouse, saw directors and writers taking home big honours for their work. BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE AWARD THE MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN SHORT FILM AWARD WOMEN IN FILM + TELEVISION ARTISTIC MERIT AWARD AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS Rogers People’s Choice Award VIFF Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award VIFF Most Popular Canadian Environmental Documentary Award VIFF Most Popular Canadian Feature Film Award VIFF Most Popular International Documentary VIFF Most Popular First Feature In the wake of the celebrations festival director Alan Franey announced that he would be leaving on a high note, though his resignation is more of a stepping sideways than a stepping down. "I hope to remain very much involved with VIFF but to focus on programming. I also hope to live a more balanced life and to have more time for other pursuits. Don’t we all?! For me that day has come," says Franey. Franey has been with the festival for 32 years, 26 of which he has spent as director. He helped make VIFF one of the most successful events of its kind in the world, and he will continue to bring that expertise to bear looking at submissions, travelling to festivals, and choosing films. Not ready to say goodbye to VIFF? Keep an eye out for further screenings of VIFF13 films, including Camille Claudel, 1915 (beginning Oct. 18) and A Touch of Sin (beginning Nov. 1).
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Bard on the Beach Announces New Managing Director
/Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival announced on Tuesday (October 15) the appointment of Claire Sakaki as Bard’s new managing director.
Sakaki replaces John McCulloch, who stepped into the role from his position as Chair of the Board in an interim capacity one year ago.
Read MoreBallet BC Announces Operating Surplus
/Following a very successful 2012/13 performance season in Vancouver and highly acclaimed tours to a number of preeminent national and international festivals, Ballet BC announces an operating surplus of $150,000 for the 2013 fiscal year. This is Ballet BC’s third consecutive annual operating surplus, and continues the consistent consolidation of its financial stability.
Read MoreInfo Session: 2013/2014 City of Vancouver Cultural Grants
/Join City of Vancouver managing director Richard Newirth and Cultural Services staff for an overview on improvements to the Operating and Project Grants program for the December 9, 2013 deadline.
There will be a brief presentation followed by discussion.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Orpheum Annex
823 Seymour St, 2nd floor (between Robson and Smithe)
Vancouver BC V6B 3L4
Intellectual Property Project Lands Government Award
/Simon Fraser University archaeologist George Nicholas is surprised to hear that a federal research-funding agency has awarded a global group that he leads $50,000. Its large-scale use of a methodology that puts indigenous community partners in the drivers’ seat of the research process is unprecedented.
Read MoreArts Event Licence: Free Venue Tours + Licence Subsidies (Pilot Program)
/One application. One desk. One licence. And one reduced fee!
Vancouver's arts event licence pilot program makes it easy to host pop-up performances in studios, warehouses, factories, shops and wholesale spaces.
Highlights from the Arts Event Licence Pilot Program:
Read MoreApplications Accepted for Aboriginal Filmmakers Fellowship
/Canadian Aboriginal writers / filmmakers are invited to apply to the Whistler Film Festival’s Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship, in a creative and business immersion experience to be held in Whistler from December 6 to 7, 2013.
Designed to advance Canadian Aboriginal creative talent, this program focuses on strengthening short script projects by facilitating feedback by a group of mentors who are successful, well-respected Aboriginal members of the Canadian film community.
Read MoreDistrict of North Vancouver Seeks Civic Recognition Nominees
/Do you know of someone who has achieved provincial, national or international recognition in the field of culture, or has made a significant contribution or commitment to the District of North Vancouver?
The District of North Vancouver seeks nominees for the following Civic Recognition Awards: Award of Honour, Achievement Award and Certificate of Appreciation.
Read MoreVancouver's Colleen Heslin Wins RBC Canadian Painting Competition
/On October 2, 2013 at the National Gallery in Ottawa, Vancouver artist Colleen Heslin was chosen as the national winner of the 15th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Read More2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist
/The 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announced its shortlist this morning (October 8) at a press event in downtown Toronto.
The five finalists were chosen by the award-winning, three-member jury: Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Esi Edugyan; and American author Jonathan Lethem.
This is the 20th year of the prize.
The shortlist was selected from a longlist of 13 books. 147 titles were submitted by 61 publishing houses from across the country.
The finalists are:
Read MoreBC Artists Take Home 10 Western Canadian Music Awards
/The 2013 Western Canadian Music Award winners were announced at a gala awards show on Sunday, October 6 in Calgary, AB at Flames Central as part of the BreakOut West weekend.
BC had a solid representation from a diverse array of artists and industry professionals including the following artists who took home awards honouring the best in Western Canada:
Read MoreStanding Committee on Finance Seeks Input on 2014 Provincial Budget
/Each fall, the all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services seeks the public’s input on the next year’s provincial budget through public hearings, written submissions and an online survey.
It is important that the Committee hears from BC-based arts and cultural workers as part of this process – presenters, venues, arts councils, community groups, service organizations, artists, educators and businesses.
The Alliance for Arts and Culture encourages all members of the arts and culture community to participate in the consultations by:
Read MoreBard on the Beach Acquires Playhouse Costume Collection
/The unique collection of theatrical costumes, assembled over almost 50 years by the former Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, will continue to serve the city's performing arts community. Through an agreement with longtime Vancouver theatre supporters Paul and Darlene Howard, Bard on the Beach will assume care and management of the collection.
Read More2013 City of Vancouver Book Award Shortlist
/A memoir, two books of poetry and two non-fiction works, all of which reflect Vancouver’s rich history and culture, have been selected as finalists for the 2013 City of Vancouver Book Award.
The 25th annual City of Vancouver Book Award will be presented at the Mayor’s Arts Awards Gala at TELUS World of Science on November 22.
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