The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

CARFAC Artist Fee Survey for Canadian Visual Artists

CARFAC Artist Fee Survey for Canadian Visual Artists

CARFAC National is seeking feedback from artists about their experiences being paid different types of fees. 

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Hill Strategies Reports on Music

In this issue: Four recent reports examining various aspects of the music business, including policy options for music and economic development, the effects of music and music education on technology hubs, and two reports on the independent music industry in Canada.

The Next Big Bang: A New Direction for Music in Canada

Music Canada, 2013
http://musiccanada.com/TheNextBigBang.aspx 

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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

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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.

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The latest installment of the Hill Strategies Arts Research Monitor

 

 

 

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.

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remix, vancouver

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

remix, vancouver

a creative copyright conversation CCC

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CARFAC Artist Fee Survey for Canadian Visual Artists

CARFAC National is seeking feedback from artists about their experiences being paid different types of fees. 

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Nominations Open for 2014 Vancouver Awards of Excellence

The Vancouver Awards of Excellence is a new civic awards program that recognizes outstanding achievements made by individuals — adults, youth and children — organizations, and businesses.

Consisting of 21 awards in six categories, the Awards of Excellence celebrate excellence in achievements that benefit all of us by making Vancouver a greener, healthier, more diverse, accessible, and prosperous city.

Nomination Deadline: 5 p.m. on April 4, 2014

Award Categories:

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Group RSP Available to Alliance Members

Now is a great time to consider signing up for a group RSP savings plan through the Alliance and NEI Investments. We're looking to the future, and we hope you’ll look with us! 

We strongly encourage employers to consider a group RSP for your staff. So often cultural workers earn relatively modest wages, leaving little or no room for savings, and although the future and retirement may seem far off, RSPs become critical for those without a pension plan.

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Actsafe "Speaking of Safety" Town Hall Meeting:

Dear BC Film Industry Workers, Supervisors and Employers, 

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Hill Strategies: Arts Management and Funding

In this issue of Hill Strategies' Arts Research Monitor: Four reports on arts sector structures related to artists, arts management, and arts funding, including articles on the “next generation” of arts practice, new organizational models in the arts, and the resilience of the arts sector. While these reports do cite some research sources, they should be considered position papers more than research articles per se (unlike most works included in the Arts Research Monitor).

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Culture Days 2014 National Congress on Culture

Registration is now open for the second annual National Congress on Culture, presented by Culture Days

With Culture Days engagement engrained in over 800 Canadian cities and towns, the Congress presents a rallying point and networking opportunity to share diversity of experiences, trends, best practices and impacts of public engagement in arts and culture in Canada.

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The Key Events List: A Helpful Guide For Event Planners. March 2014 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. The list is designed to be a guide for event planners, who will find the roster helpful in avoiding scheduling conflicts.

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Photographer Edward Burtynsky Donates 34 Works to the Vancouver Art Gallery

Internationally renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has donated 34 of his works to the Vancouver Art Gallery's permanent collection. 

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Survivor 101 Board Development Workshop

A highly effective and engaged board has clarity around roles, responsibilities and aligns its work and performance with organizational values and vision.

This workshop, part of the Survivor 101 series, focuses on board members’ key responsibilities and moves boards out of operations and into the “big picture”. This learning opportunity covers leadership models, modes of governing, board recruitment, meeting management, committee structure and evaluation techniques.

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Changes For BC Arts and Culture Week

BC Arts and Culture Week, a week-long celebration held across the province each April, will undergo changes in 2014 as delivery of the program passes to the BC Arts Council.

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Nominations Open For 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Nominate a woman who inspires you for the Women of Distinction Awards, YWCA Metro Vancouver's premier fundraising event.

Recognized nationally, the Awards honours women whose outstanding achievements contribute to the well-being and future of our community.

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Tenants Selected for CBC Cultural Amenities Space

Four Vancouver-based arts organizations have been selected as tenants of city-leased community cultural amenity space in the CBC Vancouver Broadcast Centre, following approval by city council on February 5, 2014. 

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VIVA Granville Application Deadline Extended

Community and cultural groups have an extra week to submit ideas to activate downtown Granville Street as part of VIVA Vancouver’s summertime pedestrian weekends.

VIVA Vancouver, the public space program which transforms road spaces into people places each summer, is inviting applications from groups interested in presenting one-time or recurring activities as part of this summer's VIVA Granville.

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Budget 2014 Includes Renewed Arts Funding

The 2014 Budget, released by the federal Government on February 11, includes good news for the arts, culture and heritage sector regarding renewed and ongoing funding for key Canadian Heritage programs. The Canada Cultural Investment Fund, the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, and Canada Arts Presentation Fund have been renewed, as well as the Canada Book Fund and Canada Music Fund.

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