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

Hill Strategies: Diversity and Arts Attendance by Canadians in 2010

Hill Strategies: Diversity and Arts Attendance by Canadians in 2010

Hill Strategies' latest edition of Statistical Insights on the Arts shows that arts organizations attract many diverse Canadians, but some work remains to be done.

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Opportunity for Funding Through Job Creation Partnerships Initiative

Opportunity for Funding Through Job Creation Partnerships Initiative

The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation is implementing an initiative called Job Creation Partnerships. The purpose of this initiative is to support projects that provide community benefit while creating jobs that provide unemployed EI-eligible individuals with opportunities to gain meaningful work experience.

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Plan Your 2014 Cultural Infrastructure Grant Submission and Attend an Open House

Plan Your 2014 Cultural Infrastructure Grant Submission and Attend an Open House

The City of Vancouver’s Cultural Infrastructure Grants program helps Vancouver-based non-profit cultural organizations and/or charitable institutions with their cultural facility needs.

Review the application form, attend an optional open house, and book your required meeting with city staff now!

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BC Artist Jayce Salloum Among Winners of Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

BC Artist Jayce Salloum Among Winners of Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Vancouver media artist Jayce Salloum has been named one of eight Canadian recipients of the 2014 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

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City of Vancouver 2014-15 Theatre Rental Grant Program Deadlines

City of Vancouver 2014-15 Theatre Rental Grant Program Deadlines

Do you work for an established or emerging arts and culture organization that needs a well-equipped venue to produce a cultural event?

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Participate in a Survey Regarding Employee Benefits in BC's Non-Profit Sector

Participate in a Survey Regarding Employee Benefits in BC's Non-Profit Sector

Those who work in non-profit organizations in BC are invited to view a free webinar and to participate in a survey that will help to shape the future of pension and health & welfare benefits in the non-profit sector.

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Vancouver Opera to Receive $500,000 in Provincial Funding for Stickboy Opera

Vancouver Opera to Receive $500,000 in Provincial Funding for Stickboy Opera

The Province of BC announced today (February 28) that it will provide a grant of $500,000 in support of StickboyVancouver Opera's new commissioned opera about bullying. 

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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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Opportunity for Funding Through Job Creation Partnerships Initiative

The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation is implementing an initiative called Job Creation Partnerships. The purpose of this initiative is to support projects that provide community benefit while creating jobs that provide unemployed EI-eligible individuals with opportunities to gain meaningful work experience.

Eligible applicants include:

Read More

Plan Your 2014 Cultural Infrastructure Grant Submission and Attend an Open House

The City of Vancouver’s Cultural Infrastructure Grants program helps Vancouver-based non-profit cultural organizations and/or charitable institutions with their cultural facility needs.

Review the application form, attend an optional open house, and book your required meeting with city staff now!

The Cultural Infrastructure Grant can assist with:

Read More

BC Artist Jayce Salloum Among Winners of Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Vancouver media artist Jayce Salloum has been named one of eight Canadian recipients of the 2014 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

The $25,000 awards, funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, recognize distinguished career achievements in visual and media arts by Canadian artists.

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Hill Strategies: Diversity and Arts Attendance by Canadians in 2010

Hill Strategies' latest edition of Statistical Insights on the Arts shows that arts organizations attract many diverse Canadians, but some work remains to be done.

Statistical Insights on the Arts

Vol. 12 No. 1

Report funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council

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City of Vancouver 2014-15 Theatre Rental Grant Program Deadlines

Do you work for an established or emerging arts and culture organization that needs a well-equipped venue to produce a cultural event?

The Theatre Rental Grant program offers financial assistance to non-profit arts and cultural organizations to use the Vancouver Civic Theatres (Orpheum, Orpheum Annex, Vancouver Playhouse, and Queen Elizabeth Theatre). The program is intended to assist with artistic development, increasing profile and expanding audiences for organizations by providing access to well-equipped and centrally-located professional venues. 

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Participate in a Survey Regarding Employee Benefits in BC's Non-Profit Sector

Those who work in non-profit organizations in BC are invited to view a free webinar and to participate in a survey that will help to shape the future of pension and health & welfare benefits in the non-profit sector.

Read More

Vancouver Opera to Receive $500,000 in Provincial Funding for Stickboy Opera

The Province of BC announced today (February 28) that it will provide a grant of $500,000 in support of Stickboy, Vancouver Opera's new commissioned opera about bullying. 

The opera, by composer Neil Weisensel and internationally celebrated BC spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan, is set to make its world premiere October 23, 2014 at the Vancouver Playhouse. 

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