Dance Victoria’s Executive Producer, Stephen White announced the appointment of Vancouver’s Bernard Sauvé to the new position of General Manager effective November 1, 2014.
Are you an established or mid-career arts manager? Are you looking for professional development or mentorship opportunities? The John Hobday Award in Arts Management offers up to two awards of $10,000 annually.
The 2014 Mayor's Arts Awards will be presented by Mayor Gregor Robertson at a 6:30 p.m. ceremony on Tuesday, October 7 at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.
Vancouver’s leading producer of indigenous and inter-cultural performance works, urban ink Productions, has announced the appointment of Corey Payette as artistic director, completing a leadership change that began in June with the appointment of Kate Declerck as general manager.
This special issue of the Arts Research Monitor provides a brief summary of some key issues related to arts participation and engagement explored at Measuring Cultural Engagement amid Confounding Variables, a joint research symposium of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Cultural Value Project of the United Kingdom’s Arts & Humanities Research Council. Arts researchers and practitioners from the U.S. and U.K. convened in Washington for the symposium. Kelly Hill was the only Canadian speaker at the June 2014 event.
Here's your chance to help turn ordinary manhole covers in Richmond into public art on city streets! The City of Richmond invites you to create a design that reflects Richmond’s cultural heritage for its Cover Stories Manhole Cover Art Contest.
Arts and cultural organizations currently assisted by the City of Vancouver through grants or who are primary tenants of City-owned or controlled spaces may be eligible for several learning opportunities with Vantage Point at no cost.
From September 18 to 21, 2014, CARFAC National hosts the annual Artists for Artists conference in Toronto. Want to attend but can't afford the airfare? Eight travel bursaries of up to $500 are available for artists in financial need to cover travel and registration costs. There are also 10 bursaries available to cover registration costs only.
Registration is now open for Healthy Dancer Canada's 7th annual conference focusing on Prevention and Wellness in Dance.
Participate in a day of learning for dancers, dance educators, and health professionals. Lectures, movement workshops, performances and panels will examine theories and practices that focus on preventing health problems and promoting health and wellness in dance.
The folks who provided the giant LED screen you may have seen at this year’s Jazz Festival are making the arts community an introductory offer on spots on their screen at this year’s at this year's Pacific National Exhibition. Cultural organizations mentioning they heard about it through the Alliance will get a 65 percent discount off the regular rates. The catch is, you need to move fast.
ArtStarts in Schools is inviting performing artists from all disciplines to apply to perform at its annual ArtStarts Showcase and Conference and be positioned to tour BC schools starting September 2015.
The BC Association for Charitable Gaming hosts its 2014 Symposium over two days this fall, with a theme around Public Policy and Communications. Some time will also be dedicated to discussing the Community Gaming Grant program.
Have you wanted to serve on an arts board but are not sure what to expect? Business for the Arts is hosting the webinar Board Basics for New Board Members for the Arts, providing an overview of the basics of board governance and roles and responsibilities when serving on an arts board.
In the latest issue of Hill Strategies' Arts Research Monitor: Detailed information about spending on culture, including two Canadian reports on local governments’ cultural spending, a Canadian study of the donating preferences of different age groups, as well as an American report on arts funding.
The 2015 Canada Winter Games is seeking artists in a variety of disciplines to take part in a national arts and cultural festival as part of the Games in Prince George next year.
This by-donation workshop, presented as part of the 2014 Queer Arts Festival, includes step-by-step considerations for self-producing and touring independent performance, including being presented by venues, festivals or community groups, hiring venues and/or Do-It-Yourself style (e.g. warehouses, youth centres, livingrooms).
