British Columbia's participation in the fifth annual Culture Days will kick off with a free public celebration on Thursday, September 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Centre Stage at Surrey City Hall.
With Bard on the Beach’s Christopher Gaze as master of ceremonies, the day’s events will include a poetry reading by 2014 Culture Days Ambassador Rawle Iam James, and entertainment by Spirit of the West’s John Mann and country singer Lisa Brokop.
Surrey’s Cultural Grants Program awards Capacity Building, Project, and Cultural Sustainability grants. Find out more about the program and learn how to apply: www.surrey.ca/grants.
It’s official! The Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture Society is now the British Columbia Alliance for Arts and Culture Society. We will continue to operate simply as your “Alliance for Arts and Culture”.
After two years of consultation and review, the changes to our name and constitution were adopted by the Alliance’s membership at our AGM in June, and officially approved by BC Registry Services in August. The expanded mandate reflects the current scope of the Alliance’s impact as a voice for arts and culture across the province.
The 5th Annual Culture Days weekend on September 26, 27, 28 is fast approaching, but there's still time for you to register an activity and take part in this exciting Canada-wide celebration of arts and culture! Fun new activities are being registered
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.
