Submissions Open for 2015 Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry
/The Royal City Literary Arts Society is inviting poetry submissions for this year's Fred Cogswell Award by the October 1 deadline.
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Applications Accepted for 2016 Surrey Cultural Grants Program
/Do you need funding to support an arts or heritage initiative in Surrey? The application period is now open for the City of Surrey's 2016 Cultural Grants Program. Expression of interest forms are due October 2.
Read MoreRegistration Open For Heritage BC's Annual Conference
/Heritage BC's 2015 conference, taking place October 1-3 in Rossland, is based on the theme "The Main Thing - Memories of Main Street to Help Revitalize Town Centres."
Read MoreNovelist Ashley Little Named Vancouver Public Library's Writer in Residence
/Award-winning novelist Ashley Little will mentor and support emerging writers at Vancouver Public Library this fall as part of the writer in residence program.
Read MoreNew Academic VP and Provost Appointed at Emily Carr
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Bonne Zabolotney has been named the new vice president academic and provost at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Read MoreAboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship Call for Applications
/The program has now expanded to three days and is open nationally to Aboriginal Canadian film artists.
Read MoreFundraising Campaign Launched For Injured Dancer Lucila Munaretto
/Friends of Argentina-born ballerina Lucila Munaretto have launched a GoFundMe campaign to assist in her recovery following a rollerblading accident.
Read MoreRegistration for Standing Committee on Finance Presentations Now Open
/Register now to take part in this year’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services public hearings.
Read MoreVancouver Indigenous Group Seeks Back-To-School Supplies for Students
/The Indigenous Action Movement is partnering with Vancouver community members to collect donations for their annual Back To School Supplies Drive.
Read MoreWord Vancouver and Pandora's Collective Announce Award Recipients
/Word Vancouver has partnered with Pandora’s Collective to co-produce a revival of the Pandora’s Collective Literary Awards, recognizing authors whose work fosters and contributes to the Vancouver literary scene.
Read MoreVIBC Announces New Artistic Director
/Tarun Nayar - writer, producer, DJ, and musician - has been appointed artistic director of Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society.
Read MoreMusic Industry Rallies Against Cuts To CBC
/Canadian Musician magazine has launched an online petition and PR campaign to rally the Canadian music industry to oppose funding cuts to the CBC.
Read MoreNew CEO announced for Creative BC
/Prem Gill will take over from Richard Brownsey as CEO of Creative BC at the end of September.
Read MoreHuman rights activist and arts advocate Frances Wasserlein dies at 69
/Vancouver human rights activist and arts advocate Frances Wasserlein died Sunday at her home on the Sunshine Coast's Halfmoon Bay.
Read MoreInternational Arts Conference Comes to Vancouver
/This year's Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference will be taking place in Vancouver, August 31 - September 3, 2015, at The Westin Bayshore Hotel.
Read MoreArtist's Open Letter to Party Leaders Calls for National Vision for the Arts
/Fannina Waubert de Puiseau, a dramaturg, director, and performance creator, has recently penned an open letter to federal party leaders on the state of arts policy in Canada.
Read MoreNominations open for BC Multiculturalism Awards
/September 22 is the deadline for nominations for the British Columbia Multicultural Awards, recognizing our province's multicultural champions.
Read MoreApplications Being Accepted for Arts Integration Learning Lab Program
/The Arts Integration Learning Lab is a fully subsidised professional development experience for artists of all disciplines in the Greater Vancouver area.
Read MoreAlliance's Federal Election Toolkit Available Now
/The Alliance’s Federal Election Toolkit is a free, non-partisan resource for getting the vote out, engaging your candidates, and being informed about the arts and culture in Canada in preparation for October 19.
Read MoreVPL Welcomes Aboriginal Storyteller In-Residence
/Vancouver Public Library will welcome Sharon Shorty as its 2015 aboriginal storyteller in residence at a special event at 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 25 at the Alice MacKay Room of the central library.
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