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

Audain Art Museum Receives $2 Million Donation

The Jarislowsky Foundation has donated a $2 million gift to the Audain Arts Museum in Whistler, to be dedicated to the chief curator's salary.

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Museum of Vancouver's Nancy Noble Named Director & CEO of Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Atlantic Canada’s largest art museum will welcome Nancy Noble as its new Director and CEO effective this September. 

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Participate in the Canada 150 Provincial Forum

An open invitation to individuals and organizations in the museum, gallery, archive, cultural centre, heritage, history and tourism communities in BC to participate in an in-person or online forum on Friday, April 22. 

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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Receives $1.1M Donation From Art Collector, Philanthropist

Late Victoria art lover and philanthropist Rosita LeSueur Tovell has bequeathed $1.1 million to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) to support the Gallery’s continuing exhibitions and programming. 

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BC Museums Association Presents 2015 Awards for Outstanding Achievement

Two individuals, two BC museums and galleries, and the City of Nanaimo have been recognized for their Outstanding Achievement at the BC Museums Association's annual awards. 

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Online Info Session for UBC Master of Museum Education Program

UBC's Faculty of Education will host an online information session on Thursday, December 10 for the Master of Museum Education program, ­a part-time, 2.5 year graduate degree program open to participants across Canada. The program is delivered 90% online.

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Vancouver Museums Win Governor General’s Award for First Nations Exhibition

cə̓ snaʔəm, The City Before the City, winner of the 2015 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums, is a collaboration between the Museum of Vancouver, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, the Musqueam First Nation, and Susan Roy from the University of Waterloo.

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Touchstones Nelson Receives National Award for Upcoming Exhibition

The Award of Outstanding Achievement in Exhibitions for museums with less than $1 million in annual operating budgets goes to an upcoming exhibition at Touchstones titled "Roll on Columbia", which has not yet been shown in Nelson. 

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