Comox Valley Arts has launched an advocacy statement and campaign aimed at emphasizing the value of arts and culture in the region and ensuring continued and sustainable support from local governments, agencies and institutions.
Read MoreThe national survey polled 6,444 cultural consumers nationwide on their attitudes, motivators, and barriers to participation around cultural events and initiatives.
Read MoreCapital planning includes maintaining and renewing existing infrastructure, as well as making investments for new infrastructure, including arts and culture facilities. The draft capital plan for 2019-2022 proposes an investment of $173 million for existing and new arts and cultural facilities.
Read MoreOn May 15, City staff presented to Vancouver City Council on the early findings of the Creative City Strategy. The presentation was an update on what the City has heard so far from the community during the preliminary engagement phase.
Read MoreThe revision recalculates the average yearly wage increase from minus .1% to 6.7% — a noticeable increase, but still below the all industry average real wage growth of approximately 10%.
Read MoreThe City of Richmond is seeking public input for an updated Richmond Arts Strategy and Cultural Facilities Needs Assessment.
Read MoreFindings show there have been only minimal compensation improvements, particularly for the small and mid-sized organizations which make up the majority of the arts organizations in the sector, while since 2008, real wages actually decreased.
Read MorePacific Legal Education and Outreach offers legal services and education to countless arts and culture organizations, but has faced trouble finding ongoing funding.
Read MoreThe arts and cultural sector contributed over $763.6 billion to the American economy in 2015—more than the agriculture, transportation, or warehousing sectors, according to new U.S. government data.
Read MoreThe British membership organization, which held its official launch this week, aims to provide a clear, focused voice to articulate the role creativity can play in health and wellbeing.
Read MoreThe 2018 federal budget, released February 27, includes support of Indigenous heritage and investment in Canadian content.
Read MoreThe Culture Satellite Account has released the Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators report, which measures the provincial economic importance of culture and sport, for 2016.
Read MoreThe NDP Government’s increased investment to the arts is cause for celebration. But there’s much more advocacy work to be done by our community.
Read MoreThe BC Alliance for Arts + Culture and SFU Woodward's request your presence at a meeting from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on February 21 at SFU's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, to help us formulate a timely response to the provincial budget allocation for BC’s creative sector.
Read MoreIf Vancouver's cultural future reflects opinions expressed during the Creative City Strategy launch, it will champion diversity, accessibility, affordability and reconciliation.
Read MoreRenowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has penned an editorial for the World Economic Forum laying out the importance of arts and culture in a world where strong survival mechanisms have become increasingly necessary.
Read MoreRecent instances of sexual harassment in the arts and culture community have seen a swift and powerful response from across Canada.
Read MoreLast month, the BC Alliance was fortunate to have a student intern work with us. Min Yuan is a graphic designer who attends Vancouver Community College.
Read MoreOn December 13, the City of Vancouver approved its 2018 budget, including an increase of $580,000 to arts and culture funding. The BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, in partnership with Arts and Culture Policy Council, previously sent a letter in support of the increased investment, signed by nearly 200 members of Vancouver's arts and culture community.
Read MoreMass Culture/ Mobilisation Culturelle, an arts and culture network formed in Ottawa, will host a series of 20 nation-wide consultations in 2018.
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