Now celebrating its sixth year, the hugely successful BC Buds Spring Performing Arts Fair is getting bigger and better.

This year’s fair will be held May 21, 22, & 23 at the Firehall Arts Centre, and with the support of the City of Vancouver's Great Beginnings program is expanding to other venues in the Firehall’s neighbourhood.

BC Buds is Vancouver's longest running multi-disciplinary showcase of emerging artists and emerging works of established artists.

Announcing some major developments on the North Shore!

The North Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs (NVOCA) has changed its name to The Arts Office; introduced on!, a snazzy new cultural events calendar that replaces the monthly Arts Alive  North Shore insert in the North Shore News; and launched a dynamic new website with enhanced functionality and social networking capabilities for both creators and consumers of culture on Vancouver’s North Shore.

Thanks for speaking with me earlier. As discussed, I wanted to provide you with some information about our Charity Tax Tools online resource. Charity Tax Tools is a free, comprehensive information website with easy to understand content developed by Imagine Canada that will provide Canadian charities with timely information and tools to ensure they have the resources to meet Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements.

Hello there, my name is Marnie Perrin and I'm the Artistic Director of the Surrey Children's Festival, I'm a stilt-performer, and I'm a mother of two creative young daughters.  I attended the School Trustees Public Forum discussing the budget shortfalls for the VSB on April 18th and was shocked at what I heard.  The budget shortfall affects all school districts in BC.  Band programs across the board are on the chopping block.  If children don’t have access to art programs in school, many will not have access, as parents can’t afford private lessons.

The Vancouver 2011 Outgames, Cultural Celebrations Committee is inviting the arts community to a meeting to discuss events that could become part of the Vancouver 2011 Outgames, which will take place July 20, and August 3, 2011.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the corporate boardroom at 2101- 1177 West Hastings Street (one block east of Thurlow on Hastings) from 4 p.m. to 5:30.p.m.

Two Vancouver arts groups, The Arts Club Theatre and Arts Umbrella, have announced their participation in a Canada-wide celebration of arts and culture scheduled for September 24 to 26.

Plans for Culture Days, a free annual event that invites people to celebrate and explore arts and culture in every province and territory in Canada, were unveiled today (April 20) at events in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.

HST & NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Facilitator: Darren Taylor of Grant Thornton LLP
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010
Venue: The Alliance for Arts and Culture / 100 - 938 Howe Street
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The introduction of the HST on July 1 will have specific implications for non-profit organizations.

COMMUNICATIONS BY DESIGN

Facilitator: John McLachlan
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Venue: The Alliance for Arts and Culture / 100 - 938 Howe Street
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This workshop has been designed with the artist, arts presenter or small arts organization in mind.

Community Cultural Development Investment Program

 CARFAC is conducting a survey to examine the legal needs of Canadian visual and media artists. Your responses will help us design services that best meet artists' needs and interests. We encourage you to complete the survey, and to forward it to other professional artists: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/62NV6YY

Craig Beattie, MD, president of the board of trustees of the Vancouver Maritime Museum announced the appointment of Simon Robinson as executive director, effective April 6, 2010.

Alliance for Arts and Culture