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

Call for Submissions from Artists in British Columbia: Nonreturnable

Call for Submissions from Artists in British Columbia: Nonreturnable

Two Rivers Gallery invites artists from across BC whose work explores our relationship with plastic to share their perspective through visual art in any medium. Work might consider critiques, solutions, or other themes that speak to plastic and its impact individually, societally, and environmentally.

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Gaming Grants Open Next Week

 Gaming Grants Open Next Week

Community Gaming Grants provide $140 million annually to not-for-profit organizations throughout B.C., to support their delivery of ongoing programs and services that meet the needs of their communities.

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Community and Artists Shifting Culture + Cultural Learning and Sharing Grants Opened

Community and Artists Shifting Culture + Cultural Learning and Sharing Grants Opened

Community and Artists Shifting Culture (CASC) &  Cultural Learning and Sharing (CLS) applications opened on Jan. 25, 2023.

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A Free Guide For Recruiting Business Students

A Free Guide For Recruiting Business Students

The final resources developed as part of the Talent MATCH  program are now available to help you recruit business students and to help students prepare for the job hunt. 

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Keychange 2023 Artists and Innovators Announced

Keychange 2023 Artists and Innovators Announced

Earlier this month, Keychange, the international initiative for gender equity in the music industry, welcomed 74 new participants to its 2023 Talent Development Programme. Of this total, 8 - 4 artists, and 4 innovators - were Canadians. 

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Culture|Shift Progress Report: 2020 – 2021

Culture|Shift Progress Report: 2020 – 2021

The outline of the initial progress made on Culture|Shift’s goals and actions from 2020-2021 is now available for review.

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Call for Emerging Artist Ambassadors

Call for Emerging Artist Ambassadors

BC Culture Days is now accepting applications to the 2023 Ambassador Program.

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Vancouver Folk Fest Closes After 45 Years

Vancouver Folk Fest Closes After 45 Years

It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the cancellation of the Vancouver Folk Festival, a cornerstone of Vancouver’s cultural and artistic scene.

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Nominations are open for the Salt Spring National Art Prize

Nominations are open for the Salt Spring National Art Prize

Since 2015, the Salt Spring National Art Prize has recognized and elevated contemporary

Canadian visual artists. The 5th biennial prize offers $50,000 in total awards, including a separate

$6,000 residency on Salt Spring Island, BC. 

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Upcoming Workshop on Navigating Conflict with Nancy Lee and Jen Sungshine!

Upcoming Workshop on Navigating Conflict with Nancy Lee and Jen Sungshine!

Over 75 people have already registered for our upcoming workshop, so you know we had to make it even bigger and better for you!!

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Black Futures: Saul Williams / Moor Mother / Irreversible Entanglements

Black Futures: Saul Williams / Moor Mother / Irreversible Entanglements

The Chan Centre presents an exhilarating exploration into Black Futures through the visionary work of revolutionary artists Saul Williams, Moor Mother, and Irreversible Entanglements.

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Resource: Free Resume Template for Arts Administrators

Resource: Free Resume Template for Arts Administrators

Looking for a job in the arts but daunted by the task of writing a resume?

We’ve worked with Resume Genius to provide you with a free customizable template.

This custom resume template for Arts Administration positions already has a few suggestions for what you could write. You can download this template here and personalize it as you see fit.

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Opening: The Willful Plot at Belkin Art Gallery

Opening: The Willful Plot at Belkin Art Gallery

The exhibition brings together artists' practices to expand the notion of the garden as a site of tension between wild and cultivated, temporal and perpetual, public and private, sovereign and colonized.

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Reporting Back: Community Feedback on BC Arts Council 2022 Operating Assistance Application

 Reporting Back: Community Feedback on BC Arts Council 2022 Operating Assistance Application

Based on anecdotal input from members of B.C.’s arts and culture community, GVPTA, in collaboration with a group of B.C. arts service organizations (Arts BCBC Alliance for Arts + CultureBC Museums AssociationBC Touring CouncilCADA/WestCraft Council of BCLe Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, and Heritage BC), developed and disseminated a survey in October 2022 to better understand and identify common experiences with the BC Arts Council’s Operating Assistance grant program with the September 15, 2022 application deadline.

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