The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
Links To The Latest News & Views
/Your Alliance keeps an eye out for news items and opinion pieces of interest to members and friends. Send links to your favourite news items to communications@allianceforarts.com.
Here is a list of recent “clippings” of note:
July, 2010
Read MoreVancouver Community College RFP for Aboriginal Art
/With support from the Province of BC and the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Vancouver Community College (VCC) Aboriginal higher learners are supported through the development of Aboriginal Gathering Spaces "to assist public post-secondary institutions develop and enhance infrastructure that reflects the cultural characteristics of their Aboriginal students, community, and traditions". Vancouver Community College has a total budget of $175,000 remaining from the VCC Aboriginal Gathering Space funding designated for the acquisition of Aboriginal works for display in public spaces within the VCC Broadway Campus. This funding creates a unique and significant opportunity to acquire multiple works of art for VCC to honour the First Nations on whose traditional territories the College operates; to recognize the contributions of First Nation artists and Aboriginal artisans to British Columbia's shared culture and cultural heritage; and reflect culture to Aboriginal learners that creates a welcoming environment and improves access to education at VCC.
All art will:
* Be undertaken only by persons of Aboriginal ancestry;
* Reflect local 3 First Nations culture first, followed regional, and national Aboriginal culture and diversity; and
* Respect the local significance of traditional waterways with this theme.
Art will be sited in appropriate locations throughout the Broadway campus with the objective of providing quality art to the greatest number of VCC students. The objective is to develop a worthwhile, enduring, and varied collection of artworks in VCC buildings, public spaces, and appropriate other spaces that enhances, enlivens, and enriches the lives of all students at VCC while reflecting the culture and values of the Aboriginal community.
For full details visit BC Bid at: http://www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca/open.dll/welcome
More Information Contact:
Walter H. Pritchette III
Associate Director of Purchasing & Services
Broadway Campus
1155 East Broadway, Vancouver BC V5T 4V5
Ph: 604-871-7104
wpritchette@vcc.ca
www.vcc.ca/aboriginal
ALO cites Lawrence Lessig to clarify Creative Commons
/The following is a guest post from the Artists' Legal Outreach site, found here.
Recently I have been receiving e-mails from my friends at Creative Commons. Apparently ASCAP in the US has written a fundraising letter to supporters that misstate the mission of Creative Commons. This is unfortunately all too common in an environment where copyright is presented as a war between factions (left and right, right and wrong).
Here is an excerpt from Lawrence Lessig's response:
Read MoreAs we Await Official News on the $10 Million
/We will soon learn what the provincial government has in mind for the $10 Million “new money” for the arts and culture that was announced on Budget Day early in the spring.
Read MoreArts Summit Keynote Addresses: Arlene Goldbard (2010) and Diane Ragsdale (2009)
/Over the past two years the Alliance for Arts and Culture has had the privilege of offering keynote addresses by two very interesting thinkers. Last year Diane Ragsdale gave us her "Surviving the Culture Change" keynote, and this year Arlene Goldbard gave us an extremely valuable workshop and a keynote entitled "Art and Public Good".
By their permission we are offering these keynote and workshop addresses for those of you who were unable to hear them speak. We hope you will find them as inspiring as we have.
Read MoreIvan Habel speaks at the Arts Summit
/I’ll start by clearly identifying myself as a non-expert. I claim no special training or even any particular exceptional skills with respect to advocacy. I leave that to others. What I can claim is a few years of experience lobbying, begging, prodding or screaming for support for the arts which I believe is or should be a pillar of any reasonable society.
Read MorePugs and Crows Band & Very Good win Jazz Festival's Galaxie Rising Stars Awards
/The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Galaxie are proud to announce the Pugs and Crows Band and Very Good as the winners of the 8th annual Galaxie Rising Stars Awards. Chosen from the artists competing for the Award as the new artist of the year, the winners will each receive a $2500 grant.
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