Theatre Cares Raises $27,000 For Local Charities
/Theatre Cares has raised $27,000 to be distributed to the Actors’ Fund of Canada, the Performing Arts Lodge, AIDS Vancouver, Positive Living B.C., and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
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Emily Carr Students' Union Invests in New Campus
/The student union of the Emily Carr University of Art + Design has invested $315,000 towards the University's Great Northern Way campus in Vancouver.
Read MoreVideo Contest to Support BC Charities and Nonprofits
/Filmmakers and organizations are invited to a meet-and-greet event on Sunday, December 6 at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre to discuss the opportunity to win a subsidized video short.
Read MoreApply Now to the CASV Emerging Artist’s Prize
/Emerging artists in the Lower Mainland will be able to submit their work for consideration for the third biennial Emerging Artist’s Prize. This prize comes with a cash award of $3,000 to encourage and support artists within the first five years of their careers.
Read MoreOut on Screen Appoints New Executive Director
/Out on Screen turns a new page under the executive leadership of Stephanie Goodwin.
Read MoreBC Book Prize Deadline Approaches
/The deadline for applications for the 2016 BC Book Prizes is Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Entries may be submitted in one of seven categories, as well as for the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.
Read MoreFourteen Books Win 2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards
/Fourteen must-read books in seven categories have been announced as winners of the Canada Council for the Arts' Governor General’s Literary Awards.
Read MoreVSO Announces New President Kelly Tweeddale
/Kelly Tweeddale has been announced as the new president of the Vancouver Symphony Society and VSO School of Music Society, beginning this November.
Read More2015 Canada Council Prizes Announced
/Each year the Canada Council for the Arts awards five prizes, one each in music, dance, theatre, architecture, and visual arts.
Read MoreVancouver Indigenous Group Seeks Back-To-School Supplies for Students
/The Indigenous Action Movement is partnering with Vancouver community members to collect donations for their annual Back To School Supplies Drive.
Read MoreVIBC Announces New Artistic Director
/Tarun Nayar - writer, producer, DJ, and musician - has been appointed artistic director of Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society.
Read MoreMusic Industry Rallies Against Cuts To CBC
/Canadian Musician magazine has launched an online petition and PR campaign to rally the Canadian music industry to oppose funding cuts to the CBC.
Read MoreInternational Arts Conference Comes to Vancouver
/This year's Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference will be taking place in Vancouver, August 31 - September 3, 2015, at The Westin Bayshore Hotel.
Read MoreArtist's Open Letter to Party Leaders Calls for National Vision for the Arts
/Fannina Waubert de Puiseau, a dramaturg, director, and performance creator, has recently penned an open letter to federal party leaders on the state of arts policy in Canada.
Read MoreApplications Being Accepted for Arts Integration Learning Lab Program
/The Arts Integration Learning Lab is a fully subsidised professional development experience for artists of all disciplines in the Greater Vancouver area.
Read MoreEconomic Benefits of Culture
/Hill Strategies Research Inc has released their new report on the economic benefits of culture. This special issue of their monthly Arts Research Monitor takes an extended look at data from the 2010 Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Account.
Read MoreElection 2015 - Charities Go on Offence!
/Imagine Canada will be hosting a FREE webinar on September 16, at 1 p.m. EDT, about charity engagement in the upcoming election.
Read MoreChristina Ricucci Wins 2015 Cultural Architect Award
/Held annually in Vancouver, the Cultural Architect Awards, presented by B. Brand Apparel Inc., were founded to honor, recognize, and reward young intellectual creative thinkers for their creativity and humane efforts.
Read MoreThe Kootenays Mourn Literary Maven Holley Rubinsky
/Holley Rubinsky, a resident of Kaslo, BC for more than thirty years prior, has passed away at age 72. Rubinksy was much admired and loved for her unflinching intelligence and feminism, and her many literary achievements.
Read MoreVancouverite one of 10 Design Contest Winners
/Local graphic designer Jeff Kulak is one of ten talented Canadian designers to win the Playwrights Guild of Canada's limited edition t-shirt contest.
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