On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, Finance Minister Michael de Jong presented the British Columbia government's 2013 budget. Highlights of the budget include a modest overall surplus and a plan which emphasizes investment in families.
Read MoreThe Government of Canada announced funding last weekend for the Port Moody Arts Centre Society, helping to stimulate Port Moody’s economy and contribute to the community’s cultural vitality.
Read MoreRegistration deadlines are closing in, but do not miss an opportunity to enroll in one of the two new online courses offered by the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development starting on April 2, 2013. Save $100 on registrations received by March 15.
Courses starting April 2:
Festivals, Events, and Eventful Communities
Apr 2-Jun 2, 100% online. Registration closes Mar 25.
Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) and the Centre on Governance of the University of Ottawa have released the Analyses of the Provincial and Territorial 2012–13 Budgets from the perspective of arts, culture and heritage.
Read MoreThe Arnold Edinborough Award celebrates a young business professional under 40 who has demonstrated exemplary leadership and volunteerism in the non-profit arts sector in Canada.
Read MoreGentrification is typically associated with change in inner city housing markets. The goal of this speaker series is to advance some wider perspectives on gentrification, recognizing that housing change is only one aspect of this broader social and economic process.
As part of the speaker series Gentrification and the City hosted by SFU's Department of Urban Studies, a lecture on gentrification and the arts will be presented.
Gentrification and the arts
Read MoreVICTORIA – Last month, Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Bill Bennett announced that the BC Arts Council (BCAC) will receive a budget of $24 million in 2013-14. This represents the highest level of funding in BCAC history. The funding includes $5.25 million for BC Creative Futures, a recently announced three-part strategy to support sustainable, long-term success for the province’s creative sector.
Read MoreThe deadline for the 9th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest is on the horizon!
What it is:
A postcard story starts not with words, but an image. The image can be from a store, an online resource, your own creativity or received in the mail. Find a postcard that inspires you and inspires a story. A short story.
How it works:
1) Send in a story and a postcard—the relationship can be as strong or as tangential as you like, so long as there is a clear connection between the story and the image.
Read MoreWomen in Film and Television have announced the Spotlight Award Winners for 2013. The awards bring together the BC film community to celebrate the outstanding achievements of BC women in screen-based media and will be presented at a gala evening that opens the Vancouver International Women In Film Festival on March 7, at the Vancity Theatre.
This year's recipients are:
Read MoreIn this issue: Four reports from Canada and the US on cultural participation, public perceptions of the benefits of culture, the value of the performing arts in communities, and the correlation between arts participation, health, and well-being.
Arts and Heritage in Canada: Access and Availability Survey 2012
Department of Canadian Heritage, November 2012
Author: Phoenix Strategic Perspectives Inc.
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has released its report on Tax Incentives for Charitable Giving in Canada.
Read MoreGATINEAU, February 8, 2013 - The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced the reappointment of Carolle Brabant as Executive Director of Telefilm Canada for a term of three years.
“I am very pleased to have a person of Carolle Brabant’s calibre leading Telefilm Canada,” said Minister Moore. “Her expertise, vision, and leadership in the audiovisual industry have been rightfully applauded on numerous occasions, both in Canada and abroad.”
Read MoreThe Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation is offering grants between $5,000 and $15,000 in the Cultural and Creative Arts and Social Services.
The Foundation provides this funding to stimulate and invigorate non-profit organizations in these categories who serve communities throughout British Columbia. The Foundation typically funds new programs or projects that have a significant impact on the community served by the applicant. New variations or a different phase of an existing innovative program will be considered.
Read MoreProposed amendments to the zoning and development by-law to support artist studios in industrial areas have been unanimously approved by Vancouver City Council.
In response to issues of affordability, shortage and loss of studios, and clarity and flexibility of regulations, the policy report was issued January 7 requesting an application to amend the by-law to expand opportunities for "work-only" artist studios in all industrial districts, and was referred to a February 5 public hearing.
Read MoreThe Key Events List (pdf version), compiled by your Alliance for Arts and Culture, lists upcoming events in and around Metro Vancouver through the end of 2013. The list is designed to be a helpful guide to event planners, who will find the roster helpful in avoiding scheduling conflicts.
The list includes major cultural dates, opening nights, festivals, gala fundraisers and significant community events and activities.
Read MorePeople’s Law School and Artists’ Legal Outreach are seeking to identify, gather and make available public legal education and information for not-for-profits, charities and cooperatives.
Read MorePremier Christy Clark and British Columbia Achievement chair Keith Mitchell announced today that Modris Eksteins is the winner of the 2013 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for "Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age."
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