The Artist Live/Work Studio program is a critical part of the City's efforts to enhance spaces conducive to artists and their work.

The City of Vancouver awards studios where artists can live and work, supporting them for an extended term of concentrated artistic activity.

All four live/work studios are awarded through a peer review process:

A volunteer is suspected of stealing more than $12,000 from two summer festivals.

The suspect, described as a heavy-set woman in her thirties with dark, wavy hair, volunteered during the Pride Parade and had access to the funds of the Vancouver Pride Society. Over $9,000 went missing on August 3, the day after the parade.

The same woman is believed to have volunteered for the Vancouver Taiwanese Festival on Sept. 3, when $3,000 went missing from a volunteer tent.

MP Joyce Murray On Friday, September 28 MP Joyce Murray will be joined by speaker Rob Gloor, Executive Director for the Alliance for Arts and Culture, for the latest in a series of MP Breakfast Connections, State of the Arts: National Policy – Local Impact.

The Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize established and emerging artists in a wide array of disciplines that make up our creative community—from literary to culinary arts, and visual to performing arts—as well as five unique awards for contributions to our community for volunteerism, business support, philanthropy, lifetime achievement, and arts board member of the year.

The winner of this month’s Alliance Cultural Passport package of arts and culture treats is Mindy Abramowitz. Mindy is an accountant and controller for a range of arts nonprofits and other small businesses in the Vancouver area.

Mindy's Cultural Passport package includes:

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Vancouver, BC, (September 12, 2012) – Culture is all around us. From street art to high art, pop culture to traditional culture, CBC British Columbia and Culture Days invite British Columbians to show us what culture means to them and give a glimpse into their cultural secrets at the CBC I ♥ CULTURE online gallery – cbc.ca/bc/culturedays. All photos will be entered into a draw to win culture-themed prizes!

September 29th, 2012 @ The Roundhouse

Based on the provocative and energetic model of the Creative Time Summit in NYC,
 Boca del Lupo and The Roundhouse bring together some of Canada’s most interesting and diverse arts innovators for a day of passionate dialogue and debate.

Speakers include:

On August 23rd grunt gallery welcomed Karlene Harvey to the newly formed position of Communications Director. Karlene is a First Nations (Tsilhqot'in, Carrier and Okanagan) artist and communications professional based out of Vancouver, BC. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.

VICTORIA - The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services announced on September 7 its plans for conducting provincewide budget consultations. The consultations will begin once the Budget 2013 Consultation Paper is released by the Ministry of Finance.

"The consultation process provides an important opportunity for British Columbians to provide input on next year's provincial budget," said Committee Chair Douglas Horne. "We invite any interested individuals and organizations to participate," added Committee Member Mable Elmore.

As part of the Statistical Insights on the Arts series, Kelly Hill will conduct four presentations in 2012-13 for no speaking / preparation fee. The speaking fee (covering preparation time) is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council in conjunction with their funding of the Statistical Insights on the Arts series.
 
Presenting organizations must pay for Kelly’s travel and accommodation expenses related to attending the event.
 

Opening in October 2012, Emily Carr University of Art + Design will have a studio space available for rent monthly (and starting January 2012 available to rent by 3 month term). This studio space will be available for rent by the general public and artistic community in Vancouver. The space will be resourced with a variety of tools such as light tables, easels, photo documentation station and will be supported by technicians who will be available to help within the studio space.

This Key Event Calendar, compiled by your Alliance for Arts and Culture, lists upcoming events in Vancouver through 2012. The list is designed to be a helpful guide to event planners, who will find the roster useful in avoiding scheduling conflicts.

The list includes major cultural dates, opening nights, festivals, gala fundraisers and significant MetroVancouver community events and activities.

If you know of an event that you think should be included in this list, email intern@allianceforarts.com.

Venue: Pyatt Hall of the VSO School of Music / 843 Seymour Street

Time: 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Guest Speakers: Vancouver actor and musician, and Spirit of the West frontman, John Mann will speak on the exciting growth of Culture Days as a national and local celebration, and TELUS Community Fund chair Nini Baird will talk about the importance of community engagement with the arts.

Canada's Business for the Arts is pleased to invite you to a very special local Vancouver occasion to celebrate and honour Mo Dhaliwal, our own recipient of the very prestigious national Arnold Edinborough Prize.  The Arnold Edinborough Prize recognizes outstanding volunteerism in the arts by a Canadian business professional.  Mo was nominated by the Museum of Vancouver for his collaboration (with the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society) on its groundbreaking exhibition, Bhangra.me, which won the Canadian Museum Association's 2012 Award of Excellence.

Are you an artist working in film/video? Are you or your collaborators working with samples, video clips, and/or making parody works or mash-ups?  If you are, you should ask yourself whether what you are doing is legal. 

Changes to the Copyright Act have finally arrived in Canada. Come to this lunchtime session where we will demystify copyright and copyright changes that could affect your work and artistic practice.

The Alliance for Arts and Culture is pleased to welcome fellow arts organization Music BC, the newest co-tenant at #100-938 Howe Street. 

Moving is a hectic time, so please note that Music BC's communications will be limited until Monday, September 10, when they are fully installed in their new office.

If you wish to mail or drop off MITAP Applications during the closure, please do so at the new address.

http://www.musicbc.org/

There are only three weeks left until Culture Days 2012, and momentum is building! The Culture Days movement has been steadily growing in British Columbia, with over 250 activities registered in 46 municipalities to date, and more are being added every day.

You and a guest are invited to join Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver City Council in honouring the recipients of the 2012 Mayor’s Arts Awards.

Thursday, September 20 at 6 p.m
Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews (Corner of Davie and Pacific)