Winner of the Volunteerism in the Arts Awards: Issaku Inami
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Issaku Inami, a dedicated and outstanding volunteer in the arts and culture sector, received the Volunteerism in the Arts Award last weekend, at the launch of Culture Days.
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Call for Applications: The PACT Green Award
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The PACT Green Award, a new initiative of the Environmental Stewardship Committee, honours programming from companies and/or artists that inspires theatre workers and theatregoers to engage with the climate crisis and environmental stewardship in creative and exciting ways.
Read MoreThe Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (JCC) named a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Arts and Music Awards
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Thanks to a citizen who got the ball rolling with a passionate letter of nomination, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (JCC) has been named a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards. This prestigious one-time honour, marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, recognizes organizations like the JCC that have excelled in fostering wide community engagement through a robust spectrum of arts and culture programs. Most important: the Award emphasizes the JCC’s unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
Read MoreApply to the Beaumont Studios' Artist to Watch Award
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The Beaumont Studios’ Artist to Watch Award is seeking artists and collectives looking for funding, resources and exposure. This award is designed to showcase a diverse array of talent, and help to develop the next wave of creativity in our city.
Read More2022 CMA Award Winners Announced
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The Canadian Museums Association (CMA) has announced the winners of the 2022 CMA Awards. We wanted to shoutout two local award winners.
Read MoreDeadline approaching for Individual Arts Awards for Professional Performing Artists
/Individual Arts Awards: Professional Performing Artists supports initiatives in the development, creation, production, realization, dissemination and/or live performance of classical, experimental, original, traditional and contemporary performing art forms from all world cultures. Performing Arts includes dance, music, theatre, multidisciplinary or other performing arts practices such as circus and comedy.
Read MoreTwo Weeks Left To Apply For Leon and Thea Koerner Award
/Established in 1955, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation has provided over ten million dollars in grants to arts and social service organizations throughout B.C. and the Yukon.
The deadline for the award is May 17, 2022.
Read MoreRecording artists and film makers encouraged to apply for MVP Project
/The MVP Project, a joint initiative of RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize (administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television) is inviting film makers and recording artists to apply to Round 8 of the project, for a chance to be awarded a production grant valued between $5,000 and $15,000.
Read MoreArtists with theatre experience encouraged to apply for $2,000 award
/The John Moffat & Larry Lillo Award is an annual Award, intended to assist mature West Coast theatre artists to further their artistic development, and will take the form of a $2,000 cash award.
Read MoreTri-City arts, music leaders can win upwards of $15,000 through The Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards
/A total of 20 individual prizes, worth up to $5,000 each, plus up to five organizational awards valued at up to $15,000 each are available for those who meet the eligible criteria.
Read MoreNominate a director, playwright, or designer you know to win a $100,000 theatre award
/Canada’s $100,000 theatre award celebrates the transformative and influential work of directors, playwrights, and designers, and this fall, the 2022 Siminovitch Prize spotlight will shine on directors!
Do you know an exceptional director working in English or French who deserves national recognition, $75,000, and the opportunity to support an emerging artist with mentorship and $25,000?
Read MoreOver $7,000 for Emerging Dance Artists Through Two Dance Awards
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Dance Victoria will award $7,175 for emerging dance artists wishing to study at recognized institutions outside of Canada. Applications are open for two awards from March 1, 2022 to April 15, 2022, 11:59 pm PDT.
Read MoreVancouver Art Gallery Presents BC's Most Prestigious Visual Arts Prizes
/At a special ceremony on April 19, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced this year’s recipients of the most prestigious awards in this province: the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts and the VIVA Awards.
Read MoreSix First Nations Artists Receive BC Creative Achievement Awards
/Premier Christy Clark and BC Achievement Foundation Chair Keith Mitchell announced this week the recipients of the 2013 BC Creative Achievement Award for First Nations Art.
Read More2012 Governor General Literary Award Winners
/The Canada Council funds and administers the GGs, the most significant literary award program in Canada, providing close to $450,000 in prize money. They are awarded in both English and French in seven categories: fiction, poetry, drama, non fiction, children‚s literature (text and illustration) and translation.
Read MoreWestern Front New Music Wins Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award
/The $60,000 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award for Music will go to Western Front New Music to fund its new work Music from the New Wilderness. The work will premiere at The Cultch in February 2014. The announcement was made last night at the opening performance of the play Extraction, last year's winner.
Read MoreAlma Lee Among Writers Trust Award Recipients
/At a ceremony in Toronto’s Isabel Bader Theatre tonight, Vancouver’s Alma Lee, founding director of the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival, was presented with the Writers’ Trust Award for Distinguished Contribution, awarded to an individual or organization for long-standing involvement with the Writers’ Trust and the Canadian literary community.
Previous winners include John Macfarlane, Graeme Gibson, and Pierre Berton.
Read MoreNominations Open for City of Vancouver Book Awards
/The City of Vancouver is inviting publishers and authors to submit entries for the annual City of Vancouver Book Award.
Books of any genre that demonstrate excellence and contribute to an appreciation and understanding of Vancouver's residents, history, or unique character are eligible to apply for the $2,000 award. The winning book must also exhibit excellence in content, illustration, design and/or format.
Read More2013 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
/On June 25, 2013 Vancouver-born poet, editor, critic, and children's author William Herbert New was presented with the 20th recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding literary career in British Columbia.
New has written and edited more than 50 books, including the Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. In 1966 he became assistant editor of Canadian Literature, working with George Woodcock and Donald Stephens. He subsequently edited the review publication from 1977 to 1995.
Read MoreArts Club's Howard Jang to Chair Tourism Vancouver
/The arts community is invited to turn out Wednesday, June 22 at 2 p.m. to celebrate Arts Club Theatre executive director Howard Jang’s new position as Tourism Vancouver’s chair, board of directors for 2011/2012.
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