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The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

Take a Survey Measuring the Impact of Arts in Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Central Coast

Take a Survey Measuring the Impact of Arts in Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Central Coast

For the first time ever, Digital Innovation Group is measuring the economic, social, cultural, and health impacts of arts across the Vancouver Island/Gulf Islands/Central Coast super-region. Take the survey now.

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BC Touring Council Brings On the Road Workshop to Nanaimo

BC Touring Council Brings On the Road Workshop to Nanaimo

The BC Touring Council is bringing its two-day On the Road workshop to Nanaimo, February 22-23. Register by February 19.

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BC Government Seeks Feedback to Develop Accessibility Legislation

Province-wide consultations on the development of accessibility legislation will run until November 29, 2019. Click through to find out ways you can give your feedback.

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Committee Develops Strategic Plan to Support Proposed Chemainus Arts Centre

Committee Develops Strategic Plan to Support Proposed Chemainus Arts Centre

A committee has drafted a strategic plan in support of a proposed “world-class, regional arts centre in Chemainus.”

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Share Your Ideas on the Design and Creation of BC’s First Chinese Canadian Museum

Share Your Ideas on the Design and Creation of BC’s First Chinese Canadian Museum

Community meetings will take place in Kamloops (January 19), Nanaimo (January 25) and Victoria (January 26) to help in the design, creation and content of a provincial Chinese Canadian museum. Feedback is also being accepted online until February 8.

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Archives Association of British Columbia Offering Free Workshops for Indigenous Communities

Archives Association of British Columbia Offering Free Workshops for Indigenous Communities

The AABC is working with Indigenous organizations, Indigenous communities and cultural-memory keepers to organize six free regional training clinics in 2019 aimed at building archival management capacity in Indigenous communities.

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Victoria Foundation Awards $2.3 Million in Funding to Vancouver Island Non-Profits

Victoria Foundation Awards $2.3 Million in Funding to Vancouver Island Non-Profits

The Victoria Foundation has approved $2,294,724.40 in annual Community Grants to 104 non-profit organizations on Vancouver Island, including over 25 arts and culture-related initiatives.

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Call for Musicians: Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour

Call for Musicians: Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour

The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour is seeking musicians from Surrey, Williams Lake, Kamloops and the Cowichan Valley to perform at their free outdoor festivals in December and January.

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2017 John Hobday Awards in Arts Management Winners Announced

Paola Poletto from the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto will receive The Professional Development and Renewal Award, and Holly Bright from the Crimson Coast Dance Society in Nanaimo, BC will receive The Mentorship Award.

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Pat Martin Bates Wins Inaugural Acorn Arts Award

The award recognizes a living artist, group or institution which has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Oak Bay.

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CRD Launches Building Our #ArtsFuture Together Community Consultations

The Capital Regional District (CRD) Arts Development Service has announced a series of workshops as part of the ongoing community consultations for the CRD Arts Strategy: Building our #ArtsFuture Together.

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Sooke Arts Community Protests Proposed Grant Cuts

Sooke arts organizations are rallying against proposed funding cuts from the Sooke District government.

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