arts and education
Job posting: Executive Director for ArtStarts in Schools
The Board of Directors of ArtStarts in Schools is seeking a full-time Executive Director to lead and manage the BC-based not-for-profit society. With offices and a gallery located in downtown Vancouver, ArtStarts is looking for an individual with financial, administrative and programming experience to lead the development and delivery of ArtStarts’ BC-wide arts and education [...]
The culture of Ron Burnett and the success of Emily Carr University
Many people refer to Ron Burnett, president of the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, as president, Dr. Burnett or just plain Ron. But the French now call him a chevalier. That’s because Burnett has just become one of the relatively few Canadians named a knight (chevalier) of France’s Ordres des Arts et des [...]
Bosa family donates $6 million to Capilano University for new high-tech film centre
Real estate and film-industry mogul Nat Bosa and his wife, Flora, have donated $6 million to Capilano University, the largest private gift in the school’s history. The money will support Capilano’s new Centre for Film and Animation, due to open in 2011, said the university in a release Wednesday. Capilano, already a major B.C. film [...]
Williams Lake: Youth video project preview Thursday
For the past six weeks seven youth lead by a dynamic team of professional artists from Vancouver and Nelson have been learning all about theatre, writing and documentary film making. This Thursday, May 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. the community is invited to the Longhouse for a sneak preview of the youth videographers’ accomplishments. [...]
Kamloops: Students ready to create own licks
Eleven jazz students will be in the groove on Thursday, May 20, as School District 73 presents its District Jazz 2010. The students, all seniors at various secondary schools, auditioned in March for the concert and have had rehearsals with local professional musicians Steve Griffith, Ian McQuaig, Dale Rasmussen and Peter Ward. The goal of [...]
Salmon Arm: Scholarship fit for the arts
Students applying for the Salmon Arm Folk Music Society (SAFMS) Roots and Blues Fine Arts Development Award for the 2010 school year will be pleased to know that the award has increased from $500 to $1,000. The scholarship is open to any 2010 graduate of School District #83 who is going on to post-secondary education [...]
Art program strives to boost critical thinking
The Nootka Fine Arts Program incorporates drama, music, visual arts and dance to supplement learning for students in the K-7 group, better equipping them with skills needed to succeed in secondary school. Its aim is to strengthen critical thinking skills, boost social collaboration and to encourage curiosity about the world by inspiring artistic creativity in [...]
Vancouver: Band and strings program granted temporary reprieve
Vancouver Technical’s concert band played composer John Philip Sousa’s The Liberty Bell march outside the Vancouver Art Gallery earlier this week during Music Monday–a Canada-wide event promoting music education in public schools. An estimated 700,000 students from across the country participated, but the local performance underscored the Vancouver School Board’s struggle to maintain the district’s [...]
Amid cutbacks, schools uniting to celebrate arts
A countrywide sing-song that involves 180 B.C. schools is being organized to celebrate the arts as education officials make cuts to address budget shortfalls. Norman Mould, president of the Coalition for Music Education in B.C., is helping organize Music Monday on May 3. School board trustees are likely to “(cut) programs that they see as [...]
North Vancouver: Summer offers plenty for the artistic set
Children with artistic leanings will find plenty to do this summer with the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. The organization is once again offering Byte Camps, a selection of programs that help participants use computers to express themselves. Claymation Movie Production gives participants the opportunity to build their own clay characters, sets and props; develop [...]
Grand Forks: Keeping fast, funky company on the digital superhighway: Success at Selkirk: Digital Arts and New Media program prepares 12th annual show
For anyone old enough to faintly recall the era of Beta format video, MTV digital DJ Max Headroom and the Commodore 64 8-bit home computer, many things dubbed “New Media” nowadays are still likely a little outside the true technological comfort zone. Not so for the near 200 Selkirk College students who’ve forged careers, some [...]
North Vancouver: Carving out a city welcome
North Vancouver city hall could one day feature a traditional Coast Salish welcome figure created by local students under the guidance of a master carver. Tsnomot-Brad Baker, North Vancouver school district vice-principal and a member of the Squamish Nation, presented his proposal to city council Monday. “Carson Graham is one of the very few schools [...]
Teachers rally to protect school music programs
With looming cuts of up to $3 million as the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district prepares its budget for 2010-11, efforts are being made to protect what’s left of a once-mighty music program that spawned such local legends as Diana Krall and Allison Crowe. Norman Mould, president of the Coalition for Music Education in B.C., said that [...]
Kamloops: Arts, sports a winner
For the past four years, South Kamloops secondary art teachers throw a challenge out to their students. And every year, the budding artists rise to the challenge, creating works that will be shown, judged and eventually whittled down to the top dozen that grace a calendar sold to augment the art department’s funds. The assignment for [...]
Band Aid grant music to school’s ears
James Ardiel Elementary is one of 10 B.C. schools to receive a grant to support music education. The money comes from MusiCounts Band Aid grants. MusiCounts is Canada’s music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The charity’s aim is to help keep music alive in schools and ensure [...]
