arts and education
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 [...]
