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Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance’s Making a Scene takes a new turn
For 10 years, the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance’s annual Making a Scene conference brought together members of the professional theatre community to discuss and learn about issues such as arts creation, management, and technical innovation. The 11th annual edition, to be held next Friday and Saturday (November 26 and 27) at W2 Storyeum, is going to [...]
Organic Motion Powers World’s First Real-Time Intercontinental Visual Arts Performance
Today Organic Motion, a leading computer vision company, announced that its technology will power the world’s first real-time intercontinental visual arts performance, to be held during the 2010 International Digital Media Arts Association Conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. Entitled “CONNECTING the EDGES: An Inter-Continental LiveVibe,” the performance will connect dancers and [...]
North Central Arts Summit comes to Prince George
Effective networking and the use of social media will be some of the topics covered at the upcoming North Central Arts Summit Conference in Prince George. The free conference takes place this Friday and Saturday at the Civic Centre and is being sponsored by the Prince George and District Community Arts Council and the 2010 [...]
Vancouver Announcing the 2010 Making a Scene conference: Devoted and Disgruntled: The 11th Conference for the BC Theatre Community
What are we going to do about theatre? Facilitated by Phelim McDermott & Matilda Leyser of Improbable (London, UK) WHAT: Two days in which YOU design the programme and set the discussion topics which matter to you. WHERE: W2, 151 W. Cordova St, Vancouver BC (the old Storyeum space) WHEN: Friday November 26 & Saturday November [...]
Kelowna will spotlight Western Canadian music artists
There are so many musicians scheduled to perform at the Western Canadian Music Awards next month, and its newly branded BreakOut West music festival, organizers could not even list them all at the official announcement of the lineup. Gathered in the Streaming Café on Leon Avenue Wednesday morning, the local organizing committee and a representatives [...]
OUR SPACES, OUR PLACES! Buying, leasing and sharing spaces for mission-driven organizations: The Inaugural Social Purpose Real Estate Conference
November 8-9, 2010 at the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown Cost: $249/registration or $199/early bird registration - Bursaries available! (see below) On your own? Moving in together? What do you need to know about buying buildings and sharing spaces? Join a diverse gathering of not-for-profits, funders, investors, government and real estate professionals working together to find solutions that provide quality, secure, [...]
Courtenay: Music and business blend well at conference
The third annual Vancouver Island Music Business Conference (VIMBC) was bigger and better than ever. With about 200 people in attendance, including over 40 panelists, there were four days of workshops, and live music each night. Workshops about radio, songwriting, producing, touring, music laws, and everything in between, were filled with aspiring artists, young and [...]
Alliance for Arts and Culture Arts Summit 2010 panel tackles arts infrastructure
B.C. lacks the infrastructure needed to support the many activities of artists and arts groups, says a prominent developer and Vancouver Art Gallery Foundation chair. “The appreciation for culture seems to have increased a lot faster than the infrastructure has,” said Michael Audain, chair of Polygon Homes. Audain made the comments on June 26 during [...]
Arts minds meet at Arts Summit 2010 conference
The recent Arts Summit 2010 conference provided a forum for debate on a range of pressing issues, says Amir Ali Alibhai, executive director of the Alliance for Arts and Culture. “It’s a healthy gathering because we don’t have everyone just nodding their heads. We’re being challenged on some of our assumptions that we might have,” [...]
Vancouver: Arts Summit takes on urban planning
Part two of the Alliance for Arts’ annual Arts Summit took place Friday (June 25) at Surrey’s swanky new Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre. Front and centre in the minds of Summit participants, who represented various disciplines of Metro Vancouver’s cultural community, was the lack of venues for arts activity. A morning panel discussion, Cultural Assets and [...]
Courtenay: In the business of making music
So where will Dan Hill, Sue Medley and Chilliwack’s Bill Henderson be humming and strumming this weekend? Why, the Comox Valley, where the annual Vancouver Island Music Business Conference is taking place. Featuring a host of high-powered panels boasting such heavyweights as Shania Twain and Ozzy Osbourne producer Kevin Churko and Music B.C.’s Bob D’Eith [...]
Panel tackles B.C.’s cultural plan at the Alliance for Arts and Culture’s Arts Summit 2010
Provincial legislation is needed to improve “cultural policy” in B.C., says an SFU professor. “It’s what kind of a sustainable cultural future do we want in B.C.? What are our B.C. residents’ right to culture?” Catherine Murray, codirector of SFU’s Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities, told the Straight. “I think we need [...]
Courtenay: Music meets business during conference
For those who want to know more about the music industry or get tips from industry professionals on how to better produce their own music, distribute and promote it, the third annual Vancouver Island Music Business Conference (VIMBC) is a four-day event June 24 to 27. A diverse group of regional, national and international music [...]
Nanaimo: Fibre art conference coming
Fibre artists from Vancouver Island and vicinity are invited to participate in a textile “wonder world” Sept. 10-11 at Nanaimo’s Conference Centre. Fibre artists will be given the opportunity to promote and encourage the lively fibre arts of Vancouver Island, home to a thriving community of creative artists who work with yarn, fibre, textiles and [...]
Entries being accepted for City of Vancouver Book Award
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 [...]
