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VIMBC Announces Music Business Conference for Emerging West Coast Artists

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 3rd annual Vancouver Island Music Business Conference (VIMBC) is a four day event being held June 24th to June 27th in the Comox Valley on [...]

Save the date: National Conference for Visual Arts

May 14th & 15th, 2010Banff, Alberta National Conference for Visual Artists & CARFAC AGM Come meet your fellow artists in the mountains and discuss the issues that are important to you such as marketing, artists’ fees and public funding. Networking, panels, workshops, and more! A full schedule will be posted soon. Reserve your spot today.

ArtStarts Postpones Annual Showcase until February 2011

For many years, ArtStarts has brought together artists and school district delegates from around BC for an exciting Spring Showcase. The event helps arts programmers select from a diverse range of professional arts groups when booking performances for young audiences in their communities. However, after careful consideration, ArtStarts has decided to postpone the April 2010 [...]

Showcases Selected for Pacific Contact 2010

Selection for 2010 showcases at Pacific Contact is now complete and can be found on the BCTC website. Check out the great line-up of music, dance, theatre, variety and family showcases scheduled for Pacific Contact 2010, March 26 -28 in Burnaby, BC. http://www.bctouring.org/pacific-contact/index.html

The Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA) presents Theatre Matters

The 10th annual Making a Scene conferenceOct. 29-Nov. 1Granville Island, Vancouver, BC Keynote is Carey Perloff, Artistic Director of San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre (ACT). Workshops with John Wright and Susan HoganPanels and sessions with Max Reimer, Howard Jang, Heather Redfern, Margo Kane, Wayne Specht, Kim Collier, Donna Spencer; and Jerry Wasserman Interview with local [...]

Creative City Network of Canada: Call for Presentations

The Creative City Network of Canada is pleased to be putting out a Call for Presentations for its upcoming conference in Fredericton, NB, September 9-11, 2009. Researchers, academics and practitioners are invited to submit an abstract detailing a research paper, case study or recent planning initiative on a topic relevant to CCNC conference delegates. Submission [...]

Major conference begins tomorrow at TRU

The Whose Show Is It Anyway? conference takes place this week at Thompson Rivers University. The conference, presented by Thompson Rivers University’s Community-University Research Alliance project on the cultural future of small cities — which is funded by the funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada — will be held from [...]

Bridges: An Arts & Culture Festival in Our City, June 11-13 in Prince George

The festival will take place at the University of Northern British Columbia on June 11th – 13th, 2009. There will be displays and performances of original work by Prince George visual artists, writers, and musicians; academic presentations, panel discussions on the cultural economy of small cities and the culture of small cities, with a focus [...]