arts councils
Duncan: Artist donates piece to benefit Arts Council
Award-winning potter Cathi Jefferson, currently showcasing her work at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council gallery at #2-139 Station Street, has generously offered a piece of her work as a fundraiser for the council. It’ll be needed if shows like her display entitled “Reflecting Nature: Reflecting the Spirit” are to find a home at the gallery. [...]
Duncan: CVAC weighs options in gallery closure
The Cowichan Valley Arts Council will likely have to close its gallery doors at the end of September. But they’re working with Cowichan Valley Regional District to look at options and strategies on keeping the local arts scene alive. “Now is the time we have to act and everything we do is collaborative. We simply [...]
Arts councils need to grow from seed of volunteers
“Get involved,” entreats Melissa Tarrant of White Rock Arts Council. September signals not only a return to school, all our grassroots arts organizations are looking for members to join them in the everyday work of generating a vibrant arts community. Yep, it is work, and it takes people volunteering their time. So a little incentive [...]
Prince George: Arts group hopes for funding restoration
The Executive Director of the Prince George and District Community Arts Council says her organization has been treading water since their BC Arts Council funding was cut by almost forty percent from last year’s levels. Wendy Young hopes that will change now that the province has announced the BC Arts Council will receive seven million [...]
Cranbrook: Arts Council funding cuts hurting local artists
A massive 50 per cent cut in BC Arts Council funding and the channelling of Arts Council funding into a special legacy fund to promote the spirit of the Winter Olympic Games is being criticized around the province and in Cranbrook. But the Liberal government is also defending the cuts, saying it has poured half [...]
Campbell River: Cake? It must be a birthday – the Arts Council’s 40th
From the following clues, can you guess the year: Rod Brind’Amour and Trevor Linden are born; The voting age in Canada is lowered from 21 to 18; The Beatles and the Supremes broke up; The Vancouver Canucks joined the NHL; In Washington DC, 100,000 people demonstrated against the Vietnam War; and the Campbell River Community [...]
Whistler: Another Games legacy takes shape
If construction wraps up at Whistler Olympic Plaza (also known under the Games-time moniker of Celebration Plaza) in the spring, the community will have a new arts and cultural hub at its disposal next summer. Doti Niedermayer, executive director of the Whistler Arts Council (WAC), envisions the new site opening up a “whole new world [...]
Richmond: Artisans’ Galleria is closing due to cutbacks
A non-profit gallery operated by the Community Arts Council of Richmond has fallen victim to government cuts in funding the arts and culture. The Artisans’ Galleria in Steveston showcases the work of artist members and exhibitions, and is free for the public to attend. The Community Arts Council of Richmond, which raised significant funds to [...]
Pitman named new WAC chair, Whistlerite says she hopes to grow membership, donor base and awareness of arts council
The Whistler Arts Council (WAC) has elected a new chair. Joan Pitman recently succeeded Joan Richoz, who is remaining on the board of directors as past-chair. “I’ve inherited a very healthy arts council — I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all the hard work that Joan Richoz and (Executive Director) Doti (Niedermayer) did,” [...]
Victoria: Robert Amos: Community arts teeters on fiscal brink
Rumours abound about the end of the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria. Faced with a concatenation of higher expenses and decreased funding, can this vital local arts advocacy group be pulled back from the brink? The council was founded in 1969 when Pat Martin Bates convinced the Canadian Forces to hold off the demolition [...]
Exploring Whistler’s artistic underworld
The traditional art galleries in the village may be the obvious places for inspiration, but Whistler’s industrial park, Function Junction, offers up an unexpected wealth of hidden artistic treasures: it’s home to the Blind Mute crew, Chili Thom’s art studios, Orkidz arts and crafts workshops, the newly-reopened Art Junction Gallery, Justin Ormiston’s tattoo studio and [...]
BC Spirit Festivals News Release, guidelines and application forms available
The Province is providing $3 million this year to support arts and cultural festivals in more than 150 communities across British Columbia through the 2010 Sports and Arts Legacy, announced Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger. “We created the Legacy to celebrate and renew the pride and excitement British Columbians experienced during [...]
Festivals set for 2011
The B.C. government plans to fund arts-centric festivals, dubbed “spirit festivals,” throughout B.C. in February but what’s unclear is what, if any, role professional arts groups will have in the festivals. Kevin Krueger, minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, said the festivals will build on the success of the Cultural Olympiad, associated with the [...]
Olympic party stays alive with annual ‘spirit festivals’: B.C. government to fund local music, arts and theatre events in communities across the province in February
In a bid to keep the Olympic spirit flowing, the provincial government plans to fund arts-centric festivals, dubbed “spirit festivals,” throughout B.C. in February. Building on the success of the Cultural Olympiad, the festivals will showcase local music, art and theatre in individual communities across the province, said Kevin Krueger, minister of tourism, culture and [...]
Burnaby: Festivals find favour
Last week the Burnaby city council approved the executive committee’s Festivals Burnaby pilot project, which would see $670,000 per year from the gaming reserves fund put towards festivals and special events for the next three years. This is great news for Burnaby, and for the Burnaby Arts Council (BAC), our member groups and many other [...]
