arts patron
Community Arts Champions to take message directly to province’s politicians
The province’s arts activists are recruiting “Community Arts Activists“ to work with MLAs in each B.C. riding. The project is being backed by the Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils. the B.C. Touring Council, Vancouver’s Alliance for Arts and Culture, and Victoria’s ProArt Alliance. The idea is to have delegations of people representing arts groups and [...]
Once merely condo royalty, Bob Rennie emerges as Vancouver’s cool king of modern art
Known as the condo king to some and chairman of the Tate Modern acquisitions committee to others, Bob Rennie, CEO of Rennie Marketing Systems, takes immense risks as a businessman and art collector. Here Rennie talks about the Olympic Village, the 2010 Olympic Games, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Mayor Gregor Robertson, and the Wing Sang [...]
The patron of the opera, Alice Choi helps keep Cantonese art form alive in Vancouver with her performances and funding
A great deal of truth is contained in the crude slogan “form follows funding“: All the world’s great art traditions were paid for somehow, by someone. In the European context those some-ones were the church and/or the aristocracy, before governments somewhat reluctantly inherited the role of patron of the arts. Most of us are accustomed [...]
Shirley Thomson upheld all the values that made art possible
The former head of the National Gallery of Canada has died at age 80. Shirley Thomson was also the head of the Canada Council, in a long career of service to the arts in this country. Diana Nemiroff, director of the Carleton University Art Gallery, described Thomson as Canada’s elder stateswoman for the arts. Nemiroff [...]
Whistler: Niedermayer recognized for dedication to the arts: Head of WAC presented with Arts Champions award
Doti Niedermayer’s face went a little red when she realized she was about to be presented with an Arts Champions award earlier this month. Sitting at the annual gala that’s part of the Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils conference on May 1 in Richmond, Niedermayer was listening to the description of one award recipient when [...]
Whistler: Richoz receives Community Achievement Award
Whistler’s Joan Richoz was one of 47 British Columbians to be recognized at the seventh annual B.C. Community Achievement Awards in Victoria on April 28 with Lieutenant Governor Steven Point and Premier Gordon Campbell presenting medallions on behalf of the B.C. Achievement Foundation. Richoz received the award in recognition of more than 30 years of [...]
Ottawa honours West Vancouver arts dynamos, Yulanda and Mohammed Faris
When Yulanda and Mohammed Faris receive the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Volunteerism in the Performing Arts this afternoon in Ottawa, it will be tough to choose which branch of the creative tree of life is most indebted to these much-loved champions of the arts and artists. Dance or opera, literary arts or visual arts, [...]
Painting goes OFF THE WALL: Richard Jackson’s paing-based installations reach beyond the boundaries of canvas
Bob Rennie made it big marketing real estate, hence his moniker in Vancouver — the Condo King. But at the age of 53, another facet of his life is emerging, one that may eclipse all those condos. He’s turned into a homegrown patron of the arts. Don’t take my word for it. Listen to the [...]
