arts philanthropy
Hnatyshyn performing arts grants awarded to 8
Stéphane Tétreault, a young classical musician studying in Montreal, and Barbara Kozciki, an actress studying in Vancouver, are among the recipients of Hnatyshyn Foundation performing artists grants. The $10,000 grants were announced Monday in Ottawa. Tétreault, 17, has studied violoncello with Yuli Turovsky and given solo performances with chamber ensembles such as Musici de Montréal, [...]
Victoria: Shaw gift boosts Carr fund $100,000 donation puts campaign near goal for statue of noted artist
A $100,000 donation from Shaw Communications has moved the Our Emily campaign closer to its $400,000 goal of a bronze statue of artist Emily Carr. “I was speechless,” Anne Geddes, president of the Parks and Recreation Foundation of Victoria, said when told about the donation. The foundation, which is spearheading the campaign, first approached the [...]
Vancouver: Theatre Under the Stars Introduces New TD Sponsored Initiative Making Theatre More Accessible
Marking the first time in the organization’s history, Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) announced that it has signed a major sponsor for its upcoming 2010 season. TD Bank Financial Group will provide $50,000 in funding to this season’s productions and will also enable the organization to offer student discount pricing. The agreement with TD will [...]
Maple Ridge: Help for festivals and arts
PeterTam Productions will be sponsoring up to three non-profit organizations per year with $6,000 worth of in-kind production services and equipment, for the next two years. The Maple Ridge company provides professional sound, lighting equipment and crew for events, concerts, theatrical productions and parties. The purpose of the sponsorship is to broaden the bases for [...]
Vancouver’s artists shortchanged by $700,000
The late Abraham Rogatnick must be shaking his head in disgust with a recent decision by Vancouver Council to reduce the amount his estate could have donated to the arts community by $700,000. Rogatnick was a well known architect and professor at the University of British Columbia who recently passed away and decided to leave [...]
Britannia Beach: Teck donates $1M to BC Museum of Mining
The B.C. Museum of Mining in Britannia Beach is built on what was once the largest copper mine in the British Commonwealth – but it struck gold this week. Teck Resources Limited, Canada’s largest mining company, has donated $1 million to the Museum for its three-phase redevelopment, the Britannia Project, which aims to transform the [...]
Bosa family donates $6 million to Capilano University for new high-tech film centre
Real estate and film-industry mogul Nat Bosa and his wife, Flora, have donated $6 million to Capilano University, the largest private gift in the school’s history. The money will support Capilano’s new Centre for Film and Animation, due to open in 2011, said the university in a release Wednesday. Capilano, already a major B.C. film [...]
Ross Beaty, Lukas Lundin give B.C. Museum of Mining $3.72 million
The BC Museum of Mining at Britannia Beach has received a total of $3.72 million from industry leaders Ross Beaty and Lukas Lundin. This includes personal donations from Beaty of $2 million and Lundin of $1 million and a corporate donation of $722,000 from Red Back Mining, where Lukas serves as chairman. The gift will support a [...]
Kim Cattrall helps Vancouver Youth Theatre stay afloat
Sex in the City’s Kim Cattrall has stepped in to help fill a funding gap left by the province. The Hollywood actor, who took part in acting programs during her childhood on Vancouver Island, made an unspecified donation to the Vancouver Youth Theatre on May 6. Along with the rest of the arts community, the [...]
Haida artist Davidson wins B.C.’s Audain Prize
Robert Davidson, a renowned Haida artist, has been named winner of the Audain Prize for lifetime achievement, B.C.’s largest visual arts award. The prize from the Audain Foundation grants $30,000 annually to a senior British Columbia artist, selected by an independent jury. Davidson is known for combining traditional imagery with modern techniques in his masks [...]
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, [...]
Vancouver Foundation ups arts grants in reaction to provincial cuts
The Vancouver Foundation has announced it will donate $800,000 to arts and culture groups this year, double the funding it contributed last year to that sector. “Vancouver Foundation is stepping up to the plate,” said CEO Faye Wightman in a press statement. “We’re doing what we can to fill the need created by the recession [...]
Turning Point Ensemble wins Rio Tinto Alcan arts award
Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble is the winner of the 2010 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, it was announced Tuesday. Founded in 2002 and co-directed by Owen Underhill and Jeremy Berkman, Turning Point is a music group devoted to exploring the repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. Since its inception, the TPE has been [...]
Few Canadians give to the arts
Individuals gave about $101 million to arts and culture organizations in 2007, but these donors represent a very small percentage of Canadians who make charitable donations, according to a new report. A study by Hill Strategies Research found that of the Canadians who give, only 3.3 per cent give to the arts. The report is [...]
Heading to the Downtown Eastside for the swankiest party of the Games
Michael Ignatieff looks slightly stunned as he pushes his way into the packed reception at Bob Rennie’s fantabulous private art gallery in the Downtown Eastside with his wife Zsuzsanna on Wednesday afternoon. “Is this a church?,” he asks, gazing upward at the soaring ceilings and high windows that permitted beatific light. Then he went into [...]
