City of Vancouver Cultural Services
Vancouver council to consider addressing barriers faced by live performance venues
Vancouver City Council will hear a motion May 5, put forward by councillor Heather Deal, requesting staff to investigate ways of encouraging and expanding small and medium-sized performance venues. The motion notes that “local artists and entrepreneurs face a variety of challenges in opening and operating performance venues, including (but not limited to) fire code [...]
Managing Director of Cultural Services joins City’s Olympic and Paralympic Operations team
Sue Harvey, the current Managing Director of Cultural Services, will be joining the City’s Olympic and Paralympic Operations team on temporary assignment for the next 12 months to assist with building the City’s hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.As Executive Producer, LiveCity Vancouver Sue will be overseeing all aspects of the City’s [...]
Arts and culture projects avoid the harshest cuts in City of Vancouver’s budget
Vancouver didn’t cut funding for its arts and culture projects quite as deeply as projected when the city’s 2009 operating budget was approved on April 7. Amid a financial crunch, staff had recommended a cut of 10 percent, from 2008’s $1.5 million in funding for the civic office of cultural affairs to $1,35 million. But [...]
Vancouver arts council study delivered
Vancouver’s civic arts program has one of the lowest administration-to-grant-funding ratios and one of the highest per capita cultural-grant spending figures of 10 regions surveyed in a staff report that went to city council on March 24. Initiated by Coun. Heather Deal, the report examined granting systems in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Seattle, Portland, Miami–Dade [...]
