cultural infrastructure
OUR SPACES, OUR PLACES! Buying, leasing and sharing spaces for mission-driven organizations: The Inaugural Social Purpose Real Estate Conference
November 8-9, 2010 at the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown Cost: $249/registration or $199/early bird registration - Bursaries available! (see below) On your own? Moving in together? What do you need to know about buying buildings and sharing spaces? Join a diverse gathering of not-for-profits, funders, investors, government and real estate professionals working together to find solutions that provide quality, secure, [...]
Burns Lake: Artisans prepare to relocate
The interpretive centre building on Hwy. 16 will again have a tenant as of September. During a recent council meeting mayor and councillors agreed to a proposal submitted by the local artists operating the Lakes Artisan Centre. The building, previously intended to be an interpretive centre with First Nations involvement and partly paid for with [...]
North Vancouver: Sound of music heard on Bakerstreet, With his ear for music, Paul Baker is the man behind the glass in this B.C. studio
He is the man you never hear from. Or about. But beneath the ocean of notes that stream out from every speaker, the voice of a man like Paul Baker resonates. He is the sound technician whose ear for pitch is his master craft. Paul Baker operates the eponymous Bakerstreet Studios – named for Sherlock [...]
Nanaimo: City-owned theatre struggling to stay viable
A tough economic storm has left Nanaimo Centre Stage treading water in still-rough seas. The City of Nanaimo committed $525,000 to the former nightclub and church at 25 Victoria Rd. in 2008, purchasing the building for about $450,000 and turning the remaining funds over to the CVI Centre for the Arts to manage and complete [...]
Vancouver gallery faces staff revolt over funding of new buildings, Employees question whether expansion is wise when they are being laid off
As it fights to convince the public that Vancouver should support a new $350-million art museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery is facing a revolt from its own unionized employees who question the gallery’s ambitious plans while it is issuing layoff notices and reducing hours for more than a fifth of its staff. In a series [...]
WV’s Klee Wyck faces closure, Arts programs may be forced out
One of West Vancouver’s historic estates used by a number of arts and cultural groups may close its doors to the community next year due to safety concerns. The main building at Klee Wyck – a property on Keith Road once owned by renowned doctor, cancer researcher and humanitarian Ethlyn Trapp — is no longer [...]
Squamish: SAC questions arts centre proposal, Location and length of use leads arts council to debate arts incubator’s merit
The Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation (SODC) has just received $231,250 in provincial contributions to transform a former groundwater processing plant into an arts centre. But as the SODC board awaits public comment before approving much-needed matching funds, the Squamish Arts Council’s opinion (SAC) may become a barrier. SAC president Krisztina Egyed questioned the logic of [...]
Arts community rallies behind gallery/music venue, City ordered Little Mountain Gallery to secure appropriate approvals
Main Street’s Little Mountain Gallery is optimistic its doors will remain open just weeks after a city inspector warned it was hosting events contrary to its business licence. The gallery, at 195 East 26th, opened more than four years ago and has regularly leased the space to artists and musicians for more than two years. [...]
Chilliwack: Newest members of cultural centre team announced More on the way before the fall
While final paint coats are meticulously applied, 10 new staff members have moved into the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, ready to make reality the community’s arts and culture vision, which began a decade ago. The will be led by executive director Michael Cade who brings extensive experience in theatre production and management to his role. Both [...]
Surrey: Lightyear acquires famous theatre
A Surrey firm has purchased a renowned Beverly Hills viewing theatre. Surrey’s Lightyear Digital Theatre (Canada) Ltd. has acquired the legendary Charles Aidikoff Screening Room at 150 Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, California. The private theatre is certified by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Academy screenings. It is used extensively by [...]
Vancouver: Survey on Outdoor Performance/Event Space Closing 9am Monday, August 9th
Vancouver Outdoor Performance and Event Spaces As part of the planning process for North East False Creek and Hastings Park, the City of Vancouver has commissioned Donnelly and Associates to undertake a demand analysis for outdoor performance and event space within Vancouver. The survey should take approximately 15 minutes and is for both cultural producers/organizations (music, festival, theatre, media, interdisciplinary, [...]
New Westminster: Massey shutdown could ‘end some arts groups’
If the proposed move for the Massey Theatre was as easy as switching the lights off in the old place and switching them on in the new one then, according to John Davies, there wouldn’t be would be a problem. But, he says, it isn’t that easy. “What concerns me is the new theatre is [...]
The battle of Larwill Park rages on, The Vancouver Art Gallery wants the three acres for a new landmark building, but city councillors want a mixed-use development. Meanwhile, the public is caught in the middle
From its earliest history, Larwill Park was a place marked by contest and conflict. Boots of the volunteer artillery corps stomped in drill. The dusty parade ground housed men in tents as they enlisted to fight in the Boer and First World wars. In peacetime, the field, once called the “Commons of the Pioneers,” was [...]
Block parties: Moments in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s history
–1925 Henry Stone and five other founding members offer Vancouver city council $100,000 toward a new permanent collection if the city would give them a building and site for the new Vancouver Art Gallery. The city refuses. –1928 Voters turn down a proposed $75,000 money bylaw to build a gallery. –1930 City agrees to donate [...]
North Van seeks cultural revolution, Consultant recommends new homes for Presentation House’s three tenants
Three of the North Shore’s foremost cultural institutions should be moved into new, multi-million-dollar buildings over the next two decades, according to a year-long study commissioned by the City of North Vancouver. The purpose of the study was to determine the best way to house the Presentation House Gallery, Presentation House Theatre and the North [...]
