fundraisers
Kelowna: Seeking entries from young Okanagan filmmakers
Kelowna Capital News, January 17, 2011 Summer Arts Scene For Youth in Central Okanagan Society presents Film Fever Fest this April. Youths up to the age of 25 from across the Okanagan Valley are invited to submit film, short clips, photo-essay, video or animation to the festival. This is a fundraiser for SASFY, creative workshops [...]
Kamloops: Mayor’s award salutes leadership
Visitors to Peter Milobar’s house over the holidays, beware — the mayor may use you as imbibing guinea pigs. It will all be in support of the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts, a fundraiser for the city’s theatre, art gallery and symphony on Jan. 22. Prior to the event at the Kamloops Convention Centre, Milobar [...]
Vancouver: Sparkling Starry Night celebrates its 25th event, A tribute to everyone who has performed will be part of the festivities
The flagship event for the Shooting Stars Foundation, Starry Night, is turning 25 on Monday. The concert, part of a series of artistic events serving as fundraisers for Shooting Stars, will help the organization get another step closer to raising $100,000 for charities assisting people living with HIV/AIDS in and around Vancouver. “It’s very much [...]
Film fundraisers: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Pacific Cinematheque, DOXA
It’s been a financially challenging period for many film festivals and organizations due to arts-grant cuts, decreased sponsorship, and the recession. A series of upcoming fundraising events aims to mitigate these woes. The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is holding its annual fundraiser, A Night of Film, Music, and Wine, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (November [...]
Kickstarter’ Gives You a Way to Invest in Arts Projects: Chris Cannon wants to make a mockumentary, so he’s pitching the idea online to potential backers.
Chris Cannon wants to make a hit series, and who doesn’t? But unlike you and me, he’s tapped into a major source of potential funding — you and me. It’s called Kickstarter, an online platform for pitching your arts project idea and, if people respond generously, rounding up the cash needed to get it going. [...]
Williams Lake: Anonymous Footwork encourages artists to try something new
The deadline is coming up Wednesday, Oct. 27 for artists to participated in the Station House Gallery’s new fundraising auction event Anonymous Footwork. The deadline was originally this Monday but has been moved ahead, says gallery manager Diane Toop. So far Toop says about 25 artists have registered to participate in the fundraiser and they [...]
Arts Umbrella achieves fundraising success despite HST, alcohol restrictions
Fundraisers and wine event organizers are relieved that Arts Umbrella is virtually sold out for a $55 wine tasting tonight featuring Sonoma Valley wines. Some organizers have told Business in Vancouver they are concerned the HST and stricter penalties for those caught driving with more than 0.05% blood alcohol content will make it much harder [...]
Vancouver Ballet Society twirls out a global cookbook
Besides dance, what do Alex Wong, Chan Hon Goh and Twyla Tharp have in common? They all have recipes in a new cookbook published by the Vancouver Ballet Society. Entitled Tutus & Tarts, the cookbook has about 150 recipes from dancers, artistic directors and choreographers from around the world. Dame Antoinette Sibley, president of the [...]
New Westminster: Homeless artists show their works
An exhibit of works by homeless artists will benefit a New Westminster program aimed at helping the city’s homeless and those with mental illnesses. The exhibit is currently being shown at the Vancity Credit Union on Sixth Street and will move to G&F Financial, also on Sixth Street, during Homelessness Action Week (Oct. 10-16). The [...]
Castlegar: SculptureWalk to hold gala
After a successful first annual SculptureWalk in Castlegar, organizer Pat Field wants to end with a bang. The awards gala will be held on Oct. 16 at Element and it includes an evening of dinner and theatre along with the awards. “It’s to wrap up this year and celebrate the artists,” Field said. Dinner starts [...]
Annual Garbage Can Art Contest & Auction
Sunday, September 26, 2010 2010 Sees Switch From Garbage Cans To Metal Umbrella Stands Twenty-five artists will take part in the four hours of creative madness, turning plain metal umbrella stands, provided by the event sponsor, Granville Island Ferries (www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca), into works of art. In previous years the artworks have been created out of metal [...]
Vancouver non-profit arts group hopes the Dreams continue, Public Dreams behind the Illuminares lantern festival, Parade of Lost Souls
After 25 years of illuminating the night and haunting shadows from Grandview Park to Trout Lake, Public Dreams is looking to become a little more private. Public Dreams is known for annual events such as the Illuminares lantern festival and the Parade of Lost Souls, but without a significant increase in funds the company may [...]
Meet the Geek fundraiser benefits film
Got a pressing question that only a true geek can answer? Your chance to meet a geek comes Tuesday at Vancouver’s first Meet the Geek event where a gourmet dinner will be served up with hearty helpings of geekery as some of the city’s top tech minds gather at the Salt Cellar to “meet, eat [...]
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. [...]
Donors help Vancouver International Improv Fest overcome financial hurdle
Organizers of the decade-old Vancouver International Improv Festival [1] have turned to friends and supporters to help bridge a gap in funding that threatened to derail the six-day series of performances and workshops. Kaitlin Fontana, the festival’s media and sponsorship director, said the small, non-profit theatre group had just started exploring its public-grant options in earnest when [...]
