Metro Vancouver arts
MAC takes over project
By Carol Aun, Mission City Record, December 1, 2010 The Mission Arts Council (MAC) has revived the photo mural project proposed for the Leisure Centre. MAC executive director Nancy Arcand picked up the phone to offer help as soon as she heard early last week the donations were to be returned and the project cancelled. [...]
Coquitlam: Workshop aimed at immigrant youth
The Tri-Cities Arts Door Project is hosting an information-sharing session tomorrow (Thursday) about how inclusive the local arts and cultural industry is for immigrant youth. The Arts Door youth leadership team, made up of 14 newcomer youths, will share its preliminary research on how accessible opportunities are for immigrant and newcomer youth in the Tri-Cities [...]
Burnaby festivals grant program almost ready to roll
A city pilot program to provide grants for community festivals and special events is readying for a January launch. The three-year pilot will fund a maximum of $250,000 annually in grants to Burnaby-based non-profit groups, said a city staff report. Applicants will have to demonstrate proof of additional funding sources as well as partnerships and [...]
Surrey: Dancing Tower unveiled in Surrey
Coast artists Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker unveiled their latest creation, a sculpture entitled Dancing Tower, last month in Surrey. The sculpture will provide the focal point for the entrance to the Newton Cultural Centre. Much of the aluminum and tempered glass structure was fabricated on the Coast with the colourful glass panels applied on [...]
Coquitlam: Tourism plan in the works for Coquitlam
Coquitlam stoked its tourism engine this week by asking business and cultural leaders how to get visitors to stay — and spend — in the city. A day-long workshop held at the Innovation Centre Wednesday will result in a 20- to 30-page report, ready in six weeks, that will form a blueprint on how to [...]
Apply now for PoCo $
Port Coquitlam organizations wanting to take advantage of the city’s Community Cultural Development Investment Program grants should get their applications in before Nov. 30. This investment category represents a contribution towards the overall operating costs of well-established and developed arts, heritage and cultural organizations; it is intended to defray a portion of general overhead and [...]
New Westminster: Final curtain for Massey Theatre
New Westminster’s school district and council have sealed the fate of New Westminster’s historic Massey Theatre. At separate meetings on October 18, both the school district and city council passed motions supporting its replacement as part of the construction of three new schools. The 1,260-seat Massey, built in built in 1948, is the largest proscenium [...]
Two galleries pair up to present Northwest Coast art in Maple Ridge
Man, who doesn’t love Northwest Coast art? Visually, it’s striking, with its combination of native wood and bright, bold colours. Historically, it provides a moral compass for us as we move into the future. And viscerally, you somehow can’t help but feel more connected to nature when poring over it — even if you’re viewing [...]
New Westminster: Autumn Open House featuring New Westminster Artists
Exhibition on October 16, 2010 at the Van Dop Gallery Presenting New Westminster Artists: Internationally recognized Leslie Poole draws on years of experience to create works of deeply felt emotion. Poole’s paintings, drawings, and prints question life and art through subjects as diverse as: male and female figures, still life, landscape, and self-portraits from realist to expressionist [...]
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 [...]
New Westminster: City seeks creative way to turn iconic ‘Wait for me Daddy’ photo into public art
With the New Westminster city budget just around the corner, it will be up to council to determine what kind a project to create a public art piece to honour the iconic “Wait For Me Daddy” photo taken 70 years ago Friday (Oct. 1). Greg Magirescu, the city’s manager of arts and cultural development, said [...]
West Vancouver: Kay Meek Centre opens doors for Culture Day
Last year there were 13 of them. And this year, 30 musicians between the ages of 12 and 18 are a part of the North Shore Celtic Ensemble. “It just keeps growing,” the ensemble’s music director Claude Giguere says. More than double the size, the group has also doubled its season’s performances, which includes stage [...]
Surrey must do more for the arts
In the new-knowledge economy, cities that are most able to attract the highly skilled, intellectual and creative people who drive innovation, are the ones that will thrive economically. Just ask Richard Florida, one of my favourite authors and writer of The Rise of the Creative Class. Success in a knowledge economy will depend largely on [...]
New art studio opens with a splatter in South Surrey
The apple doesn’t fall far from the apple tree – or, in Anna Kajda-Minett’s case, the artistic apple tree. Kajda-Minett, who just opened the doors to a new franchise of 4Cats Arts Studio for Kids in South Surrey last week, was hit by the art bug early in her life. “My godfather was Witold Palka, [...]
Richmond: Artisans’ Galleria is closing due to cutbacks
A non-profit gallery operated by the Community Arts Council of Richmond has fallen victim to government cuts in funding the arts and culture. The Artisans’ Galleria in Steveston showcases the work of artist members and exhibitions, and is free for the public to attend. The Community Arts Council of Richmond, which raised significant funds to [...]
