Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
Krueger’s departure ‘a little sad,’ says arts manager
B.C.’s financially stretched arts industry will focus on building its relationship with the new minister of tourism, culture and the arts, Western Canada Theatre general manager Lori Marchand said Wednesday. Recently appointed to the B.C. Arts Council board, Marchand was asked to comment on the departure of MLA Kevin Krueger after a controversial 18 months [...]
B.C. cabinet shuffle erases arts
Premier Gordon Campbell’s cabinet shuffle has left members of B.C.’s arts community wondering what importance, if any, the B.C. Liberals will be giving to the creative sector in the coming months. The October 25 shuffle saw Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger move to the Ministry of Social Development and rookie MLA Stephanie Cadieux appointed minister [...]
Ministry name-change leaves artists concerned
What’s in a name? A lot, say some B.C. artists, and they’re worried. In Monday’s cabinet shuffle, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts disappeared, replaced by a Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. That makes British Columbia the only Canadian province or territory without a culture ministry. Sure there’s “culture” in “cultural development,” but that [...]
Kevin Krueger out, Stephanie Cadieux is in on arts portfolio
Premier Gordon Campbell’s cabinet shuffle has moved Kevin Krueger off the arts portfolio, and brought former backbencher Stephanie Cadieux in. Former Minister for Tourism, Culture, and the Arts Krueger, whose work with the arts community has been mired with confrontation (in September, he complained that he felt threatened in a meeting with the Alliance for Arts [...]
Arts minister Kevein Krueger talks up arts and culture funding
B.C.’s minister of tourism, culture, and the arts has offered a few hints about how exactly the provincial government might allocate remaining arts Legacy funding. For 2010, $3 million has been put toward B.C. Spirit Festivals to be held in February, and $7 million has been provided to the B.C. Arts Council. The B.C. government [...]
B.C. arts and culture minister Kevin Krueger defends government arts spending
B.C. culture minister Kevin Kruegeris touting the level of support for the arts the provincial Liberal government has provided since coming to power in 2001. Krueger said the B.C. government has spent around $600 million on arts and culture over the past decade. “We want you to judge us by our record as well as what [...]
Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Kevin Krueger says it’s “illegal” to threaten a cabinet minister
Today (September 4) in the Vancouver Sun, Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger didn’t back down from earlier comments that he was threatened last year by members of the arts community at a meeting hosted by the Alliance for Arts and Culture. “It is illegal to threaten an MLA or cabinet minister,” Krueger told Sun columnist Douglas [...]
The Alliance for Arts and Culture calls on arts minister Kevin Krueger to “moderate his comments”
The following is a formal response from the Alliance for Arts and Culture to Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger, after his comments yesterday likening the group’s tactics to “a junkie waving a needle”. The alliance represents about 330 arts groups and artists from a variety of disciplines. The Alliance for Arts and [...]
Krueger stands by comments arts group threatened him
A war of words between a Vancouver-based arts organization and Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Kevin Krueger is hopefully just a misunderstanding, the manager for Western Canada Theatre said Friday. But Krueger stood his ground that the alliance made an outright threat against him. Lori Marchand made the comment after hearing the Alliance for Arts [...]
Kevin Krueger says arts-funding threats were “no different than a junkie waving a needle”
For the second time in just over a week, Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger has claimed he was threatened by the Alliance for Arts and Culture. In late August, he alleged that an unknown arts organization in Vancouver basically practised “extortion” against him in a meeting. The alliance offered a radically different version [1] of [...]
BC Arts Council receives additional funding
The British Columbia Arts Council will administer $7 million in funding provided through the B.C. government’s 2010 Sports and Arts Legacy to support their strategic plan, Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts announced. “I am confident in the council’s strategic plan to deliver on the Legacy’s goals through its work with B.C.’s [...]
Who needs a BC arts council when we have the Liberals?
Jane Danzo, in her letter of resignation as Chair of the BC Arts Council and in various exit interviews that followed, has confirmed what most of us already suspected: that the Liberal government now sees itself as arbiter of all things cultural in the province. At last, we can begin to see the future. In her [...]
Arts in the Parks Celebrates BC Parks’ Centennial
Provincial parks across British Columbia will feature arts and cultural events in celebration of BC Parks’ centennial with $120,000 in provincial funding, announced Minister of Environment Barry Penner and Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger today. “Arts in the Parks will be an exciting addition to our BC Parks 100 celebration,” said [...]
B.C. government letter now hints at how it will hand out other Legacy funds to arts groups
Arts groups are starting to receive letters from the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism saying some Legacy funding will be made available to the B.C. Arts Council’s “annual operating clients“. But to be eligible, their events must meet certain requirements and “reflect the vision of the Legacy”, according to the letter. The letter, signed [...]
BC Spirit Festivals News Release, guidelines and application forms available
The Province is providing $3 million this year to support arts and cultural festivals in more than 150 communities across British Columbia through the 2010 Sports and Arts Legacy, announced Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger. “We created the Legacy to celebrate and renew the pride and excitement British Columbians experienced during [...]
