Misc.
Prince George: Calling All Artists
By Shelley Sivell, Prince George Symphony Orchestra – www.pgso.com, Thursday Jan. 13th, 2011 Throughout February, 2011, the Spirit of The One Song Festival will blend the music of the PGSO with arts groups, guilds and galleries and collaborate with public and private organizations including the Prince George Public Library, Schools, Care Facilities and the Elizabeth [...]
Resource: SmartHistory, free not-for-profit online art history textbook
Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit art history textbook. The website covers a wide variety of the artwork usually found in art history classes, ranging from ancient cultures to post-colonialism. In addition to the audio and video, Smarthistory contains articles and images organized by style and chronology. As a bonus, the user interface itself [...]
Prince George: Music of Coldsnap kicks off on Friday
Prince George Free Press, January 18, 2011 Mayor Dan Rogers has officially proclaimed Coldsnap Music Festival Week from Jan. 21 to 29. The festival begins with Latin music scene’s Adonis Puentes and local musician Mike Footit playing the Ramada Friday, Jan. 21 starting at 8 p.m. Puentes and company will also take part in Share [...]
Vancouver: Dr. Sketchy’s draws its inspiration from real life
By Lena Sin, The Province, January 12, 2011 By day, Vancouver artist Camilla d’Errico spends her time painting sexy but sweet, tough yet vulnerable girls with wide eyes and wild, candy-coloured hair. Theirs is a world of manga fantasy, which d’Errico lovingly creates on her canvas. But this week, d’Errico’s popular characters, known as Helmet [...]
Vancouver: PuSh fest promotes “cityness” in honour of our 125th year
By Stuart Derdeyn, The Province, January 12, 2011 The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival turns seven this year. Vancouver turns 125. Both the festival and the city are barely out of diapers relative to the urban spaces and arts of Europe, Africa and Asia. But age ain’t nuthin’ but a number. This place and the [...]
Vancouver: B.C. missing women art exhibit called off – Museum cites ‘serious’concerns’
By The Canadian Press, http://www.cbc.ca, January 13, 2011 The renowned Museum of Anthropology at UBC said it is cancelling an exhibit featuring huge paintings of missing women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside out of “serious concerns.” The museum’s director, Anthony Shelton, said he made the decision because he fears the exhibition will cause “further distress” to [...]
Call for Art: POIESIS: A Journal of the Arts & Communication Volume 13, 2011
Deadline: February 24, 2011 POIESIS is an international periodical which annually publishes research from the fields of Expressive Arts and Media and Communication. We are currently accepting submissions for artwork to include in the journal. This year’s theme for the 13th annual issue: THE HEAD OF ORPHEUS: Voice, Song and the Poetics of Resistance and [...]
Saanich: Income Tax Workshop for Artists
Learn about the fundamentals of taxation for individual artists, with an emphasis on the self-employed. Topics include how to account for multiple income sources, which expenses are deductible and how to stay organized. Instructor, Tanya Sterling is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Senior Advisor with KPMG LLP in Victoria. She is also an Arts [...]
Call for Nominations: Do you know Canada’s Top Young Professional under 40 who has done amazing work for the arts?
DEADLINE FOR NOMATIONS: MARCH 30, 2011 If so, here’s your opportunity to nominate him or her for one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for volunteerism in the arts: The Arnold Edinborough Award. The Arnold Edinborough Award recognizes an individual young professional under the age of 40 who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and volunteerism in the [...]
Rare praise from Spencer Chandra Herbert on today’s Spirit Festivals funding announcement
By Jessica Werb, The Georgia Straight, December 9, 2010 The province’s decision to allocate the remaining $1.15 million in Spirit Festivals funding to the B.C. Arts Council and the Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils has received rare praise from the opposition. In a phone call with the Straight, NDP arts critic Spencer Chandra Herbert called [...]
Attention Filmakers: Everyday Heroes Seeks Short Stories about Big Green Hearts
Do you know someone who’s going green and doing good? Make a silent-one-minute-mini-doc about your local eco-hero for the 2nd annual Everyday Heroes Film Festival. Everyday Heroes is co-produced by Onestop Media Group and Art for Commuters (the folks who produce TUFF), in partnership with Earth Day Canada. Submission deadline is March 1, 2011. Visit [...]
Why aren’t we teaching more of these books?
By Susan Swan, The Globe and Mail, December 3, 2010 Never mind the acclaim of Canadian writers abroad and this fall’s wealth of literary festivals and big book prizes. There’s a shocking disconnect between the international success of Canadian writing and how Canadian literature is viewed in our schools. For starters, few Canadian books are [...]
Whistler Film Festival 2010: The Whistleblower named best Canadian film
By Craig Takeuchi, The Georgia Straight, December 5, 2010 Four days of the film festival frenzy otherwise known as the Whistler Film Festival culminated in an awards brunch ceremony this morning at the Whistler Conference Centre. Attendees assembled at the brunch, with Canadian film industry luminaries such as Atom Egoyan, Bruce Greenwood, Carl Bessai, Julia [...]
Whistler Film Festival 2010: What is the future of films versus gaming?
By Craig Takeuchi, The Georgia Straight, December 4, 2010 Will audiences actively choose how a film will conclude? Will films become more like games? Will storytelling radically change due to the impact of new technologies? What kind of entertainment content will be the wave of the future? These issues were the focus of a panel [...]
SFU names Norman Armour outstanding alumni
By Janet Smith, The Georgia Straight, December 3, 2010 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival executive director Norman Armour has just won a 2010 SFU Outstanding Alumni Award. Armour, who graduated from the university with his BA in 1987, was given the prize for arts and cultural leadership. In a statement about Armour, the university said: [...]
