Whistler arts
Whistler: West Coast music hits online airways
Forget iTunes, music lovers will soon be able to get their tracks from a far more local source: a brand new public Internet radio station, www.wmn.fm. The online radio station is actually just the first part of the Whistler Media Network – or the WMN – project, a new company created by a group of [...]
Cultural tourism plan under development: success is in marketing Whistler’s story, not specific events or attractions, expert says
Instead of marketing specific cultural events or offerings such as the World Ski and Snowboard Festival or Cornucopia, they key to Whistler’s success in cultural tourism is to capitalize on what distinguishes it from every other mountain resort. That was the message this week from Steven Thorne, a cultural tourism expert who has been hired [...]
Squamish set to go LIVE
The Sea to Sky region has seen its share of failed music festivals over the past few years: Pemberton Festival, Music in the Mountains and the Whistler Music Festival are just a few of the one-hit wonders that have rolled in and out of town recently. But now, there’s a new company interested in bringing [...]
Whistler: 2010 Art Workshops at the Lake fill up
Whistler Arts Council’s annual Art Workshops at the Lake are proving to be a popular event again this year. As of late last week, before the series had even begun, three of the workshops were already sold out: Suzanne Northcott’s four-day Life Drawing and Painting and Acrylics courses are booked solid, and David Langevin’s session [...]
Squamish: Artists converge to spread creativity
Five artists sharing a new downtown loft studio are attempting to capture the hearts and minds of residents with a variety of programs, initiatives and endeavours. Local artist Stan Matwychuk is taking the lead in organizing initiatives, which would include life drawing classes, art history lessons, summer markets, mural festivals and outdoor film screenings. “It’s [...]
Ross Beaty, Lukas Lundin give B.C. Museum of Mining $3.72 million
The BC Museum of Mining at Britannia Beach has received a total of $3.72 million from industry leaders Ross Beaty and Lukas Lundin. This includes personal donations from Beaty of $2 million and Lundin of $1 million and a corporate donation of $722,000 from Red Back Mining, where Lukas serves as chairman. The gift will support a [...]
Whistler: Niedermayer recognized for dedication to the arts: Head of WAC presented with Arts Champions award
Doti Niedermayer’s face went a little red when she realized she was about to be presented with an Arts Champions award earlier this month. Sitting at the annual gala that’s part of the Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils conference on May 1 in Richmond, Niedermayer was listening to the description of one award recipient when [...]
Whistler: WAC and MY Place Society join forces
To the average arts patron, Maurice Young Millennium Place (MY Place) has probably seemed rather quiet over the past year and half, with only a few public events staged there. But there has been plenty going on behind the scenes, as staff from MY Place and Whistler Arts Council (WAC) have been hashing out a [...]
Britannia Beach: B.C. Museum of Mining goes digital
Architects, designers and planners have been busy transforming the British Columbia Museum of Mining’s physical digs at Britannia Beach, and now the national historic site is jumping headfirst into the digital age. They’ve taken historical film footage from the ’20s and ’30s, which offers a unique glimpse back in time to life at Britannia Beach [...]
Whistler: Richoz receives Community Achievement Award
Whistler’s Joan Richoz was one of 47 British Columbians to be recognized at the seventh annual B.C. Community Achievement Awards in Victoria on April 28 with Lieutenant Governor Steven Point and Premier Gordon Campbell presenting medallions on behalf of the B.C. Achievement Foundation. Richoz received the award in recognition of more than 30 years of [...]
Whistler: ArtWalk needs artists and artisans
The Whistler Arts Council (WAC)’s seventh annual ArtWalk event has a call out for local artists and artisans. The event features artists’ work highlighted in unconventional “galleries” throughout the Village, including cafés, retail stores, hotels and restaurants from June 15 to Aug. 31. The deadline for application is April 19. Applications and complete guidelines can [...]
Whistler Arts Council reeling from gaming grant cuts: Children’s Art Fest, other programs likely to be scaled back: director
No events will be cancelled but some — such as the popular Whistler Children’s Art Festival — will have to be “scaled back significantly” as a result of last week’s B.C. government decision to eliminate B.C. Gaming Grants funding to arts and cultural groups, the head of the Whistler Arts Council (WAC) said last week. [...]
Whistler: Opening doors to First Nations culture
SLCC remains open to public throughout Olympics, hosting range of performances and events To Willie Lewis, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre is a dream realized for his people. “The presence of the centre here in Whistler just kind of gives us an identity and says that this land wasn’t uninhabited when people came here, it [...]
Whistler: A year of laying a foundation for culture
Whistler’s run as a Cultural Capital of Canada comes to an end in March; what has the $500,000 arts, culture and heritage program accomplished? Pique readers have probably noticed a little black and white icon that, up until Dec. 31 had run on the front page of the paper for the past year, and many [...]
Whistler’s history finds a new home
A reinvented Whistler Museum reopens to the public after almost two years of closure; unveils new exhibit on community’s Olympic journey. Whistler is a strange place – “unique” if you want to be polite. It has a small town vibe coupled with the infrastructure of a big city, and these days everyone is pretty caught [...]
