Whistler arts
Whistler: Arts merger postponed until after 2010 Games
The Whistler Arts Council and Maurice Young Millennium Place will be too busy to merge before the 2010 Games as initially planned. Instead, the two organizations are set to join forces in May or June 2010 and become one body that will develop and oversee arts and culture in Whistler and operate out of its [...]
BC Arts Council funding in question
After losing almost $40,000 in funding through cuts to B.C. Gaming Grants, the Whistler Arts Council is now waiting for the other shoe to drop. They’re anxiously anticipating the release of the B.C. Arts Council’s funding, which typically covers a lot of their basic operating costs. “It’s still very unclear to me as to what’s [...]
Unifying for arts and culture
Arts council and MY Place society consider amalgamation under one roofThere is strength in numbers, even when it comes to the cultural sector: that’s the message contained in a study recently completed for local arts organizations. Last fall, the Whistler Arts Council (WAC) and the municipality commissioned a functional review of two central community arts [...]
Lundy named interim GM at MY Place: Former Chamber president also conducting operational review of facility
Former Whistler Chamber of Commerce president Louise Lundy started work this week as the interim general manager of Millennium Place, and she will also conduct a formal operational review for the community facility, which is in transition. Sue Adams, chair of the Millennium Place Society board, said a three-month contract was being finalized this week [...]
Business-Arts luncheon set
The Whistler Arts Council and Whistler Chamber of Commerce are will award the sixth annual Whistler Business and the Arts Award next Wednesday (March 18) during a luncheon gathering at The Den at Nicklaus North. The award honours a local business or individual business leader for significant impact on/or contribution to Whistler’s arts and culture [...]
MY Place GM moves on
The general manager of MY Millennium Place announced this week he’s leaving the society to work with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics. In an e-mail sent to colleagues, Marriot said his past four years with the Millennium Place Society have been truly enjoyable and there are many aspects of the society he [...]
