Arts Alliance Blog
- BC Arts Council Receives Additional Funding
- Wed, Sep 1st, 2010
- This just in ....
VICTORIA – 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...
- Open Letter To Minister Krueger From Spencer Chandra Herbert
- Wed, Sep 1st, 2010
- Dear Minister,
I am writing to you today with great concerns about your BC Liberal government’s escalating politicization of arts and culture funding in B.C.
In a time when British Columbian arts organizations are shuttering their doors, cutting programs and cancelling events due to your government...
- Minister Krueger Shouldn’t Feel “Threatened”
- Fri, Aug 27th, 2010
- There has been a groundswell of supportive response to the resignation of BC Arts Council chair Jane Danzo, and yesterday morning (Thursday, Aug. 26) Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger appeared on CBC Radio One's Early Edition with host Kathryn Gretsinger, to add his...
- Stand up for the Arts!
- Fri, Aug 27th, 2010
- A public meeting has been called for 7 p.m. on Monday, September 27 at the Scotia Bank Dance Centre to discuss what the community can do to change the way the arts are perceived in this province.
“Are you in danger of losing your job to BC arts cuts?” asks the invitation to this gathering. “Is...
- Open Letter from the Canadian Dance Assembly to Premier Gordon Campbell
- Fri, Aug 27th, 2010
- August 26th, 2010
Dear Premier Campbell,
I am writing you on behalf of the Canadian Dance Assembly in response to the recent and devastating decisions made in British Columbia in the field of arts and culture, affecting our daily mission as a national dance organization advocating for a healthy...
- City Seeks Grant Committee Members
- Thu, Aug 26th, 2010
- The City of Vancouver’s Cultural Services is looking for members of the creative community to participate in one of many upcoming cultural grant assessment committee meetings.
Committee members will have expertise in one or more of the following areas: theatre, dance, music, festivals, visual arts...
- Chair of Alliance Advocacy Committee responds to MLA Ron Cantelon
- Sun, Aug 22nd, 2010
- This letter is in response to MLA Ron Cantelon's remarks to the Times-Colonist, Saturday Aug 21.
Dear Ron,
I have just read your comments about arts cuts in the Victoria Times Colonist.
Normal business practice--which is my background--would strive to achieve proportionality between savings...
- David Diamond: Art is the Psyche of a Society
- Thu, Aug 19th, 2010
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An open letter to Kevin Krueger, BC Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
August 19, 2010
Art is the psyche of a society
Dear Minister Krueger: I am a co-founder of Headlines Theatre (1981) and have been the Artistic Director since 1984, having worked in the professional theatre...
- Canadian Conference of the Arts Open Letter To Gordon Campbell
- Thu, Aug 19th, 2010
- August 20th, 2010
Dear Premier Campbell,
Re: Cuts to the BC arts sector
I am writing again to you today on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Canadian
Conference of the Arts (CCA) to express our deep concerns about the devastating...
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