Real Jobs. Real Family. Real Economy.
The Arts and Culture Industry in BC generates more than 80,000 jobs and $5.2 billion annually. Less than .05% of the BC budget is invested in the Arts. An investment in the Arts is an investment in our communities.
Ask your elected official to reinstate the 40% cut to our BC Arts Council.
Because artists have families too.
With the recent re-election of the Liberals, it is more important than ever that we help the Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts reverse the 40% cut to the BC Arts Council. Here are a few ways you can help:
1. Write a letter: Contact your newly elected representative. Or send your letter to the Premier, Gordon Campbell (The Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia, Box 9041, Station PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 9E1). Remind him of his stated commitment to the arts and the devastating effects the cuts to the Arts Council will have on your organization or practice. As was written in the budget speech, “The arts help to shape our vision of who we are. They bring to life the concept of culture, and — just as important — bring us together, entertain us, intrigue us, and challenge us intellectually.”
2. Tell your story: Write a letter to the editor in your local paper.
3. Post your picture of your family to our photo wall
4. Join our postcard campaign. Postcard shells come three sizes: 3X5, 4X6, or 5X7. Just follow the simple instructions, print them out, and mail them in.
And the most important thing...
5. Spread the word: Tell your friends, family, Board members and associates. Get them onside. The more noise we make on this issue, the more likely that we will have an effect.
Check out our new blog
The Alliance for Arts & Culture is proud to unveil our brand new blog!
Special thanks to the hardworking guys at Hired Guns Creative for integrating it
so seamlessly (and beautifully) into our site.
We hope you will make this blog a regular stop in your digital day. We will posting regularly on a variety of different topics, and updating it very often with breaking news of concern to the artistic community here in Vancouver and abroad. There is also the opportunity for guest posts from our members or supporters. If you would like to contribute (and we hope you will!), contact the Master of the Blog, otherwise known as our Director of Communications, Peter Boychuk. We also hope you will comment frequently and passionately. We want this blog to be a forum for discussion, as well as a new and exciting way to engage with our members.
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