The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

Call For 2016 BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Nominations

Nominate an individual who has made a significant contribution to the province’s entertainment industry by the March 15 deadline.

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Nominations Open For 2016 Order Of British Columbia

Nominations are now open for the 2016 Order of British Columbia, and this is a great opportunity for our sector to give recognition to distinguished members of the arts, culture, and heritage community. 

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Nominations Open For 2016 Whistler Champion of Arts & Culture Award

Are you a member of Whistler's cultural community? Nominate someone for their role in the growth of arts, culture, and heritage in Whistler. 

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Nominations Open For YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

The 2016 Women of Distinction Awards category for Arts, Culture & Design is open for nominations.

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BC Artists Honoured With Awards for Applied Art and Design

A ceramic artist, sculptor, and shoemaker have been named the recipients of the 2015 Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design. 

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Norman Armour Receives National Arts Centre Award

Norman Armour has been awarded the 2015 National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring in the Performing Arts,

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Bramwell Tovey Honoured with Oskar Morawetz Award

Bramwell Tovey, music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, is the recipient of the 2015 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance.

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Wayde Compton Wins 2015 City of Vancouver Book Award

Writer Wayde Compton was presented the prize for The Outer Harbour (Arsenal Pulp Press) on Thursday, November 12 at the 2015 Mayor's Arts Awards.

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Shortlist Announced For Inaugural Cedric Literary Awards

Fourteen BC writers "of a certain age" have made it to the short list of candidates for the inaugural 2015 Cedric Literary Awards.

 

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Nominations Open for the 2016 Heritage BC Awards

Heritage BC's Awards program recognizes the outstanding and significant achievements in heritage conservation of individuals, organizations, groups, businesses and government in communities across BC. Nomination deadline is December 18.

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2015 Vancouver Mayor's Arts Awards Recipients Announced

Twenty-four individuals and one business are the recipients of the 2015 Mayor’s Arts Awards for having made significant contributions to creative life in the city of Vancouver.

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BC Book Prize Deadline Approaches

The deadline for applications for the 2016 BC Book Prizes is Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Entries may be submitted in one of seven categories, as well as for the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.

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Victoria Artist Sandra Meigs Wins $50,000 2015 Gershon Iskowitz Prize

Painter Sandra Meigs has been named the 2015 recipient of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO, presented annually to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to the visual arts in Canada.

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Fourteen Books Win 2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards

Fourteen must-read books in seven categories have been announced as winners of the Canada Council for the Arts' Governor General’s Literary Awards.

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Attend the 2015 Mayor's Arts Awards and Vancouver Book Award Presentations

Plan to attend this year's Mayor's Arts Awards and Vancouver Book Award presentations on Thursday, November 12 at 6 p.m. at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre in Vancouver.

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Winners of 2015 Salt Spring National Art Prize Announced

SSNAP announces eight winners in four award categories: the Joan McConnell Award for Best in Show, the Juror's Choice Awards, the ASA Award for best Salt Spring artist, and the Rosemarie Behncke People’s Choice Awards.

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Vancouver Museums Win Governor General’s Award for First Nations Exhibition

cə̓ snaʔəm, The City Before the City, winner of the 2015 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums, is a collaboration between the Museum of Vancouver, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, the Musqueam First Nation, and Susan Roy from the University of Waterloo.

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Nominations Open for Kamloops 2016 Mayor’s Award for the Arts

Residents of Kamloops or the Thompson-Nicola Regional District are invited to nominate an artist or arts supporter for this year's Kamloops Mayor's Awards for the Arts by the October 26 deadline. 

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2015 City of Vancouver Book Award Finalists Announced

Four books that reflect Vancouver’s unique character, culture and history have been selected as finalists for this year's City of Vancouver Book Award. 

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Nominations Open for 2016 City of Nanaimo Culture & Heritage Awards

The City of Nanaimo invites public nominations for their 2016 Culture & Heritage Awards by the November 17 deadline.

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