The province’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has recommended that arts funding be made a high priority in the 2011/12 budget. The bipartisan committee, which has been Continue Reading →

2010 Legacies Now is rebranding itself and will no longer provide support for the arts, its CEO Bruce Dewar has confirmed. A not-for-profit organization created in 2000 to develop community Continue Reading →

A coalition of non-profit groups is calling on Vancouver city council to delay approval of a downtown casino complex until the province agrees to steer more gambling revenue to charities Continue Reading →

The board of governors of the Canadian Conference of the Arts says British Columbia is making a “strategic error” in cutting spending in the arts sector.Kathleen Sharpe, the president of Continue Reading →

The former chair of the B.C. Arts Council has slammed the government for provincial cuts that are hobbling arts groups. She is also speaking out about the Liberals’ lack of Continue Reading →

The bulk of the new $10-million arts legacy fund that B.C. Liberals promised in their March budget is earmarked for a new B.C. Spirit Festival Days, NDP MLA and culture Continue Reading →

Even minor cuts to provincial funding can be devastating to grassroots 
groups that are the lifeblood of arts in B.C. In October 2009, Vancouver’s Helen Pitt art gallery was forced Continue Reading →

Arts groups are raising questions about who exactly is eligible for community gaming grants in the province now that announced changes are ready to start.New Democrat MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, Continue Reading →