Can Barbie save Classical Music?
With a wardrobe for any occasion, it’s easy to picture Barbie as a fashion icon for the public school set. But American conductor and music producer Arnie Roth also wants Continue Reading →
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Select Standing Committee on Finance recommends increase in arts funding
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 fund shuts out support for arts in B.C.
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 →
Ontarians value the arts more than ever, survey shows
I wonder if the same thing could be said about British Columbians? Ontarians believe more passionately in the importance of the arts than they did 16 years ago, a survey Continue Reading →
Non-profit groups say B.C. duped them over casino proceeds
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 →
Robert Dick’s Glissando Headjoint and Other Inventions
At this summer’s classical music concerts, you could of course find a healthy array of violins, trumpets and cellos. But amid the familiar strings and brass have sprouted some odd Continue Reading →
B.C. arts cuts called ‘strategic error’
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 →
Former B.C. Arts Council chair Jane Danzo speaks out
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 →
Charitable and Not-for-Profit Community Response to the Long Form Census Debate
It seems every summer some crazy political story surfaces that just makes you wonder what people are thinking and make us ask “why would anyone do that?”. This “summer of Continue Reading →
Bulk of $10-million arts legacy fund going to B.C. Spirit Festival Days, NDP MLA says
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 →