[BCMA MBEN] Reminder: Spirit of BC Week Subsidies Available
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:07:09 -0800
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rit of BC Week 2007 - February 9-17, 2007</b></span></font></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Spirit of BC Week=
was created in 2005 to foster community spirit and
excitement and celebrate the five-year countdown to the 2010 Winter
Olympic and Paralympic Games.  Over the long-term, the goal is for
Spirit of BC Week to become an annual festival and celebration of
community spirit in towns and cities throughout BC with events being
hosted that celebrate the core areas of 2010 Legacies Now – </span></=
font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">arts,
culture and heritage, literacy, sport and recreation, volunteerism and
inclusion.</span></font></div>
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>Arts Now and the BC Museums Association (BCMA)</b></span></font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Arts Now has part=
nered with the BCMA to encourage </span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span =
style=3D"font-size:10pt">BCMA
Institutional Members to participate in their local Spirit of BC Week
2007 celebration and in turn, help promote local appreciation of their
community’s own rich heritage.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Members of the BC=
MA are encouraged to find ways to link with their
community’s Spirit of BC Week celebrations. Spirit of BC Week is
closely followed by Heritage Week in BC, so it provides an opportunity
for communities to connect these important concepts. </span></font><font f=
ace=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">BCMA members
are invited to create special one day or “all week” special even=
ts or
promotions, such as “Family Museum Day”; or by tagging an alread=
y-
scheduled exhibit; or offering a special sneak preview of a planned
exhibit opening or upcoming BC Heritage Week event. Museums, art
galleries and heritage properties have the flexibility in choosing the day=
and time of the event during the Spirit of BC Week.</span></font></div>
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<div align=3D"left"><a href=3D"http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/content/home.a=
sp"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">For complete, down=
loadable Guidelines & Application
Form:</span></font></a></div>
<div align=3D"left"><a href=3D"http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/content/home.a=
sp"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><u>Spirit of BC We=
ek Subsidies</u></span></font></a></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b>Level of Assis=
tance</b></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Sm=
all subsidies of up to $500 are available to help offset lost revenue
or additional hosting or promotional costs. Local Spirit of BC
Community Committees provide participating institutions with
promotional material and Arts Now will provide an investment of up to
$500 to BCMA Institutional Members for their initiative(s) as part of the
Spirit of BC Week 2007 celebrations (February 9-17, 2007).</span></font></=
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<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b=
>Application Deadline:</b></span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Ap=
plications will be accepted <b>between January 15 and 19, 2007</b> and
will be reviewed on a first come basis. Applications can be sent by fax
or email.</span></font></div>
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font-size:11pt"> _______________________________</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Trebuchet MS" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"=
font-size:11pt">Jim Harding, ED</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Trebuchet MS" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"=
font-size:11pt">BC Museums Association</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Trebuchet MS" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"=
font-size:11pt">(250) 356-5694</span></font></div>
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