[Bcma-l] Fwd: VAS Communiqué: Visual Arts Summ it Program: Now online

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Subject: 	Fwd: VAS Communiqué: Visual Arts Summit Program: Now online
Date: 	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:00:30 -0700



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   Visual Arts Summit Program: Now online

The Visual Arts Summit will be the first major gathering in 40 years 
planned with the goal of advancing Canada's visual arts sector by 
encouraging public appreciation of art, improving support for the 
important role of artists and art institutions and boosting sales and 
collecting activities. This November, join artists, dealers, collectors, 
curators, and other leaders in the discussion.


The full program for the Visual Arts Summit, including speakers, is now 
available under PROGRAM at www.visualartssummit.ca 
<http://www.visualartssummit.ca>

Feature speakers include:

   * Shawna Dempsey, artist
   * Vera Frenkel, artist
   * Joe Friday, collector
   * Marc Mayer, Director, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
   * Robin Metcalfe, Director/Curator, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery
   * R.M. Vaughn, Art critic and journalist

Over 200 have already registered! Don't wait — register today.


*For more information visit: ***** 
<http://www.visualartssummit.ca>www.visualartssummit.ca 
<http://www.visualartssummit.ca>

**

*Questions about the Program?*
Megan Williams
902-401-6606
megandwilliams@eastlink.ca <mailto:megandwilliams@eastlink.ca>

**Questions about *Registration?
*Olivier Hill, Canadian Museums Association
613-567-0099, x233
ohill@museums.ca <mailto:ohill@museums.ca>

**

*Summit Partners:*
Aboriginal Curatorial Collective: www.aboriginalcuratorialcollective.org 
<http://www.aboriginalcuratorialcollective.org>
Art Dealers Association of Canada: www.ad-ac.ca <http://www.ad-ac.ca>
Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference: www.arccc-cccaa.org 
<http://www.arccc-cccaa.org>
Canadian Artists' Representation (CARFAC): www.carfac.ca 
<http://www.carfac.ca>
Canadian Education Association: www.cea-ace.ca <http://www.cea-ace.ca>
Canadian Museums Association: www.museums.ca <http://www.museums.ca>
Canadian Art Museum Directors' Organization: www.camdo.ca 
<http://www.camdo.ca>
Independent Media Arts Alliance: www.imaa.ca <http://www.imaa.ca>
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: www.rca-arc.ca <http://www.rca-arc.ca>