[Bcma-l] CMA, Communique: A New voice for Canadian Visual Arts

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Subject: 	CMA, Communiqué: A New voice for Canadian Visual Arts 
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Date: 	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:30:00 -0500
From: 	Canadian Museums Association des musées canadiens 
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    A New voice for Canadian Visual Arts

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — February 11, 2008*

Following the recent Visual Arts Summit, a new group of visual arts 
organizations has come together to form the *Canadian Alliance for the 
Visual Arts* (CAVA). Rather than an official organization, CAVA is an 
independent alliance of national visual arts organizations determined to 
advance the status of visual arts in Canada. Through communication, 
cooperation and collaborative action this network will achieve common 
goals, as outlined in the Visual Arts Summit’s Collective Agenda. 
(www.visualartssummit.ca <http://www.visualartssummit.ca>)

Representatives from eleven of Canada’s national arts service 
organizations make up CAVA’s membership. These organizations, though 
diverse in focus, each have a vested interest in the promotion and 
advancement of Canadian visual arts. CAVA’s main objectives are to speak 
with a unified voice, to develop a cohesive strategy to improve the 
socio-economic conditions of artists, and to pursue the health of our 
art galleries, museums, artist-run centres and commercial art dealers so 
that Canada’s extraordinary visual arts can flourish.

After two productive teleconferences, CAVA held their first face-to-face 
meeting in Montreal on February 1, with another scheduled for the 14 of 
March. These meetings have set in motion a number of joint projects 
which will affect change for Canadian visual arts, both in the artistic 
community and the general public. The group looks forward to the 
upcoming announcements on the disbursement of new funding by the Canada 
Council for the Arts, and will be in attendance at the Council’s 
meetings on February 12.

*For more information on CAVA and their planned initiatives, contact any 
member:*
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Shawn Van Sluys, Ottawa
*Canadian Art Museum Directors’ Organization
*613-862-5035, shawn.vansluys@camdo.ca <mailto:shawn.vansluys@camdo.ca>
	John McAvity, Ottawa
*Canadian Museums Association
*613-567-0099 x226, jmcavity@museums.ca <mailto:jmcavity@museums.ca>
Lise Leblanc, Ottawa
*L’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones*
613-244-9584, lleblanc@agavf.ca <mailto:lleblanc@agavf.ca>
	Patricia Feheley, Toronto
*Art Dealers Association of Canada*
416-323-1373, gallery@feheleyfinearts.com 
<mailto:gallery@feheleyfinearts.com>
April Britski, Ottawa
*CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation)*
613-233-6161, carfac@carfac.ca <mailto:carfac@carfac.ca>
	Milly Ristvedt, Toronto
*Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
*416-408-2718, milly@kos.net <mailto:milly@kos.net>
Christian Bédard, Montréal
*Le Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec
*514-866-7101, Christian.bedard@raav.org <mailto:Christian.bedard@raav.org>
	Jennifer Dorner, Montréal
*Independent Media Arts Alliance*
514-522-8240, dir@imaa.ca <mailto:dir@imaa.ca>
Daniel Roy, Montreal
*Artist-Run Centres and Collectives*
514-524-4529, danielroy@arccc-cccaa.org <mailto:danielroy@arccc-cccaa.org>
	Ryan Rice, Kahnawake, QC
*Conference Aboriginal Curatorial Collective*
514-756-6602, directoracc@gmail.com <mailto:directoracc@gmail.com>
Maegen Black, Fredericton
*Canadian Crafts Federation
*506-444-3315, info@canadiancraftsfederation.ca 
<mailto:info@canadiancraftsfederation.ca>
	

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