[BCMA] Fwd: Alliance News / Thoughts On "Family Day"

Fri May 18 09:45:17 PDT 2012

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May 16, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:

Hot Off The Blog: A Roundup of Arts & Culture News and Blog Items
> From Near & Far  News From Alliance Members  Newsletters of Note
Alliance Social Media  Alliance Office Hours

HOT OFF THE BLOG

News & Blog Items From Our Website & Beyond

On Family Day In BC:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/family-day-response-victoria- 
symphonys-mitchell-krieger ]
Victoria Symphony's Mitchell Krieger offers another view on
instituting another long weekend in an open letter to Minister
Margaret McDiarmid.

Culture Days Update:
[ 
http://us2.campaignarchive2.com/?u=269970c9c7ad365c10638284c&id=ba5b1a4a37&e=2a62e55714 
]
Early Bird registration for Culture Days was up 70 percent over the same 
period last year, and you can see the list of 650 confirmed events in 
this Saturday's Globe and Mail.

Nominations For Creative Achievement Award:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/submissions-open-bc-creative- 
achievement-award ]
Submissions are now open for the annual Carter Wosk BC Creative
Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design, celebrating British 
Columbians who, through their creativity, contribute to the cultural and 
economic fabric of the Province. Nominations close June 13.

Job Posting / Alliance Communications Coordinator:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/job-board/communications-coordinator ]
The Alliance for Arts and Culture is seeking an experienced 
Communications Coordinator four days-per-week to support the work of the 
communiciatons and community engagement department.
Applications close May 25.

Canada Council New Head Of Music Section:
[ http://secure.campaigner.com/Campaigner/Public/t.show?SB1J--DPgL- 
AXaeI9 ]
Aimé Dontigny, a co-founder of the Canadian New Music Network, has been 
named head of the music section at the Canada Council for the Arts.

Win Big Prizes !
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/win-folk-music-festival-passes- 
magazine-subscriptions-vag-membership-more ]
Purchase or renew an Alliance for Arts and Culture membership by May 30 
and be entered to win an Alliance Cultural Passport package of tickets, 
subscriptions, and gift certificates.

City of Vancouver Book Award:
[ 
http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/nominations-open-city-vancouver-book- award 
]
Authors and publishers of books about Vancouver's history, unique 
character or the achievements of its residents are invited to submit 
entries for the 24th annual City of Vancouver Book Award. Nominations 
close May 23.

Conversations With City Councillors:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/meet-your-vancouver-councillors ]
The Downtown Vancouver Association continues its series of monthly 
breakfasts with Vancouver City Councillors, and you are invited. Next 
up, Councillor Andrea Reimer on May 22.

For more links to news stories of interest see the "News" headlines on 
the Alliance website [ _http://www.allianceforarts.com/_ ] home page.

NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS

What Alliance Members Are Up To

Dance:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/files/enet/pdf/12/05/dance_0.pdf ]
New Works presents its summer lineup of the All Over the Map series; 
Raven Spirit Dance, in partnership with the Dance Centre, is holding a 
Spring Training Intensive in Aboriginal Dance, Story & Song.

General News:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/files/enet/pdf/12/05/general_1.pdf ]
On May 26 the European Festival takes over Swanguard Stadium; come out 
and enjoy the 19th Vancouver International Storytelling Festival which 
will be held June 8-10.

Literary:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/files/enet/pdf/12/05/literary_1.pdf ]
See who won the 2012 BC Book Prizes!

Music:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/files/enet/pdf/12/05/music_2.pdf ]
Chor Leoni's summer shows at the Bard on the Beach tent will be 
Reeldiculous; the Peggy Lee Band invites folks to come to the Ironworks 
Studios on June 8; The Evergreen Cultural Centre presents an enchanting 
evening of Chamber Music called Over the Moon; and San Francisco's 
Conspiracy of Beards will be singing at a fundraiser for Kickstart 
Disability Arts & Culture.

Theatre:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/files/enet/pdf/12/04/theatre_1.pdf ]
United Players of Vancouver presents London Assurance June 1-24; and on 
May 26th catch Who's There? at UBC, an evening in celebration of teacher 
Dr. Peter Loeffler.

Workshops and Forums:
[ http://www.allianceforarts.com/files/enet/pdf/12/05/workshops_1.pdf ]
Join Judith Marcuse Projects for Exploring Arts for Social Change, a 
five day intensive workshop in August; VIVO has several workshops on 
offer; Place des Arts have three workshops coming up in late May-June.

NEWSLETTERS OF NOTE

The Latest From Our Associates & Affilliates

We all receive more incoming newsletters than we can keep up with. Here 
is a weekly digest of recent arts and cultural community newsletters of 
note:

CAPACOA:
[ 
http://app.emediatemail.com/t/ViewEmail/r/B16326891991739E/0DC336C5AD6AD91B6A4D01E12DB8921D 
]
The Canadian Arts Presenting Association, serving the performing
arts touring and presenting community. (May)

Actsafe:
[ 
http://us1.campaignarchive2.com/?u=e71014bbef6df04e6903564c0&id=dcd2bc1c36&e=11377af8a3 
]
Promoting workplace health and safety in BC's performing arts and motion 
picture industries. (May)

Culture Days:
[ 
http://us2.campaignarchive1.com/?u=269970c9c7ad365c10638284c&id=b63d6862df&e=2a62e55714 
]
The latest news from the Canada-wide celebration (Sept. 28, 29
& 30) designed to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and 
engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their 
communities. (May)

Magazine Association of BC:
[ 
http://us4.campaignarchive1.com/?u=b9be3c37b71a11d462a23f5c1&id=1f0cc93da9&e=6b1534ca24 
]
Representing, connecting, and promoting the magazine publishing
industry. (May)

Vancouver Heritage Foundation:
[ 
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/375523/987866fa66/1805511597/ce39150ee2/ 
] Supporting the conservation of heritage buildings and structures. (May)

Creative City News:
[ 
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/292469/cf1930ee44/1377001552/183947ebb9/ 
]
The Creative City Network connects municipal cultural staff in Canada, 
enabling them to share information and expertise. (April 18)

Music BC:
[ 
http://us1.campaignarchive2.com/?u=5237ce8ff90477dd586f508c5&id=27911e14df&e=70909f4070 
]
Information on funding deadlines, upcoming concerts and shows, industry 
news, upcoming Music BC events and programs. (April 20)

On Our Minds: [ http://onourminds.wolfbrown.com/ ]  WolfBrown is a 
consultancy working with funders, nonprofit institutions and public 
agencies in the cultural and other social profit sectors. Their 
twice-monthly newsletter contains much useful and interesting 
material. (April 17)

Note that we post newsletters for professional arts associations, and 
member-based organizations only, with information intended for sector 
professionals, not promotions to audiences.

ALLIANCE SOCIAL MEDIA

Talk to us, we'll talk to you!

Our Website: [ _http://www.allianceforarts.com/_ ]
Visit our website for arts community news, blog items, advocacy updates, 
job postings and more.

Facebook: [ http://www.facebook.com/AllianceforArtsandCulture ]
We have a very active Facebook page. We encourage you to post
comments, photos, video, and most importantly, the issues and
events you want to promote there.

All our updates can be found on Twitter:
[ https://twitter.com/#%21/AllianceArts/ ]. Please follow our
tweets there.

YouTube: [ http://www.youtube.com/user/AllianceArtsCulture ] If
you're on YouTube, please let us know so we can subscribe to
your channel.

Flickr: [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/42119958@N04/ ] Join our Flickr
photography group and add your photos of arts and culture in British 
Columbia.

ALLIANCE OFFICE HOURS

Office Closed Fridays

Our regular office hours, at 100 - 938 Howe Street (between Nelson and 
Smithe) are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The office is 
closed to the public on Fridays to allow staff some catch-up time, but 
we are answering the phones and responding to emails.

Newsletter Editor: Kevin Dale McKeown
Director of Communications
[ communications at allianceforarts.com ]
Alliance for Arts and Culture
100 --- 938 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1N9

604.681.3535

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