<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello partners in arts and culture,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Less than a month remains until REVOLUTION: Engaging Human Creativity, the BC Alliance’s annual conference. We’re excited to present programming that will inform, challenge and inspire our participants.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We’ve prepared a news brief (below) about the conference, which links to the full program and registration. We’d appreciate it if you could circulate this information as soon as possible via any of your networks: newsletters, email lists, social media. The more people who attend, the more people will know about the power of arts and culture to improve lives.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let us know if you require any additional information or materials. Thank you so much — and we hope to see you June 8 in Vancouver at REVOLUTION.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here’s the news item.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.allianceforarts.com/revolution-2017/" class="">Revolution — Engaging Human Creativity</a>, the annual conference presented by BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, features more than a dozen great minds sharing insights on connections between creativity, innovation and social progress. Speakers include international performing arts maverick Ben Cameron, whose exhilarating <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_cameron_tedxyyc/transcript?language=en" class="">TED Talk</a> has been viewed half a million times; Toronto theatre visionary Franco Boni, and UBC’s Dr. Ray Hsu<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_cameron_tedxyyc/transcript?language=en" class="">,</a> on ways virtual reality will revolutionize arts and communications. <font color="#2b2b2b" face="proxima-nova" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></font></div><div class="">Be inspired: June 8, at Orpheum Annex and Pyatt Hall, with post conference reception at the Alliance. Tickets: $39 to $179 (includes lunch); more info <a href="http://www.allianceforarts.com/revolution-2017/" class="">allianceforarts.com/revolution-2017 </a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="420" width="560" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="C1F173CC-6689-45B8-A9C3-DDF539B85618" src="cid:6095FD14-3327-460E-AF46-B6AC9B17F115" class=""></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Nancy Lanthier</div><div class="">Communications Director</div><div class=""><b class="">BC Alliance for Arts + Culture</b></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:nancy@allianceforarts.com" class="">nancy@allianceforarts.com</a></div><div class="">604-681-3535 ext 212</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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