Announcements

YK Guild registration night

The Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts is having Fall class
registration on Monday September 8 from 7-9pm.

Sign up for wheel pottery, weaving, stained glass, clay handbuilding,
felting, knitting, silver jewellery and more! Kids classes too!

Lists of available classes are on our website: www.ykguild.nt.ca
Remember, cash and cheque only, and if you are not yet a Guild member
you need to renew your membership as well. See you then!

For more information, contact:
Erin Suliak
erin.suliak@gmail.com

ARTS WEEK
September 20-28, 2008, Yellowknife, NT

Sponsored by the Aurora Arts Society, the theme for the 5th anniversary of ArtsWeek in Yellowknife is,
“Get Hooked on the Arts”
The public is encouraged to come out to visit, observe ,appreciate and participate in the many activities and events planned throughout this week:

ArtsWalk Gallery
September 20-28/08
Location: Prince of Wales Museum, Auditorium.
Approximately 30 artists will showcase the best of their best and represent 9 different art mediums/forms: painting, life drawings, jewellery, ceramics basketry, fibre arts, printmaking, water colours and traditional art.

Behind the Scenes Demonstrations
September 20/08
Location: to be determined
Visitors to the artists’ demonstration site will have an opportunity to observe and try their hand in creating art. This is an opportunity to find out what the art process involves.

TrashFormation Contest and Exhibition
September 20-28/08
Location: Prince of Wales Museum, Auditorium.
Through TransFormation, we celebrate an innovative, aesthetically intriguing and environmentally friendly genre of the arts.
The public is invited to create an original piece of art by using recycled materials. Application and details are available on line at:
http://trashformation2008.wordpress.com
or email trashformation2008@gmail.com

Open House Studios
September 27/08
The ArtsWeek Map will guide you to scheduled Open House events, private studios, murals, installations, raven sculptures and public art showcased in a number of public venues, throughout the city of Yellowknife.

Northern Arts and Cultural Centre
2008-2009 Season Launch
Welcome to the 25th Season! We invite you to join us in this significant anniversary by becoming a Season Ticket holder. This year the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre will host seven extraordinary performances celebrating creative excellence, artistic mastery and stylistic diversity. From opera to country music; clowning to northern stories; classical violins to Ebenezer Scrooge, this is going to be a year of memorable performances. We look forward to you joining us in this anniversary Season!
Ben Heppner
"simply phenomenal..." Associated Press

The Gizmo Guys
“Master jugglers …with a touch of lunacy.” New York Times

Pat Braden
“…a true treasure from Canada’s North” Toronto Harbourfront Centre

The Christmas Carol Project
"Divine madness..." Edmonton Sun

Shane Yellowbird
“…his amazing strong smooth rolling vocals melt you like butter.” Country Stars Online

Andrew Wan
"...wildly virtuosic" New Zealand Listener

So Many Doors
“Moving, funny, thoughtful and inspiring” Yukon News
You may purchase your NACC 2008-2009 Season packages between September 1-12, 2008 online at www.naccnt.ca or at the NACC Box Office between 12:00pm - 6:00pm Monday to Saturday. For further information please call the NACC Box Office at 766-6101.

Announcing the 12th Annual Youth & Adult Aboriginal Media Intensive
Program!

The Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS) is excited to
announce that the dates for our 12th Annual Youth & Adult Aboriginal
Media Intensive Program have now been confirmed. The program will
run this year from October 26th to November 1st, on beautiful
Galiano Island, BC.

Open to both Youth and Adults, this renowned annual training program
provides unparalleled hands-on media training to Aboriginal students
from across Canada at a~unique live-in training facility located on
the West Coast of British Columbia.~
Students can choose to focus on: Dramatic Video Production,
Documentary, or Acting on Camera. No experience is necessary. Space
is limited, so we urge you to register early.
~
Registrations are now being processed online: [ http://www.giftsfilms.com/index.cfm?page_name=courses_calendar&view=COURSES_DETAILS&session_id=341 ]Click HereOrcall 1.800.813.9993 or email [
mailto:gifts@giftsfilms.com ]gifts@giftsfilms.com~to reserve a seat.

As with all of our Aboriginal sessions, this program will be
mentored entirely by Canadian Aboriginal Media Makers! Our guest
Aboriginal Mentor this fall will be Renae Morriseau, a Canadian-Cree
Filmmaker, Actor, and Writer, who has appeared in North of 60, Cold
Squad, Da Vinci’s Inquest, and The X-Files, to name a few of her
credits.

Financial Assistance is available through our office for those
students who are in need of additional funding. Please pass this
information on to those who you know would benefit from this unique
opportunity. GIFTS will be subsidizing 12 Half Price Tuition
Scholarships as well as a number of bursaries. Our administration
staff are also very helpful in assisting students with contacting
local funding resources in their area, as well as connecting with
their respective bands.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our
registrar, Betsy Fairbrother,
by email at: gifts@giftsfilms.com
or by phone at 1.800.813.9993

P.S. Please note that our Weekend Professional Development Program
for Media Educators will take place this fall starting on the
provincial-wide Pro-D Day: October 24th – October 26th.
Registrations are now being accepted. http://www.giftsfilms.com ]www.giftsfilms.com
1.800.813.9993

Over the past two weeks, the arts and culture sector has learned almost daily that certain cultural programs have been cut or completely cancelled. What started initially as the cancellation of two programs dedicated to the promotion of Canadian arts and culture abroad has became a broader movement which now adds up to a loss of more than $ 46 millions in support of the arts and culture community. In order to assess as best as possible the impact of these cuts, the CCA has first prepared a comprehensive and confirmed list of the programs currently know to have been affected. You will find, enclosed, the latest version of this list, but as the situation is evolving every day, we are encouraging to keep an eye on our website for an updated list: www.ccarts.ca. In collaboration with its partners, the CCA has put together a short survey for all arts and culture organizations in Canada. The purpose of this short survey is to identify the impacts that those cuts will have on the arts and culture organizations across the country. Please take few moments to carefully review the list of cuts and then respond to the survey. Your participation in this exercise will be of great help for demonstrating the real importance of those programs.
Please circulate this email to all interested parties.
Please send your answers to Guillaume Sirois, Cultural Policy Advisor at the Canadian Conference of the Arts, guillaume.sirois@ccarts.ca, fax. 613-238-4849, tel. 613-238-3561, ext. 19

Last Summer Sale at the Multiplex!
Our last summer sale will be Saturday August 30th 10am - 1(ish).
Sellers and interested sales volunteers should contact Kelly at micro@theedge.ca, and please refer to the Sales Policy in our policy document.
Come and get your locally-made pottery and fibre arts!

Fall class registration
Mark your calendars, we are having registration on Monday September 8 from 7-9pm.
Sign up for wheel pottery, weaving, stained glass, clay handbuilding, felting, knitting, silver jewellery and more! Kids classes too!
Remember, cash and cheque only, and if you are not yet a Guild member you need to renew your membership as well. See you then!

As part of 50th anniversary celebrations for the Canadian
Association for Community Living (CACL), the Yellowknife Association
for Community Living is participating in an arts installation
project.

“The Encampment” and consists of a large-scale art installation
that incorporates 19th century expeditionary tents erected in
Ottawa. Thorn Sokoloski and Jenny McCowan of Studio SM are the
consultants for the installation. You can find out more about the
project at www.TheEncampment.net.
Our Association is looking for a “creative collaborator” who would
be involved in the design and construction of the installation to be
housed within the tent from the NWT.

The creative collaborator would need to be able to attend a workshop
in Winnipeg September 5 – 7, 2008. At this workshop, they would
complete the creative process and determine the installation for the
tent.

The Association is looking for funds to cover the expenses
associated with this workshop and we would not expect the creative
collaborator to cover their own expenses.

There is no remuneration for this position.

For more information, or to express your interest in participating,
please contact:

Mimi Kennedy at inclusion@ykacl.ca

OR

Jane Whyte, Executive Director
Yellowknife Association for Community Living
4912 - 53rd Street, PO Box 981
Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7
Phone (867)920-2644; Fax (867)920-2348
Email ed@ykacl.ca; Website www.ykacl.ca

We are pleased to announce that the Vancouver 2010 Venues’
Aboriginal Arts Program has been extended to Friday, September 5, 2008,
2:00 pm PT, to allow more time for interested artists to apply to be
part of this exciting program.

In response to the feedback we’ve received, we have also made a number
of changes to the Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) to help
make filling out the application easier.

Attached to this email are the following documents:

1. Welcome letter from the Four Host First Nations encouraging
artists to apply
2. The original RFEOI document in PDF (This document has been sent
out before, but is included here for your convenience)
3. The original RFEOI submission forms in WORD format, which can be
used to fill out the application electronically (This document was also
sent out previously)
4. Addendum to the RFEOI, which includes important updates including
new closing date of September 5, 2008
5. A Step-by-Step Guide to filling out the application. The guide
highlights the minimum information that needs to be included for a
successful application.

We hope this additional information will be helpful in responding to
the RFEOI for the Vancouver 2010 Venues’ Aboriginal Arts Program.

We encourage all Aboriginal artists across placecountry-regionCanada to
make their interest in the 2010 Winter Games known to us by submitting
an application. Please feel free to forward this on to any artists that
you think may be interested.

If you have any questions, please contact our procurement department at:
procurement@vancouver2010.com
or by telephone to 778.328.2010.

Are there any local groups planning an event open to everyone in your community?
Are there any communities/municipalities in your region celebrating a significant anniversary of a local even or person (100th or greater in multiples of 25 years)?
If so, they may be eligible for funding under the Government of Canada’s, Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program. This program supports activities that promote local historical heritage, artists and artisans, and that are intended for and open to the general public.

NEXT DEADLINE: September 1, 2008 for events occurring between January 1 and August 31, 2009.
For details on eligibility, future deadlines and application forms go to:
www.pch.gc.ca/communitiess or phone 1-800-661-0585

Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC)

Box Office/ Administrative position

We are seeking an individual to join our NACC team. If you are
interested in the performing arts and have strong leadership,
communication, computer and administrative skills, we want to hear from
you.

This position will be responsible for the day to day operations of the
NACC Box Office, as well as performing administrative duties as
required for the smooth operation of the Centre. This is a full time
position.

Please send your resume to:

The Northern Arts and Cultural Centre
P.O. Box 1025
4701 – 52nd Avenue
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2N7

Attention: Ozgur Culha Office Manager

Fax: (867) 669-9826
Email: [ mailto:nacc@northwestel.net ]nacc@northwestel.net


Application Deadline: Friday, August 22, 2008

The Aurora Arts Society is holding their 2nd annual TrashFormation Competition and Exhibition in conjunction with ArtsWeek, September 19-28, 2008. Works will be displayed at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, and prizes will be awarded based on the creative use of recycled or trash materials. First prize is tickets from First Air.

Each original work must be made of 80% recycled materials. We'd like photos of the work in progress and you need to be a member of the Aurora Arts Society (only $10). Submit your work, entry form and documentation to Terry at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre on Thursday, September 18, 2008.

Learn more and find the entry forms on the TrashFormation website [ fcp://@learnnet.nt.ca,%234000220/Mailbox/_blank/trashformation2008.wordpress.com/
]http://trashformation2008.wordpress.com or email [ _blank:trashformation2008@gmail.com ]trashformation2008@gmail.com .
Start scavenging and get working on your masterpiece now!

Department of Canadian Heritage [www.pch.gc.ca/communities / www.pch.gc.ca/communities/index_f.cfm] has released the following program announcement:


Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Each of Canada's communities is unique, and each is uniquely Canadian. This includes your community!

Communities are shaped by geography, history, their founders and those who came to live there. They continue to grow and change as the people who live there now build on those foundations.

The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program was created to help you celebrate your community, its past and its present. The Program will increase opportunities, through festivals or other events and activities, for your local artists and artisans to be involved in their community and for local groups to commemorate your local history and heritage.

Eligible events and activities must be local - created by and for your community. They must be open and accessible to the public and strongly encourage and promote the participation of everyone in your community.

The Program has two components:

Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Festivals, events and activities that involve your whole community, give opportunities to local artists and artisans and/or celebrate local history and heritage.

Community Historical Anniversaries Programming One-time commemoration through festivals or other activities that celebrate a major anniversary of a significant local person or event.

Apply for Funding
Please note that new versions of the BCAH Guides and Application Forms are now available.
Application Deadlines
Next deadline is September 1st, 2008. Click below for more details.
September 1st, 2008 is a national holiday. As such, BCAH
applications must be postmarked no later than September 2nd, 2008.

For more information about the program, or to discuss a project with one of our Program Officers, please contact your nearest Canadian Heritage office.


Northwest Territories
Government of Canada Building
5101 - 50th Avenue, Third Floor
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 2N4
Toll-free: 1 800 661 0585

Related Documents
Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Venues' Aboriginal Arts Program

Closing Date and Time: September 5, 2008 at 14:00 This Request for Expressions of Interest and Statement of Qualifications is issued by VANOC to pre-qualify Aboriginal artists interested in participating in the Venues’ Aboriginal Arts Program (VAAP). The program is founded on the themes of tradition, culture and education, through visually powerful art and informational signage. The program celebrates and builds understanding of the rich cultures and traditions of the Aboriginal people in Canada.

The program spans over 15 Olympic and Paralympic venues and will recognize the uniqueness of each venue’s design and location through two main categories of work, including Four Host First Nation’s welcoming works and national feature artworks.

Please note, this is not a call for artists’ designs, themes or concepts for the venues. Any submission containing such designs, themes or concepts will be disqualified.
Summary of Addendum:
This addendum is issued by VANOC to:
1. Extend the Closing date to September 5, 2008.
2. Update the manner in which the EOI Application may be submitted.
3. Provide clarification and guidance regarding application submission.
4. Provide response to general questions and answers as asked by Applicants.

Contact Information:
Karen Wong
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
3585 Graveley Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5K 5J5
Phone: (778)328-2010
Fax:(778)328-2011
E-mail: procurement@vancouver2010.com

Proposals welcome

CBC Television invites independent producers to submit project proposals to the Program Development Fund (PDF). The fund supports the development of concepts and proposals in the areas of documentary, lifestyle, factual entertainment, talk, comedy, new media, and short drama. It also supports talent development and diversity in front of an behind the lens.

CBC is looking for creative and original projects that appeal to diverse audiences, reflect the region from which they originate and are attached to dynamic and experienced production teams. Applications can be submitted for development of a concept, script, budget and financial plan and/or piloting.

Please note that drama series, MOWs, and feature scripts and pilots, kids and variety programs are normally developed by network departments. Your local CBC office may be able to provide direction, project review and forwarding to network departments.

Before submitting your proposal, it is strongly recommended that you familiarize yourself with the television landscape including the CBC schedule. Programs which are innovative, contemporary and relevant, with a clear narrative and storyline and a strong appeal to audiences will have the greatest chance of success.

Be sure to consult the genres eligible for PDF funding section of this website, where you will find additional information about each of CBC's programming departments.

For more program information please visit: http://www.cbc.ca/independentproducers/

The JOHNNYS have returned North but it's been no lazy summer; these rockers have work to do.

Founded in Fort Smith in 2003, The JOHNNYS is the rock'n'roll combo of Veronica (formerly McNeill) and Dave Johnny. Although they've been Toronto-based the past few years, the duo returned to the NWT this summer to promote their album, I Like It A Lot, and their recent nominations for the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards.

The JOHNNYS are in the following categories: Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year, Best Duo or Group, Best New Artist, Best Producer/Engineer, Best Rock CD, Best Songwriter, and Single of the Year. Voting is open to everyone at www.aboriginalpeopleschoice.com.
"For us, the timing was right and we're thrilled to be back in the North," says Veronica Johnny, the band's lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. "We're playing the 20th anniversary of the South Slave Friendship Festival in my home community, Fort Smith, as well as some dates in Yellowknife."

The latter gigs, August 1 and 2 at Down to Earth Gallery, as part of the Old Town Ramble and Ride festival are a rare treat. The JOHNNYS usually appear as a four-piece group, but the Yellowknife dates promise to be a stripped down affair, with Veronica and Dave performing as a power duo.

"Because we move back and forth between Toronto and Fort Smith, we realized a while back that we'd have a shifting cast of musicians supporting us," says drummer Dave. "And we thought it'd be interesting as well to experiment playing as a raw, two-piece act, when we're not with the band. It creates more opportunity to play."

The JOHNNYS' debut album, I Like It A Lot, (available online at itunes and indiepool) was recorded and engineered by Veronica and Dave and launched on their independent Aboriginal label, Slave River Records, in 2007. They have appeared on radio and television programs across Canada and the U.S., and been featured in several news and magazine articles, including on the cover of Spirit Magazine's 2007 Annual Music Issue.

While in Fort Smith this summer, the couple have also been busy songwriting and recording demos for their next CD, expected to be released this Christmas.

"Smith and the North have such a great vibe, it's a place that inspires creativity," says Veronica. "This is where it all began for Dave and I, so we thought it'd be good to start our next steps here."

For information and bookings, contact info@thejohnnys.com

Visit The JOHNNYS online at: www.thejohnnys.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24632205344

Inuvik, NT, June 19, 2008: The Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik, NWT, is pleased to announce a formal title sponsorship agreement for the Festival over the next three years with the Inuvialuit Development Corporation and NorTerra Inc. The Festival, now celebrating its 20th year, is Canada’s largest northern aboriginal arts festival, and focuses year-round on the training, professional development, presentation and cultural exchange of multi-disciplinary northern artists from across all three territories and the circumpolar world. This year’s festival, to be held July 11-20, will feature over 100 artists and offer 40 workshops for members of the public, along with nightly traditional northern entertainment, a headline concert with Inuit performer Lucie Idlout, an Arctic fashion show and a number of planned activities for youth and families.

Executive Director Tony Devlin says ‘this agreement gives us long-term resources and allows us to properly plan the direction and growth of the Festival over the next few years. Corporate and community commitment to events and year-round activities is key to the long-term sustainability of festivals across Canada. We are excited to be able to work with key regionally-based national corporations such as IDC and NorTerra and look forward to taking arts in the North to the next level’.

The celebrations this year coincide with the Town of Inuvik’s 50th Anniversary celebrations and the dual festivities promise plenty to do for visitors to the Mackenzie Delta during ‘Homecoming Week’. The Festival has re-designed the Midnight Sun Recreation Complex venue, tripling the gallery and display space, and is looking forward to presenting a number of special exhibits this year including a commissioned series of fifteen masks dedicated to elders from around the North who have made a contribution to traditional arts throughout the history of the Festival – called The Faces of the Elders – by Whitehorse artist Harreson Tanner. Online registration for the record number of arts workshops for the public has begun with more information available on the Festival, schedule of events and offered workshops at www.gnaf.org or by calling 867-777-8638.

Q: What do Indio Saravanja, The Bare Naked Ladies, Bob Hope, Violent Femmes, Penn & Teller, Robin Williams and Jian Ghomeshi have in common?

A: They busked!

Proposal for a community brainstorm…

WHAT?
Municipally-sanctioned busking stations in downtown Yellowknife, Old Town and near the Museum/Visitor’s Centre in SUMMER 2009.

WHY?
a) To provide a venue for local and visiting street performers and musicians to perform for donations (with municipal permission for musicians to sell copies of their own CD’s, as buskers in Vancouver are legally allowed to do)
b) To provide tourists with some entertaining rest stops during their walkabouts in our town
c) To assist with the current revitalization of the downtown core and Old Town
d) To help augment and/or revitalize existing festivals (Caribou Carnival, Old Town Ramble & Ride, Solstice Festival etc…)
e) For fun!

Buskers in Yellowknife could be more than entertainers… They could help inform tourists of coming events and special attractions and improve the spirit and atmosphere of the downtown core (thus making Yellowknife more safe and friendly). It’s also a great way for visiting musicians or performing artists to meet one another.



WHAT ELSE?
A non-profit, grassroots fringe festival in summer 2009 featuring outdoor theatre, busking, “theatre in the park” and other events combined with indoor events around town.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS?
A creative team of brains willing to…
a) Dig the idea, believe in it and contribute ideas to it…
b) Liase with city officials, performing arts organizations (NACC, RAANT etc.), local businesses, festival organizers and other stakeholders
c) Research busking policies in other cities
d) Help promote the idea well in advance of summer 2009 to give visiting performers and tourists the opportunity to share in the experience. This can be accomplished by being sufficiently organized and committed by Dec. 2008 so that a notice can appear in all the local visitors’ guides and busker/fringe festival schedules
e) Help educate Yellowknife residents about street performer audience etiquette

If you would like to share ideas, concerns, time and/or energy on this endeavour over the next year --- I would, too! Please get in touch… No rush. None of this organizing needs to be overwhelming or too much work for any individual – just a couple of hours each a month. None of this has to cost any significant amount of money, either. If the community takes pleasure in the notion, the rest will take care of itself. And it is a really nice notion!

Thanks for your consideration,
-daron. 445-6261
email: iceartsyk@yahoo.ca

An Artist Run Centre Located in Fort Simpson, NWT

OSC Gallery

Beginning in June 2008 the Open Sky Creative Society (OSCS) in Fort Simpson will begin operating the first & only artist-run, year round professional public exhibition venue for contemporary art in the NWT (OSC Gallery).

The gallery & resource centre will be housed in the basement of the Village of Fort Simpson Administration Building until April 2009 when itwill be relocated to the newly renovated/opened Fort Simpson Heritage Centre.

Four exhibitions are planned for 2008, the first of which will take place from June 25th-August 8th; titled: Craftwork-Craftsmanship. This inaugural exhibition will take place in conjunction with the Open Sky Festival 2008 & National Aboriginal Arts Administrators & Funders Gathering 2008 & will feature four national guest artists (Anna Torma, Alan Lacovetsky, Diane Gonthier, & Lyn Fabio) as well as three artists from the Dehcho (names TBA).

This inaugural exhibition will also include a special week long solo exhibition component by installation artist France Trepaner, who will be exhibiting her work VESSELS in the theatre room at the Village of Fort Simpson, Visitor Information Centre from June 25th-July 2nd.

Other exhibitions planned for 2008 include two regular exhibits (artists chosen from a national call for submissions) as well as a Dehcho artist-members exhibit (Mid November-December).

Artist-Run Centre Funding News

In April 2008 the Open Sky Creative Society learned that their application to the Assistance to Artist Run Centres Program, a program under the Visual Arts Section of the Canada Council for the Arts was successful.

The society has receive confirmation for exhibition programming funding for two years (2008-2009 / 2009-2010), which will be supplemented by further fundraising.

Related Documents
PRESS RELEASE: OSC Gallery Funding
OSC - About

The Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) is pleased to announce the release of:

The Business of Music, a National Training Strategy for Business Skills in the Music Industry. This document will serve as a road map for training in the rapidly evolving music industry as it confronts the challenges and reaps the benefits of globalization and new technology.

Over the past two years, CHRC has consulted widely with music industry representatives in regional meetings across the country and in two national roundtables, to determine the training gaps that have to be addressed; and with educators in public and private institutions to identify current training offerings. http://www.culturalhrc.ca/minisites/Music_and_Sound_Recording/e/01-06-01.htm
The Business of Music provides a synthesis of the findings of these consultations; and a series of best practices and recommendations to help the industry meet its training needs. The recommendations are grouped around five themes: Professional Development, Formal Education, Internships, Regional Access and Delivery, and Infrastructure and Funding. One of the key recommendations is the creation of a National Training Advisory Council (NTAC) for the Music Industry: "to encourage, facilitate and oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the National Training Strategy". It will be made up of representatives of music industry associations, provincial music industry associations (MIAs), educational institutions, and government departments responsible for policy and funding.

The Business of Music can be found on CHRC's [ http:/: http://www.culturalhrc.ca/minisites/Music_and_Sound_Recording/e/01-06-01.htmwww.culturalhrc.ca/minisites/Music_and_Sound_Recording/e/01-06-01.htm ]e of vision and forward thinking in the area of cultural human resources development. CHRC brings together representatives of arts disciplines and cultural industries in the cultural sector to address the training and career development needs of cultural workers - artists, creators, technical staff, managers and all others engaged professionally in the sector, including the self-employed. To become a member of CHRC please visit the [ http://www.culturalhrc.ca/membership/why-e.asp ]Membership section of our website.

VANOC has created an artist registry for individual artists and ensembles interested in participating in Cultural Olympiad and/or other Olympic and Paralympic Games programs. Designed as a programming resource, the registry will also serve as a central artist database that VANOC can reference for the development of future events. Submission guidelines are available at www.vancouver2010.com/en/CultureEducation/CulturalOlympiad/ArtistRegistry.

2009 and 2010 Open Call for Proposals Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

This Call for Proposals is issued by VANOC to obtain proposals from cultural organizations who wish to participate with VANOC as part of the 2009 and/or 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/CultureEducation/CulturalOlympiad/OpenCall
Arts and cultural organizations interested in co-presenting an event, exhibition or installation within the Metro Vancouver and Sea-to-Sky corridor with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as part of the Cultural Olympiad during 2009 and 2010, are invited to submit their proposals.

A single organization may submit their proposal alone or in collaboration with other arts and cultural organizations. One organization, however, should be designated as the lead proponent.

Closing Time:
Call for Proposals for 2009 will close April 30th, 2008 at 18:00 Pacific Daylight Saving Time Call for Proposals for 2010 will close September 30th, 2008 at 18:00 Pacific Daylight Saving Time.

Closing Location:
400 - 3585 Graveley Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5K 5J5

Contact Person:
Karen Wong
Procurement Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
400 - 3585 Graveley Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5K 5J5 Canada
Telephone: (778) 328-2010
Facsimile: (778) 328-2011
E-mail: procurement@vancouver2010.com

The Yellowknife Community Foundation is pleased to announce its' 2008 call for Scholarship and Grant applications.

Annual scholarships are available for individuals studying in the fine and performing arts, sport and physical activity, language studies and aviation training.

A wide range of grants are also available for registered charities.

For further information:
www.yellowknifecommunityfoundation.ca
email info@yellowknifecommunityfoundation.ca
Regards
Ian Legaree
Grants Chair

Visual Arts Alliance Applauds Motion for Artists' Tax Exemption OTTAWA — A parliamentary motion to exempt artists from paying taxes on their first $50,000 of income is being applauded by visual artists and institutions across Canada.

The motion—M431—was introduced by Winnipeg MP Pat Martin (NDP) on January 24 and reads as follows: "That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize and acknowledge that artists contribute greatly to the social, cultural and economic well-being of Canada; (b) take note that, in other countries such as Ireland, incomeearned by artists, writers, performers and creators of art is exempt from income tax; and (c) give consideration to exempting up to $50,000of annual income earned by artists, writers, creators, and performers who work in Canada's cultural industries."

"How many Oscar-winning actors and award-winning painters are languishing and not realizing their full potential for lack of resources?" says Mr. Martin. "We need new economic engines and the arts and culture are legitimate means of economic development."

Tax relief for artists isn't new. In 1995, Quebec introduced an exemption on an artist's first $15,000 in copyright royalties, when their total income is under $30,000. Since then, artist associations have been lobbying to bring this exemption to the federal level.

"The income of many artists is already marginal. Mr. Martin's motion would greatly assist them in improving their livelihood, professional practices and the creative economy as a whole," says Gerald Beaulieu, National President of the Canadian Artists' Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC).

Artists in Ireland have enjoyed tax exemption for 36 years, resulting in highly successful artists internationally and increased public appreciation for the arts. In 2002 the amount of tax theoretically forgone to the Irish state because of the exemption was €24 million. The projected cost to the Canadian tax base is currently being calculated.

Comprised of eleven national visual arts associations, the Visual Arts Alliance is committed to advancing the status of visual artists and institutions in Canada.

For more information on the Visual Arts Alliance, contact any member:

Aboriginal Curatorial Collective
Steve Loft, Ottawa
sloft@gallery.ca

The KIAC School of Visual Arts would like to announce that recruitment has begun for the 2008 academic year. KIAK is offering an exciting new accredited visual arts program which will provide students with the first year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts or aBachelor of Arts in Design. After completing the Foundation Year program, students will be able to transfer directly into a number of Canada’s top art colleges, including Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Alberta College of Art and Design, and Ontario College of Art and Design. This innovative program will provide students with an opportunity to gain new skills and explore both traditional and contemporary art practices and mediums (i.e. drawing, paint, sculpture, video, digital photography, and more) in a studio-based learning environment.

For more information please contact David Curtis, KIAK Senior Administrator by phone at: (867) 993-6390 or by email: info@kiacsovanull.ca.

The Thursday Night Drawing Groups meets every Thursday evening from 7:00 - 10:00pm at the new Guild of Arts and Crafts Buildiing. All levels are encouraged to join. For more information please call Terry at 873-7321.

Northern News Services Limited's (NNSL's) most recent addition to its website is a page dedicated to musicians all over Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Yellowknife musicians who would like to be featured on the site are encouraged to send in their stuff to Doug Wiseman, a web designer for NNSL.

Yellowknife rapper Godson has been picking an artist every week to be featured on the site. So far a few Yellowknifers have been featured such as Sandy Pringle and Pat Braden. Artists who want to be a part of the new online feature must send in a bio, a photo and a sample of their music to nnslweb@nnsl.com.

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