Tag Archives: Advocacy

Mt. Pleasant Community Centre Building – Convert to Arts Centre or Demolish?

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Judi

There are a number of projects that are gathering interest and momentum in Vancouver these days. The work of the City’s Office of Cultural Affairs to develop a Cultural Plan that will not only ensure a Creative City that is healthy for the arts but also for the economy, has engaged an incredible spectrum of [...]

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Artists are a renewable resource.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Judi

Artists are a renewable resource. They often produce so much out of thin air that it seems like photosynthesis to me. And they seem compelled to produce creative ideas and objects regardless of the outcome, unable to resist some cellular imperative – kind of like salmon heading upriver to spawn and then to [...]

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Getting Your Voice Heard

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Judi

It seems to me that most everyone who has suffered the consequences of funding cutbacks and layoffs and challenges to their existence is now clamoring to be heard by government or other ‘power brokers’. Most of what I hear is a plea for acknowledgement of the importance of the work we do, the community we [...]

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