About

BC Arts News is a free ser­vice of ArtsBC, for­merly the Assem­bly of BC Arts Coun­cils. BC Arts News is a col­lec­tion of the lat­est news sto­ries from British Columbia’s arts, cre­ative and cul­tural sec­tor. The BC Arts News blog fea­tures brief pre­views with links to on-line arti­cles, op-ed pieces, press releases, event or pro­duc­tion infor­ma­tion. News sto­ries are from all geo­graphic regions, gen­res and dis­ci­plines, pro­fes­sional and com­mu­nity based arts, as well as fund­ing and cul­tural infra­struc­ture news, infor­ma­tion about emerg­ing artists, advo­cacy and arts awards, and many other topics.

ArtsBC is not respon­si­ble for the con­tent, accu­racy or opin­ions expressed in exter­nal web sites. These web sites are not mon­i­tored or checked for accu­racy or com­plete­ness by us and their inclu­sion on our site does not imply approval or endorse­ment of the linked web site by us.

ArtsBC is ded­i­cated to con­nect­ing com­mu­ni­ties to pro­mote and advance com­mu­nity arts and cul­tural devel­op­ment in British Colum­bia. Founded in 1979, its orig­i­nal pur­pose was to pro­vide advo­cacy, lead­er­ship and sup­port to com­mu­nity and regional arts coun­cils in the province of British Colum­bia. Since then ArtsBC has broad­ened its vision and man­date to sup­port the cen­tral role of arts and arts prac­tices in build­ing com­mu­nity and the unique ways in which arts and cul­ture con­tribute to a strong, healthy society.

In part­ner­ship with the province’s com­mu­nity and regional arts coun­cils, and other arts ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions, agen­cies and indi­vid­u­als, we under­take this by pro­vid­ing advo­cacy, com­mu­ni­ca­tions and net­work­ing, edu­ca­tion, train­ing and tools, sup­port and resources.

For more infor­ma­tion, please visit our website.