VANCOUVER, May 7, 2012 /CNW/ – Reminder – Call for Submissions for the 8th annual Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design. “This award celebrate BC’s rich creative industry,” said Keith Mitchell, chair of the BC Achievement Foundation. “Our goal is to showcase and celebrate the achievements of BC artists and [...] → Continue Reading Celebrating art with a practical function
National Gallery of Canada exhibition celebrates recipients On view from 30 March to 17 June 2012 OTTAWA, March 28, 2012 /CNW/ – Through their innovative, daring work, the recipients of the 2012 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts, have each made their mark on the [...] → Continue Reading 2012 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts
From from March 16 through Sept. 30 the Smithsonian American Art Museum will display “The Art of Video Games”. Following its run in Washington, D.C. this exhibit will be traveling to 10 cities in the U.S. I wish that it was coming to a Canadian city near me so I could go to see it [...] → Continue Reading Smithsonian Art of Video Games
One CAN make a difference! Between March 26 – April 4 visit CANstruction to help fight hunger in your community VANCOUVER, March 19, 2012 /CNW/ – Organizers of CANstruction® Vancouver are announcing a new concept for its annual design-build sculpture competition held in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. In celebration of its [...] → Continue Reading Giant can-sculpture competition moving to Georgia St. to help Food Bank
At the end of this month the Copyright legislation that has been written to bring copyright law in Canada up to date, Bill C-32 will be heading for it’s final reading. While some groups, especially larger media producers seem happy with most if not all of these changes in copyright law it is likely that [...] → Continue Reading About the New Canadian Copyright Laws