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For Immediate Release 2010CSCD0002-001426 Nov. 18, 2010

Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

 

ARTS LEGACY FUNDS FLOW FOR BC SPIRIT FESTIVALS

 

NORTH VANCOUVER – Forty-nine communities will share more than $1 million from the Province to commemorate B.C.’s 2010 Olympic success by enlisting local arts and cultural organizations to lead BC Spirit Festivals next February, Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux announced today, with support from North Shore MLAs Naomi Yamamoto, Joan McIntyre, Jane Thornthwaite and Ralph Sultan.

 

“As proud hosts of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, B.C. welcomed the world to share our vibrant culture – our special sense of place, our spirit of enterprise and optimism,” Cadieux said. “By giving expression to the unique spirit of British Columbia, locally-based artists and arts organizations will use their creative energy to help communities celebrate in their own way. From my four colleagues in the legislature who represent Vancouver’s North Shore, congratulations to all the festival communities.”

 

BC Spirit Festivals will bring together artists, cultural organizations, creative industries and local citizens to celebrate the spirit of British Columbia. Featured activities will include visual arts exhibitions, public museum programs, publications, media arts, dance, music and theatre productions.

 

The Assembly of BC Arts Councils is administering the BC Spirit Festivals program. With help from a panel of judges representing B.C.’s arts and culture community, the assembly adjudicated applications from regional and Aboriginal arts organizations in communities across the province.

 

“The assembly is delighted that so many of our members have been successful in their applications for funding,” said Joan Richoz, assembly board president. “The B.C. government’s investment will benefit arts and cultural organizations across the province.”

 

Funding for the BC Spirit Festivals comes from the $60-million 2010 Sport and Arts Legacy, established by the Province to help celebrate the pride and spirit shown by British Columbians during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – and the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

 

 

For more information about support by the B.C. government for cultural development, visit the ministry’s website at: http://www.gov.bc.ca/cscd/index.html

 

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A backgrounder follows.

 

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Jeff Rud Communications Director Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development 250 953-3677

 

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BACKGROUNDER

 

For Immediate Release 2010CSCD0002-001426 Nov. 18, 2010

Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

 

BC SPIRIT FESTIVAL COMMUNITIES ANNOUNCED

 

The Assembly of BC Arts Councils approved applications from arts organizations in 49 communities across the province to hold BC Spirit Festivals in February, 2011.

 

Funded by $1,007,224 from the provincial government’s 2010 Sport and Arts Legacy, BC Spirit Festivals will give community-based artists an opportunity to lead local celebrations honouring the unique spirit of British Columbia.

 

These communities will host BC Spirit Festivals:

 

Community	Recipient	$ Funding
Ashcroft	COMMUNITY FUTURES SUN COUNTRY	10,000
Abbotsford	METIS NATION BC	36,700
Bowen Island	BOWEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL	9,170
Burnaby	BURNABY ARTS COUNCIL	50,000
Campbell River	CAMPBELL RIVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	20,000
Chase	ADAMS LAKE RECREATION & CONFERENCE CENTRE	10,000
Chemainus	CHEMAINUS VALLEY CULTURAL ARTS SOCIETY	9,510
Chetwynd	CHETWYND COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL SOCIETY	2,000
Coquitlam	ARTSCONNECT TRI-CITIES ARTS COUNCIL	46,123
Creston	CRESTON, COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL OF	19,993
Dawson Creek	SOUTH PEACE COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	20,000
Denman Island	ARTS DENMAN	8,000
Duncan	COWICHAN INTERCULTURAL FESTIVAL	20,000
Fernie	FERNIE & DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL	17,000
Fraser Lake	STELLAT'EN FIRST NATION	10,000
Golden	GOLDEN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL / KICKING HORSE CULTURE	19,500
Hope	TRAILS CROSSING FRIENDSHIP CENTRE	9,998
Kelowna	ARTS COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL OKANAGAN	50,000
Langley	LANGLEY ARTS COUNCIL	29,650
Lasqueti Island	LASQUETI ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL	8,157
Maple Ridge	MAPLE RIDGE AND PITT MEADOWS ARTS COUNCIL	50,000
McBride	ROBSON VALLEY ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL	10,000
Merritt	NICOLA VALLEY COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	2,000
Mount Currie	L'IL'WAT7UL CULTURE CENTRE	10,000
Nanaimo	NANAIMO ARTS COUNCIL	40,490
North Vancouver	NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	45,000
Parksville	OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	15,900
Peachland	PEACHLAND COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	5,000
Pemberton	PEMBERTON ART'S COUNCIL	10,000
Pender Island	PTARMIGAN MUSIC AND THEATRE SOCIETY	10,000
Penticton	OKANAGAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS	20,000
Port Coquitlam	FRIENDS OF LEIGH SQUARE SOCIETY	9,340
Powell River	FRIENDS OF FILM SOCIETY OF POWELL RIVER	20,000
Princeton	PRINCETON COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	10,000
Prince George	PRINCE GEORGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA	50,000
Quesnel	QUESNEL & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	5,000
Revelstoke	REVELSTOKE ARTS COUNCIL	20,000
Richmond	RICHMOND ARTS COALITION	50,000
Salt Spring Island	SALT SPRING ARTS COUNCIL	19,073
Sidney	COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SAANICH PENINSULA	3,520
Smithers	DZE L K'ANT FRIENDSHIP CENTRE SOCIETY	10,000
Sooke	T'SOU-KE NATION	10,000
Surrey	ARTS COUNCIL OF SURREY	50,000
Terrace	TERRACE ART ASSOCIATION	2,500
Vancouver	CONSEIL CULTUREL ET ARTISTIQUE	13,600
Vernon	NORTH OKANAGAN, ARTS COUNCIL OF THE	20,000
Victoria	LA SOCIETE FRANCOPHONE DE VICTORIA	50,000
West Vancouver	WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL	20,000
Whistler	WHISTLER ARTS COUNCIL	20,000
		1,007,224

 

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Media Contact:

Jeff Rud Communications Director Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development 250 953-3677 250 208-4028 (cell)

 

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