NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release 2010TCA0016-000939 Aug. 10, 2010

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts

 

INTERIM CHAIR OF BC ARTS COUNCIL NAMED

 

VICTORIA – Dr. Stanley Hamilton has been named interim chair of the BC Arts Council.  Hamilton’s appointment follows the resignation of former chair Jane Danzo, announced Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts. 

 

            “I would like to thank Jane for her contributions to the council,” said Krueger. “Her dedication and professionalism and years of service to the arts community in British Columbia are greatly appreciated.”

 

            Danzo served on the BC Arts Council for four years, becoming chair in 2009. She has also served as a director of, or as an advisor to, governing boards in the education, health and arts sectors of Greater Victoria.

 

            Hamilton sits on the Vancouver Arts Club Theatre’s Council of Governors, was previously vice-chair of the BC Arts Council and will serve as interim chair of the council until a permanent replacement is appointed. 

 

            Hamilton is a professor emeritus at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, specializing in real estate and pension portfolio investments. He has served on the boards of the BC Assessment Authority, the Vancouver City Planning Commission and the Arts Club Theatre Company. Hamilton is currently a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C. and the UBC Development Permit Board.

 

The BC Arts Council supports arts and arts organization across the province and is governed by a 15-member council, which represents the regions, cultural diversity and artistic communities of British Columbia.

 

For more information about the BC Arts Council, please visit www.bcartscouncil.ca.

 

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Gordon Keast Public Affairs Officer Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts 250 356-8177

 

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