Do you have what it takes to be a cultural ambassador?

by The Georgia Straight Staff on March 22nd, 2015 at 11:28 AM

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The Ministry of Community Sport and Cultural Development and B.C. Culture Days are seeking a delegate to speak on behalf of B.C. artists and cultural workers at the National Congress on Culture.

The successful candidate will be flown to the event at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton on May 7 and 8. The speakers' list includes the chair of the Alberta premier's council on culture, Todd Hirsch, and the artistic director of Alberta Ballet, Jean Grand-Maître.

The delegate will also become the "ambassador" for mobilizing support for B.C. Culture Days from Stepember 25 to 27. He or she will receive $2,500 award toward producing an event during B.C. Culture Days.

Up to 10 finalists will be named local ambassadors and receive $1,000 to cover production costs of B.C. Culture Days events in their areas.

“Every year, B.C. Culture Days creates opportunities for British Columbians of all ages to experience and enjoy the exciting, inspirational work of artists and arts organizations in communities throughout the province," Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes said in a news release.

For more information, visit the website or email culturedays@allianceforarts.com.

Comments

3 Comments

Ernie

Mar 22, 2015 at 9:40pm

Would sleeping with the Mayor help?

I nominate...

Mar 23, 2015 at 2:50pm

Victoria artist Franke James.

From the Ottawa Citizen Mar. 22/15--

"Franke James found herself on the federal government’s radar in the spring of 2011 after Canadian diplomats agreed to offer a $5,000 grant in support of a European art tour featuring James’s artwork. The grant was revoked a few days later by a senior director of the Foreign Affairs Department’s climate change division, who felt the funding would “run counter to Canada’s interests.”

The show for which she wanted the grant was to be “all about inspiring people to reduce their carbon footprint,” James said in an interview.

Using access to information law, James waged a four-year campaign that recovered more than 2,000 internal federal emails and other records related to the decision to revoke her funding. They revealed that more than two dozen senior officials and diplomats in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government had monitored information about the Victoria artist because of her criticism of the oil and gas industry’s environmental performance."