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CITY OF VANCOUVER Office of Cultural Affairs ARTS REPORT.97 V A L U E S I n t e g r i ty T o b e o p e n a n To create a d h o n e st MISSION . T Contents: o ho n o u r o City’s Mission Statement u r c o m Cultural Goals and Objectives m i t m great city ofe nts Message from the Mayor . E STATEMENT x c List of Councillors e l l e n ce T Message from the Director o s tr i v e Vancouver Arts Initiative comm- fo r t Office of h To create a e Arts & Culture in Vancouver b Cultural Affairs es t re State of the Arts s u l t . The Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), R Civic Cultural Partners e s p in the City of Vancouver’s Social Planning unities o Vancouver Civic Theatres n siv Department, advises City Council on arts Parks Board - Roundhouse, great city of ene Artists in Residence Program s and cultural issues, and develops and s T o administers cultural policy and programs. Major Exhibiting Institutions l is t e n Facility Development & Planning Initiatives which t The City of Vancouver’s cultural o a communities ll objectives are to ensure our future as 1997 Public Art Projects t h e a creative city, open and accessible Program Outline/Public Art Committee p e o Public Art Program for Civic Development p to artists, to the broadest range of CITY’S CULTURAL GOALS l e Public Art Program for Private Development w artistic expression and to the widest cares e The following goals were adopted by Council on Community Public Art Program w o participation. October 27, 1987, to guide the City of Vancouver r which cares k w in its overall decision-making concerning the arts Awards ith and the development of cultural policy: City of Vancouver Book Award a n d City of Vancouver Artist Residency Award s e • To promote a high level of creativity and r v i about c excellence in the cultural life of Vancouver. 1997 Cultural Grant Programs e . T about its people, oa • To promote diversity in the artistic life of the Project and Operating Grants ct i Capital Grants n community, including both the professional and a tim non-professional, the traditional and the Theatre Rental Grants ely innovative, the established and the aspiring. Cross-Cultural Initiatives Grants its people,and Organizational Development Grants s e • To encourage financial and managerial efficiency n s Partnership Funding Programs it in the operation of Vancouver’s cultural its environment, iv e way organizations. Inter-municipal Initiatives Le a GVRD rn • To ensure the existence of adequate facilities in g UBCM To for the creation and presentation of the arts its envir- in cr in Vancouver. ea Contact Information se and the opportunities kn owle • To ensure that all Vancouver residents and d ge visitors, including senior citizens, youth, low a nd u income people, members of ethnic minorities nders ta n and other distinct groups have opportunities onment, & din g in th to enjoy and participate in cultural activities. e w to live, work or kpl ace an d in the com mu . nity llow . To to fo gro ose w th l cho the opportunities roug s wil hou er r su at oth ccesse les th s and o examp and prosper. ur mistakes To set . Fairne Leadership to live, work and prosper.- Missionss To apply unbiased judgement and sensi tivityStatement Message from Message from the Mayor the Director COUNCILLORS The arts play many important roles in the life of our city. New and original The City of The art and culture of a city are dynamic and ever-changing. Innovation Don Bellamy works contribute to what is unique and attractive about Vancouver, for Vancouver and calculated risk combine with classical art forms and diverse traditions VANCOUVER ARTS Nancy Chiavario INITIATIVE residents and visitors alike. Cultural insights and the creative exchange of believes that a to express or challenge our thoughts and feelings. Public art transforms Jennifer Clarke Following completion Alan Herbert ideas lead to better understanding within a diverse population. The arts creative cultural our urban landscape. What we create and experience makes us unique as a of the Vancouver Arts Lynne Kennedy Initiative in 1994, offer a creative approach as an example to our youth, and produce environment is community; each year we learn and grow. Daniel Lee Mayor Phillip Owen significant benefits in our local economy. essential to the Don Lee The City of Vancouver believes that a creative cultural environment is extended the mandate Gordon Price well-being of our of the group to meet on In our community, we know the arts are essential to the building of a essential to the well-being of our community. As you will see, the City’s George Puil a quarterly basis and act great city, and to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. We are proud community. Sam Sullivan programs are designed to integrate the arts with all aspects of city life. as an informal advisory of the leadership and support the City of Vancouver provides to ensure Our intent is to strengthen the creative community’s ability to serve the committee on arts and cultural issues. availability of creative opportunities and access to a choice of quality community as a whole. In 1997 the Committee arts experiences. members were: The scope of our programs and planning activities reflect the strong Mayor Phillip Owen To get a sense of what the City is doing to ensure the arts continue to support of City Council and a dedicated staff. Their implementation Councillor Jennifer Clarke flourish and Vancouver has the cultural services it needs, I invite you to requires working partnerships which begin with but extend beyond the Councillor Alan Herbert Elizabeth Ball read this report from the Office of Cultural Affairs. Familiarize yourself with arts and cultural communities. To undertake what is reported here, we Lori Baxter the City’s investments and programs, and see what the arts community is recognize and thank the artists, a variety of civic departments and public Rosa Ho working on! And then,...I invite you to step out and try something new! sector agencies, the private sector, neighbouring municipalities, senior Robert Kerr government, and of course, the people of Vancouver. Paddy McLeod On behalf of my colleagues on Vancouver City Council I am inviting you Donna Spencer to join us, together with the hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites and Grant Strate Carole Sutherland visitors in the galleries and theatres, at the festivals and concert halls. Burke Taylor Henry Tsang I guarantee you will find plenty to entertain and challenge you. Director Zainub Verjee Office of Cultural Affairs See you there! Philip W. Owen Mayor Arts & Culture More than corporate sponsorships, individual donations, Photo by David Cooper in Vancouver The City of Vancouver first invested in the arts audience and visitor ticket sales, volunteer time in 1893, when the City Band requested a grant 200 non-profit and in-kind contributions. for its summer concert series. Now, a century arts groups later, Vancouver invests $6.5 million annually in encompass Individual artists and creators involved in Art is integral to our evolving social fabric. more than 130 local non-profit arts and cultural non-profit arts form the core of the cultural activities as It reflects who and what we are. organizations. sector. Non-profit activities, institutions and diverse as venues are instrumental in establishing an Over the past two decades, Vancouver's arts The City of Vancouver, by its Charter, confines its classical sitar environment of creativity, innovation and community has experienced tremendous funding programs to non-profit arts and cultural development which benefits not only individual growth. More than 200 non-profit arts groups organizations which provide broadly accessible performances, artists and their audiences, but also provides encompass activities as diverse as classical programs and services within the city. However, ballet, fringe direct benefits to the cultural industries, sitar performances, ballet, fringe plays and the City is also active on a much broader plays and commercial galleries and theatres. art in public spaces. artistic and cultural front, encouraging arts and art in public cultural events (performing arts, visual arts, An important example for Vancouver: When the Through innovation, creativity and hard work, crafts, festivals); cultural industries (book and spaces. independent film and television industry began artists and arts organizations produce magazine publishing, film, music industry, to take hold in Vancouver in the 1970s, it was challenging and engaging work which enriches broadcasting); libraries and heritage collections made possible in significant part by a ready our lives and strengthens our economy. (museums, archives); as well as multidisciplinary pool of talent - actors, musicians, writers, Non-profit arts groups spend more than $72 activities, photography, design, cultural service designers and technicians who had honed million annually and employ over 7,000 people associations and arts education. their skills in non-profit arts organizations. in our community. Today, Vancouver is home to a film and These arts and cultural activities are inter- television industry ranked third largest in North dependent and operate in a dynamic, integrated America with 110 motion picture production system that incorporates the processes of and studio companies active and producing creation, production, presentation, preservation, throughout the region. interpretation and dissemination. The arts and cultural sector contains a network of diverse The industry would be among the first to individuals and organizations drawn from the confirm that it continues to share the talent amateur and professional, for-profit and non- pool provided by the non-profit creative Photo by David Cooper Art Stat: profit, commercial and industrial arenas.