CARFAC National Conference for Visual Artists
Canadian Artists Representation – Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) - The National Conference for Visual Artists will be held May 14th and 15th at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Discussions will include marketing, artists’ fees and public funding.
Early Bird Registration is open until March 22nd. The registration fee includes access to all conference events, but there is a separate intake form to reserve space for the legal clinic. It is up to participants to arrange their own travel, accommodations and food.
Some of the options available are included in the registration package.
Website: www.carfac.ca
Economic plan vital to our future
From Randall Denley’ s commentary in the Ottawa Citizen
We need a sector-by-sector economic development plan with creative and achievable goals for every element of our local economy. Tourism would be an obvious place to start. Arts and culture is another blind spot. We tend to see culture as an expensive frill, not a city-enhancing activity. Arts and culture is part of a huge international entertainment industry, of which we have only a tiny slice.
Economic development is the key to ensuring our future prosperity and to improving the quality of our city. We need to plan it in a thoughtful and intelligent way, but the focus has to be on results, not talk. O’Brien is positioning himself as an economic-development champion and he hopes to have a new plan ready by early summer. His first big challenge is to engage the public and the second is to see beyond passing the ball to some other agency. But give credit to the mayor. At least he understands why all of this matters.
Read the full column: Economic plan vital to our future
