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| July 2024Artist credit: Hayley StewartNEWSSTART PLANNING YOUR CULTURE TOUR WEEKEND! It’s time to start thinking about what amazing venues you want to visit during the Columbia Basin Culture Tour! Taking place around the Basin on Saturday and Sunday, August 10 and 11, the tour features nearly 100 venues, from artists’ studios, to museums, to heritage sites. READ MORE |
| OPPORTUNITY ENDS JULY 10!The BC Arts Council has announced Basic Training for Organizations in Regional Areas, which supports on-the-job training and experiential learning for emerging artists and arts practitioners by providing funding to arts organizations in regional communities. READ MOREREGISTER FOR THE ARTS BC CONFERENCE 2024At Arts BC’s bi-annual conference (Coquitlam, Oct. 3 to 5, 2024), community arts leaders, cultural visionaries and creative minds from across the province will gather to re-connect, learn together and share knowledge, stories and ideas.READ MOREREAD MORE NEWS STORIES HEREBEHIND THE SCENESQ&A WITH KEIKO LEE-HEM, CKCA STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERTo help arts, culture and heritage in the Columbia Basin thrive, we rely on a dedicated team of board and steering committee members. Here, meet Keiko Lee-Hem, CKCA Steering Committee Member. READ MOREFEATURE STORYZEN WANG: PEACE AND CREATIVITY THROUGH ART Trained in classical Chinese brush painting and a first-generation immigrant to Canada, Zen Wang has explored various forms of artistic expression, including oil painting, graphic arts, sculpture and even chainsaw carving. READ MOREREAD MORE STORIES HERESELECT EVENTS IN THE REGIONSTARBELLY JAM MUSIC FESTIVALStarbelly Jam is a special festival, with great entertainment, great food, great people, lots of happy kids and room to play. (Crawford Bay)READ MOREBALFOUR DAZEEnjoy this fun day for the whole family, with music, food, artisan vendors, kids’ activities, a beer garden and more. (Balfour) READ MORELIFE’S A DRAGIt’s got it all: make-up, catwalk fashion show, and dance and mingle, judged by Aria Reddy from Vancouver. (Kimberley)READ MORESHAMBHALA MUSIC FESTIVALAt Canada’s premiere electronic music and arts festival, 200+ cutting-edge artists and six jaw-dropping stages come together in paradise. (Salmo)READ MORESUBMIT A LISTINGDo you have an arts, culture or heritage event you’d like to tell everyone in the Columbia Basin about? Submit your item now! READ MORESEE ALL EVENT LISTINGS HEREThank you to our funders:FacebookInstagramWebsite |
