2012 Provincial Election – ArtsVote in Action!
April 9th, 2012Want to know where the different parties stand on arts and culture issues in the province of Alberta? PACE recently sent the following information and questions to the leaders of every party running candidates in the current election.
PACE is starting to receive responses to the “ask” it sent to all political leaders running in the 2012 Alberta provincial election. We have heard back from the Alberta NDP and the PC Alberta leaders so far. Click here to see the answers they gave to the questions we asked on behalf of Alberta’s arts and culture sector.
In the meantime, we encourage members of the arts community and all their supporters to pose these same questions to candidates at forums and on the doorstep. We need to impress upon them that the Alberta arts sector is vital to our province and we are taking an active role in the outcome of this election.
What you need to know about arts and culture in Alberta before you answer our questions:
- 91% of Albertans feel art activities are important in contributing to the overall quality of life in their community. Source: Annual Survey of Albertans, Resinnova Research & Consulting Inc. 2010
- Albertans receive a 12:1 return on every dollar spent on the arts. Source: Summary of the Economic Impact of the Arts in Alberta,Alberta Foundation for the Arts, 2005.
- 88% of Albertans feel it is important that the Government of Alberta continues to fund and support the arts. Source: Culture and Community Services Annual Survey of Albertans on Culture, Leger Marketing, 2011
- All three levels of government receive tax revenue through the arts sector. A total of 67.9 million in taxes is collected (in Alberta) through taxation systems each year. Source Culture and Community Spirit Department Fact and Figures 2010
Please give us your position on the following:
1. Do you support a restoration of the 2010 16 per cent cut to the AFA?
2. If elected to serve the people of Alberta in the next Legislature, will you work towards immediately increasing lottery money investment to arts, culture and heritage by 25%?
Here are the arts and culture platforms put out so far. We will post more as they become available. Check out what these parties have to say on our future:
- Alberta Liberal Party: http://www.albertaliberal.com/files/Yes%20-%202012%20Election%20Platform.pdf (p.22 – includes sports)
- Alberta New Democratic Party: http://albertandp.ca/
wherewestand/details/ supporting_the_arts - Alberta Party: http://www.albertaparty.ca/
creative_industries - PC Alberta Party: http://www.votepc.ca/public/data/documents/AlbertaByDesign-DraftV5-04-12-12.pdf (p. 31)
- Wildrose Party: http://www.wildrose.ca/media/2012/04/Pledge.pdf (p. 19)
Click here for some interesting comparison information provided to us by our friends at the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations.
And check out the following links:
- http://www.albertaviews.ab.ca/2012/04/04/the-value-of-your-vote-march-2010/
- http://changealberta.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/some-surprising-numbers-we-can-change-alberta-by-tom-priestly/
Also, have a look at the great campaign ArtsVote Calgary has been doing! Click here to view coverage on the arts forum they hosted in Calgary.
General provincial advocacy information is available at the Public Interest Alberta website.
A very warm congratulations to our Silver Anniversary Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Award Recipients!
April 3rd, 2012Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE are impressed with the calibre of all the nominees for the awards offered at the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. We are truly fortunate to have such a diverse and talented pool of creative artists and arts supporters. Thank you to everyone that allowed your name to be put forward for consideration. The juries had their work cut out for them choosing the following, deserving recipients:
Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
ATCO Gas & ATCO Electric
Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, Jon Hall, Marketing Manager
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Arts on the Ave
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Brian Webb
CN Award for Youth Artist
Candace Chu
DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Marsh Murphy
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Jason Carter
Robert Koetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
FREDDY’S WAR by Judy Schultz, Brindle & Glass, Publishing Ltd.
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
iDance Edmonton
Honouring Our Silver Anniversary Nominees
March 1st, 2012Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE Chair Jennifer Faulkner proudly announced our nominees for our 25th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts at City Hall today. They are:
Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
ATCO Gas & ATCO Electric
Capital Power Corporation
Sam Osman – Film Alberta Studios
The Delcon Group
WorleyParsons/CoSyn Technology
Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
Maryanne Gibson
REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, Jon Hall, Marketing Manager
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Arts on the Ave Edmonton Society
Wendy Hollo
Sharara Dance and Fitness Studio
Sun & Moon Visionaries Aboriginal Artisan Society
The In Crowd (Aimée Hill and Jason Kodie), CBC Radio
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
A.J. (Al) Rasko
Brian Webb
CN Award for Youth Artist
Ileanna Cheladyn
Candace Chu
Danielle Lowe
Olivia Wik
DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Pamela Anthony
Jane Ash Poitras
Don Berner
David Garber
Drew McIntosh
Marsh Murphy
Ritchie Velthuis
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Jason Carter
Punita Chohan
Alexis Marie Chute
Braden Gates
Caleb Nelson
Dara Humniski
Mieke Maligne
Alison Neuman
Amy Shostak
Sean Sonego
Erin Elizabeth Ross
Claire Louise Uhlick
Robert Koetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
NOBODY CRIES AT BINGO
by Dawn Dumont, Thistledown Press
SANTA ROSA
by Wendy McGrath, NeWest Press
FREDDY’S WAR
by Judy Schultz, Brindle & Glass, Publishing Ltd.
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
Ellen Chorley
iDance Edmonton
Darcia Parada of Mecury Opera
Karyn Stirling, Expressionz Café
We warmly congratulate all our nominees and wish them the very best of luck. Come to the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts on Monday, April 2 at the stunning Winspear Centre to see who receives awards. Click here to purchase your tickets online or call the box office at 780.428.1414. Remember, this year the cost of tickets includes an opulent after-party!
Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Nomination News
January 18th, 2012As all of you know, Monday, January 16 was the deadline for award nominations for our silver anniversary Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts.
Our steering committee has decided to extend the deadline to Monday, January 30 for all award categories EXCEPT the Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist.
Nominations for the Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist are now officially CLOSED.
Nominations continue to be accepted only for:
- Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
- Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
- John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
- ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement by an Edmonton Artist
- CN Youth Artist Award
- DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
- TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
Nominators can deliver their nomination packages to the first floor reception desk at City Hall or e-mail them to admin@pacedmonton.com by 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 30, 2012. Please click on the icon to download a nomination form:
