Winning Nanaimo Proposals
2006:
ARTSNOW INNOVATION PROGRAM - Fall 2006
Theatre BC/British Columbia Drama Association
Initiative: ACToberfest - One-Act and Monologue Fringe Festival
Awarded: $5,000
As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, Theatre BC is
creating a new provincial theatre festival, featuring one-act plays and monologues
presented by community theatre, student and emerging professional actors and
directors. The focus will be new works and Canadian scripts. The event will
move around the province to a different host community each year, as part
of the mandate is to leave a lasting theatre legacy within each location.
ARTSNOW CATALYST PROGRAM - Fall 2006
Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society
Initiative: Show on the Road
Awarded: $12,000
From its central Nanaimo base, the Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society
will tour its International Children's Festival to reach more effectively
young audiences throughout Vancouver Island. This initiative will tour the
Greater Victoria area (South Island) in 2007. If successful, 2008 plans will
include a tour extension to the North Island.
2005:
ARTSNOW CREATIVE COMMUNITIES SCAN 2005
City of Nanaimo
Initiative: Cultural Resources Inventory/Cultural Calendar
Awarded: $9,000
The initiative will include the development of an online Cultural Resources
Inventory which will be a comprehensive searchable guide to Nanaimo’s
arts and cultural community. It will include a list of the existing arts and
cultural facilities, arts and cultural organisations and a calendar of arts,
cultural and heritage events.
ARTSNOW CATALYST PROGRAM - Spring 2005
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
Initiative: Regional Sport Hall of Fame Development
Amount Awarded: $6,000
In 2003 the Nanaimo and District Museum was included in the development of
a new convention centre by the City of Nanaimo. As part of this expansion,
the Museum will undertake a process to design, develop and implement a regional
Sports Hall of Fame. To facilitate this process, the Museum will hire a consultant
to address the issues of resources, sustainability, governance, and marketing
in order to produce a business plan to allow the Museum to move forward.
ARTSNOW INNOVATIONS PROGRAM - Spring 2005
Downtown Nanaimo Partnership
Initiative: First Annual Spring Break Festival 2006
Amount Awarded: $15,000
The Downtown Nanaimo Partnership will coordinate a range of Nanaimo arts,
cultural and heritage organisations in the inaugural Spring Break Festival.
The Festival will engage youth ages 12-18 in a hands-on experiential festival
of various arts disciplines – visual arts, film, writing and theatre.
In addition to the community engagement aspects of this initiative, it will
establish a collaborative framework in which local and diverse arts, culture
and heritage organizations will work together.
Crimson Coast Dance Society
Initiative: Dance on the Crimson Coast: Expanding Dance in Nanaimo
Amount Awarded: $7,500
Crimson Coast Dance is a company dedicated to the development, support and
presentation of contemporary dance in Nanaimo. The proposed initiative involves
community-based dance creation workshops that will be integrated into an existing
festival of dance. Through the initiative, Crimson Coast intends to build
the artistic capacity of the local community through participation in movement
activities. In particular, the initiative will be oriented towards teens and
young adults in the local community.
ARTSNOW CATALYST PROGRAM - Summer 2005
Theatre BC
Initiative: Audience Development Initiative
Amount Awarded: $12,000
Theatre BC will engage two consultants to provide its 80 member clubs with
audience development software, processes and management practices. The initiative
will include piloting two clubs over six months and creating documents and
policies related to these audience development tools. The initiative has the
potential to yield a long-term audience development legacy of great value
to the theatre arts throughout BC.
Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society
Initiative: Marketing on Rural Communities
Amount Awarded: $7,500
Vancouver Island Arts Festivals Society will hire consulting services to design
their marketing and fundraising strategies. These strategies will reach over
35 communities scattered across the island.
Vancouver Island Symphony
Initiative: Soaring with the Vancouver Island Symphony to new places
Amount Awarded: $7,500
The Vancouver Island Symphony, a professional orchestra based in Nanaimo,
will present for the first time Education and Public performances in Campbell
River and Duncan, BC in 2006, as part of a new audience development initiative
for the VI Symphony. This will be an opportunity for students in these communities
to see a live symphony orchestra, something rarely available to them.
ARTSNOW INNOVATIONS PROGRAM - Summer 2005
Nanaimo Festival Heritage Theatre Society (TheatreOne)
Initiative: Frank Ney Project
Amount Awarded: $8,900
TheatreOne will commission and develop a new playscript based on the life
of Frank Ney, an important character in Nanaimo’s history. Funds from
Arts Now will go towards a community consultation process by the playwright
including outdoor interactions with the public.
