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Information for Artists
The City of Richmond is home to about 60 arts organizations whose mandates and activities are as varied as populations they serve. From the Richmond Youth Honour Choir to the Gateway Theatre, from the Ikenobo Ikebana Society to the West Coast Knitters Guild, Richmond’s creative community makes a significant contribution to the City’s rich cultural fabric.
If you are an artist living – or working primarily – in Richmond,
this page is for you.
Culture Days is a new, collaborative pan-Canadian volunteer movement to raise awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement in the arts. Culture Days events across Canada will feature free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind the scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, and designers… in their community.
Richmond's artists and cultural organizations are invited to participate by hosting an event over the last weekend of September. Any arts or cultural activity – professional, community, amateur, educational, etc. – can be listed as part of Culture Days as long as it meets the basic criteria: a free event that involves audience participation or reveals a behind-the-scenes aspect to give the public a better understanding of the inner world of arts and culture. Once you decide on your event, you must visit www.culturedays.ca to register it online. It is the website that will be heavily promoted through the Culture Days national campaign for people to visit and find out about your event.
The City of Richmond will support the Culture Days movement by coordinating a local marketing campaign for Richmond events with print advertising in Richmond newspapers, posters, brochure, media relations and much more. Please be sure to email Liesl Jauk, Cultural Development Manager when you register your event at www.culturedays.ca so that we can ensure your event is included in the local promotion.
2010 Richmond Arts Awards
The City of Richmond has announced the winners of the second annual Richmond Arts Awards, a program to recognize the artistic achievements and contributions to the arts community by City residents, artists, educators and business leaders. On April 29, Mayor Malcolm Brodie presented awards in six categories: Business and the Arts, Arts Volunteerism, Cultural Leadership, Artistic Innocation, Arts Education and Youth Arts.
Richmond Artists Directory - Calling all Artists
Please take a few minutes to fill in our Survey. The data collected will be used to provide statistics on the number and types of artists in our midst, which will be helpful in future proposals and planning. Secondly, it will provide a resource in case of opportunities for the City to hire local artists. Lastly, if you give permission, the contact information will be used to let you know about new artist-focused programs, events and opportunities as they are announced. The information provided will not be shared, nor used for any non-official City of Richmond business or communication.
Richmond Winter Festival of the Arts
Do you have a public event or exhibit happening between February 1 to March 15, 2011? If so, you can enjoy free print and online promotion by submitting it to be part of the Winter Festival of the Arts, an annual six-week marketing campaign to celebrate cultural events and activities happening in Richmond during that period. Available in mid-January, WFA posters and brochures will promote the website at www.richmondwinterfestival.ca which will be chock full of event listings. Print ads in local papers will also feature event listings so readers know what's on every week. To ensure we have the information we need to promote your event during the 2011 Winter Festival of the Arts, please use the Event Submission Form.
