VAAA FACT SHEET
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VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA ASSOCIATION is a non-profit Provincial Arts Service
Organization (PASO) that seeks to facilitate and encourage greater
appreciation and understanding of the significant contributions by the
visual arts to the quality of life in the Province of Alberta.
The PASO concept of nine disciplines covering the arts in Alberta was
initiated by the AFA in September 1996 in response to a business plan of the
Honourable Gary Mar, then Minister of Community Development. The formation
of a provincially mandated visual arts organization was initiated by the
Alberta Community Art Clubs Association, the Alberta Potters’ Association,
the Alberta Society of Artists, and the HandWeavers, Spinners & Dyers of
Alberta (the only four visual arts organizations that historically received
operational funding from the AFA). Visual Arts Alberta Association was born
and an Executive Director was hired to establish a PASO for visual culture,
as had other disciplines, such as craft, writing, dance and theatre, with
their respective PASOs - Alberta Crafts Council, the Writers’ Guild of
Alberta, Alberta Dance Alliance and Theatre Alberta. The continued
endorsement of the AFA Board is that the PASOs are the major interface
between community and the Province. Clive Padfield, Executive Director of
AFA described the relationship. “The PASOs are the conduit to the community
and are the major interface with the Province.”
Although the role of VAAA is that of the designated PASO for visual culture,
please note that VAAA is not just a method of distributing funds to visual
arts organizations. Fundamentally, it is a service organization, primarily
mandated to disseminate information and facilitate communication among all
members of the art community and the general public, regardless of whether
they are individual visual artists, visual arts groups, visual arts
educators and institutions, or public and commercial art galleries. In
closing, I emphasize that the delegated responsibility of the VAAA is to
serve Alberta’s entire visual arts community. The Honourable Shirley
McClellan, Minister of Community Development and the Alberta Foundation for
the Arts Board continue to endorse this responsibility and role for not only
VAAA but also for all the PASOs.
Editorial: Susan E. Sax, Executive Director
SHORT BITES:
Legacy, Alberta’s Heritage Magazine is Alberta’s Magazine of the Year. The
award, sponsored by the Western Magazine Awards Foundation, was announced at
the 15th Annual Western Magazine Awards Ceremony - June 10 - Vancouver.
Alberta Cultural Advisory Sector Meeting, 18 June (10 a.m.-4p.m.), Rm 430,
GMCC, Jasper Place Campus, Edmonton. Contact: VAAA.
EyeRhymes Conference and Festival, University of Alberta. 12-16 June.
Contact: 492-3261, email: [log in to unmask];
http://www.ualberta.ca/~eyerhyme/
Vente de succession/Estate sale: Jean Gauthier Oeuvres d'art- Art Work. 12
- 8 p.m. June 22; 12-6 p.m. June 23. La Cité Francophone, 8527 rue
Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91st) Edmonton.
Bulletin, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Spring 1997 is available. Contact:
427-9968.
Art Festivals Adventures in Blue Sky Alberta brochures available from the
Alberta Arts Festivals Association. Contact: 1-888-878-3378.
CARFAC-Canadian Artists’ Representation/Front des artistes canadiens, a
lobby group for visual artists, has closed its Ottawa office and has scaled
down its lobbying efforts. Lobbying will continue with the Provincial
secretariats as well as collaboration with the Canadian Conference of the
Arts (ART BIZ BITS: BIT #68, 2 June 1997).
OPPORTUNITIES:
ARTISANS, a new gallery/store in Calgary (517-10th Ave. S.W.) is seeking art
in all media. Contact: Moy Mah at 265-6300, fax 265-7409.
EXHIBITION SPACE available in SOHO20, a non-profit artist run Women's
Gallery founded in 1972. Female artists can apply for solo or group
exhibitions in 1998-99. Space is available for performing arts or other
public events. Contact: Tom Slaughter - Gallery Director. Tel: 212-226-4167
or FAX 212-334-6124. SOHO20, 545 Broadway, 3rd FL. NY, NY 10012
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, University of Victoria, Plan Ahead for
Fall 1997 / Spring 1998. Contact: Cultural Resource Management Program
Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Box 3030, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N6.
Tel.: 250-721-8462 Fax: 250-721-8774. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/
WRITERS & ARTISTS GET ON THE NET! CultureNet provides individual writers &
artists with a single WWW page for a annual fee of $10.00. Contact: Ken
Hewitt, Univ.Theatre Services, Univ.of Calgary. 220-4904; fax 282-7751;
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CANADIAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES Annual Conference and Showcase
‘97. July 12-15. Hamilton, ON. Contact: 1-800-461-3608.
ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE ETHICS CENTRE, ART EXHIBITION PROJECT, Call for
submission of visual work in any media for a juried traveling exhibit based
on the theme of "Suffering and Healing in Healthcare". For an information
sheet contact: 439-2422. Deadline: October 1, 1997.
MUTTART GALLERY/ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
PROGRAM. Year Eleven selection: Building Histories-Mines of the Rockies; A
Painted Passage; Double Vision; Moving Through Ecosystems; Aboriginal
Honour; A Glimpse at Janet Mitchell; Blockprinting: Bill Stewart; Carmen
Haakstad: Spirit of Ice; Famous People by Karsh; Hues of Blue; Quiet Spaces;
Shortgrass and Sage; Women Artists in Early Alberta; Alberta Landscape
Painters; Photo/Print; Friends and Mentors. To determine availability of
dates contact: 266-2764.
SUMMERSCAPES ‘ 97, visual arts summer school for teens, Red Deer College.
August 10-15, 17-22. Contact: Anne Brodie 342-3130, 1-888-886-2787.
HARCOURT HOUSE ARTS CENTRE CHILDREN’S SUMMER ART CLASSES. Cartoons,
painting, drawing, sculpting, design, portraiture. Contact: 426-4180.
Affiliated Provincial Arts Service Organizations
Phone/Address List - 5 June 1997
Name, Address, Phone, Fax
Gray, Bob. E.D
ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL 488 6611 488 8855
10106-124 St., Edm., T5N 1P6
Handley, Arne
President
Westman, Bobbi. E.D
ALBERTA DANCE ALLIANCE 422 8107 422 2663
Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Rd Email: [log in to unmask]
Edm., T5M 3K6
Hanrahan, Christine
President
Willis, Michael. President
ALBERTA MEDIA ARTS ALLIANCE 228 3717 228 3717
P.O. Box 342, Stn. M, Calgary, T2P 2H9
Folkmann, Helen 429 1671
(Edm.contact)
Drucker, Judie. E.D.
ARTS TOURING ALLIANCE 294 7482 294 7457
OF ALBERTA Email:
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205 8th Ave. S.E., Calgary, AB, T2G OK9
Barrington-Moss, Gail
President
Phillips, Dale
CULTURAL INDUSTRIES ASSOC. 944 0707 426 3057
c/o AMPIA, Suite 606 Midland Walwyn Tower, Edm. T5J 2Z2
Shute, Kathy
424 7943
Dimmer, Bill MUSIC ALBERTA
422 8265 422 2663 Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Rd
King, Robin Edm., T5M 3K6
488 7464 488 4132
Baril, Ray
429 0559
Classen, Kathy. E.D.
THEATRE ALBERTA SOCIETY 422 8162 422 2663
Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Rd. Email: [log in to unmask]
Edm., T5M 3K6
Agrell-Smith, Ken
President
Sax, Susan. E.D.
VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA ASSOC. 433 7166 439 8222
P.O. Box 52011, 8210-109 St. Email: [log in to unmask]
Edm., T6G 2T5
Painter, Jim
President
Andrejevic, Miki. E.D.
WRITERS’ GUILD OF ALBERTA 422 8174 422 2663
Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Rd. Email: [log in to unmask]
Edm., T5M 3K6
Stenson, Fred
President
Visual Arts Alberta Association
P.O. Box 52011
8210-109 St.
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2T5
(403)433-7166
fax (403)439-8222
1-800-635-3187
email: [log in to unmask]
Susan E. Sax, Executive Director
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