April Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE
Pacific Contact 2010 is a Wrap– 2011 Dates Announced
BCTC Award Winners – Congrats
2011 Pacific Contact Showcase Applications
ArtsOnTour Directory
Job Postings
Industry News

Pacific Contact 2010 is a Wrap!
Congratulations and thanks to all delegates for attending and making the 2010 Pacific Contact such a wonderful event. The energy was fantastic in what was an intense 3 days!

I'd like to thank Kara Harris, Scott Ashton-Swan, Jessica Bardosh and all the volunteers for an amazing job well done. Behind the scenes, thanks to John McLachlan for great design, Shannon Lythgoe for coordination of the silent auction, Linda Tamblyn for support from Nelson and George Scott and the production crew at the showcase venues. Special thanks to Bill Usher for hosting at the Shadbolt Theatre. Thanks to Jerry Yoshitomi and all the conversation leaders and workshop facilitators. Thanks to all our conference sponsors, funding partners, advertisers and silent auction prize donors. Thanks to Paul Gravett, BCTC Board Chair and all the BCTC board for your commitment, amazingly good humour and strong and steadfast support. Dates for the 2011 Pacific Contact is April 1-3, 2011 with a pre-conference professional development day on Thursday, March 31st.

BCTC Awards - Congratulations to all the 2010 nominees and recepients  
Touring Artist of the Year - Outerbridge -  Magical Moments In Time - Ted & Marion Outerbridge
Presenter of the Year - Phyllis Stenson, Harrison Festival Society
Agent/Manager of the Year - Agence Station bleue, Annick-Patricia Carriere, Elisabeth Comtois
Touring Award of Excellence - Susan Habkirk, Prologue to the Performing Arts
The Raising Curtains Award - The rhinos: Barb Wolfe, Bronwen Sutherland, Ian Forsyth, Lydia Marston-Blaauw, Rae Ackerman and Margo Gram

2011 Pacific Contact Showcase Application for the 35th Pacific Contact April 1-3, 2011 will be available online June 1st. Please check the 2010 Pacific Contact link for reference and general information about showcasing.
http://www.bctouring.org/pacific-contact/index.html

ArtsOnTour website at www.artsontour.com is a great one-stop shopping for upcoming tours. This comprehensive website has agent roster, full contact information and descriptions, photos, genre specific and family and adult classifications and video and audio links.

New Job Postings can be found on the BCTC website at www.bctouring.org/job-opportunities/. Submit postings to the office by emailing fyi@bctouring.org

Industry News

Calling all Artists! I Want to Showcase is a collaboration between Ontario Contact and Contact East, and their goal is simple: to offer artists applying to showcase a site that is easy to navigate, understand and use. In developing IWTS, it became clear that Ontario Contact and Contact East were so similar in their showcase applications that the process could be streamlined into one format. This multi-conference application system not only serves a need in both organizations but also saves artists time and money. This new approach makes sense on a number of levels as it allows the artist to apply online to one or multiple showcases at a time, to receive a discount for applying to more than one showcase, and then to pay for it all at the same time and place. Contact East and Ontario Contact are happy to work jointly in order to serve this need in our market, and we think you will find this method simple, refreshing and convenient. http://www.iwanttoshowcase.ca/

Hills Strategies News - New report shows that 700,000 Canadians volunteered nearly 75 million hours in arts and culture organizations in 2007
Canadian arts and culture organizations rely on volunteers to fulfill many roles, including serving on boards of directors, organizing events, fundraising, teaching or mentoring others, and performing various administrative tasks. Without volunteer support, many arts and culture organizations would be unable to achieve their mandates. In fact, a 2003 survey of non-profit organizations found that almost two-thirds of arts and culture organizations are run entirely by volunteers. Given the importance of volunteers, Volunteers in Arts and Culture Organizations in Canada in 2007, the 31st report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, provides an important indicator of the health of the arts and culture sector and evidence of community engagement in arts and culture organizations, including organizations involved in visual arts, architecture, ceramic art, performing arts, museums, zoos, aquariums, media and communications as well as historical, literary and humanistic societies. www.HillStrategies.com

Joanna Maratta, Executive Director
BC Touring Council
PO Box 547
Nelson, B.C. V1L 5R3
T. 250-352-0021  F. 250-352-0027
www.bctouring.org
Pacific Contact 2011 - April 1-3