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SUMMARY:RISE UP Relaunch Lunch #7
DESCRIPTION:April 8\, 2021\, 12:00pm\nRegister at zoom.us \nThere are some terrific advocacy groups coming together to discuss relaunch strategies and what is needed to get events\, artistic endeavors\, and festivals back up and running. Join us for a conversation with some of these groups about what common needs and obstacles they are finding as they navigate through the phases of reopening and get back to work in creative and safe ways. \nExplore commonalities and great ideas\, and look for opportunities to bring them forward in an efficient and cohesive way. Share your own ideas and stories and learn more from your colleagues in the live experience and arts sectors. \nOur panelists include Sara Leishman\, Executive Director of the Calgary Folk Music Festival and Alberta Outdoor Festivals Coalition\, Eddie Leung\, Senior Director\, Operations & Business Development for the Concorde Group Entertainment and Venues Coalition\, Lesley Plumley\, President\, LP Events and the Alberta Live Events Coalition. \nThis free Zoom-based conversation will be interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) with a live English transcription available. If you have any questions or comments\, please send them to cherie@birdcreatives.com.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/rise-up-relaunch-lunch-7/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Calgary Arts Development":MAILTO:info@calgaryartsdevelopment.com
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SUMMARY:Discoverability Webinar - Simplifying Social Media
DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning\nApril 13\, Online \nHow can a small arts organization or private teaching studio reap the powerful benefits of social media without spending hours online every week? In this instructive webinar\, two of the sector’s most prolific social media specialists demystify the process of creating compelling content\, best practises in posting across multiple social media platforms\, advertisements\, measuring your engagement\, creating a simple social media calendar and more. After this webinar\, you will better understand how social media can help you reach way beyond your social and geographical boundaries to engage new audiences and potential students. \nRegister Now! \nMeet the presenters: \nLara Harb – Creative Director\, Founder\, The Social Media Artist \nLara is a social media strategist and instructor teaching at institutions like Humber College and Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto.  She has developed and facilitated several online and in-person courses and loves sharing knowledge. Her company\, The Social Media Artist helps busy business owners save time on marketing so they can focus on what they do best\, creating! She provides training\, social media management and consulting to artists and creative entrepreneurs. From local voice instructors to international food brands companies\, she has worked with a variety of brands to help them tell their story online. \nCathy Landolt – Founder\, Blue Elephant Productions \nCathy brings creative\, distinctive management skills to a wide range of projects and clients. She works collaboratively with existing teams to help clients deliver outstanding brand experiences. \n​She helps her clients transform their vision into a digital reality; leading teams through website builds/rebuilds of varying sizes and scope\, and training teams to maintain and update sites using various proprietary and commercial systems (Wix\, WordPress\, SquareSpace). \nCathy has an extensive background in writing for web and email\, creating and executing digital and print marketing campaigns. She writes for social media campaigns\, designs visual assets\, and has many years of process and project implementation. She has branched out into social media coaching and auditing accounts with clients to analyze performance and optimization. \nYou can also join Cathy on Friday\, April 16 for her interactive 2-hour workshop called Creating Content without Losing your Mind. \n​In November 2016\, she and her partners launched EnsembleCo\, a new networking and educational series of events for the next generation of decision makers. \n​Previously\, Cathy was Vice-President of Events for the Canadian Marketing Association from 2008 – 2016\, and Director of Client Services at The Royal Conservatory of Music from 1998 – 2008. \nWe are grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Azrieli Foundation for the Discoverability Webinar Series.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/discoverability-webinar-simplifying-social-media/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning":MAILTO:info@eduarts.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20210418T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20210418T120000
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SUMMARY:Intersections of Care: Dance Artists & Caregiving
DESCRIPTION:How do we shape the terms of dance work to include the realities of care work?\nHighlighting the urgent concerns of dance artists who simultaneously hold primary caregiver responsibilities for children and/or elders\, this panel presentation draws necessary attention to longstanding systemic issues in the sector\, which have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The event welcomes dance artists\, arts workers\, arts organizations\, funders and others in the sector\, with the goal of working together toward supportive action and critical change. \nPanellists: Justine A. Chambers\, Lisa Emmons\, Bonnie Kim\, Diana Lopez Soto\, Victoria May\, Natasha Powell\nCo-convenors: Susie Burpee\, Tracey Norman\, Kathleen Rea\nFacilitator: P. Megan Andrews \nSunday\, April 18\, 2021\n9:00-11:00am Pacific \n10:00-12:00 Mountain \n12:00-2:00pm Eastern \n1:00-3:00pm Atlantic \nRegister Now!!  \nRegister by Apr. 18\, 2 hrs prior: ASL\, Live Auto Captioning & English-to-French simultaneous translation provided. This is a caregiver-friendly event. \nGet more details here!!  \nThis event was shaped by the valued contributions of a national artist/caregiver working group: Myriam Allard\, P. Megan Andrews\, Susie Burpee\, Justine A. Chambers\, Emily Cheung\, Allison Cummings\, Lisa Emmons\, Ming Hon\, Neena Jayarajan\, Bonnie Kim\, Julie Lebel\, Suzanne Liska\, Diana Lopez Soto\, Victoria May\, Viv Moore\, Sally Morgan\, Tracey Norman\, Bee Pallomina\, Natasha Powell\, Kathleen Rea\nCoalition Statement: The three co-convenors of this initiative acknowledge that they are white\, cis-gendered women dance artists and caregivers to children. One of the co-convenors is on the autism spectrum and identifies as being neurologically atypical. The working group process gathered a diverse group of individuals with a range of unique personal experiences to generate a complex and intersecting conversation. We are all differently implicated in and impacted by the structures and systems of power and privilege that elevate some and continue to marginalize many. We recognize that the challenges experienced by dance artist-caregivers intersect with the challenges experienced by those who are marginalized in other ways\, and that multiply-marginalized individuals experience much greater impacts. In this work\, we centre the experience of the dance artist-caregiver and come together as a coalition around this issue\, not at the expense of other issues but with sensitivity to these many intersections. We acknowledge the fundamental systems change required to reckon with and redress the deep inequities that yet prevail in the arts\, and in society generally\, and understand this initiative as a small part of that larger work. \nSupported by: Balancing Act\, CADA/East\, Canadian Dance Assembly\, Dance Ontario\, Dance Nova Scotia\, Dance Umbrella of Ontario\, Dancer Transition Resource Centre\, The Dance Centre
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/intersections-of-care-dance-artists-caregiving/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Dance Assembly/L'Assembl%C3%A9e canadiene de la danse":MAILTO:info@dancecanada.net
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SUMMARY:Discoverability Webinar - Virtual Shift: Pivoting to Digital Arts and Learning
DESCRIPTION:In this panel discussion\, we will explore how organizations working in two very different contexts overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to deliver meaningful arts experiences to students within a global pandemic. \nThe Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music was one of the first music schools in the country to pivot to online learning at the onset of the pandemic. Through this panel discussion\, we will explore some of the major challenges they encountered\, ways they reached out to new virtual students\, their accomplishments as well as their plans for moving forward post-pandemic. \nOn the opposite coast\, the Labrador Creative Arts Festival faced a completely different set of challenges when shifting to an online format – from lack of reliable internet\, to connecting school communities with remote artists\, to video production from a distance and more. Throughout this discussion we will discover the steps they took to engage their students despite the odds. \nRegister Now! \nMeet the panelists: \nAngela Elster\, President & CEO\, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra \nGillian Hunter Gibbs\, Director\, VSO School of Music \nLouise Ironside\, Director\, Marketing & Communications \nTim Borlase\, Founder\, Labrador Creative Arts Festival \nSandra Broomfield\, Festival Coordinator\, Labrador Creative Arts Festival \nJamie Lewis\, Film Producer\, Labrador Creative Arts Festival \n  \nWe are grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Azrieli Foundation for the Discoverability Webinar Series. 
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/discoverability-webinar-virtual-shift-pivoting-to-digital-arts-and-learning/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning":MAILTO:info@eduarts.ca
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SUMMARY:Bachelor of Fine Arts Announcement (MacEwan)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the announcement of MacEwan University’s newest degree\, the Bachelor of Fine Arts. \nWhen\nTuesday\, April 27\, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM MDT \nWhere\nThis is an online event. \nLearn about the program\, its majors and the opportunities this new degree brings to students and the arts community. The live online presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. \nSchedule: \n\nOpening remarks:\n\nDr. Annette Trimbee (President)\nDr. Craig Monk (Provost & Vice-President\, Academic)\nThe Honourable Demetrios Nicolaides\, MLA (Calgary-Bow)\, Minister of Advanced Education\n\n\n Degree overview:\n\nDr. Allan Gilliland (Dean\, Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications)\nSanjay Shahani (Edmonton Arts Council)\n\n\nOverview of majors\nQ&A\n\nRSVP Now!
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/bachelor-of-fine-arts-announcement-macewan/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:CHAT & CHEW – Monthly Zoom Gatherings (Woezo)
DESCRIPTION:CHAT & CHEW – Monthly Zoom Gatherings\nFebruary to July 2021\n4th Tuesday of each month\, at 1:00-2:30 pm MST\nFeb 23 / March 23 / April 27 / May 25 / June 22 / July 27\n  \nWe want to invite you into an initiative that started up in Calgary in June 2020. A number of us see the importance of keeping equity\, diversity\, inclusion\, and accessibility (EDIA) concerns front and centre as we go through so much change everywhere including the arts sector. \nGatherings will be facilitated by the Cultural Instigators (CI)*. Once a month we will gather to collectively discuss topics of EDIA to get grassroots ideas and actions going. \n  \nHave a question or a proposal for future conversation topics and themes? Send an e-mail to citizenartistsyyc@gmail.com. \n*Add reminders to your Google Calendar by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3emQCEu \nHere is the Eventbrite Link! \n\nUPCOMING TOPIC\nMarch 23 | Collectively instigating access to Canada Council for the Arts Funding \nCanada Council for the Arts has increased investment of (66 million new funding allocated by the government) in the Research and Creation and Concept to Realization programs – opening the door to New and Early Career Artists. Upcoming grant deadlines: April 8 2021 and October 6\, 2021. \nOn March 23rd we come together to share knowledge and uplift artists who experience barriers to applying for Canada Council grants. Artists’ supporting artists to set up profiles and submit an avalanche of projects from Alberta. \nPAST TOPICS OF DISCUSSION\nFebruary 23 | Acknowledging and centering the body. Embodiment supporting the work of anti-racism. Facilitate by Pam Tzeng \n  \nDetails about April – July gatherings coming soon!! \n———— \n*Cultural Instigators (CI) is an initiative to support artists involved in building equity\, diversity\, inclusion and accessibility in their work to organize and to create artistic projects that build the community’s capacity to confront social issues. CI is funded by but not led by Calgary Arts Development. \n**Event banner design by Priscille Bukasa
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/chat-chew-monthly-zoom-gatherings-woezo/2021-04-27/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Woezo Africa Music &amp%3B Dance Theatre Inc.":MAILTO:info@woezoafrica.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20210429T110000
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SUMMARY:DCD Live Lab
DESCRIPTION:Come and play with us in our Live Lab on Thursday 29th April 10:00 PDT\, 11:00 MST\, 13:00 EDT\, 14:00 ADT/14:30 NL\, 18:00 GMT  \nHave you ever wondered what a cinema slide is? Or what Madame Hylda and her dancers performed before the movies in Halifax in the 1920s? Or what about postmodern dance in St. John’s and the roots of Neighbourhood Dance Works? If you want to hear about dance history in Atlantic Canada and make some new discoveries on DCD Discover\, then join us for our next Live Lab and celebrate International Dance Day with DCD! \nThis is your opportunity to experiment and play with what we’ve developed so far in DCD Discover — https://discover.dcd.ca\, and for you to custom build DCD Discover to be what you want it to be. \nWe’ll explore DCD Discover together\, giving you time to look around and try out all the new functions and updates. \nThere will be a chance for you to have a go and add an item. Be prepared to get involved 😁  \nAnd time for you to ask us questions and for you to add your comments. \n  \nWho are we?\nThis project is being run by Dgen.net on DCD’s behalf to help address the needs of a wide range of users across the dance community. Dance Collection Danse [DCD] is the national centre for Canadian Dance History. Together\, we are a tiny and ambitious team trying to build a meaningful\, inclusive and open digital archive.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/dcd-live-lab-3/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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