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Call for Submissions: Theatre Season Information – 2013-2014 Theatre Alberta Playbill

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Click here to submit your season to the 2013-2014 Theatre Alberta Playbill!

Theatre Alberta 2012 Playbill smallTheatre Alberta is now accepting season submissions for the 2013-2014 Theatre Alberta Playbill! This is the only resource available in Alberta listing professional, community, and post-secondary theatre productions together in a month-by-month format. 

Poster:

Minimum print run of 3500 copies! The poster is distributed around the province to theatres, arts organizations, schools, libraries, hotels, tourist boards, entertainment reporters and individuals.

Here is an example of how we list productions:

Sept 30 – Oct 9 • Chalked
Prime Stock Theatre, Red Deer

Albertan and Canadian productions are highlighted with special icons.

Online and Mobile

Your season will also be listed on our online Playbill and web-app for mobile devices. Users can search for productions by month, by region, by theatre classification and/or by theatre company.

Online production listings include links to theatre company websites and box office information, as well as links to Google Maps – so audiences can use their smart phones or desktops to find directions to the theatre venue.

New: Theatre Alberta will begin posting theatre production information on our RSS feed on the home page of our website in Fall 2013! This is another great way for theatre-goers from around the province to find out more about your event. Other features for 2013-2014 include playwright information, descriptors for production genres, and a listing feature for theatre festival productions (for festivals that program 30 shows or less).

Advertising

Free-of-charge as a benefit of group membership with Theatre Alberta (group membership must be valid through until June 30, 2014.)

Rates for non-members: $25.00 per listing (including GST)

(There is no charge to list your theatre company information on the sidebar of the poster)

Deadline for submission is June 28, 2013.

For more information contact Theatre Alberta at 780-422-8162 or 1-888-422-8160 (toll-free outside of Edmonton) or email us at theatreab@theatrealberta.com.

News (Fort McMurray): Russell Thomas named Interim Executive Director of Wood Buffalo Arts Council

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Russell_ThomasIn a joint press conference held today at Keyano Theatre & Arts Centre, Christine Burton, Chair, Arts Council Wood Buffalo announced the appointment of Russell Thomas as interim Executive Director. Seconded to the organization from Keyano College, the long-time arts advocate will begin his new role May 20, 2013.

Russell is a former board member, Treasurer, and long-time supporter of Theatre Alberta. He is also a frequent contributor to our theatre magazine, All Stages. 
Congratulations Russell – we are all thrilled for you!

“Having someone who knows the community, who has established relationships with a broad range of community groups and organizations and community development experience is so important to establishing the momentum we need,” said Burton.

“Russell’s skill, knowledge of business processes and passion for the arts makes him an obvious choice to lead the Arts Council.”

“The Arts Council is essential to growing the Arts in the region and we are very pleased to be able to contribute to this process,” said Dr. Kevin Nagel, President & CEO, Keyano College.

“When a community comes together with a vision, incredible things can happen. It takes the collaboration, dedication and commitment of many individuals and organizations to build a vibrant and dynamic arts community and we look forward to working with Russell and the Arts Council to realize this vision.”

There will be a number of priorities for the Arts Council in the coming months, including establishing a permanent board, refining its mandate, mission and vision, creating a budget and securing funding, and working with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on a public art policy. Most importantly, the Arts Council will engage community arts organizations, individuals engaged in the Arts as well as Arts-related organizations to understand their needs, map existing resources and build a collaborative vision for the arts in our region.

“Having a full-time, dedicated Executive Director will enable the Arts Council to get established and work through its goals quickly. The interim Board is so pleased to have someone with Russell’s skill set to help us get there. We want to express our deepest appreciation to Dr. Nagel and the Keyano Board of Governors for making Russell’s appointment possible,” said Burton.

“I am enormously excited about this opportunity,” said Russell Thomas.

“At the request of Dr. Nagel, since September I have been focusing the bulk of my efforts on building energy around the arts at Keyano College and in the community. This move to the Arts Council is a natural evolution. By getting this important organization up and running we can begin to realize the arts and culture vision set out in the Municipal Development Plan. We have the potential in Wood Buffalo to do some amazing things in the arts. I’m honoured to have the chance to contribute to making that happen.”

Thomas will transition into his new role effective May 20, working out of office space provided by Keyano in the Arts Centre.

Workshop (Calgary): Vectorworks 3D – CITT Alberta

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vectorworks3DCITT Alberta Section Presents a:
VECTORWORKS 3D Workshop
May 16 & 17, 2013

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

University of Calgary
 Integrated Arts Media Lab (IAML)
 Arts Parkade 6th Floor

 $75.00 for CITT Members in Good Standing
 $100.00 for Non Members
 This course will show 2D users of Vectorworks basic techniques that will allow them to draft confidently and accurately in 3D. The course will be conducted with a series of Demonstration/Hands-on modules on the Vectorworks computers in the U of C Integrated Arts Media Lab.
Registration is limited by the number of computer stations so it is restricted to one person per CITT Membership. First consideration will be given to CITT Members. Non-members can register at any time, however these registrations will be process by date priority on May 14, 2013.

The course will be conducted by Murray Palmer, Technical Director of Calgary Opera and Session Faculty of Mount Royal University.

Registrants should have a good working knowledge of Vectorworks Version 2012 or higher.
Click here for more information.
 

Event (Calgary): Arts Plan Theatre Meeting – Arts Plan

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SAVE THE DATE: Arts Plan Theatre Meeting April 30

Our year as the Cultural Capital of Canada has come to a close–what’s next for the arts in Calgary?

As someone who works in or with theatre, you’re invited to join the Arts Plan team at from 2:00pm – 4:00pm on April 30 at the Martha Cohen Theatre Lobby (220 9th Ave. SE) to learn more about Calgary’s Arts Plan and what it means for you and our city. A Cultural Capital legacy, the Arts Plan is the long-term strategy for arts development and investment in Calgary and is now in its final stages.

We are holding a variety of open houses and meetings throughout April and May to make this final stage of the Arts Plan process as accessible as possible. You can find an ongoing list of these events here. Please excuse us if you are invited to several different meetings!

This is a historic opportunity for the arts in Calgary and we want you to be part of it! RSVP your attendance to news@artsplan.ca.

Sincerely,
The Arts Plan Team

Award (Parkland County): Artstrek 2013 Scholarship – Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre

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If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, and have completed grade 7 or higher at a school in Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, or Parkland County, you may apply for the Horizon Stage Artstrek 2013 Scholarship to subsidize your Artstrek program fees. 

Deadline to apply: May 3rd. Submit your Horizon Stage scholarship application letter to:

Horizon Stage
Attn: Karen Smutt
315 Jespersen Avenue
Spruce Grove AB  T7X 3E8

Phone: 780-962-8995
Fax: 780-962-0616
www.horizonstage.com

Artstrek 2013 sponsorship

Call for Submissions (Edmonton): High School Company – Nextfest 2013

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nextfest-logoNextfest 2013 High School Company
How Can I Get Involved?

1. Pitch to Play

Founded by Theatre Network, Nextfest is Edmonton’s Emerging Arts Festival.

Nextfest is looking for high school student artist in all mediums to participate as part of the 2013 Nextfest High School Festival taking place June 6-16, 2013 at the Living Room Playhouse (11315 106 Ave NW Edmonton).

Mediums can include (but are not limited to): Dance performance, choreography, visual art, song writing and composition, musical groups, vocal performance, improv, stand-up comedy, slam poetry, podcasts, playwrighting, acting, stage management, sound design, set and costume design, directing, magic. All content presented must be created by a student.

If you are a student artist who has created work of any kind- a piece of choreography, a new script that you mounted for your school’s One Act Play Festival, original songs you perform with your band, a new standup comedy act you’ve wanted to try, visual art, submit it to Nextfest and we will do our best to help you get it in front of an audience.

2. Mentorship

Get hands on learning from the best. Shadow a professional, attend their rehearsal and ask all the questions you want. Nextfest will pair you up with your very own mentor. Mentorships are available in playwrighting, directing, acting, technical theatre, dramaturgy, design, stage management, dance, choreography, music, visual art, and film.

3. Submit a Script

Wrote a play? Send it to us. Plays will be considered for workshops with professionals, staged readings or full productions. Let Nextfest help you take your writing to the next level.

Workshops: Day long workshop with a professional dramaturge with a public reading at the end of the day

Staged Readings: Learn about your play by putting it in front of an audience

Full Productions: Debut a new work at Nextfest with full set, lights, costumes, and peer actors

4. The First Annual Nextfest High School 10 Minute Play Festival

Are you a director without a play? A playwright without a script? An actor without a stage? The First Annual Nextfest High School 10 Minute Play Festival is for you!

On Friday, June 7 meet-up with other student artists to be broken up into groups, assigned tasks (actors, designers, directors, playwrights and more), and given their “inspiration.” Then they have less than a week to take a play from inspiration to opening night! At 9 am on Saturday, June 15 students will gather at the Living Room Playhouse and then at 10:15 am, the race is on to opening night. At 7 pm that night the curtain goes up on these new plays- whether you like it or not!

5. Long Form Improv

Whether you’re a professional or a rookie, come jam with students from other schools in this fun and friendly long form improv night.

For more information, to discuss an idea or to pitch a project, please contact:

Ellen Chorley, Nextfest High School Coordinator
(780) 906-2365
ellenchorley@hotmail.com

Download the High School Company Application Form: Nextfest 2013 High School APPLICATION FORM

Event (Edmonton): Edmonton Scene Study – Grindstone Theatre

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Grindstone Theatre and Theatre Alberta Present
EDMONTON SCENE STUDY

EdmontonSceneStudy
Edmonton Scene Study is back on and better than ever! This literary shin-dig is happening once a month to celebrate great works by great playwrights! 

NEXT SCENE STUDY:
April 9th, at 7pm. 
Theatre Alberta
3rd Floor Percy Page Centre
11759 Groat Road 
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5M 3K6

We want to encourage actors to expand their knowledge about the plays that are out there! So what better way to do that than to read plays aloud with fellow actors? All you have to do is show up, bring a play and pick out a scene to be read. This month we are at Theatre Alberta which, if you didn’t already know, has over 18,500 titles in their Library! So come on out! Tea and Biscuits provided!

To enter the building please come around to the south entrance (the back entrance), sign in with the security guard and head on up to the 3rd floor. If you need better instructions here is a lovely video explaining where our office is:http://youtu.be/I29_IF2TUJ8 Please note that you will not be able to borrow books during Scene Study. 

Please RSVP to bmartin@grindstonetheatre.ca

www.grindstonetheatre.ca
www.theatrealberta.com

AFA releases Arts Impact Alberta economic impact research report.

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The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) has announced the release of Arts Impact Alberta: Ripple Effects from the Arts Sector, a five-year summary of the impacts and activities of the organizations that receive operational funding from the AFA.

Arts Impact: Ripple Effects from the Arts Sector demonstrates the positive and powerful contributions arts organizations make to Albertans’ quality of life. These contributions are reflected in a variety of important ways: simply put, the arts matter to Albertans; the arts matter to volunteers; and, the arts matter to the economy.

The AFA believes the arts sector plays an integral role in Alberta’s cultural fabric; Arts Impact Alberta: Ripple Effects from the Arts Sector begins to tell the story of the passionate, committed and productive nature of the arts sector. Please download the full or teaser versions of the report; share the report with the people in your community and in doing so, tell the story of how important the arts sector is to Alberta’s cultural fabric!

Read more at http://affta.ab.ca/Arts-In-Alberta/AFA-News/Arts-Impact-Alberta-Ripple-Effects-from-the-Arts-Sector

News:Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) publishes Budget Analyses

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The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is happy to meet its com­mit­ment to pub­lish its Analy­ses of the Provin­cial and Ter­ri­to­r­ial 2012–13 Bud­gets from the per­spec­tive of arts, cul­ture and her­itage.

For sev­eral years, the CCA has pro­duced an Analy­sis of the Fed­eral Bud­get’s impact on the cul­tural sec­tor widely used by pol­icy mak­ers and aca­d­e­mics. As part of the 2012–2017 Busi­ness Plan, the CCA had iden­ti­fied the need for a sim­i­lar type of pub­li­ca­tion look­ing at how provin­cial and ter­ri­to­r­ial Bud­gets affect the var­i­ous cul­tural sec­tors across the country.

Why have we under­taken this study? No pan-Canadian ana­lyt­i­cal overviews on this sub­ject exist, and as Sta­tis­tics Canada recently ter­mi­nated its annual sur­vey on Gov­ern­ment Expen­di­tures on Cul­ture, it seemed timely to begin a series that would at the very least exam­ine annual fluc­tu­a­tions in cul­tural sup­port by the two senior lev­els of gov­ern­ment, and attempt to dis­cern trends in funding.

This report was sched­uled to be pub­lished in the fall of 2012. Fur­ther to the CCA hav­ing had to shut down its Sec­re­tariat at the begin­ning of Novem­ber, the work had been delayed, but thanks to the part­ner­ship with the Cen­tre on Gov­er­nance of the Uni­ver­sity of Ottawa, and with the gen­er­ous sup­port of vol­un­teers, these Analy­ses are now avail­able on the web­sites of both orga­ni­za­tions. 

Click here to read more.