November 24, 2009 Toolkit for Community and Individual Protest
© Wayne
Vancouver artists and arts supporters took a metaphorical Wrecking Ball to the BC government’s devastating cuts to arts funding at the Vogue Theatre the night of November 23 in an evening of satirical protest, and the Alliance for Arts and Culture took the opportunity to introduce a province-wide campaign, Creativity Counts: Restore Arts Funding Now, as its contribution to the groundswell of arts community protests against the devastating cuts in provincial arts funding this past fall.
This site is a toolkit for community and individual protest.
To begin letting Gordon Campbell and his government know that you expect arts funding to be restored immediately to 2008/2009 levels:
1) Follow the “Make Your Voice Heard” link to your right and send an email protest to the premier, finance and arts and culture ministers and your own MLA;
2) Review the four components under “The Advocacy Toolkit” and adapt them for your own personal or organization protest;
3) Volunteer to distribute “Creativity Counts: Restore Arts Funding Now” buttons, postcards and bookmarks at local arts venues and collect donations to the Alliance Advocacy Fund. Email Alliance director of communications Kevin Dale McKeown at communications@allianceforarts.com to express your interest, and he will get back to you.
4) Contact Kevin to inquire about receiving templates of those buttons, postcards and bookmarks that you can adapt for your own community use;
5) Consider featuring the Creativity Counts logo (design courtesy of our friends at Hamazki Wong Marketing Group) as a hotlink button on your own website and social media pages. Email Kevin and he will provide you with the button’s html code and some accompanying text.
6) Donate to the Alliance’s Advocacy Fund. Buttons and postcards and bookmarks all cost money. Your support will keep this campaign going. There is a PayPal account for this purpose, or you can send a cheque payable to the Alliance for Arts and Culture to 100 – 938 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1N9 (note “Advocacy” in the memo line).
What do we hope to achieve with your help?
We have only a few more weeks in which to influence discussions and decisions around the budget that will be brought down in early March. A relentless drumbeat of protest, letters, emails and community-based activism will ensure that the decision makers in Victoria hear our message loud and clear right up to the last moment.
Creativity Counts.
Restore Arts Funding Now.
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shirley morden
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To Whom It may Concern,
Art is the essence of being human. It is a vital way of sharing beauty. And this is my life and I have been dedicated to the arts by expressing myself through native design. I even had the honors of a complement from Mr. Gordon Campbell when he saw the regalia worn by my daughter at the Canada Day Celebrations in Cloverdale about 3 years ago. This is not only my life but my livelihood to share beauty . We need your financial support and help for money gives us the power to show our creative expression. I am kindly asking for your re-consideration for re-funding for the arts that Canadian artists may be given a chance to shine in the world.
Sincerely,
Shirley Morden
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