Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Nov 26th, 2008
Here is a great idea, and timely, especially now that Ballet BC has had to layoff all dancers and staff this season.
What is a Covenant?
Mary Stanley, coordinator of Art Across Borders proposes the adoption of an Arts Covenant as a fresh way to look at the arts and development. She says the word “covenant” has some rich connotations. [...]
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The theme for the this month is arts-based learning and development
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Posted in Home, arts-in-business on Nov 14th, 2008
$600,000 will fund arts education to engage Native communities in speaking about cancer and seeking preventative treatment
VICTORIA BARBER
November 13, 2008 at 9:33AM AKST
Alaska received its first cancer-research grant in 42 years from the American Cancer Association, which awarded $600,000 to Dr. Melany Cueva of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium for her work in arts-based cancer [...]
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Posted in BOOKS WORTH READING, Events on Nov 10th, 2008
You’re welcome to attend a celebration of recently published arts-based education books along with a theatre piece developed by UBC theatre education students! Three arts-based education books by members of our Faculty of Education have recently been published:
Creative Expression, Creative Education by Robert Kelly (U. Calgary) and Carl Leggo (UBC)
Being with A/r/tography by Stephanie Springgay (Penn [...]
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Is your attention on the crisis or the opportunity? While the world obsesses about Wall Street, Warren Buffet has managed to boost his wealth by $8 billion to $58 billion in the past month.
Now is the time to get creative and find new opportunities amidst turbulence. Develop your ability to perceive the world in new ways, to [...]
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Posted in Creativity and Innovation on Nov 6th, 2008
Alaska Native Tribal Health gets a $627,000 grant from The American Cancer Society to support a program called “Developing Arts-based Cancer Education with Alaska Native People.”
The money will be used to lower cancer rates for Alaska Natives. The consortium is developing the arts-based educational tools for Alaska Native care providers and people in their communities. Officials say it [...]
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