Time’s running out to register for the CCA’s 2004 National Policy Conference

Ottawa , Octo­ber 20, 2004 — CCA mem­bers and other inter­ested indi­vid­u­als and groups should note that the dead­line for reg­is­tra­tions for From Act To Action: Mov­ing For­ward on Sta­tus of the Artist , the CCA’s 2004 National Pol­icy Con­fer­ence is Fri­day, Octo­ber 29th .

This date is also the dead­line to reserve one of the lim­ited num­ber of rooms that has been reserved at a group rate at the Hotel Saskatchewan Radis­son Plaza ( www.hotelsask.com , 1–800-333‑3333 ext. 142, 2125 Vic­to­ria Avenue , Regina SK , S4P 0S3 ). The con­fer­ence rate is $89.00 per night, sin­gle or dou­ble occu­pancy and is sub­ject to applic­a­ble taxes. Accom­mo­da­tion arrange­ments are the respon­si­bil­ity of del­e­gates. Reser­va­tions must be made before the dead­line to qual­ify for the group rate, and the group rate is only avail­able while space exists. Please quote “Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts”.

For more infor­ma­tion on reg­is­tra­tion, see www.ccarts.ca/en/events/index.html .

Back­ground Documents

To get mem­bers and atten­dees pre­pared for con­fer­ence, sev­eral back­ground doc­u­ments will be posted on www.ccarts.ca . Dis­cus­sion doc­u­ments relat­ing to the work­shops will be sent to par­tic­i­pants once they make their work­shop selec­tion. These doc­u­ments will also form part if the del­e­gates con­fer­ence kits on site. For more infor­ma­tion on Sta­tus of the Artist, see www.ccarts.ca/en/status.htm .

The com­plete sched­ule of events will be posted to the CCA web­site next week.

Good news for the con­fer­ence venue

The host venue of this year’s con­fer­ence, the MacKen­zie Art Gallery , was bestowed with the largest cor­po­rate dona­tion in its his­tory last week when it received 32 paint­ings worth more than $500,000 from the Crown Life Cana­dian Col­lec­tion. The col­lec­tion includes work by Cana­dian artists such as Robert Bate­man, Joyce Wieland, and Jean McEwen. The col­lec­tion is on dis­play at the gallery until Jan­u­ary 3rd. For more infor­ma­tion on the Gallery, see www.mackenzieartgallery.sk.ca .

Arts and Learn­ing Project

The CCA is pleased to announce the hir­ing of Denis Bertrand to the post of Project Coor­di­na­tor for Arts and Learn­ing: A Call to Action . He will begin work on the project on Novem­ber 15th.

This project is a far reach­ing, coor­di­nated effort between the CCA, the Canada Coun­cil for the Arts and the Cana­dian Com­mis­sion for UNESCO, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Cana­dian Pub­lic Arts Fun­ders, the Coun­cil of Min­is­ters of Edu­ca­tion, Canada , and the Coali­tion for the Arts and Education.

Mr. Bertrand brings a wealth of expe­ri­ence to the posi­tion. In his pre­vi­ous posi­tion as Gen­eral Man­ager of Théâtre Action, he cre­ated suc­cess­ful links between the the­atre and school communities.