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Advocacy
CADA is guided by the conviction that dance artists need a dedicated and unified voice to ensure that their unique perspective is recognized within the dance sector and in broader society.
As such, CADA representatives participate in as many roundtable meetings, conferences, and community activities as possible, not only to represent the membership, but in addition, to support the work of all professional dance artists.
Nationally, provincially and locally, CADA advocates on behalf of the individual dance artist and the value they bring to Canadian society.
Current Activities
Dance Gift Cards
CADA/BC is initiating an entirely new fundraising and dance advocacy project this year: blank greeting cards displaying dance images from BC and the dance communities of our membership!
Black & White Images of Contemporary Dance, Flamenco, Belly Dancing, and more have been selected! We look forward to having the cards on sale in 2008 as well as displaying 25 of the best photo entries in the lobby gallery of the Scotiabank Dance Centre!
Please contact the CADA/BC office by email bcchapter@cadadance.org or by phone 604-606-6414 to order cards or for more information on this exciting project!!
BC Chapter Representation at meetings, consultations & education/outreach venues:
- member of the Performing Arts Standing Committee of SHAPE (Safety & Health in Arts Production & Entertainment)
Arranged a meeting for the Dance Managers with SHAPE representative - April 2008
Arts Community meeting for the development of new Creation Space proposals - April 2008
Dance Education Forum @ the Scotiabank Dance Centre - March 2008
CanDance Presenters Network: Vancouver meeting for Standards feedback - March 2008
British Columbia Arts Council: Community consultation sessions - March 2008
City of Vancouver: "City of Cullture" community consultation sessions- March 2008
Outreach and Professional Community meetings in Victoria,BC - February 2008
"On the MOVE/Danse TRANSIT" Vancouver - February 2008
"For the Love of it" festival for emerging dance artists in Burnaby - January 2008
Dance in Vancouver - November 2007
Canadian Dance Assembly Annual General Meeting - September 2007
2010 Cultural Olympiad Announcement and Consultation - May 2007
Opportunities
As community meetings and advocacy opportunities arise in various communities across Canada, the CADA chapter administrators will post them here.... we look forward to seeing you there!......
Resources
Canadian Conference for the Arts
The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is the national forum for the arts and cultural community in Canada . It provides research, analysis and consultations on public policies affecting the arts and the Canadian cultural institutions and industries. The CCA fosters informed public debate on policy issues and seeks to advance the cultural rights of Canadians. Periodically the CCA initiates, or endorses, advocacy campaigns aimed at the federal government. This section contains information and tools that relate to any current CCA advocacy projects. We encourage CCA members and supporters to add your voice to ours. Download the CCA Advocacy Primer May 2006
Canadian Dance Assembly
Advocacy and Education activities of the Canadian Dance Assembly are essential to represent and support the needs of Canadian professional dance. The CDA believes the development of resources for dance will benefit and strengthen the role of Canadian professional dance in the cultural fabric of Canada. The aim of CDA Advocacy Resources are to disseminate information to members to enable them to undertake advocacy action on behalf of our cultural community.
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to promoting the value of the arts to the lives of Canadians. Making a case for the arts is a sampling of materials developed on various aspects of artistic life in Canada. They are free for you to use - please acknowledge the Canada Council as the source of the material.
Arts Research Monitor
ArtsResearchMonitor.com provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture. We hope that the site is useful to artists, arts managers, funders, policy makers, researchers and others with an interest in learning more about the arts and culture. The site presents research on the Benefits & Impacts of the Arts, Arts Discipline Information, and an amazing range of other topics from Copyright to Facilities.... A fantastic site
News Bulletins
For immediate release - February 26, 2008
VISUAL ARTS ALLIANCE APPLAUDS MOTION FOR ARTISTS’ TAX EXEMPTION
OTTAWA — A parliamentary motion to exempt artists from paying taxes on their first $50,000 of income is being applauded by visual artists and institutions across Canada.
The motion—M431—was introduced by Winnipeg MP Pat Martin (NDP) on January 24 and reads as follows: “That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize and acknowledge that artists contribute greatly to the social, cultural and economic well-being of Canada; (b) take note that, in other countries such as Ireland, income earned by artists, writers, performers and creators of art is exempt from income tax; and (c) give consideration to exempting up to $50,000 of annual income earned by artists, writers, creators, and performers who work in Canada's cultural industries.”
“How many Oscar-winning actors and award-winning painters are languishing and not realizing their full potential for lack of resources?” says Mr. Martin. “We need new economic engines and the arts and culture are legitimate means of economic development.”
Tax relief for artists isn’t new. In 1995, Quebec introduced an exemption on an artist’s first $15,000 in copyright royalties, when their total income is under $30,000. Since then, artist associations have been lobbying to bring this exemption to the federal level.
"The income of many artists is already marginal. Mr. Martin’s motion would greatly assist them in improving their livelihood, professional practices and the creative economy as a whole,” says Gerald Beaulieu, National President of the Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC).
Artists in Ireland have enjoyed tax exemption for 36 years, resulting in highly successful artists internationally and increased public appreciation for the arts. In 2002 the amount of tax theoretically forgone to the Irish state because of the exemption was €24 million. The projected cost to the Canadian tax base is currently being calculated.
Comprised of eleven national visual arts associations, the Visual Arts Alliance is committed to advancing the status of visual artists and institutions in Canada.
For more information on the Visual Arts Alliance, contact any member:
Aboriginal Curatorial Collective
Steve Loft, Ottawa
sloft@gallery.ca
Art Dealers Association of Canada
Patricia Feheley, Toronto
416-323-1373, gallery@feheleyfinearts.com
Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference
Daniel Roy, Montreal
514-524-4529, danielroy@arccc-cccaa.org
L’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones
Lise Leblanc, Ottawa
613-244-9584, lleblanc@agavf.ca
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC)
April Britski, Ottawa
613-233-6161, carfac@carfac.ca
Canadian Art Museum Directors’ Organization
Shawn Van Sluys, Ottawa
613-862-5035, shawn.vansluys@camdo.ca
Canadian Crafts Federation
Maegen Black, Fredericton
506-444-3315, info@canadiancraftsfederation.ca
Canadian Museums Association
John McAvity, Ottawa
613-567-0099 x226, jmcavity@museums.ca
Independent Media Arts Alliance
Jennifer Dorner, Montréal
514-522-8240, dir@imaa.ca
Le Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec
Christian Bédard, Montréal
514-866-7101, Christian.bedard@raav.org
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Milly Ristvedt, Toronto
416-408-2718, milly@kos.net