Patricia Huntsman Culture + Communication

What we are reading this week... It is especially important to have more areas in the city where we can have an experience through place, the cultures, values, and traditions of the MST [Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation] nations. Also of note is the fate of the historic Fairmont Building. Once a school, a hospital, and the RCMP headquarters, different groups attach different meanings to the building. For First Nations, it is a painful one. As city council instructed staff to explore relocation of the buildingwhether it will be moved and, if so, how the various histories, including the significance of reconciliation, will be reflectedis an important heritage question. - Bill Yuen, executive director Heritage Vancouver Society #CulturalHeritage #Meaning #UrbanPlanning

What we are reading this week... "With adoption of technology and an understanding of customer behaviour through #AI, a better customer experience can be delivered from first engagement to departure. The #Theatre industry may be steeped in tradition, but that’s no excuse for us to adapt our systems and processes to meet the demands of consumers who will increasingly be thriving on convenience." (via ArtsProfessional Magazine)

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What we are reading this week... An excellent breakdown by our colleagues at Hill Strategies Research of research + data collected by GVPTA - Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance on COVID-19 #Arts participants' activities and their views on #Culture in British Columbia.

What we are reading this week... "I don’t think we need new #Art. The arts professionals that have been protesting in the streets and sending out declarations on social media are calling for institutional changes, not new aesthetic movements. They want to cut through the pieties that circulate in academia and arts institutions about art as a calling because they are struggling for survival in a milieu that pays lip service to high-minded values but is perversely unequal i...n its distribution of resources. They want to stop allowing awareness of diversity or sensitivity to racism to substitute for the implementation of policies that chip away privileges of the one percent. #Equity won’t be achieved by a new biennial, another emerging artist of color survey, or a record auction sale by a Black artist. And while justice and equity may be goals for a democratic political culture, they have never been the principles that drive the most powerful patrons and artists of the art world. We’d do well to consider who actually views the arts as an arena in which #SocialJustice should prevail." (via Hyperallergic) See more

Today is World Day for #AudiovisualHeritage, a day created by UNESCO to raise awareness and acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents. Artists and arts organizations across Canada use and create audiovisual materials that tell stories about people’s lives and cultures. While working on the City of Victoria - Local Government #CreateVictoria Master Plan, we created a mixtape as part of our creative based engagement activities. The mixtape was published on Bandcamp and features local musicians and artwork by Luke Ramsey Studio. Listen here: https://createvictoria.bandcamp.com/releases