Come meet your fellow artists in the mountains and discuss the issues that are important to you such as artists’ fees, the Resale Right, EI benefits, tax measures and public funding. Networking, panels, workshops, and more!

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PROFILE:

Shawna Dempsey

 

One of Canada’s best known performance artists, Shawna has also created installation pieces, published books and curated exhibitions.

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CARFAC NEWS

Visual artists concerned about the elimination of artists’ advisory council

Wednesday, March 9th, 2010 – Visual artists are concerned about the elimination of the Canadian Council on the Status of the Artist announced yesterday by the Treasury Board of Canada. An integral part of the Status of the Artist Act, ...    » Read More

Federal government could invest in innovation through visual artists

Ottawa, Thursday, March 4th, 2010 – Visual artists are encouraged to see that the 2010 federal budget will maintain support for the Canada Council for the Arts but are concerned about cuts to the Department of Canadian Heritage. Given the ...    » Read More

INITIATIVES

Selling Artwork Outside Canada

Here are links to the forms and resources mentioned in the article “Selling Artwork Outside Canada” in the Winter issue of our newsletter Calendar that has just come out: Canadian Border Services Agency Canadian Trade Commissioner Service US Customs and Border Protection Export Declaration ...    » Read More

Discrepancy between wealth created and wealth earned widens for visual artists

Ottawa, February 4, 2009 – Recently released statistics from Hill Strategies shows that the discrepancy between the wealth created and the wealth earned by visual artists has widened. While the cultural sector contributes more than $46 billion to the Canadian economy, ...    » Read More

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