CARFAC National is pleased to announce that Past-President Pat Durr has received the Canadian Conference of the Arts’ Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership. CARFAC nominated Durr for this award, which celebrates achievement in arts advocacy and leadership in the… Read More
It is with regret and sadness that we pass on the news that our National Spokesperson, Mike MacDonald, passed away on Monday, July 17th in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in 1941 in Sydney, NS, Mike MacDonald was a Canadian multi-media… Read More
Copyright laws support artists’ creativity, protect their moral rights, and provide a source of income. What do artists want from copyright reform? Visual artists’ professional associations and copyright collectives call on artists to proceed with caution concerning reforms to the… Read More
CARFAC received final approval of the revised proposal for the second phase of the Northern Expansion Project from Heritage Canada at the beginning of November 2005. This $200,000 matching funds project will last until October 31, 2006. The Department of… Read More
We need your help! CARFAC is a national organization, run by a volunteer board and paid staff, that advocates for the rights of artists. Years ago, we advocated that artists had the right to be paid for the exhibition of… Read More
The 2005 Exhibition Fee Rates have been extended by one year. Canadian Artists Representation/Le front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) introduced a new fee schedule for visual artists in 2005. The new schedule included a system of establishing exhibition fees based… Read More