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British Columbians and Canadians speak out
against the BC arts cuts

Full alphabetical list

 


Mark Achbar, Filmmaker, Co-director of The Corporation, Vancouver
Amir Ali Alibhai, Executive Director, Alliance for Arts and Culture, Vancouver
Norman Armour, Actor, Executive Director of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Margaret Atwood, Writer, Author of The Handmaid's Tale and Year of the Flood
Jean Baird, Writer, Founder of the Al Purdy A-Frame Trust
Rebecca Belmore, Artist
Sean Bickerton, Board/Advisory with Vancouver Recital Society and OlympicLegaciesNow
Dániel Péter Biró, Associate Professor, School of Music, University of Victoria
bill bissett, painter, poet link
George Bowering, Canada's 1st Poet Laureate, Governor General's Award, Penticton/Vancouver
Jay Brazeau, Artist, BC
Christopher Butterfield, Associate Professor of Composition, School of Music, U. Victoria
Hank Bull, Artist, Co-founder of the Western Front, Centre A, Vancouver
Nicola Cavendish, Actor
Kim Cattrall, Actor from Vancouver Island
Tom Cone, Playwright, Vancouver
Douglas Coupland, writer, author of Generation X, and visual artist, Vancouver
Brad Cran, Vancouver Poet Laureate, 2009-2011
Lorna Crozier, Poet, Governor General's Award Winner, Victoria
Bob D’Eith, Executive Director of Music BC Industry Association (www.musicbc.org)
Jeff Derksen, Writer, Professor of English, Simon Fraser University link
Walter Dexter, Clay Artist, RCA, Saidye Bronfman Award Winner
Stan Douglas, Artist, Vancouver link
Yulanda Faris, arts philanthropist, chair of the Vancouver Opera Foundation
Geoffrey Farmer, visual artist, Vancouver
William Gibson, writer, author of Neuromancer and Pattern Recognition, Vancouver
Jim Green, cultural and developmental consultant
Kari Gundersen, Director of Development, Vancouver International Dance Festival
Lee Henderson, writer, author of The Man Game
Veda Hille, musician, Vancouver
Jay Hirabayashi, Executive director of Kokoro Dance
Antony Holland, Actor, Founder of Studio 58
Brian Jungen, Visual artist, Vancouver/Fort St. John link
Karen Kain, Dancer, Artistic Director, National Ballet of Canada
Robert Kleyn, Architect and Artist, Vancouver
Patrick Lane, Writer, Poet, Governor General's Award Winner, Victoria
Alma Lee, Founder, Vancouver Writers & Readers Festival
Tim Lilburn, Poet, Essayist, Governor General's Award Winner, Teacher, U of Victoria
Ken Lum, Visual artist, Vancouver link
Liz Magor, Visual artist, Vancouver link
Dan Mangan, Musician, Vancouver
Rhona MacInnes, Executive Director, BC Association of Magazine Publishers
Sarah McLachlan, Musician, Founder of kids' music program at Vancouver’s Arts Umbrella
Eric Metcalfe, Artist, Co-founder of the Western Front, Vancouver link
Damian Moppett, Visual artist, Vancouver link
Billeh Nickerson, Author and Creative Writing Department Faculty, Kwantlen Polytechnic
Nancy Noble, CEO, Museum of Vancouver
John Oliver, Composer, Musician
Stephen Osborne, Editor, Geist Magazine
Helga Pakasaar, Curator, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
David Pay, Artistic Director, Music on Main link
Hilary Peach, poet, Founder/Artistic director of Poetry Gabriola Festival and Canada Speaks
Elspeth Pratt, Artist, Art Professor, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Heather Redfern, Executive Director, The Cultch (Van East Cultural Centre)
Dennis Reid, poet, president of the League of Canadian Poets
Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver
Garnet Rogers, musician
Dr. Jane Roskams, Professor, Life Sciences Institute and Brain Research Centre, UBC
Jeremy Shaw, Visual artist and international musician (Circlesquare), Vancouver
Duncan Sinclair, Chair, Yukon Arts Centre
Kerry Slavens, Editor and Graphic Designer, Artemis PR & Design & Women in Focus magazine
Gordon Smith, painter, Order of Canada, co-founder with Marion Smith of Artists for Kids
Ron Terada, Visual artist, Vancouver
Reece Terris, Visual Artist
Michael Turner, writer, author of Hard Core Logo and 8x10
Alexander Varty, Musician, writer, arts commentator
Hal Wake, Executive Director, Vancouver Writers and Readers Festival
Ian Wallace, Visual artist, Vancouver link
Jerry Wasserman, Head of Theatre and Film at UBC
Scott Watson, Director/Curator, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC
Howard White, Order of Canada & BC, Stephen Leacock Award, Director Harbour Publishing
Ronald Wright, Massey Lecturer, author of A Short History of Progress, Saltspring Is. link








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