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Spring 2009 Newsletter

About CARFAC BC Office Space at the
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Message from the President....

Thanks to all who helped to raise awareness of art and culture issues during the BC election. I would like to encourage you to participate in The Alliance of The Arts and Culture's continuing, "Because artists have families too" photo wall and postcard campaign. Details can be found @
http://www.allianceforarts.com/
Let's show what is really at stake if these cuts to the BC Arts Council occur.

Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists. As a non-profit association and a National Art Service Organization, our mandate is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to conduct research and engage in public education for these purposes.

CARFAC was established by artists in 1968 and has been recognized by the Status of the Artist legislation. CARFAC is guided by an active Board, elected by the membership.

We believe that artists, like professionals in other fields, should be paid for their work and share equitably in profits from their work. As the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists, CARFAC defends artists’ economic and legal rights and educates the public on fair dealing with artists. In doing so, CARFAC promotes a socio-economic climate conducive to the production of visual arts. CARFAC engages actively in advocacy, lobbying, research and public education on behalf of artists in Canada.

If you've ever been paid an artist's fee for exhibiting your work, you've already benefited from the existence of CARFAC (Canadian Artists' Representation/le Front des Artistes Canadiens). Founded by artists like the late Jack Chambers, CARFAC is a democratic, non-profit, national artist-run organization for visual artists. It has members in B.C. and affiliates across Canada.

CARFAC BC is the primary vehicle in British Columbia through which visual artists may obtain information and practical advice to support their professional practices.

CARFAC BC was incorporated in 1990 and functions as a volunteer organization on behalf of its membership. of, 800+ BC artists are members. CARFAC BC currently receives no operational funding. It functions on the resources of its members alone, and is run by volunteers. Together, we have the strength to make fair contracts and payments of proper fees the norm, to tackle the illegal reproduction of artists work, and lobby for tax reform, etc. With hundreds, if not thousands, of artists in British Columbia, we hold tremendous untapped power to actually change the conditions in which we live and work.

CARFAC BC, Suite 100 - 938 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1N9
Voicemail: 604-519-4669
E-mail:
www.carfacbc.org
Webmaster: Graham Scholes

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