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Minister Seamus O Regan Jr. announces funding for The Rooms in Newfoundland and Labrador s capital city
ST. JOHN S, NL, May 12, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - The Government of Canada continues to support the creation and renovation of cultural spaces in order to improve access to arts and heritage.
Today, the Honourable Seamus O Regan Jr., Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament (St. John s South–Mount Pearl), announced $758,170 in funding for public cultural space The Rooms, in St. John s, Newfoundland and Labrador. He made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Spectacular redesign of the former Emily Carr building opens a whole new world for students
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Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read • After more than 40 years, Arts Umbrella has a spectacular new home on Granville Island. Award-winning Vancouver architect Richard Henriquez led the challenging renovation. Photo by Kevin Clark Studios /PNG
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“The new limitless,” Arts Umbrella’s imaginative motto, is not only a metaphor for transformative arts education for young people it also expresses the feeling of awe that the architectural redesign inspires inside the stunning light-infused building at Vancouver’s Granville Island.
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There’s a new cathedral of arts education in Vancouver and this one is for children and youths. On Tuesday (April 6), Arts Umbrella held a virtual grand opening of its 50,000-square-foot new home in the former South Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Granville Island. And it has undergone such an extensive renovation that former students of the university would barely recognize parts of the interior.
“In the first three to five years, we anticipate more than 15,000 people per year coming to this building for a variety of programs, including performances in our new theatre,” Arts Umbrella president and CEO Paul Larocque told the
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Acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on performing arts in Canada, the government has announced special funding to benefit The Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada. The sum of $644,372 will be used to install new digital technologies at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts in Toronto. This will enable the two companies to capture and stream rehearsals and performances. The funding will also help equip two other Toronto venues used by the two companies and other arts and culture professionals.
The money comes from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund which is used to help improve physical conditions for arts, heritage, culture and creative innovation. It supports renovation and construction projects as well as the purchasing of specialized equipment and feasibility studies for cultural spaces. Created in 2001, it has supported more than 1,000 projects. These include spaces for performing arts,