Arts Council of Surrey

Membership in the Arts Council of Surrey is open to individual and associate members, and organizations. The Arts Council of Surrey acts as an umbrella organization for over 150 individual members and more than 40 member groups representing the performing, literary, visual and media arts.

To become a member of ACS, call or e-mail us at info@artscouncilofsurrey.ca for an application form or download in pdf format.

A New Year brings new opportunity

Another year has passed and it’s time to ring in an exciting new one. 2010! Although Y2K is a distant memory, it also doesn’t really seem THAT long ago. Yet ten years of incredible growth in Surrey has happened since then. Much of it has been in arts and culture and things will heat up even more in the next ten years.

Construction has been speeding up each day on our soon-to-be new home. The renovated fire hall in Newton is sure to become a city hot spot as we host art exhibits and theatre events. The call for public art has gone out and we all look forward to what creativity will be expressed on the exterior of our new cultural centre.

A New Year brings new things, such as the exciting projection wall art on the newly constructed Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre. Surrey Art Gallery, in partnership with City of Surrey’s Public Art Program, will premiere Glocal as an Urban Screen projection project to brighten up dark winter nights. Another relatively new art form in Surrey is the Argentine tango and new ACS member Bobbi Lucic shows students how to look hot making these cool moves.

There will be lots of moves, both hot and cool, at Surrey Shines 2010. This year, YACOS has organized this great event for January 30 at the Surrey Arts Centre. Support local youth by coming out and enjoying the show.

Something else new is our Literary Arts pages editor, Ursula Maxwell-Lewis. Ursula will be taking over from Lois Peterson, who has done a wonderful job for us. Many thanks, Lois, for your sharp editor’s eye and your interesting submissions and we wish you great success with the new Surrey Writers’ School. Welcome, Ursula, to our 2010 Spotlight team!

Speaking of things literary, Surrey is building a new library in North Surrey. I attended a recent open house and saw all the plans for this ambitious project. It will be another jewel in Surrey’s crown and it will increase literary activity - always a good thing!

A new year can also revive old things, such as the ancient art of glass blowing. This issue of Spotlight features a hot-shop studio that will be opened soon by skilled artist Robert Parkes. He heats up sand and makes beautiful things happen!

When attending the 2010 Mayor’s Task Force meetings I hear exciting plans for Surrey’s live site in Holland Park during the Olympics. As the show tune says, “It’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.” This “hot time” will start with the Torch Ceremony when the flame arrives on February 8. And there will be many more fun-filled nights with non-stop entertainment on two large stages, with big screens for watching competitions, tons of family-oriented activities and daily shows of the RCMP Musical Ride.

The Arts Council of Surrey has also been instrumental in helping form a new 2010 Celebration Dance Team, made up of highly talented Surrey-area youth. Choreographer Kelly Konno has created dynamic dances that will be performed every day during the Olympics and the young dancers will also “animate” the site, interacting with the expected thousands of people.

We send congratulations to Marc Pelech, ACS Board member and Sullivan Heights Secondary art teacher, and to the very talented students who created lovely Olympics banners that now hang in the Central City mall atrium. They capture the motion of Olympic event sports scenes in graceful images and glorious colour. Well done!

As you make your new year’s resolutions, we hope you will include a commitment to attend shows and exhibits and to support arts and culture every way you can. It will warm your hearts this chilly winter. Happy 2010!

Carol Girardi, President

Financial Assistance
Grants (Group members – not for profit), may make application to the Arts Council of Surrey. Application are available through the Arts Council of Surrey office or may be downloaded (check grants for links) Application is due beginning of September each year.

Resource Centre
We currently have information of value to individuals involved in the arts, professional and non-professional performers, with regard to government agencies, foundations or businesses that provide financial assistance and publiCity including media contacts.

Office Services
The Arts Council of Surrey has available a number of office services for its members. Services are provided on an “at cost” basis as available. This includes photocopying, computer assistance and use of fax machine. For more information about these services, please contact the ACS administrator

Other Services
As an umbrella organization for many groups, we look forward to initiating new services to benefit the growth of the arts in Surrey. If a group has any requirements, which are not presently met by the Council, we would be happy to discuss them

Co-sponsorship on Projects
The ACS has been privileged to co-sponsor special events and projects with member groups. These kinds of projects resulted in successful events with the City of Surrey, Surrey Art Gallery, Central City Shopping Centre, Surrey Board of Trade, Local MLA’s and local businesses within the community. The ACS welcomes the opportunity to discuss new project with members at any time.

B.C. Association of Senior Performers
The association offers senior citizens a chance to be involved in the performing arts. It offers training and the opportunity to perform in front of live audiences.

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Ukrainian Self Reliance Assoc. Surrey Branch
604-581-0313
www.vcn.bc.ca/bcucf

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	Margaret Anhorn		Ben Nuttall-Smithl
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	Donalda Bartlett Mary Frances Batut Lloyd Berry Ben Brown Satya Brown Carolyn Budd-Goertzen Bonnie Burnside
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	Simon Cantin Meghan Carich Stephen Carich Joei Carlton Hossack Xiwen Chen Rosemarie Cooper Julius Cotter Jessica Joyce Craig John Cranswick		Robert Gary Parkes Flora Pigeau Reginald Pillay Penny Priddy Deborah Putman
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	Donna D'Aquino Joanne Dennis Frank and Pat Dewar Maxine Dobranowski Hilma Doherty Robert Dominick Diana Durrand
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	Morna Edmundson		Wanda Richards Ray Richardson Patricia Rust
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	Ernest Faessler Claude Fiset Shannon Francis Karen Frederickson		Helma Sawatzky Pat Schendel Peter E. Scott Connie Severson Vandna Sidher Jarnail Singh Merylee Smith Kim Stella-May Glover Marlene Strain Ric Sumaling
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	Gabor Gasztonyi Walt Giesbrecht K.C. Gilroy Carol Girardi Joe Given Dawn Govier		Lesley Tannen Shelly Temple Lera-Lan Thomson Alan Thomson Kenneth Tokaryk Carol Tulpar
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	Jude Hannah Dianna Harding Dave S. Hayer, M.L.A. Brian Hill Brenda Hill Susanne Vendel Hoiberg Lorraine Hummel		Vicki Urbich
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	Kay Heekyung Im
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	Joan Jacobson Kathryn Johnston		Josephine Watson Deanna Welters Richard Westwood Debbie Wiebe Juma Wu
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	Moira Klassen Alice Klisch Marilynn Knoch Audrey Kraushar
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	Jennifer Lai Yun Lee Maxine Lloyd Cindy Loeppky		Tony Yang
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	Kathy Magee Glenda Mantle Becky McMahon Debbie Michalko Ed Milaney G Y Millette Diana Miskell Carolyn Mohr Linda Morris Wendy Mould		Ying Zheng Mardi Zipursky

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	Marika Ashmall		Kim Naumann
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	Kimberly Baker Enda Bardell Josh Beamish Dave Bibbs Doris Biddle Margret Billings Judy Blais Emma Blaudek Margaret Brezden
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	Jane Cameron Ruby Campbell Jean Carson Pat Castle Yi-Fan (Tiffany) Chen Sung Bae Cho Sunny Cho Toni Chubb Grace Chung Wendi Copeland Marion Cox David Crocker Sandra Crowe Leonie Croy		Michelle JinYoung Park Anna Plesset David Pollock Valerie Puymon
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	Shauna Davis Margaret Deefholts Michael Delac Gabriela Diaconu Marven Donati Chun Hua (Catherine) Dong		Ilse Quast
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	Marney-Rose Edge Gail Elliott		Barinder Rasode Ellen Ratzlaff Sandra Reams Elvira Redekop Anne Rostvig
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	Judith Fairwood Randa Findlay Ragnhilo Flakstad Eileen Fong Julia Fraser Shelley Freedman Cindy Funk		Mehran Modarres Sadghi Patricia Sawatzky Caroline Scagel Sakino Sepulveda Judy Shannon Jo-Ann Sheen Natalia Simen-Falvy Courtney Simms Joci Sirak Michelle Sprangers Susan Stitt Deborah Strong
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	Robert Gelineau Grace Gordon-Collins Faye Gordon-Lewis Elaine Gunn		Daniel Tibbits Roxsane Tiernan
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	Joy Hansen Seo Ryung Heo Frances Ho Loreena Lee Hutchison
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	Tadashi Isozaki		Shannon Vandop
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	George Janousek Anella Jeong		Barb Wolfe Terry Wong
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	Susan Kang Kyungji Kang Samuel Kim Sheila Kirk Mila Kostic Raymond Kwong
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	Bette Laughy Margaret Lee Jumin Lee Chun Chun Liao Jeanette Linley Raul Lucas		Hilary Young Robert Young Patricia Young Ken Yung
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	Cam Macdonald Chris Mackenzie Laurie Mackie Judy MacNeill Bernard Major Michelle McCutchon Valerie McElhoes Francis King McFarlane Lorraine Munro

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	Virginia Bell Doreen Biener Chuck Bury
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	Dave Dunnison
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	Mr. & Mrs. R. Fletcher		Bill Smithaniuk Gunter Sorgatz
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	Barbara Gould
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	Jule Hopkins
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	Jesse James Roberta Jorgensen		Pat Walker Corrie Williams Jennifer Wyatt
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	Peter Kinvig
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	Mr. & Mrs. Wady Lehman Lucille Lewis Maxwell Lewis
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