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municipalities," she says. "What we do is aimed at addressing the whole community, while the NV Community Arts Council provides specific programming and works more directly with individual artists. Having the two bodies together, the community is going to get more services in one place. It is a really positive move." Phillips also points out that the commission tackles such issues as the public art program, which has been in the works for the past two years. Its processes helped develop an understanding of what public art is, and a new public art policy was recently adopted by both the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. One of the commission's annual projects is a symposium, which last year was part of the public art development process." In the annual symposium, we try to review some of the arts issues for the year and bring those issues to light. It is our opportunity to get feedback from the artists, and administrators, because we don't have a membership." The North Shore Arts Commission is an arms-length body created to serve as an advisory board to municipal government dealing with municipal cultural issues and servicing the arts/cultural needs of the community. The commission was established in 1989 and recently restructured its establishment agreement. The mandate of the commission is to be an advocate, catalyst, developer, facilitator, promoter, policy maker, programmer, advisor, consultant, strategist, and enabler for, and of, arts and culture as an economically significant and essential component of the North Shore community. Anderson said the commission strives to maintain a regional perspective and this year plans to revise a "Cultural Plan for The North Shore," originally created in 1991. Most of the commission's work is focussed on implementation of the recommendations of the cultural plan, with a major, on-going project being the development and production of Arts Alive magazine. They also administer arts grants for the City and District, and receive input from the community through its board of directors. "We are the administrator of cultural funding of both municipalities," said Phillips. "In addition, the Fund For Arts on the North Shore (FANS) was started six years ago to help individual artists, and we administer that. We now have a $40,000 endowment and have developed a non-profit society to look after that. Hopefully they will eventually be on their own." As part of the FANS program, the Arts Commission also honours up to three artists each year who live and work on the North Shore and who have developed successful artistic careers beyond the North Shore boundaries. They are honoured at a gala celebration which brings together artists and patrons from all over the North Shore. "Once both groups are in [the new office space) and settled," Phillips says, "it will be a great benefit for the community. And the municipalities have both been extremely supportive. They really believe culture is worth investing in. They recognize culture is healthy for the community and good for the economy." As of February 1, the new home for the North Shore Arts Commission and the North Shore Arts Council will be at 355 Lonsdale. MAIL BOXES ETC. Roger Nelson Owner/Operator 1641 Lonsdale Ave. N o r t h Vancouver, B.C. V 7 M 2J5 www.mbe.com/ca/canl87.htm TEL: (604) 9 9 0 4 7 2 2 FAX: (604) 990-4713 EMAIL: m b e l 8 7 @ a x i o n . n e t A n Independently O w n e d and Operated Franchise 125 East 2nd Street North Vancouver, B.C. V 7 L 1C2 Phone 985-9192 Fax 255-1111 N o r t h Shore A r t s Commission's Symposium 2001 & Arts Market Event fourth annual community arts symposium & 'Art Fully E x p o s e d " market Saturday, January 27, 2001 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: J A N . 22 ND call 980-3559 for information & to register N S A C 2001 Symposium & Arts Market event is presented by the North Shore Arts Commission a n d s p o n s o r e d b y : n o r t h s h o r e Long & McQuade | j T^W^i 21 January | February