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c a 11 b o a r d PICTURE CHRISTMAS Museum Volunteers Needed If you enjoy working and learning with children, and have a few hours each week to devote to a community program, the North Vancouver Museum would like to hear from you. Plans are in the making to have volunteer guides present programs to visiting schoolchildren. The hands-on learning experiences included in the children's program will range from practicing household chores as Grandpa and Grandma knew them to discovering hand logging skills and our waterfront industries. Putting a crosscut saw and apple peeler to work are just some of the activities. Volunteers who are able to make a oneyear commitment will find the experience to be a lot of fun as well as educational. If interested, please contact the Education Coordinator at 987-5618. together for at least one year are eligible. A l l members must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Submission deadline is December 15th. Full details and application forms are available from Russell Kelly. Music and Opera Section, 1-800-263-5588, ext. 4248, or fax 613-598-4409. Cross Over Writers Program Writers from the West have a final opportunity to apply for funding through Telefilm Canada's Cross Over Writers Program. The application deadline is November 30th. The Program offers experienced writers currently working in literary fields other than screenwriting an opportunity to develop a first draft of a feature film script. Writers can apply directly to Telefilm for a maximum amount of $10,000, including a script editor's fee. Writers are encouraged to develop a first draft, feature film script from an original idea or from a Canadian published work or produced play. To be eligible for this program, prose fiction writers must have published at least six short stories or one novel. Playwrights must have had productions of at least two separate titles of a duration of at least two weeks at a theatre company which receives operating funds from the Canada Council. For further information, contact Pamela Hawthorn or Colleen MacDonald in Vancouver at 666-1566 or call toll-free, 1-800-663-7771. Portraits in black and white DAVID B E C K E T T P H O T O G R A P H Y (Toronto/Vancouver) Arts Promotion Board Fall Workshop Series Presentation House Theatre for Rent Presentation House Theatre has performance space available for November and December. Contact Kirsten Adams, the Theatre Coordinator, at 986-1351. or fax her at 986-5380. She is also now taking bookings for 1994. Writing for a Freelance Market November 26 9 am-1 pm Cap College writing instructor and freelance writer Leslie Savage will share tips on marketing yourself as a freelance writer. Participants will learn about the different publishing markets, writing query letters, and the kinds of things that editors look for. Cost $25 Call Ann at 984-9537 to register. More Coverage of the Arts Knowledge Network's A m Edge series now airs weekly, with three hours of arts programming every Monday night. Arts Edge promises to bring a rich selection of nationally and internationally acquired video and film presentations, features and documentaries. The series is devoted to all aspects of the arts such as dance, theatre, music, visual arts, and will include performances and biographies of acclaimed artists and writers. Ara Parker will host each show from different locations, profiling arts organizations and events around B . C . Producer/Director Nina Ferrctti will weave local activities and a cultural calendar of '"What's O n " into the evening's lineup. Arts Edge invites B . C . artists and arts organizations to inform them right away of events, exhibits and endeavours which are happening in their communities. Please send your information at least one month before the event to A m Edge, Knowledge Network, 4355 Mathissi Place. Bumaby. B.C., V 5 G 4S8. or fax it to 431-3387. Backstage '93 Theatre BC Workshops Theatre B C is hosting a weekend of workshops November 12-14. Backstage '93 offers 165 hours of intensive professional instruction in a wide range of theatre arts for everyone--the beginner and the experienced, the high school or postsecondary student and teacher, the "straight" and musical theatre practitioner and the Theatre B C member and nonmember alike. In all, 300-400 registrants are expected to take part in the 55 threehour s Backstage '93 workshop "topics are: Introductory, Basic and Advanced Acting; Dialects; Structured Improvisation (Actors & Directors); Acting for Film & T V ; Voice-Overs; Intro to Directing and Advanced Directing; Stage Fighting; Auditions. Singing & Acting (Musical Theatre); Intro to Acting (Students); Commedia deH'Arte (Teachers); Costume Design; Basic to Advanced Makeup: Lighting & Set Design; Stage Management; Playwriting; Directing New Works; Dramaturgy; and Producing New Work in Community Theatre. For further Backstage '93 workshop information or to register, please contact the Backstage '93 office by phone (522-2092) or fax (522-5492). Registration information brochures are available at any Vancouver Public Library Branch or from Douglas College. A beautiful blend ofWestcoast Pottery, Weaving andfine Crafts selectedfor your gift and home decorating ideas...in the ever changing seasons of Sylvan. Canada Council Small Ensembles Program This program provides support to small ensembles that wish to produce, or coproduce with u presenter, one or more concerts in their city of residence, or that wish to rehearse for a special event. Grants may be used for artist fees, promotion and administrative costs. Professional groups of two to fifteen people who have been A r t . A c « . . Nov/Dcc 1993 13