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Councils mm North Van Arts Council Creates Opportunities for Youth > I he . 1 innovative ways. In partnership with the North Shore Charitable Foundation, the Arts Council now plans to provide better access to creative opportunities for the community's youth by co-sponsoring a North Vancouver Youth Cultural Development Fund. This community resource will ensure that, for at least the next ten years, young people in North Vancouver will have funding support for projects such as music shows, printing artistic posters, videotaping local issues, starting a poetry magazine, and in general, creating artistic alternatives to congregating at 7-11 stores or other uncreative commercialized zones. cultural needs of ihc North Shore, Anne Macdonald brought together a group of like-minded people, who. under her leadership, founded the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. She served as its first President, and later as its first Executive Director until 1977. Anne saw the possibilities within certain community groups to fosicr and develop public awareness of the arts and the presentation of cultural evenis. Through this, the community began to show what potential and latent support there was for All Ihesc things she gave to Ihc commur without expectation of personal gain or reward. She helped lo create a cultural of a ilike For her dedicated work, Anne earned the Order of B.C., the 1990 YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the 1990 North Vancouver Community Ans Council Award of Mcril, (he Distinguished Citizens Award from the District of North Vancouver, and recently the Canada 125 medal. Through therecentlyannounced Anne Macdonald Business & The Arts Award and the annual Anne Macdonald Scholarship, the North Vancouver Community Arts Council Board would like to recognize the life of a remarkable individual whose life was committed to the growth and enhancement of cultural i Ella Parkinson is the Executive Dir and Irwin Oostindie the Convnunu, Director ofthe North Vancouver Community Aris Council. It is expected the Youth Fund will require an initial capital investment of $ 12,000, with the Arts council contributing $6000 and the North Shore Charitable Foundation providing the balance. Since the stumbling block for young people hoping to change their situation is typically the lack of flexibility and support from public institutions and the unavailability of cash, the North Vancouver Community itself it sensitive to the needs of the community. If you are interested in more information regarding this worthwhile project or if you wish to contribute a tax-deductible donation to the fund, call the Arts Council at 988-6844. She raised the necessary funds for a feasibility study, and what followed from its positive recommendations was a massive and successful campaign lo raise $500.000. The Arts Council converted the old North Vancouver City Hall building into a cultural centre known as Presentation Memory of Anne Macdonald Honoured by Ella Parkinson and Irwin Oostindie The local arts community lost a passionate cultural advocate this year with the passing of Anne Macdonald. At the North Vancouver Community Arts Council's September 21st A G M . two annual community awards were announced, in recognition of Anne's lifelong commitment to the development of our cultural community. The Anne Macdonald Scholarship and the Anne Macdonald Business & the Arts Award will be granted on an annual basis. The Anne Macdonald Scholarship will consist of a $300 scholarship presented to an emerging artist each year, with adjudication by the Arts Council. The Anne Macdonald Business & the Arts Award will be a high-profile presentation to a local business providing outstanding support for cultural activities in North Vancouver. This support may be for individual projects or longer, sustained support for a particular arts organization or cultural initiative. A Woman with Vision In 1969. in a dormant bedroom community adjacent to a major metropolitan centre, one individual saw the existing cultural vacuum. Understanding the need for an Anne was also instrumental in the restoration of North Vancouver's first Anglican church, which was moved, at Anne's instigation, from its original site to its current home on the grounds of Presentation House. In recognition of her incredible efforts in doing what many sceptics considered impossible, the now beautifully-restored heritage building was named Anne Macdonald Hall. By 1978. the North Vancouver Community Arts Council was flourishing and she accepted the challenge of taking over as the first Executive Director of ihe Community Arts Council of Vancouver. Amidst a host of other projects, Anne was active in the formation of the Provincial Arts in Education Council. She then helped to organise a conference in Vancouver of the then 70 B.C. Arts Councils, putting forth (he proposal that they form an association. Two years later the Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils was bom. In essence. Anne created an enabling climate for the arts wherever she went. At home on the North Shore, she helped sow ihc seeds of the Cultural Policy Committee, whose rccommendaiions found fruition in the new North Shore Arts Commission. Her passionate support for the arts continued as she served as ihefirstNorth Vancouver School Boardrepresentativeto the Arts Commission. 14 . N . . . D , . 1993