CULTURAL NETWORK P.O. Box 1599, Sparwood, British Columbia VOB 2GO . Facsimile: %604/ 425-0400 September 12, 1993 Board of Trustees = ECCAD 1399 Johnston Street: Granville Island Vancouver, British Columbia NEWS from ut REACH ' COPY FEA Em art won to be he The local cha eration of Cani hosting an in watercolor wo! 16-17. V6H 3R9 The mix me be offered by ATTENTION: Maurice Yacowar, Acting President and Dean or Academic Affairs School of Artor and conducted . . ¢ Ba Dear Sir: artist Claire and place is st upon, but will} RE: POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF OUTREACH AND TELECOURSE PROGRAMS . 9 a.m. to 4:30 p : : | at the Junior S< We have heard of the potential closure of the ECCAD Outreach and Telecourse programs i said coordina with great alarm. The rural population, of which our organization is representative in the East CLAIRE BABCOCK Hodgins. — Kootenay/Columbia Valley region, is substantially reliant on these programs to encourage, _..artist/teacher oo nurture and foster arts training and enhancement in our communities. Cancelling these agi iad aie ae programs would be of a major detriment to the rural arts community in our. region. Carr offers take it. "It’s : ence ees vanced," shesi We therefore must insist that you re-think this strategy of financial constraint. It is our ' nti ticipants canb ini iew that if you should cancel these programs that serve the rural population of drawing, painting “Pesto opinion and view that if you should cancel these programs that serve the rural population o ) = our province that your message will be quite simply that it is your intent to serve only the workshop here be _ ? ‘Lower Mainland. Should that be the case. we would be compelled to petition the Ministry of ich Wikio cee Welk noe Advanced Education that your institution is of service to only a select population and Babeock sill conser adeawiagaad cles, Babcock therefore a private institution. Our position would be that tax monies from the rural painting workshop in Powell River the Vancouve - population should not be used to support the operations of an institution with a mandate elgg ee e leted fi targeted to a specific geographic population. sored by Malaspina College a the | ENSland. § Emily Carr College of Art and — watercolor a Further it is our opinion, that there are some problems with delivery of the programs, and if = (ECCAD) outreach Emily Carr - there are any contemplated changes to the program it should be instead with a view to . eek will teach drawing and Capilano: C strengthening the delivery system of the Outreach programming. painting with pastels for all ex- Vancouver: perience levels. Participants will lege... begin by using charcoal to develop Babcock h Yours very truly free expression in black and white, illustrated then move to three-color combina- vs ™ J tions, and finally to full-color work. olor CU eo The course will include subject mat- try of educa & ter of simple shpaes, still life, land- teaches artc a scape, figure and portrait work. Vancouver | (ee = hho Babcock graduated from the Van- agntinues ic ee < couver School of Art(now ECCAD) — hae work re: President 8 1993 and completed further studies in ak /gmr SEP 2 England. She has taught watercolor 9 COUVET and numerous other art courses for "lama Pi ‘ many years for ECCAD’s outreach joys teachir ce Outreach Program program, the University of British "The excite! Columbia, Capilano College, Van- the raw er couver Community College and the child or the Vancouver school board. She has pression of also written and illustrated a draw- sis cares : ing and watercolor course for the fying British Columbia Ministry of tary occupa Education. To regis! Volume 19, No. 1 A journal of the arts in British Columbia's central interior Fall 199 Judith O'Keefe, director of — Hodgins ev inn ee scee« Prooram. ‘cai othe = _ ° a school officials hope for a high —===/aie Elimination of Provincial Art nine, aeieteporeet Tet : ~ be held only if 12 people register by P Resources! Oct. 15. pees This program is one of 80 Lights ... Outreach and Telecourses Programs Threatened weekend studio workshops ECCAD College 2 will provide to 25 B.C. communities outreac The reduction in educational spending may Evolution of the Outreach Program this year, she said. ‘‘It’s part of our Reid result in the elimination of the programs and In 1979 a provincial mandate charter | continuing commitment to provide of Choi services delivered by Emily Carr College of marked the beginning of the College’s chal- ™ access to high-calibre visual art and provide: Art and Design (ECCAD) Outreach Program lenge to provide leadership in the develop- | design instruction throughout the enroled to communities throughout British Columbia. ment and delivery of quality art and design { province.” 15. To Durie thie Rent Tae WEEKE ECCAD Gall oe of British Colum- | .4° Babcock has given workshops for 5 forties be facing some difficult financial decisions in aaa oe eo oe Program emerged ees eo eae through the ECCAD may be order to operate within the budget allocated aoe ; F069 a mt Baird, who from ae outreach program, while continuing y by the Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour. © 1987 guided the College’s develop- to paint and exhibit her own work “We | If the Ourtreach Program is suspended, equal ments in distance delivery in the visual arts... | regularly in the Vancouver area. Chetwy access opportunities to professional art and Beginning in 1978 through to 1985, in co- ; Registration is by calling design studies will no longer exist for the resi- operation with the province’s regional col- © a-- Malaspina College at 485-2878. dents of most B.C. communities outside the leges and many local arts groups, commu- r a lower mainland. For many communities in the nity “needs assessments” were conducted by eq: 4, e r Se oO & n outlying regions of the province, the Outreach _ _ECCAD. The information gathered resulted ‘ RTE = Program is the sole arts opportunity available. _in programs developed to satisfy local needs eee - 4 and also provided an extensive province-wide since been added including business skills for & Thé impending elimination of the only pro- advisory network spanning all sectors of the _ artists, computer literacy, framing, graphic | mM | n xa rt vincial arts and design resource in this prov- —— snk cae = cae — be- design, hand bookbinding, papermaking, ince causes us to ask several questions. Why? 82" with a series of travelling studio work. _ portfolio preparation, two and three dimen- i He i What alternatives are being eonddersd: : shops by sending artist-teachers into commu- _ sional design and video fundamentals. These fn crertined cay Ve ee For these @atquainted with the ECCAD nities to conduct intensive weekend sessions _ two-day workshops continue to be offered amer and an Pro. Outreach Program, some background infor- mation on the evolution of this program fol- lows. ky in a variety of media including ceramics, col- our applications, creative process, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and art for young people. Additional courses have province-wide, and over the years have pro- vided much needed employment and instruc- tional development opportunities to some 50 artist-teachers annually. ‘cience tech- ‘ill conduct an g workshop in dope, October nenendA hL.. tha gram. Ed Warkentin will teach Framing Art Work for all experience levels, provided a minimum of 19 nannla are enrolled for CULTURAL NETWORK P.O, Box 1599, Sparwood. British Columbia VOB 260 . Facsimile: %4604/425-0400 NEWS Crom art won September 12, 1993 x Board of Trustees ~ it REACH be he ECCAD 0 be he eration of Can: hosting an in watercolor wo 16:17. ‘The mix me be offered by Schoolot Artox and conducted artist Claire Ba and is st Spon 9am. to430p atthe Junior S said coordina ‘The workst 1399 Johnston Street esdise | Granville Island Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3R9 ATTENTION: Maurice Yacowar, Acting President and Dean of Academic Affairs Dear Sir: RE: POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF OUTREACH AND TELECOURSE PROGRAMS We have heard of the potential closure of the ECCAD Outreach and Telecourse programs fis with great alarm. The rural population, of which our organization is representative in the East CLAIRE BABCOCK Kootenay/Columbia Valley region, is substantially reliant on these programs to encourage, nurture and foster arts training and enhancement in our communities. Cancelling these programs would be of a major detriment to the rural ans community in our. region. We therefore must insist that you re-think this strategy of financial constraint. It is our opinion and view that if you should cancel these programs that serve the rural population of our province that your message will be quite simply that it is your intent to serve only the jould that be the case. we would be compelled to petition the Ministry of Advanced Education that your institution is of service to only a select population and therefore a private institution. Our position would be that tax monies from the rural population should not be used to support the operations of an institution with a mandate ower Mainland. targeted to a specific geographic population, Further it is our opinion, that there are some problems with delivery of the programs, and if there are any contemplated changes to the pr strengthening the delivery system of the Outreach programming. Yours very truly CULTURAL NETWORK President /gmr ce: Outreach Program Sep 2 8 1993 gram it should be instead with a view to sored by Malaspina College and the Emily Carr College of Art and Design P painting with pastels for all ex- perience levels. Participants. will begin by using charcoal to develop free expression in black and white, then move to three-color combina- tions, and finally to full-color work. ‘The course will include subject mat- ARTS N@®RT Volume 19, No. 1 A journal of the arts in British Columbia's central interior Elimination of Provincial Art Resources! The reduction in educational spending may resultin the elimination of the programs and services delivered by Emily Carr College of ‘art and Design (ECCAD) Outreach Program to communities throughout British Columbia During the next few weeks, ECCAD will be facing some dificult financial decisions in ‘order to operate within the budget allocated by the Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour. Ifthe Ourtreach Program s suspended, equal access opportunities to protessional art and {design studies wll no longer exist for the resi dents of most B.C. communities outside the lower mainland. For many communities in the ‘outving regions ofthe province, the Outreach Programis the sole arts opportunity available. The impending elimination ofthe only pro- vincial arts and design resource in this prov. ince causes us toask several questions. Why? What alternatives are being considered? those unacquainted with the ECCAD ‘Outreach Program, some background infor- mation on the evolution ofthis program fol lows. & Evolution of the Outreach Program In 1979 a provincial mandate charter! ‘marked the beginning of the College's chal lenge to provide leadership in the develop- ‘ment and delivery of quality art and design instruction forthe province of British Colum bia. The ECCAD Outreach Program emerged under the leadership of Nini Baird, who from 1977 to 1987 guided the College's develop- ‘ments in distance delivery in the visual as Beginning in 1978 through to 1985, in co: ‘operation with the province's regional col leges and many local arts groups, commu: nity “needs assessments” were conducted by ECCAD. The information gathered resulted in programs developed to satisty local needs and also provided an extensive province-wide advisory network spanning all sectors of the teducation system. The Outreach Program be- gan with a series of travelling studio work ‘hops by sending artstteachers into commu: nities to conduct intensive weekend sessions ina variety of media including ceramics, co ‘our applications, creative process, drawing. painting, photography, printmaking and art. for young people. Additional courses have Outreach and Telecourses Programs Threatened c@ Carr offers drawing, painting workshop here _artistiteacher vanced,” "The Oct. 23-24 workshop is spon- outreach (ECCAD) Babcock will teach drawing and ter of simple shpaes, sil life, land- scape, figure and portrait work. ‘Babcock graduated from the Van- couver Schaaf Art (oo ECCAD) and completed in England. She has taught watercolor and numerous other art courses for ‘many years for ECCAD’s outreach program, the University of British Columbia, Capilano College, Van- couver Community College and the Vancouver school board. She has also written and illustrated a draw- ing and watercolor course for the British Columbia Ministry of Education. ‘terested in art take it. “It’s le: ‘shes. ticipantscanb Thecostof! be $6420. Pa Fall 199 Judith O'Keefe, director of the tee ere ae ‘enrolment, and thatthe program will uate = teeld oni i12 people repiterby paint IS. a . This program is one of 80 Lights weekend studio workshops ECCAD College Sper ieee ne 4 Continuing commitment fo provide of Choi 4 access to high-calibre visual art and provide: design instruction throughout the ‘carelad |.