Whistler Arts Council

2000 - Present

History 2000 - Present 

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2000

Performance Series:
January 7, 2000: Bed Among the Lentils
February 4, 2000: Oscar Lopez
March 4, 2000: Axe Capoeira
April 7, 2000: Awele Makeba

April 2000:
Tamsin Miller receives the BC Touring Council's Presenter of the Year Award

May 2000: Children's Art Festival

June 9-11, 2000: Whistler Art Experience/Artrageous

October 10-14, 2000: Missoula Children's Theatre

November 25, 2000: Bizarre Bazaar

Performance Series ­ organized by Tamsin Miller:
October 20, 2000: Troika! The National Folk Ensemble of Russia
December 8, 2000: Michael Kaeshammer ­ Boogie woogie pian

 

2001

Performance Series:
February 2, 2001: Tonight . Piaf starring Joelle Rabu
March 17, 2001: Dufflebag Theatre performing Peter Pan
March 30, 2001: The Truth About Daughters with Nils Ling
May 27, 2001: Rick Scott with Shari Ulrich

June 29-July 7: Whistler Art Experience

July 7, 2001:
Artrageous local art show

September 15-17, 2001: Strategic Planning Session

October 8-13: Missoula Children's Theatre - Cinderella

November 24: Bizarre Bazaar: Annual Christmas Craft Fair; 10 am-6:30 pm; Whistler Conference Centre

Annual General Meeting: Wednesday November 28 - 7:30 pm - Upper Lobby; MY Place

Performance Series - booked by Tamsin Miller and coordinated by Kasi Lubin. All shows at Maurice Young Millennium Place.
October 26, 2001: A Fine and Pleasant Misery starring Tim Behrens
November 2, 2001: Objects in the Mirror are Stranger than they Appear ; Starring Lyle Victor Albert
December 9, 2001: Don't try this at home - The Juggernaut Jug Band

2002

Performance Series
January 25, 2002: Burnt Tongue & It's me, Only Better, starring Shannon Calcutt
March 8, 2002: Carlos del Junco with special guest Don Ross
March 22, 2002: Lisa Lindo Trio
April 5, 2002: The Spirit of Harriet Tubman ­ Starring Leslie McCurdy
April 13, 2002: The Dance Theatre of Oregon - Greatest Hits on Tour

May 25-26, 2002: Children's Art Festival

May 26, 2002:
The Bill Hilly Band ­ World music for the whole family

June 2002: Student Art Award Recipients:
Alexandra Milner, Myrtle Philip Community School, Whistler
Alexandra McLean, Whistler Secondary School
Miranda Miller, Signal Hill Elementary, Pemberton
Jocelyn Harris, Pemberton Secondary

July 2, 2002: Hired first Executive Director, Doti Niedermayer

July 5, 2002: ARTrageous at the Conference Centre. 42 artists; 500 attendance.

September: Member Group Bursaries: Whistler Public Library, Howe Sound Arts Association, Between Shifts Theatre Society.

September 2002: Produced Whistler Art Tour; brochure of public art, galleries and businesses that display art in Whistler. Included some artists with studios open to the public.

October 19, 2002: Missoula Children's Theatre: Jack & the Beanstalk at Myrtle Philip School

November 27, 2002:
Annual General Meeting

November 30, 2002: Bizarre Bazaar at the Delta Whistler Resort. 68 artisans from Whistler and lower mainland.

Performance Series 2002-2003
November 1, 2002: Todd Butler

 

2003

Performance Series 2002-2003
February 8, 2003: TJ Dawe in The Slip-Knot
February 21, 2003: the bluehouse
March 29, 2003: Huun Huur Tu
April 10, 2003: Lorne Elliott
May 9, 2003: Pavlo

January 2003: Planning Session for the Board of Directors

February 14-March 6, 2003: Celebration 2010 ­ Whistler Arts Showcase. A province wide celebration of the arts in support of the 2010 Olympic bid. Whistler's Showcase featured participating groups: Whistler Dance Academy, Whistler Film Festival, Whistler Writers Group, Whistler Public Library, Whistler Museum & Archives Society, Whistler Gymnastics, Whistler Photographic Society, Whistler Singers, Whistler Arts Council.

April 18, 2003: 1st Annual Winemakers Dinner at the Bearfoot Bistro. A Performance Series Fundraiser for MY Place & Whistler Arts Council hosted by CBC Radio's Rick Cluff.

May 24 & 25 2003: Whistler Children's Festival. Featuring over 300 kids plus parents participating in 80 workshops. The Preschool Space Station was also enormously successful with over 100 children throughout the weekend.

May 2003: Student Art Award & Bursary Recipients: Bronwyn Lawrie, Myrtle Philip Community School,
Matthew Friesen, Whistler Secondary School,
Riva Fisher, Signal Hill Elementary,
Deanna Ross, Pemberton Secondary;
Bursary: Brittany Duggan, Whistler Secondary

2003 Art Awards Jury: Trina Eby (Dance);
Britt Germann (visual);
Stella Harvey (literary);
Duane Hepditch (visual, multi-media);
Tessa McLaughlin (music)

July 5, 2003: ARTrageous: at the Frontenac Ballroom, Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Featuring 28 local artists; roving performers: Reverend Dee Parton, Dr. Enrico Ballouardo Ph.D., Sand Northrup.
Musical performances by: Juan de Marias, The Tragically Hick, DJ Chili, DJ Dr. Digglesworth, Latin Funk Dance with Gustavo & Corazon Dance & Juno Nominees, Rumba Calzada.

September: Member Group Bursaries: Whistler Film Festival, Whistler Writers Group.

October 13-18, 2003: Missoula Children's Theatre ­ The Frog Prince

Performance Series 2003-2004
October 3: Nils Ling in The Truth About Love and/or Marriage
November 8: Michael Kaeshammer
November 20 & 21: Norman Foote
December 6, 2003: Bizarre Bazaar at the Whistler Conference Centre. Whistler's Original Artisan Market featured 111 artisans from Whistler, Lower Mainland and across B.C. Attendance: 4,100

 

2004

Performance Series 2003-2004
January 10: Cynthia MacLeod & Gordon Belsher
January 17: SWARM
January 24: Charles Ross ­ One Man Star Wars Trilogy
February 7: Alfie Zappacosta
February 24: Two Planks & A Passion Theatre Company in Halo
March 5: McDades
March 12: Shannan Calcutt in Out of My Skin
April 3: Pavlo
April 16: Veda Hille
May 1: Rick Scott
May 11: Montreal Guitar Trio
June 26: Chris Gibbs in The Power of Ignorance

February 12-March 31: Celebration 2010 ­ Whistler Arts Showcase
The 2004 Showcase featured an Opening Night Cabaret with guest athletes and performers from the Sea to Sky Corridor; Uzume Taiko from Vancouver; Adventure Film Showcase by the Whistler Film Festival Society; author and adventurer Colin Angus with Lost in Mongolia by Whistler Public Library; Literary Leanings by the Whistler Writers Group with visiting authors Karen X. Tulchinsky, Annabel Lyon, John Moore, Kevin Chong, Lee Henderson and local authors Stella L. Harvey, Jennifer Cowan, Rebecca Wood Barratt, Sara Leach, Stephen Vogler, Brandi Higgins, Lara Bozabalian and Lisa Richardson; Tuned Women, originals from local musicians; Whistler Dance Theatre in Blue Earth; Frozen Time: Glaciers in the Coastal Mountains exhibition by Whistler Museum & Archives Society; revive REJUVENATE renew visual art and photography exhibition by the Whistler Arts Council and Photographic Society.