BC MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES PARKSVILLE CONFERENCE "Agents of Change - Engaging Our Communities," October 23-26, 2013
Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort and Conference Centre, Parksville, BC
Come and join us for Conference 2013 in Parksville! Information on the program can be found here. Watch this space for more details on how to register SOON!
Photo of the Rod & Gun Hotel, Parksville, 1923, used with permission from the Parksville Museum and Archives
2013 MUSEUMS IN MOTION AWARD NOMINATIONS
Please find here the Call for Nominations for this year's awards.
Deadline for submissions (or letter of intent) is September 18, 2013.
Spring 2013 Roundup
The spring issue of the Roundup celebrates contemporary arts and features articles on:
- an exciting exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery
- an update on the Parksville Conference and the Terrace-Kitimat AGM
- an introduction by new BCMA Interim ED John Grimes
- a glimpse into what the BCMA Communications Committee has accomplished
- some words of wisdom by the ultimate cowboy poet Ken Mather
- a story on the Mackie Lake House Artist-in-Residence program
And so many more articles that illustrate what is happening across the province.
Annual General Meeting
& Regional Workshop
Shapers of Place—Exploring the Faces and Places of the
Sacred Headwaters
June 14-15, 2013
Terrace, BC
The BCMA is honoured to host internationally acclaimed anthropologist, author, and explorer Wade Davis as the keynote AGM speaker and thematic inspiration for this year’s regional workshops. The theme is the museum’s role in exploring the people and places that make the sacred landscapes and cultural geography of Northern BC so unique.
RBCM's CEO presented
with 2012 Museums in
Motion Award President Leah Best & Vice-President
Peter Ord met with Royal BC
Museum's CEO, Jack Lohman on
November 28 in Victoria & presented
him with a 2012 Award of Merit for the
"Aliens Among Us" exhibit.
2012Museums in Motion Awards
& Final GASA awards presented at
Conference 2012 BCMA's prestigious Museums in Motion Awards,
(left), and the final year's Golden Anniversary Service
Awards were presented at the Awards Banquet on Friday, October 19, 2012 at Conference 2012 in
Kamloops, BC... NEW! READ the 2012 Awards News Release (PDF) Review the 2011 Award recipients.
Please consider nominating your colleagues, institution or notable achievement
in our provincial museums & art galleries community over the coming months
so they may be recognized by BCMA in 2013. Review the2012 Nomination Form(Word)(PDF) Review the2012 Hardcastle Bursary Form
Review the2012 Nagel Bursary Form
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The BCMA is honoured to host internationally acclaimed anthropologist, author, and explorer Wade Davis as the keynote AGM speaker and thematic inspiration for this year’s regional workshops. The theme is the museum’s role in exploring the people and places that make the sacred landscapes and cultural geography of Northern BC so unique. 
2012 Museums in Motion Awards 
