SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a look at the Vancouver Recital Society, a discussion of art censorship with Jill Pollock, a review of the pla;y "Noises Off", an interview with violinist Patricia Shih, and an interview with Cedric Smith.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes interviews with Barry Downes, Gale Spender (an Austrailian-British feminist writer?), Vancouver Symphony co-;ordinator David Lemon, and Bill Richardson. There is also a segment about [the film?] "Children of a Lesser God".;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes Jill Pollock discussing the BC art scene, an opera review, and interviews with Joel Harris and mystery write;r L.R. Wright.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a segment about Vancouver theatre spaces, a Noel Hudson short story, and interviews with [playwright] Tom Co;ne and Dale Spencer.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a documentary by Gail Pellett entitled "Safe Haven", about Victoria and the people who live there.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a feature on art in the market-place, an interview with writer-translator Ann Pasternak Slater by Peter Hawo;rth, and Vancouver theatre personality Joy Coghill.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a feature on the Vancouver Friends of Chamber Music, another feature on West Coast Indian imagery, an Eric B;ruhn tribute, and an interview with Sarah Ellis.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a feature on BC architecture, a book on [Samuel?] MacClure, and an interview with tuba player Dennis Miller.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes an interview with concertmaster Gerald Jarvis about the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra dispute, as well as int;erviews with Dennis Culver and Ray Chatelin.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode deals with the relationship between the press and the arts in Vancouver. The focus is on the Vancouver Sun and The Pr;ovince and how well they do in serving the public with arts information.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. "Saturday Evening" was a series that aired from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, it consisted of plays, classical concerts,; documentaries and talks. This episode deals with the relationship between the press and the arts in Vancouver. The focus is on the Vancouver Sun and The Province and how well they do in serving the p;ublic with arts information.;

The series consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, cabinet submissions, news briefs, and marketing plans predominantly created between 1986 and 1996 by the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Culture and Historic Resources department of the Ministry of Tourism. The records document the government’s involvement with a variety of cultural and historical endeavors, including work carried out at Fort Steele. The series provides evidence of the level of funding given to the cultural and historic sectors in BC. The records cover three major sectors of heritage and culture : support for amateur and professional sports, heritage sites and museums, and arts and film.

Records in accession 91-9042 relate entirely to the BC motion picture industry and include the minutes of BC Film’s Board of Directors meetings. The series also includes an operations report, and lists film project titles, producers, film budget, and any financial contributions awarded to the project by external granting agencies. The series also consists of policy development records for the provincial motion picture industry.

The series also consists of financial statements, marketing plans and other records related to the BC Festival of the Arts and the BC Bilateral Culture Committee. Records address the BC Summer and Winter Games and the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria, while other records provide evidence of the government’s response to the Dubin report on anti-doping strategies elsewhere.

The series also documents the relationship between the provincial government and other provinces or federal initiatives, including the Federal Cultural Policy Review, Telefilm Canada, the Canada-Ontario Cultural Development Agreement and BC-ERDA cultural initiatives.

The item is a promotional video. Kamloops hosts the first-ever British Columbia Festival of the Arts.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Christina Johnson-Dean titled "The Crease Family and the Arts in Victoria, British Columbia." xiii, 518 leaves, illus. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1980. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 443-453. Canadian theses on microfiche, 55890.