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• Columbia Basin Culture Tour - August 14-15, 2010
  www.cbculturetour.com
  The CBCT is a self guided tour showcasing local arts, culture and heritage offered at no charge to the general public. The focus of the event will be for the public to pick up a tour guide/map and use it to visit a number of locations such as artists’ studios, museums, art galleries cultural centers and heritage sites throughout the Columbia Basin. This is event is an opportunity for people to meet the participants “behind the scenes”. During the event attendees may: visit artists studios that may not regularly be open to the public and have an opportunity to purchase works directly from the artists, visit galleries and museums to view special interpretive displays, demonstrations or performances; meet local artists, curators and historians in attendance at the participating venues. 
   
• West Kootenay Regional Arts Council
  www.wkartscouncil.com
  Our objective is to provide training, consultation, communication, coordination and animation which do not duplicate or compete with local arts council efforts, but rather assist them in carrying out their activities more effectively. Website has information about arts and culture in the region as well as festival listings, resource information and links to funders.
    
• BC Touring Council of the Performing Arts
  www.bctouring.org
  The most comprehensive directory of artists available for touring in BC, Alberta, Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
    
• The Royal British Columbia Museum
  www.rbcm.gov.bc.ca
  This website provides a wide range of information including news, collections and projects.
    
• Living Landscapes Project - Columbia Basin
  www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin
  Living Landscapes was created by the Royal British Columbia Museum as a regional project involving intensive cooperation with other museums, First Nations, educators, naturalists, and other agencies. Our goal is to improve the understanding of the human and natural history of British Columbia.
        
• Columbia Basin Trust
  www.cbt.org
  The Columbia Basin Trust supports efforts by the people of the basin to create a legacy of social, economic and environmental well-being and to achieve greater self sufficiency for present & future generations.
    
• Canada Council for the Arts
  www.canadacouncil.ca
  The object of the Council is "to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts." To fulfill this mandate, the Council offers a broad range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, interdisciplinary work and performance art, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts and writing and publishing.
    
• Federation of Canadian Artists
  www.artists.ca
  The Federation (FCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and professional development of artists, and services for art collectors. The FCA, with members across Canada, has an artist-sponsored gallery-workshop-studio in Vancouver, BC.
    
• B.C. Museums Association
  museumsassn.bc.ca
   
• B.C. Arts Council
  www.bcartscouncil.ca
    
• CARFAC - Canadian Artists' Representation
  carfac.ca
    
• Crafts Association of BC
  www.cabc.net
   
• Federation of BC Writers
  bcwriters.com
   
• Canadian Actors Equity Association
  www.caea.com
   
• Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre
  www.ktunaxa.org
  Located at St. Eugene Mission near Cranbrook. The Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre exhibits Ktunaxa and Kinbasket arts, cultures, and heritage to visitors. Also includes the Many Hands Ktunaxa Artisans' Cooperative.
   
• Kootenay Rockies - BC's Mountain Playground
  www.bcrockies.com
  A comprehensive website for visitors to the BC Kootenay Rockies Tourism Region including touring, festival and accommodation information as well as hundreds of links to community and activity-related home pages.