Editor:
With the election close on the horizon, it would be great to know how the candidates in opposition to the current mayor and council stand on issues related to the visual and performing arts.
It has been over 50 years since the Burnaby Art Gallery was located to Ceperley House on Deer Lake.
The Burnaby Arts Council made recommendation two years ago to the mayor and council that a new home be created for an art gallery.
This recommendation was dismissed by mayor and council, and subsequently our art collection languishes in a building that has become unsuitable to it. Burnaby desperately needs a modern art gallery to move forward in its support of the visual arts.
Let us hear how this important matter is supported by all those who would run for mayor and council seats.
Darcy Olson, Burnaby
