A dialogue about 鈥渕aking 性视界传媒 a music city destination鈥� will be part of the inaugural 性视界传媒 Mayor鈥檚 Art Awards this Friday morning (June 9).

The two-hour awards event, presented by 性视界传媒 Board of Trade, will be held at Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel starting at 8 a.m., with Thea Karki (Playing for Change Foundation), Sami Ghawi (FUSIONpresents) and Rob Calder (Secret Study Projects) leading the discussion about the importance of music in 性视界传媒.

鈥淐an 性视界传媒 be developed into a Music City?鈥� asks an . 鈥淲e will explore the economic potential of how businesses in 性视界传媒 can take advantage of a thriving creative economy in 性视界传媒.鈥�

Awards in four categories will be given at the breakfast event, emceed by musician Jodi Proznick.

Perminder Chohan, Chris Thornley and Westminster Savings Credit Union are finalists for the Philanthropy Award, given to an individual or business that has 鈥済enerously contributed to arts and culture through grants, donations or other investments.鈥�

Finalists for the Cultural Ambassador award are Arts Umbrella, Barbara Gould and Mohammad Asimul Islam. The award is given to an individual or business that has 鈥渟ignificantly contributed to 性视界传媒鈥檚 arts and cultural community and raised the visibility of 性视界传媒鈥檚 creative industry.鈥�

Those in the running for the Legacy Award (鈥渇or a rich and enlightening career in the arts鈥�) are Sheila McKinnon, Robert Gary Parkes and Chris Thornley.

Nominees for the Arts & Innovation Award (鈥渇or originality, ingenuity and resourcefulness within the creative sector 鈥� music, dance, visual art, literature鈥�) are Studio 73, 性视界传媒 International Writer鈥檚 Conference and 性视界传媒 Youth Orchestra.

Sponsors of the event, details of which can be found at , are the Now-Leader newspaper, Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, Tien Sher Homes and Focus AV.

tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com