The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and the Four Host First Nations (Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations) are working together to host an outstanding 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the traditional and shared traditional territories of the Four Host First Nations, with an unprecedented level of Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) participation, a first for the Olympic Games!

There are many opportunities for Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) artists in artistic disciplines to participate in the 2010 Olympic and Paralymic Winter Games, through the Cultural Olympiad, Torch Relay and Ceremonies and Four Host First Nations programs. To help accomplish this, an inventory of Aboriginal Artists is being developed in the following disciplines:

• Performing Arts (music, theatre, dance, comedy)
• Literary Arts
• Storytelling
• New Media and Digital Arts
• Street Arts
• Culinary Arts

We recognize your talents as an accomplished artist, and we would like to encourage you to be part of this important Aboriginal Artists Inventory for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games. If you are interested in being part of this first ever inventory for any Olympic games, can you please complete the attached Artists Registration Form (which ever format works best for you), and also please send one copy of your CD, DVD, biography, discography, press reviews to:

Elaine Bomberry and Valerie Birdgenneau,
Consultants to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
P.O. Box 34588
1268 Marine Drive
North Vancouver, British Columbia
V7P 1T2

Can you please send this information to us by Friday, August 15, 2008? Should you have any questions, you may contact Elaine Bomberry at ebomberry@shaw.ca.