Time: 7pm
Date: Thursday May 17.
Place:Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
90 William St W Smiths Falls, ON K7A 5A5
Catherine McLeod Culture Days Animator/Coordinator will be one of the speaker/presenters
Find
our about the many available resources, tools, and tips that can make
your Culture Days activities a success. Meet and network with other
Culture Days activity organizers and find out what is being planning in
your community.
Learn about tools and resources available to Culture Days
participants at an information session hosted by
The Smiths Falls & Districts Arts & Culture Council (SFDACC) with Culture Days staff in
attendance. Aimed at helping participants increase the impact and
success of their Culture Days activities and find out about the many
available resources, tools, and tips that can make your Culture Days
activities a success. Meet and network with other Culture Days activity
organizers and find out what is being planned in your community. The
information session is open to artists, professional and volunteer-run
cultural groups, libraries, museums, schools and anyone else wishing to
participate in the third annual pan-Canadian celebration of arts and
culture.
“The growth of Culture Days since its launch in 2010 is truly
remarkable representing a tremendous demand for exchange and
collaboration within the burgeoning cultural network,” said
Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
“I am delighted to see Ontario’s talented artists and committed
cultural workers seizing the opportunity to showcase their process and
work to the public – helping to inform and inspire people across the
province.”
What is Culture Days?
Culture Days is a collaborative movement to encourage awareness,
participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural
life of their communities. Now in its third year, this Canada-wide
celebration represents the largest-ever public participation campaign
undertaken by the arts and cultural community in this country. Culture
Days will feature free hands-on activities that invite the public to
participate in the “behind-the-scenes” world of artists, creators,
historians, architects, curators and designers in their community.
Through this exchange, artists and creators have a unique opportunity to
engage people of all ages in their creative practice. Culture Days
will take place on September 28-30, 2012, in all provinces and
territories.
“The Smiths Falls & Districts Arts & Culture Council had a
huge success with last year’s Culture Days,” says SFDACC president Louis
Tremblay. “We want to share the available resources, tools, and tips
that can make your Culture Days activities a success, and hopefully
inspire others to unite and celebrate the arts and culture of their
community.”
“We had over thirty events at eleven different venues and we only had
a few months to prepare, but this year our amazing SFDACC Culture Days
committee has already been planning for this year’s Culture Days and I
am very excited for this event” he says, adding “it has brought our
community even closer.”
The event will take place at the Smiths Falls Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario (90 William Street West) on May 17th at 7:00 PM.
The information session is free and open to all, “but please RSVP so
we make sure we have enough room for everyone” says Louis. “A donation
box will be placed at the door to help say thank you to the Museum for
being a gracious host.”
If you have any questions about participating in Culture Days, please contact:
Aubrey Reeves, Culture Days Ontario Manager
Catherine McLeod, OAC’s Culture Days Animator/Coordinator
RSVP
Zoë Ashby
or SFDACC
