Monday, 14 May 2012

You are invited to A Culture Days Information Session hosted by The Smiths Falls & District Arts & Culture Council

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.”
To learn more about Culture Days, visit www.culturedays.ca

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
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