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EC3 Project Highlights Black Artists in Peterborough Hello everyone, Today, we wanted to draw your attention to a project EC3 has been working on over the past few months. Spotlight on Local Black Artists was launched in February, during Black History Month, as a way to highlight the work of Black artists living and working […]

Marking the Month Hello everyone, June is turning into a very busy time at EC3, as we continue to roll out the events of Artsweek SHIFT², the Respectful Arts Workplace workshop series, and our Spotlight on Local Artists project – among other projects still to be announced! We will have updates about all of those […]

“Take a 10-minute pandemic break by watching The Theatre On King’s first foray into live digital theatre” by Sarah McNeilly, KawarthaNOW.

Reopening Updates, Mental Health Supports, Surveys, Grant Deadlines, and More Hello all, We hope this update finds you well, as Ontario moves out of its stay-at-home-order and towards reopening. We have a long way to go yet, but it’s starting to feel like we are turning the corner towards recovery from the pandemic. And along […]

Peterborough, ON — The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has partnered with the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC) and the Peterborough Community Legal Centre to offer Respectful Arts Workplaces, an arts-community focused series of Professional Development Workshops that address the problem and impact of sexual harassment and sexual assault in arts organizations. The Respectful Arts […]

A ‘Pocket Festival’ of Arts Events to Take You Sailing Through the Summer Hello everyone, It seems risky to get too optimistic these days, but as the sun shines, vaccination rates rise each day, and Ontario prepares its “reopening,” it’s starting to feel like we may just get through this thing. And today, we have […]

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to release the full schedule for Artsweek SHIFT², a small but mighty, multidisciplinary ‘pocket festival’ of arts events, presented both in-person throughout Peterborough and online, between now and July 31, 2021.  (See full schedule at the bottom of this Media Release.) Artsweek SHIFT² includes […]

“The show must go on: ‘Arts Week Shift’ offering pandemic safe performances throughout Peterborough and online” by Teresa Kaszuba, CHEX/Global.

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to announce the distribution of $19,500 in Mini Grants to 13 local professional artists as part of Artsweek SHIFT². These grants support a wide variety of creative research, production and professional development activities that aid local artists in expanding and advancing their artistic practice […]

Hello all, We hope that everyone is enjoying the warm weather. Before we all sign off for the long weekend, we just wanted to provide a reminder that the Nomination Deadline for the Peterborough Poet Laureate Pilot Program is this coming Tuesday, May 25 at 11:59 pm. Created by EC3 in collaboration with the City […]