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EC3 is pleased to invite you to ourAnnual General Meeting and Cultural Incubatorsponsored by the City of PeterboroughTuesday, December 1, 20157:00 pm – 9:00 pm Showplace Performance CentreNexicom LoungeGeorge St. Peterborough Ontario Old members, new members and the public are welcome!  FREE!Come out and support your municipal arts council! This year we are excited to […]

As you may have heard, the City of Peterborough is about to undertake a Community and Stakeholder Consultation as part of Vision 2025: A 10-year Strategic Plan for Recreation, Parks, Arenas, and Culture.  EC3 attended the Vision 2025 Stakeholder Forum on Wednesday, October 28th and will be attending the Arts Forum on Wednesday, November 25. We will report back to […]

On November 16 and 17, the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough will be holding their annual Philanthropy Forum to provide professional development and networking for non-profit organizations.  This is an amazing, inexpensive, professional development opportunity right here at home.  So, if you or your Board could use some expert training in grant writing, fundraising, marketing or governance, check it […]

The Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Women’s Directorate have launched a $2.25 million, multi-year funding program to help develop relationships between the arts and social services sectors in the area of sexual violence and harassment prevention. Artists and arts organizations will have the opportunity to collaborate with organizations or experts working to prevent sexual violence and harassment.  For more […]

In October of this year, The Province of Ontario, through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, began developing its first-ever cultural strategy.  Entitled Telling Our Stories, Growing Our Economy: Developing a Culture Strategy for Ontario, it contains a number of ways that Ontarians can contribute their voices to this development process in order that […]

On Monday, September 28, 2015 the Electric City Culture Council, Artspace and Showplace Performance Centre hosted Peterborough Artsvote, an all-candidates debate with a focus on questions that matter to the city’s arts, culture, and heritage community. If you missed the debate you can listen to Trent Radios recording of the debate here. Participants included: Toban Leckie […]

LOCAL CANDIDATES DEBATE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE ISSUES AT SHOWPLACE PERFORMANCE CENTRE Monday September 28, 2015Nexicom Lounge at Showplace Peterborough290 George Street North Doors Open 7:00 pmDebate starts 7:30 pm  The 2015 Federal Election is upon us. Do you want to know where the city’s Federal election candidates stand on arts and culture issues? Then Artsvote Peterborough is […]

This September, Artsweek Peterborough kicks off its 11th anniversary with a dynamite mix of programming by 60 new and established artists, presenting work in every artistic genre imaginable: visual art, theatre, dance, music, film, photography and literature, both written and spoken word. The locations for these activities are literally all over the Peterborough map: from […]

The EC3 is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Board members.  Sue McGregor-Hunter, Michael Gallant and Jonathan Bennett will join the EC3 Board effective September 1, 2015.  This brings the Board complement to nine members and these new appointments bring a wealth of experience to EC3’s work in the areas of heritage, architecture, […]

We received a $10,000 grant in July from the Ontario Arts Council to support The Jackson Creek Project, a special initiative of Artsweek 2015.  This project explores the social, cultural, political, historical and environmental impact and significance of the Creek in Peterborough.  EC3 has commissioned a number of new works from artists that will appear in Jackson Park and […]