Archive for the ‘COVID-19’ Category

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to announce that the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund has awarded $104,500 in COVID-19 Strategic Recovery and Resilience Grants to 15 local arts organizations.  This fund was made possible through a partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough (CFGP), who joined forces with EC3 […]

The following are the results of the Petebrorough Arts Alive Fund: COVID-19 Strategic Recovery & Resilience Grants program. Thank you to our partner on this project, the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough.  Thank you as well to the Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance for their fundraising support, to the City of Petebrorough for their contribution […]

Hello everyone, This past Friday, Ontario officially entered Step 3 of its Reopening Ontario plan. This stage of the plan will have perhaps the most dramatic impact on arts organizations, with galleries and theatres able to reopen and general gathering limits raised to 25 indoors and 100 outdoors. However, this is, very importantly, not a […]

New Federal Funding, Artsweek SHIFT², and EC3 is Hiring! Hello everyone, As Ontario enters Step 2 of its Reopening Ontario plan (see yesterday’s Bulletin) and the steamy hot weather breaks, EC3 wanted to provide some other good news for the arts. In this Bulletin, we’ll provide a breakdown of new funding coming in from the […]

Clarifying the Public Health Regulations for ‘Step 2’ of the Reopening Ontario Plan Hello everyone, Today, Ontario enters into Step 2 of its Reopening Ontario plan. While Step 2 still includes heavy restrictions for many arts and culture organizations, it does allow for increased gathering limits and outdoor events, and it paves the way for […]

Public Health Regulation Updates, Fairness for the Arts Campaigns, and More Hello everyone, It has been a relief these last couple of weeks to see our city and our province start to reopen after COVID-19 lockdowns, with the downtown coming back to life and some stores and organizations permitted to welcome limited numbers of people […]

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) 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 […]

Good news to share this week…. The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to announce the launch of its Strategic Recovery and Resilience Grants Program made possible by the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund (PAA Fund). This program is an EC3 initiative in cooperation with the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough (CFGP). The Peterborough Arts […]

Updates on Public Health, Federal Budget, and Grant Deadlines Hello Everyone, We hope everyone is still holding up and staying safe as we continue through this new stay-at-home order and the ”third wave.” In today’s Bulletin, we provide some updates on a number of matters relevant to our sector. The 2021 Federal Budget for was […]