Join our dedicated team at the Electric City Culture Council and support the local arts, culture and heritage sector. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in arts management and administration, marketing and communications and arts program planning and delivery.

Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
Canada Summer Jobs 2020/2021
Job Title: Arts Program and Production Assistant

Job Description

The Arts Program and Production Assistant will perform a variety of administrative and production duties supporting the planning and delivery of Artsweek SHIFT, a six-month-long program of pop-up arts events and activities in Peterborough, and Artsweek 2021, a 10-day, multi-disciplinary arts festival in the City of Peterborough, as well as activities related to Peterborough Arts Awards and Peterborough Arts Alive. These duties will include:

• Supporting the EC3 Program Coordinator and Artsweek 2021 Artistic Producer in event planning, production activities (workplans and schedules) and administrative record-keeping (mapping, permits, site discovery, etc.)
• Communicating with artists and venues, outreach to program partners including schools, businesses, community groups and other arts, culture and heritage institutions, meeting reports and action plans
• General management support including receiving and delivering contracts, updating budgets, filing and printing
• Volunteer recruitment, training and recognition plans
• Organizing venues and amenities such as catering, seating, signage, etc.
• Developing and maintaining Artsweek photo/video documentation and archives
• Assisting with program analytics and evaluation
• Festival follow-up, returns, thanks yous, etc.

Qualifications

This is a Canada Summer Jobs position; you must be 30 years of age or under.

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, plan and organize projects from beginning to end
• Good writing and communications skills
• Good judgment and flexibility
• Ability to work effectively independently, as well as in a team
• At least some post-secondary education
• Social media skills are an asset
• Knowledge of the arts and the Peterborough community are a definite asset

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Duration: 14-week position starts in early November, ends mid-February

Location: Peterborough Ontario (site home office)

Hourly Rate of Pay: $14.75 per hour

Start Date: November 30, 2020

Application Deadline: November 23, 2020

To Apply: Please send your covering letter of interest and resume to ec3.jobs@gmail.com.

EC3 welcomes applications from people who identify as Indigenous, disabled, Deaf, LGBTQ+ or visible minority candidates.

A Unique Arts Project Brings Six Months of Original Arts Programming to Peterborough

Hello Everyone,

COVID-19 has disrupted a lot of people’s plans, and that includes ours. Every second year, the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is proud to present Artsweek, a ten-day-long celebration of this city’s vibrant arts scene. Earlier this month, we announced that, due to the pandemic, we will be postponing Artsweek to September 2021, but in the meantime, we are proud to present Artsweek SHIFT. All Artsweek SHIFT events are FREE!

Artsweek SHIFT is six months of pop-ups, online and COVID-19 regulation-compliant in-person events. This will include an upcoming Open Call for Proposals, as well as two curated projects, Downtown and Post-Code Tour.

Read on for more details about all of this, and for up-to-the-minute updates, be sure to follow Artsweek on Facebook, @Ptbo_Artsweek on Twitter, and @artsweekptbo on Instagram, and check out the Artsweek SHIFT website for more information.

Downtown

Downtown, curated by local poet Justin Million, celebrates local visual artists, poets, and spoken word artists who live and work in Peterborough’s downtown core, and who have kept on working throughout the pandemic.

Downtown 1: Menacing Beauty – The John Climenhage Storefront Project, is an exhibition of works by Peterborough visual artist John Climenhage depicting Peterborough’s downtown during lockdown. Climenhage has continued his “en plein air” practice in the heart of the city over the last several months. His paintings will be exhibited at local stores, cafes, and restaurants between October 30 and November 13 (find out more here).

Downtown 2: What the Poets Are Doing is a series of readings by local poets and spoken word artists. The first public reading took place last week in the parking lot behind The Theatre on King. The next reading will be November 7 at 3pm at The Theatre on King (171 King Street, Peterborough, ON) and will feature poets Katherine Heigh, Shaun Phuah, Nick Taylor, and Million (find out more here).

Local poet Ziysah performs behind The Theatre on King last weeekend. (Photo by Andy Carroll.)

In addition, Artsweek SHIFT is conducting a Private Reading Giveaway, where any Peterborough resident can enter to win one of two private poetry readings, to take place outdoors at their home or over Zoom, with local poets Jon Hedderwick, Elizabeth Jenkins, Ziysah, and Million. Enter now – this giveaway closes November 4 at 12pm ET.

Post-Code Tour

Post-Code Tour, organized by veteran Artsweek curator Hannah Keating, features three artists – writer Derek Newman-Stille, visual artist Bethany LeBlonc, and multidisciplinary performance artist Sioux Lily – reimagining Peterborough’s downtown in the future, redesigning iconic Peterborough landmarks with a focus on inclusion and accessibility.

Their visions of what things might be like will be posted to the Post-Code Tour Instagram page (@post_code_tour) between November 9 to 30. This will be followed by a series of events and discussions with the artists and the curator both in-person and online. Follow the Instagram and watch Artsweek’s website and social media for further announcements, coming soon.

Open Call for Proposals

The final component of Artsweek SHIFT is an invitation: next week, we will be launching an Open Call for Proposals from local artists and arts organizations, for projects/events to take place, either in-person (following public health guidelines) or online, before March 31, 2021.

Watch for more information.

Follow Along

Details on all Artsweek SHIFT projects can be found on Artsweek SHIFT’s website, and regular updates will be provided on Artsweek’s Facebook, @Ptbo_Artsweek on Twitter, and @artsweekptbo on Instagram.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to The City of Peterborough and Peterborough DBIA for their support of Artsweek and Artsweek SHIFT.

Please stay well and let us know how we can help.
TRACK THE IMPACT.

As always, keep checking the EC3 Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, @ec3ptbo on Instagram, and the COVID-19 Updates page on EC3’s website, where we are providing daily updates on programs and services available for ACH workers and organizations.

Be safe, stay healthy, and please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Su Ditta and the EC3 Board and staff

Contact
Su Ditta
Executive Director
Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
electriccitycc@gmail.com
www.ecthree.org
705 749 9101

Peterborough’s Arts Organizations Need Support to Stay Open and Keep Creating

Tune in to Some Important Media Coverage & Find Out How You Can Help

Hello Everyone,

As you all know, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown hit the arts, culture and heritage (ACH) sector particularly hard.  Venues are closed, box office, bingo and fundraising revenues are flatlining and artist fees and commissions have evaporated in every discipline. The first to close, and apparently the last to open in line with public health and safety regulations, this community was recently identified by the National Coalition for Hardest Hit Businesses as one of the most vulnerable and in need of both private and public support because of its impact on the tourism and service/hospitality industries. We know a landscape of vigorous arts activity is essential to the health and vitality of the downtown and plays a significant role in mental health and community cohesion.

EC3 has worked with different organizations to track the impacts and raise public awareness about this dire situation. It’s all part of our Peterborough Arts Alive suite of programs and services developed in response to COVID-19 – find out more here.

We’ve also worked with private donors and the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough to create the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund to support a program of Strategic Recovery and Resilience Grants for local organizations. The Fund needs your financial support to meet its target of $100,000.

The arts community needs your voice – please support existing municipal funding for the arts and speak out on behalf of special funds for COVID-19 recovery and response at all levels of government. To better understand why this matters, check out the Media coverage below:

The Peterborough Examiner Arts & Life Series

EC3 has partnered with The Peterborough Examiner to publish a series of articles about the arts in Peterborough. This series explores the challenges artists and ACH organizations are facing and what they need to survive, as well as promoting some of the great alternative arts events that are happening.

These articles appear every other Saturday on Page 1 of the Arts & Life section. So far there have been three articles:

• “Raising the curtain: Peterborough’s performing arts organizations confront COVID-19” by Esther Vincent (September 19, 2020), including interviews with Ryan Kerr of The Theatre on King, Emily Martin of Showplace, and Randy Read of New Stages Theatre Company.
• “Pivot, shift, rethink, switch and keep going” by Esther Vincent (October 3, 2020), featuring interviews with Rick Fines, Bill Kimball of Public Energy, and Fynn Leitch of the Art Gallery of Peterborough.
• “Pivot, shift, rethink, switch and keep going in Peterborough: Part 2” by Esther Vincent (October 17, 2020), featuring interviews with Megan Murphy, Kim Blackwell of 4th Line Theatre, and Laurel Paluck of Atelier Ludmila and the First Friday Art Crawl.

Watch for the next article on October 31.

“ESSENTIAL” in the News

In September, EC3 launched ESSENTIAL, a photography project by Julie Gagne documenting the lives of artists locked down at home during the pandemic. (You can read more about the series in our previous Bulletin.)

We partnered with KawarthaNOW, who have covering this issue extensively and have released the photos through their website and social media. Check out their original article on the series, and the ongoing coverage in their Arts & Entertainment section.

More recently, ESSENTIAL received high-profile coverage on CTV News at Six on October 16, 2020, highlighting the project and the wider challenges artists are facing. You can watch the video here (starts at 20:45).

More coverage in KawarthaNOW

KawarthaNOW has also published a number of other articles about the issues surrounding art and the pandemic, including:

• “Electric City Culture Council urges support for Peterborough’s hard-hit arts community” by Eva Fisher (April 2, 2020)
• “Peterborough performance venues and organizations take pandemic recovery into their own hands” by Sarah McNeilly (August 26, 2020)
• “Peterborough’s performing arts community in ‘desperate financial situation’” (October 16, 2020)

Performing Arts on Global

The Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance also generated some important media attention about the sector recently.. Watch this piece from CHEX/Global News about the Alliance and the recovery work being undertaken by local performing arts groups.

You can make a difference by donating to the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund HERE.

Please stay well and let us know how we can help.
TRACK THE IMPACT.

As always, keep checking the EC3 Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, @ec3ptbo on Instagram, and the COVID-19 Updates page on EC3’s website, where we are providing daily updates on programs and services available for ACH workers and organizations.

Be safe, stay healthy, and please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Su Ditta and the EC3 Board and staff

Contact
Su Ditta
Executive Director
Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
electriccitycc@gmail.com
www.ecthree.org
705 749 9101

“Artsweek Shift replacing Artsweek Peterborough this year,” The Peterborough Examiner.

Kate Story, Ryan Kerr, and Curtis Driedger in ‘Love in the Time of Covid,’ part of The Pivot Series (photo by Andy Carroll)

In case you missed it, here is a roundup of some of what the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has been sharing online in the past two weeks.

Be sure to follow EC3’s Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, and @ec3ptbo on Instagram, where we’re posting updates every day.

From the Electric City Culture Council

EC3 is celebrating Peterborough Pride with the return of Art Loves Pride. This year, instead of a float in a parade, EC3 is celebrating the work of local queer artists by commissioning a series of new works, to appear on EC3’s Instagram page @ec3ptbo. This past week, we have been running an online version of the Take-Out Poetry Cart, featuring poems by Ziysah von B and art by Ronnie Ritchie.

EC3 published the second a series of articles that will appear in The Peteborough Examiner about the state of the arts in Peterborough. “The Peterborough Pivot: Performance in outdoor settings” by Esther Vincent appeared in the October 3 issue of the Examiner. Watch for the next one on Saturday, October 17. (Also read the first article: “Raising the curtain: Peterborough’s performing arts organizations confront COVID-19.”)

In September, EC3 held a Webinar on Health and Safety Guidelines for Reopening the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Sector, co-presented with Peterborough Public Health, which was attended by 20 local arts, culture, and heritage organizations. You can now watch a recording of the webinar, and check out some recommended resources, here.

EC3 has been sharing images from our Peterborough Arts Alive initiative, ESSENTIAL, a series of photos documenting the lives of local artists during the pandemic, photographed by Julie Gagne. See the whole project here, and follow KawarthaNOW, who will be releasing images from the project over the next several weeks.

EC3 has been sharing clips from The Electric City Culturecast Reprise, a curated playlist of clips from EC3’s Trent Radio show and podcast, The Electric City Culturecast. Our hope is to highlight some of Peterborough’s talented and fascinating artists and creators, during a time when many avenues for artistic expression and performance remain closed. Read our Bulletin about the project.

Donate today to the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund, a fundraising effort to provide grants for local arts organizations.

Local Spotlight

October 2 to 18: Public Energy is hosting The Pivot Series, a series of site-specific outdoor dance, theatre, and performance works taking place around Peterborough.

Melanie McCall’s exhibition continues at Atelier Ludmila, the gallery’s first show back after the pandemic lockdown.

Congratulations to Curve Lake’s Drew Hayden Taylor, winner of the Young/Adult Periodical Marketers of Canada Indigenous Literature Award for his novel, Chasing Painted Horses.

It’s the 25th anniversary of the Kawartha Potters Guild, and The Peterborough Examiner is running a series of articles to mark the occasion.

The Peterborough Singers provide an update on their series of COVID-compliant workshops.

Trent Radio is running a new project called Producer Oriented, that will give community members hands-on experience making radio.

News and Information

September 25 to October 25: It’s Culture Days, a month-long annual celebration of culture in Canada, with online and in-person events across the country.

October 22: Charity Village is hosting a webinar on the topic, ‘How to run crowdfunding campaigns for your nonprofit that will generate serious revenue.’

The Government of Ontario has released a string of statements detailing new COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, including, perhaps most relevant for artists and arts organizations, a reduction of gathering sizes to a maximum of 25 outdoors or 10 indoors. CBC offers this Thanksgiving-themed article answering common questions about the latest rules. (Please note: this is accurate as of 11:00am on October 9, 2020. Monitor Public Health for updates.)

The Government of Canada is changing the structure of its COVID benefits programs. CERB is ending, but many people will now qualify for either EI or the new Canada Recovery Benefit. This guide explains it.

Ever since the start of the pandemic, online music selling platform Bandcamp has been giving 100% of sales made through the webite on the first Friday of every month, straight to the artists, and they just confirmed that Bandcamp Fridays will continue until the end of the year.

The City of Toronto released the results of a long-awaited study of Toronto venues, which has found that the economic impact of Toronto live music venues totals $850 million, providing 10,500 full-time jobs.

Read the latest newsletter from Canadian arts and culture research leaders Mass Culture, which includes information about the current climate of the arts in Canada and links to important research currently being done.

Art and Ideas from Across the Internet

Pioneering Women in Canadian Arts and Culture, from the BC Alliance for Arts and Culture

EC3’s Annual Celebration of Peterborough Pride Moves Online

Hello Everyone,

As the pandemic continues to develop, artists and arts organizations – EC3 included – are finding ways to present work in new and unusual ways. Peterborough Pride may not be able to gather in person this year, with a parade and festival in Millennium Park, but instead they’re celebrating Pride in Other Spaces, with a series of online and socially distanced events.

EC3’s annual Pride project, Art Loves Pride, is a celebration of the close connections between art and queerness, and the intersections of those communities. Typically, Art Loves Pride takes the form of a float in the Pride Parade, but with no parade this year, we’ve instead commissioned a number of local queer artists from a range of disciplines to create new works on the ‘Art Loves Pride’ theme, which we are presenting on our Instagram, @ec3ptbo.

Last week, we posted the first in the series: a short story and illustration by Derek Newman-Stille titled “Sturgeon Point.”

Next up is a perennial Artsweek and Pride favourite: the Take-Out Poetry Cart. In past years, this has been an actual cart riding around downtown Peterborough, where people could order custom poems by local poets, written on the spot. This year the cart has moved to Instagram as well. Take a look at the Take-Out Poetry Cart’s menu on Instagram, and comment on the post with your three-word order. Then, watch EC3’s Instagram page next week, when poet Ziysah von B will be posting the results, with illustrations by Ronnie Ritchie. Custom poetry just for you!

And watch EC3’s Instagram for one more Pride project from local musician people you meet outside of bars, coming soon.

Follow @ec3ptbo on Instagram to get all the latest updates, or check our Art Loves Pride 2020 webpage.

Please stay well and let us know how we can help.
TRACK THE IMPACT.

As always, keep checking the EC3 Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, @ec3ptbo on Instagram, and the COVID-19 Updates page on EC3’s website, where we are providing daily updates on programs and services available for ACH workers and organizations.

Be safe, stay healthy, and please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Su Ditta and the EC3 Board and staff

Contact
Su Ditta
Executive Director
Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
electriccitycc@gmail.com
www.ecthree.org
705 749 9101

Tia Cavanagh with “Jiimaan’ndewemgadnong (The Place Where the Canoe Heart Beats),” a new pocket park and art installation from the Downtown Vibrancy Project.

In case you missed it, here is a roundup of some of what the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has been sharing online in the past two weeks.

Be sure to follow EC3’s Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, and @ec3ptbo on Instagram, where we’re posting updates every day.

From the Electric City Culture Council

EC3 published the first a series of articles that will appear in The Peteborough Examiner about the state of the arts in Peterborough. The first, “Raising the curtain: Peterborough’s performing arts organizations confront COVID-19” by Esther Vincent appeared in the September 19 issue of the Examiner. Watch for the next one on Saturday, October 3.

It’s Peterborough Pride, which means the return of EC3’s Art Loves Pride. This year, instead of a float in a parade, EC3 is celebrating the work of local queer artists by commissioning a series of new works, to appear on EC3’s Instagram page @ec3ptbo. The first piece is “Sturgeon Point” by Derek Newman-Stille.

EC3 has been sharing images from our Peterborough Arts Alive initiative, ESSENTIAL, a series of photos documenting the lives of local artists during the pandemic, photographed by Julie Gagne. See the whole project here, and follow KawarthaNOW, who will be releasing images from the project over the next several weeks.

EC3 has been sharing clips from The Electric City Culturecast Reprise, a curated playlist of clips from EC3’s Trent Radio show and podcast, The Electric City Culturecast. Our hope is to highlight some of Peterborough’s talented and fascinating artists and creators, during a time when many avenues for artistic expression and performance remain closed. Read our Bulletin about the project.

Donate today to the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund, a fundraising effort to provide grants for local arts organizations.

Local Spotlight

September 18 to 27: Happy Peterborough Pride! Pride looks a bit different this year, but with the theme ‘Pride in Other Spaces,’ there’s quite a number of events – including the return of EC3’s Art Loves Pride.

September 24 to 27: It’s the Open Spaces Theatre Festival, featuring live theatre at a variety of outdoor locations throughout downtown Peterborough. Find out more, and read KawarthaNOW’s sneak peek.

October 2 to 18: Public Energy is hosting The Pivot Series, a series of site-specific outdoor dance, theatre, and performance works taking place around Peterborough. They are also seeking volunteers for the series.

October 7: local poet PJ Thomas will be hosting an online watch party for the launch of their new book, Undertow.

Job opportunity: Peterborough Musicfest is hiring an Administrative Assistant.

Call for submissions: Curve Lake First Nation is hosting a poetry writing contest. Get your submissions in by October 20.

Call for submissions: The Art Gallery of Peterborough is seeking applications for an upcoming exhibition of works that “resonate with the current moment.”

Peterborough filmmaker Ben Hargreaves has a new documentary, The River, about local publication The River Magazine. It has a number of upcoming screenings.

The Downtown Vibrancy Project officially opens a new pocket park and art installation, Jiimaan’ndewemgadnong (The Place Where the Canoe Heart Beats), featuring work by Tia Cavanagh.

The Peterborough Handweavers and Spinners Guild is hosting a series of classes, starting October 10.

Registration is open for the Peterborough Public Library‘s new Writing Circle.

News and Information

September 30: The Alliance of Arts Councils of Ontario (of which EC3 is a member) is hosting an info session with the Ontario Arts Council about the new Arts Response Initiative series of grants for COVID-19 response.

September 30: The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health will host a webinar entitled COVID-19 Risks and Precautions for the Performing Arts.

The Rosa Survey of workplace sexual harassment in Canadian performing arts, film, and television industries is now open to respondents. We encourage workers in those fields to take part.

Orchestras Canada offers excellent advice on Reopening Your Orchestra.

Art and Ideas from Across the Internet

ArtsEverywhere hosts a roundtable on Translation

CBC lists 37 Canadian poetry collections to watch for in fall 2020

Rabble.ca on Pushing Canada’s arts system in anti-racist and decolonial directions

RDVCanada‘s list of Canadian talent at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) joined with members of Peterborough Public Health, the Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance, and 20 leaders of local arts, culture, and heritage organizations, for a webinar on Health & Safety Guidelines for Reopening the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Sector.

We would like to thank everyone who attended, and in particular we would like to thank Public Health Promoter Keith Beecroft and Health Inspector Matt Faris from Peterborough Public Health, as well as Emily Martin, General Manager at Showplace and member of the Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance, for their insight and expertise, and for their work in helping make this webinar happen.

Recording

A full recording of the webinar can now be found on EC3’s YouTube page, for anyone who missed it or wants to give it a second look.

Additional resources

Following up on the webinar, EC3 and Peterborough Public Health wanted to share some important resources:

During the webinar, Keith mentioned three publications from Peterborough Public Health on reopening for organizations: COVID-19 Safety Plans: for your Business, Organization or Event, COVID-19 Safety Guide: Community/Recreation Centre-based Activities, and Safely Reopening in Peterborough City & County: Toolkit for Establishments and Businesses.

Peterborough Public Health offers a page of COVID-19 signage, which you can print off and put up at your facility.

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development is maintaining a list of local Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suppliers, also including vendors for plexiglass barriers, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, and more.

Sign up here to work with the Ontario government on a reopening plan, particularly for organizations who are not able to reopen with Stage 3 restrictions, or who are experiencing significant challenges opening with restrictions in Stage 3.

Explore The National Arts Centre’s Guide to Support the Re-Opening of Canadian Performing Arts Centres and Venues.

Orchestras Canada offers advice on Reopening Your Orchestra: Part 1 and Part 2.

Please stay well and let us know how we can help.
TRACK THE IMPACT.

As always, keep checking the EC3 Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, @ec3ptbo on Instagram, and the COVID-19 Updates page on EC3’s website, where we are providing daily updates on programs and services available for ACH workers and organizations.

Be safe, stay healthy, and please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Su Ditta and the EC3 Board and staff

Contact
Su Ditta
Executive Director
Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
electriccitycc@gmail.com
www.ecthree.org
705 749 9101

EC3 is publishing a series of articles in The Peterborough Examiner about the state of the arts during the pandemic.

The first article, “Raising the curtain: Peterborough’s performing arts organizations confront COVID-19” by Esther Vincent, was published in the Saturday, September 19, 2020 edition of the Examiner.

Read it now.

Bankers Common, featuring the new mural by Kathryn Durst. (Photo courtesy First Friday Art Crawl)

In case you missed it, here is a roundup of some of what the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has been sharing online in the past two weeks.

Be sure to follow EC3’s Facebook page, @ECThreePtbo on Twitter, and @ec3ptbo on Instagram, where we’re posting updates every day.

From the Electric City Culture Council

EC3 was proud to launch our latest Peterborough Arts Alive initiative, ESSENTIAL, a series of photos documenting the lives of local artists during the pandemic, photographed by Julie Gagne. See the whole project here, and follow KawarthaNOW, who will be releasing images from the project over the next several weeks.

Over the past few months, we’ve been getting more and more hard data about the impact COVID-19 has had on our sector, in the forms of surveys and research reports out of a range of organizations. We’ve organized this information into a new research report, Impact of COVID-19 on the Arts and Culture Sector in Peterborough and Beyond: EC3 September 2020 Roundup.

EC3 has been sharing clips from The Electric City Culturecast Reprise, a curated playlist of clips from EC3’s Trent Radio show and podcast, The Electric City Culturecast. Our hope is to highlight some of Peterborough’s talented and fascinating artists and creators, during a time when many avenues for artistic expression and performance remain closed. Read our Bulletin about the project.

Donate today to the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund, a fundraising effort to provide grants for local arts organizations.

Local Spotlight

Tickets are now on sale for 4th Line Theatre‘s Open Spaces Festival, featuring short plays in outdoor spaces throughout Peterborough.

Art School of Peterborough‘s fall season of classes kicks off September 21.

Atelier Ludmila is holding a writing workshop with John Marris, using their current exhibition as inspiration.

Throwback! Christy Haldane shared a video of a unique art event from back in 2006 in Lakefield, the Sculpture Challenge:

First Friday Art Crawl returned  for the first time since the pandemic this month. Head over to their Facebook page to check out selections from the various shows, as well as the new mural they commissioned for the alleyway leading into Bankers Common.

The Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour returns from September 19 to 20 – with some changes and new rules for COVID safety. Find out more.

Classes are back at the Kawartha Potters Guild. Multiple different days and options.

Submit your applications for Theatre Trent funding for local theatre projects by October 15 at the latest.

Trent Radio is gradually rolling out their fall season.

Check out Word Up Open Mic, an online spoken word event coming September 18 featuring Wordcraft, a.k.a. Saleem Ansari and Jon Hedderwic.

News and Information

Watch the townhall meeting with Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault, run by Business / Arts.

This Wednesday, September 16, CARFAC‘s Webinar Wednesdays series presents Intro to: Universal Basic Income.

Read the new issue of Hill Strategies Research‘s Arts Research Monitor, with updated data about how the pandemic is affecting arts attendence.

On August 31, EC3 commemorated International Overdose Awareness Day. Find out more about this important issue.

Art and Ideas from Across the Internet

Austin Robey on why Artist ownership is the way to fix Spotify’s broken streaming model

Chand John‘s TED Talk, What’s the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf?

Gallerie Magazine selects 5 Must-See Films Selected by the World’s Leading Video Artists.

Major Jackson‘s poem, On Disappearing