EC3 Bulletin: Chelsea Day and Marcela Moreno join the EC3 Staff. Gabe Pollock says goodbye!

May 12, 2026

Photo Credit: Chelsea Day
Image Description: Standing in front of a brick wall, a young woman with long dark wavy hair and bangs looks toward the camera with a soft smile. They are wearing a light coloured fuzzy sweater and layered necklaces.

EC3 is honoured to welcome Chelsea Day as our Director of Granting. A costume designer and stylist living in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, she has been involved in the theatre community working with 4th Line Theatre, Electric City Players and The Peterborough Theatre Guild.

Chelsea holds a degree in English Literature from Trent University as well as a Diploma in Library Technology. Her sensitivity to artists’ needs, excellent communication skills, and strong ability to manage systems make her an excellent fit for this position.

Chelsea is a familiar face to many after having worked in customer service for downtown businesses and restaurants for over 20 years. She is passionate about the Peterborough arts and culture community and is looking forward to working to sustain and continue to grow this community through her work with EC3.

Photo Credit: Marcela Moreno
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EC3 is honoured to welcome Marcela Moreno as our Operations and Administration Manager. A communications professional based in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, originally from El Salvador. She moved to Peterborough three years ago and quickly developed a strong connection to the city’s arts and culture community, finding a sense of belonging through its galleries, events, and creative spaces. Marcela holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Trent University, specializing in Marketing and Consumer Culture.

Marcela brings experience across nonprofit, educational, and private-sector environments, supporting organizational operations, communications, and community engagement initiatives. Her knowledge of systems and data management are a true asset to our work at EC3.

Creativity has always been central to Marcela’s life. From a young age, she has been drawn to creative expression and now uses marketing and communications as an extension of that creativity to support the organizations where she works. Marcela is passionate about the role arts and culture play in building community and is excited to contribute to strengthening and supporting the local cultural sector through her work with EC3.

EC3 is grateful to our funders who made it possible to hire such qualified individuals, and we know you will enjoy working with them.

Photo Credit: Gabe Pollock
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Gabe Pollock has served EC3 and the arts community as our Director of Granting more than once. He always brought his outstanding knowledge of the local arts community to the position, along with exceptional organizational and administrative skills. Gabe contributed his considerable critical thinking capacity to policy and program development at EC3, demonstrated great sensitivity communicating with artists, supported juries impeccably and brought humour and diplomatic flare to all his work. His contributions to the GFIA, Artsweek, Poet Laureate, Bierk Art Bursary, Peterborough Arts Awards and COVID grant programs were remarkable.

Gabe left EC3 in January to pursue his passion for writing and journalism at Peterborough Currents. We miss him, are so very grateful for his steadfast, outstanding work and wish him the very best always. Cheers to Gabe!

Read the full bulletin here!

EC3 is Hiring a Multimedia Archivist

April 29, 2026

JOB POSTING
MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVIST
Electric City Culture Council (EC3)

Posting date: April 28, 2026
Deadline for applications: June 5, 2026
Compensation: $21 per hour, 35 hours per week
Term: This is an 8-week position starting July 6 (flexible) –
Location: This is primarily a remote work from home position with occasional meetings at the EC3 offices.
Age qualification: The position is funded through Canada Summer Jobs for anyone aged 30 or under.

ABOUT EC3
A municipal arts council, the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is a not-for-profit arts service organization supporting the development of individual artists and arts and culture organizations in Peterborough and Peterborough County. Our programs and services provide opportunities for artists to create, produce, and present work, and for audiences to experience and appreciate the arts.

DEI: EC3 is committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

OVERVIEW
After ten years of delivering successful programming and services, EC3 is creating a digital platform called EC3 Backdrop for our web site documenting our history and development, consolidating and rationalizing the video, audio, photographic and text documentation of our workshops, festivals, radio programs, special events and reports on granting and other programs. EC3 is anxious to capture and clearly identify all our essential landmarks and map a landscape that makes them accessible to researchers, professionals developing policy, artists and the general public.

JOB DUTIES
Reporting to the Executive Director, the multimedia archivist will join a team working together on EC3 Backdrop, the EC3 Fifteenth Anniversary Archiving and Cataloguing Project. Duties will include:

 Reviewing and cataloguing our photography archives – particularly Artsweek and Arts Awards
 Mapping the web site and creating a visual “connections tree”
 Cataloguing social media content from the past 5 years
 Cataloguing EC3’s You Tube channels content
 Locating and identifying content of other photos, video recordings and audio recordings in the EC3 archives
 Interviewing key stakeholders, including former board, staff and volunteers regarding event details as required
 Organize and review an EC3 Backdrop beta model
 Correct for accessibility etc.
 Plan the design and digital management of all archival material on an ongoing basis
 Plan and deliver launch of EC3 Backdrop as a practical and accessible ongoing archival system that works for a variety of potential users

QUALIFICATIONS
 Excellent organizational, written and oral communications skills.
 Demonstrated ability to set and meet goals, objectives and deadlines.
 Ability to work on a team and independently.
 Familiarity with computer programs including Office Suite, social media platforms, and web site construction and maintenance (Word Press).
 Knowledge of archiving tools and database management is an asset.
 Knowledge of the arts and the local arts sector is an asset.

HOW TO APPLY
Email a resume and letter that expresses why you would like to do this job and how your experience makes you a good candidate.

Send to canadasummerjobs@gmail.com with the subject heading Multimedia Archivist.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JUNE 5 AT 5PM.

EC3 Bulletin: Canadian Arts Coalition

March 26, 2026

EC3 advocates for the arts at all levels of government. Our work has included supporting the status of the artist through direct funding, basic income programs, stronger copyright laws, and increased investment in the government programs that support arts organizations and DEI initiatives in the arts. While we continue to advocate at the municipal and provincial levels at the City of Peterborough, the OAC and the provincial Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, we wanted to draw attention to the advocacy work of Canadian Coalition for the Arts, working at the federal level, by sharing their recent newsletter.

EC3 also had an opportunity to meet briefly with MP Emma Harrison to discuss the mission and mandate of the arts council, and the value and importance of funding programs at Canadian
Heritage. Our MP suggested that arts organizations advise her office when they do make an application to the federal government for funding. We look forward to future conversations.

Emma Harrison, Member of Parliament representing Peterborough, Ontario

Picture description: A woman with brunette hair in a tan coloured pea-coat is looking directly at the camera and smiling. She is standing in a snowy field with trees in the background.

Working to strengthen Canadian arts and culture through policies, investment, sustainable practices, and public appreciation.

NEWS IN THE ARTS

Canada Council for the Arts Strategic Planning

Thank you to everyone who attended the most recent all-members meeting on February 9. We discussed the upcoming Canada Council for the Arts strategic planning, inviting input on how the Canadian Arts Coalition could represent its members and communicate their thoughts and recommendations to the Council. The top two recommendations received were to

Submit on the questionnaire on behalf of members
Provide consensus points for members’ submission

We will be moving forward on these two action points in the coming weeks, ensuring our members’ voices are heard in these discussions. We are also looking into the possibility of submitting a brief that outlines all of the concerns and feedback from our members, so please submit your feedback to info@canadianartscoalition.ca.

MORE FOR THIS MONTH

ADVOCACY & POLICY

Provincial budgets are rolling out over the coming weeks, and they will set the tone for arts and culture funding, policy, and priorities across the country. Please take a moment to check when your province or territory will table its budget, and keep an eye on what is proposed for arts, culture, heritage, and related files, including any new investments, freezes, cuts, or shifts in program design. If you spot something with implications for the sector, share it with your networks and with the Coalition.

TAKE ACTION & GET INVOLVED

One of the policy pieces that the Coalition will be focusing on in the next few months, as determined by a member’s survey, is the social safety net for artists and arts workers. Research has been done on this topic in recent years, and we are starting to find and collate the existing work. This is where we would love your assistance!

Please send us any resources, statistics, articles or other information you have encountered around Employment Insurance reform, Universal Basic Income, and other social safety net subjects to info@canadianartscoalition.ca.

FROM THE COALITION

We’ll soon be moving our member communications to our new membership platform. This includes emails, notices about membership meetings, and other important updates.

To continue receiving these messages in March and beyond, you must be listed as a contact in the new platform. If you don’t currently have an account, it’s likely because you’re not one of the designated contacts for your organization.

If that’s the case, please either:

Ask your organization’s main contact to add you as a Delegate in their membership profile, or
Email membership@canadianartscoalition.com, and we’ll be happy to get you set up.

If you’re unsure whether you’re listed, just send us a quick email and we’ll check for you. We want to make sure you continue to receive all our updates!

Read the full bulletin here!

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Grants for Individual Artists!!

EC3’s GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS fueled 17 new projects by talented local artists, creating a diverse bounty of new writing, theatre, circus arts, visual arts, dance, music and more for Peterborough audiences.

The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is proud to announce the 17 local artists who have been awarded a total of $35,250 through the 2025 Grants for Individual Artists program. This multidisciplinary program is funded jointly by the City of Peterborough and EC3, and is designed, delivered, and administered by EC3. This year, 50 artists applied for grants ranging from between $1,500 and $3,500.00. Grants are adjudicated and awarded by a five-person peer assessment jury.The Grants for Individual Artists (GFIA) program is divided into two components.

Component One: Mini Development Grants for Individual Professional Artists provides up to $1,500 to an artist for research, development, workshopping etc. of original new works and ongoing projects, as well as for professional training and mentorship opportunities to advance their practice. Funding provides a contribution to support artists’ work in writing, rehearsing, scripting, test filming, arranging scores, retraining, workshopping, etc.
Nine artists were awarded grants in Component One (total $12,750) in 2025.

Component Two: Project Creation, Production and Presentation Grants for Individual Professional Artists, provides up to $3,500 for the creation, production, and presentation to audiences of specific projects. Grants support costs such as artist fees, production materials, venue rentals, technical equipment, costumes, printing, etc.
Eight artists were awarded grants in Component Two (total $22,500) in 2025.

In total, the program’s open call received 45 eligible applications, and a five-member peer assessment jury awarded grants to 17 artists (total value of grants awarded: $35,250). Artists working in every discipline, genre and medium were eligible, including those who work in multi-disciplinary or community-based arts practice, and in traditional or contemporary forms. A complete list of grant recipients and their projects can be found below.

“We are particularly grateful to the City of Peterborough for their $25,000 support of this vital program in 2025, and to all of our funders for their ground-breaking contributions to the development of local talent and works of art. These investments in the efforts of our very talented and hardworking artists means more artists can realize their visions, contribute to our cultural, economic, community and social well-being, and make Peterborough a more vital and exciting place to live for all of us. New books, poetry, concerts, plays, exhibitions, albums, and performances of all kinds will touch our hearts, minds, and imaginations.”
–Su Ditta (Executive Director, EC3)

GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS 2025 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Component One: Mini Development Grants for Individual Professional Artists

Tia Cavanagh – Indian Jones vs. The Vatican
Research and creation of an alter ego persona – “Indian Jones”, an Indigenized concept inspired by Indiana Jones, for a planned future performance piece about the theft of cultural artifacts.

Marta Chudolinska – Babcia: a papercut graphic novel
Artist fees to continue writing, drawing, and making papercut art for a graphic novel and to present a public artists talk about the artist’s process.

Michael C Duguay – Here I Go Into The Wobbly Yonder
Support for a period of research and experimentation focused on the intersection of music and “processional” art in the contexts of composition, performance and documentation.

Laurie D Graham – What Elements
Completion of a draft of a poetic nonfiction manuscript exploring what “land and home” could mean for the settler subject.

Nicole Malbeuf – Drafting Art/Children’s Book: A Hen Called Freedom
Writing/editing, book design planning and researching self-publishing for art book/children’s book hybrid, based on an original circus arts performance.

Kasonde Mutale – Black Radical Existentialism: an exploration
Research, creation and artist fee for visual and written storytelling exploring Black radical existentialism through African traditional art, revitalizing Black identity, dignity and pride.

Kate Story – Strangeness on Earth (working title)
Paying sensitivity readers, youth readers, and an artist fee for work on a new young adult historical fantasy novel set in 1817 Newfoundland and Orkney.

Lynda Todd – Migration #3: Land, Air & Sea
Purchasing materials to complete a series of tactile portraits of polar bears, penguins, and whales accompanied by braille descriptions, inviting all to experience their journeys.

Gillian Turnham – Indelible Architecture: From The Rubble; Ruined Not
Researching visual records of destroyed Islamic heritage sites in the Eastern Mediterranean, to inform a series of traditional miniature paintings memorializing architecture lost in conflict.

Component Two: Project Production and Development Grants for Individual Artists

Brad Brackenridge – Pinocchio
Creation of an original, family-friendly adaptation of Pinocchio involving puppetry, dance, and mask for a short run of workshop performances at the Market Hall.

Brooklin Holbrough – “Art-Work” (Working title)
Artist fees towards a zine that aims to demystify art and illustration as a career path for emerging creatives.

Thamer Linklater – The Place I Called Home
Editorial costs ( including copy and content editing) and graphic design to submit manuscript for publishing, either traditionally or self-published.

Kayla Mahomed – Kay Silver Debut Album Recording
Recording an album of original material with diverse influences in the pop-rock tradition with local collaborators in the Peterborough region.

Ell Parker – Heartbreakers | Dream Makers Volume 3: Servin’ [C*ntry]
Artist fees and venue costs to mount a multidisciplinary, country themed drag concert at Sadleir House. Featuring local artists, drag queens, and projectionists, the event seeks to deconstruct the heteronormative ideologies of country music, and provide a fun and inclusive space for queer individuals.

Benj Rowland – new peasant marching band
Artist fees and production costs for a marching band offering lively, themed performances at community events to engage audiences and celebrate local culture.

Esther Vincent – Are We Sleeping, A one-act play
Artist fees, venue rental, and actor fees to present a staged reading of a one-act script about a family facing dementia.

Ziysah von Bieberstein – Before the Tymbals Sound
Editorial and artist fees to prepare manuscript for submission to traditional publishers.

Read the full bulletin here!

Chet Singh joins the EC3 Board of Directors

February 21st, 2026

EC3 is honoured to welcome artist, educator and cultural activist Chet Singh to the EC3 Board of Directors. An accomplished artist and educator, Chet brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our work as a municipal arts council in Peterborough. His deep community connections, capacity to work in institutional and grassroots environments, and passion for the arts and artists will provide an enormous asset to our organization and our work for the arts in Peterborough.

Chet Singh

Dub poet, educator and social activist Chet Singh emerged with the first wave of Caribbean dub poets in the early 1980’s. He fronted the punk, reggae band One Mind, comprised of Trent students. After returning to Nogojiwanong two decades later, he’s released 6 albums. A founding member of Canada’s Dub Poets Collective, he also served on the board of the Ontario Arts Council. His work advancing diversity, equity, decolonizing and critical education has been recognized with awards for teaching excellence and educational leadership.

Read the full bulletin here!

EC3 Bulletin: Black History Month

February 18th, 2026

February is Black History Month and EC3 wants to recognize and celebrate the many great events happening in our community, and the people who make them happen.

Each February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and celebrations that honour the legacy and contributions of Black people all across Canada, and in their particular local communities.

The 2026 theme for Black History Month is: “30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations — From Nation Builders to Tomorrow’s Visionaries.”

This month is an important opportunity to learn about and acknowledge these people and their often hidden histories and stories.

We invite all Canadians to learn more about Black Canadian communities, and how they continue to contribute to and help shape Canada.

Along with the celebrations, Black History Month is a call to recognize the things that have been lost, the stories that have been suppressed and the racism that has haunted many of these people and the communities that they live in. Much of the programming outlined below provides us with the unique opportunity to learn more, to experience more and to build our capacity as anti-racist allies. It’s a chance to read great books, learn new dances, listen to fabulous music, enjoy the artists and their work and learn more about our friends and neighbours.

Read the full bulletin here!

Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough (CFGP): Bierk Art Fund Grant and the EC3 Arts Awards Program

August 27th, 2015

In June, EC3 was the proud recipient of a $2,000 grant from the CFGP’s Bierk Art Fund to support the start up of the EC3 Arts Awards program. This program will recognize the achievements of and provide cash prizes to distinguished local artists and arts champions. The Awards will be given at the inaugural Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts in the late fall. Many thanks to the CFGP, Bill Lockington (LLF) and Mayor Daryl Bennett for their support.

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Peterborough Foundation Grant and the EC3 CULTURE LAB

August 27th, 2015

In July, EC3 received a $3,000 grant from the Peterborough Foundation to support the development of a new knowledge and information resource-sharing project. CULTURE LAB, is an on-line professional development and organizational capacity building tool kit for arts, culture and heritage organizations that will launch in 2016. Many thanks to the Peterborough Foundation for supporting this important organizational development initiative.

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Ontario Arts Council: Multi-Disciplinary Project Grant and The Jackson Creek Project

August 27th, 2015

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 all across the city (where the Creek travels) as part of this initiative so, keep an eye out for the Artsweek postcard/map and brochure coming soon.

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Artsweek 2015 Call for Proposals Enters Final Week

May 29th, 2015

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MPP LEAL CELEBRATES EC3’s $156,000 ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION GRANT

May 21st, 2015

(Left to Right): Peterborough County Deputy Warden Joe Taylor, Bill Kimball (President EC3), MPP Jeff Leal, Dr. Ramesh Makhija, an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) volunteer and Peterborough Mayor Daryl Bennett .

Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
MEDIA RELEASE – May 21, 2015
For Immediate Release

MPP LEAL CELEBRATES $156,000 ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION GRANT

Peterborough, ON – On Thursday, local MPP Jeff Leal and Dr. Ramesh Makhija, an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) volunteer, met with members of the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) to formally congratulate them on receiving a $156,000 OTF grant to undertake a three-year development project to build and strengthen its organizational capacity. Mayor Daryl Bennett and Deputy Peterborough County Warden, Joe Taylor, also joined the celebration. This is exciting news for EC3, a new cultural service organization focused on supporting and advancing the local arts, culture and heritage sector.

“I am pleased that our government, through the Ontario Trillium Foundation is partnering with the Electric City Culture Council to support the ongoing development of the arts, culture and heritage sectors in the Peterborough and surrounding areas. This funding will help provide the new organization with the tools it needs to raise the profile of these three important sectors in our community ” Jeff Leal, MPP

Funds from the three-year OTF grant will help with EC3’s staff and program costs. With funding in place, it will help build EC3’s capacity and infrastructure, enabling it to present events in Peterborough and surrounding areas like Artsweek (September 18th – 27th), the Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts, the Arts Awards program and professional development workshops such as “The Arts and Accessibility Cultural Incubator” in June. For more information on upcoming events, please go to: www.ecthree.org

“We are very pleased and grateful to have received support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to assist with the development phase of our organization. This grant will help the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) hire an Executive Director, establish our operating infrastructure and build programming and services that will support and sustain the vitality of our cultural community for years to come. We have received so much enthusiastic support for the idea of starting a Culture Council in our region and this grant will help our Board of Directors make it a reality.” said EC3 Board Chair, Bill Kimball.

The Electric City Culture Council’s mission is to develop and strengthen the creative ecology of the region by connecting creative individuals and organizations and by providing the leadership, advocacy, professional development, knowledge resources, networking, programming and collaborative partnerships, that will build and support the capacity and infrastructure of the local arts, culture and heritage community.

EC3 acts as an antenna and sounding board for the arts, culture and heritage community. It develops and delivers services to help members, and the broader creative community, meet challenges, discover new opportunities, implement useful and innovative strategies and provides meaningful support to better serve artists, heritage professionals, cultural managers and audiences.

The leading grant maker in Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation strengthens the capacity of the voluntary sector through investments in community-based initiatives. An agency of the Government of Ontario, OTF helps build healthy and vibrant communities. For more information, please visit: www.otf.ca

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For more information please contact:
Bill Kimball: EC3 Board Chair, 705 745 1788 / Su Ditta: EC3 Management Development Coordinator, 705 749 9101

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Artsweek 2015 CALL FOR PROPOSALS now online

May 12th, 2015

Artsweek 2015 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Artsweek 2015 (SEPTEMBER 18 – 27)
Deadline: June 5, midnight.

Download Full Application Form with Guidelines: Word Document or PDF

Timeline/Deadlines
May 12 – Call for Proposals Begins
June 5 – Call for Proposals Ends (midnight)
June 14 – 20 – Selection Committee Reviews Proposals
June 26 – Results Announced
Mid-July – Jackson Creek Projects Notified (if funding from OAC is received)
September 18 to 27 – Artsweek
October 31 – Final Reports Due

Structure (Artsweek 2015 Programs)
Artsweek 2015 will celebrate the depth and breadth of the City of Peterborough’s artists and arts organizations in two ways:
1. By providing funding to support the creation of new work for the festival to be presented between September 18th – 27th 2015
2. By incorporating already planned arts and culture events happening during the week, into the Arts Listings section of Artsweek’s promotional material.

Those wishing to apply for funding to create new work as an Artsweek project, can submit their original ideas in any artistic discipline to the open call for New Ideas, or to of one of three specific programs: Blink, City Roots, or AlleyWaltz (details on each program and its associated artists’ fees below):

New Ideas

An open call for innovative projects from any artistic discipline for any location within the city. Including but not limited to performance (dance, theatre, multi-disciplinary), visual art (installations, interventions, exhibitions), media art, writing/spoken word, and music. Projects may be proposed by individual artists or arts organizations. The maximum amount available in this category is $2000. Budgets should detail the scale and scope of the vision.

Blink

This popular program from past years is back, inviting artists to respond to the windows of public spaces (street level or upper story) that don’t usually display art. Blink will bring transformative artistic interventions of all kinds (installations, projections, imagery, video, sound, performance), into businesses in the downtown core and East City. Artists do not have to identify a business, but are welcome to propose an idea for a specific business they already have a relationship with, or for windows that inspire them, or for projects that can go anywhere, in any window. Host businesses will be sponsors of the project through a cash contribution to Artsweek. Locations will be determined in consultation with the artists, the business partners, and Artsweek’s Blink coordinator, resulting in clusters of walkable exhibitions around the city inviting people to stop and stare. The fee available in this category will be $300-$500.

City Roots

City Roots is a new endeavor for Artsweek and aims to bring artists, community groups, neighborhood organizations and citizens together on creative initiatives all around the City of Peterborough to design and produce original projects.

Professional artists, arts organizations, and/or community organizations can propose City Roots projects. Projects must be led by a professional artist and will engage with residents of specific wards or neighbourhoods in co-creative activities. City Roots projects should explore topics relevant to the chosen community (issues, histories, cultures, environments, etc), and outcomes could include: stories told, recorded, or presented; sites animated through visual art (photos, quilts, installations) or performance; places mapped; videos and/or sculptures made; temporary artworks of sight/song/dance created… anything that brings artists together with community members to co-create, could be a City Roots project. The funding available in this category will range from $500 to $2000. Budgets should detail the scale and scope of the project.

* Please note: If you plan to work with a community group or deliver programming to vulnerable members of society, you must obtain vulnerable sector screening for those involved.

AlleyWaltz

Artsweek 2015 will present AlleyWaltz, a site-specific performance-based event situated in alleyways and other unusual spaces in downtown Peterborough. Audiences are led on a walking tour to experience each work. This year we are looking for 6 short performances, 8-10 minutes in length, which will repeat three times each evening for three nights in a row.

Teams or individuals are invited to submit performance ideas (dance, theatre, music, circus arts, puppetry, etc.) that would suit environments ranging from alleyways, parking lots, fire-escapes, to grassy knolls, which can be realized with low tech equipment such as live sound, portable lighting/available streetlamps and props/sets which can be struck after the final performances every evening. The funding available per piece will be $500 – $700, depending on the number of performers.

Arts Listings

To give the public a sense of the astonishing range of the City’s artistic offerings we welcome listings of events by individual artists or organizations already programmed between Sept. 18th and 27th. Artsweek will include your listings in our promotional material at no charge.

Download Full Application Form with Guidelines: Word Document or PDF

Email submissions to: Artsweek@ecthree.org
Mail submissions (allowing 5 days for delivery) to:
Artsweek Submissions c/o EC3
PO BOX 2334

Peterborough ON

K9J 7Y8

For further Information contact:
Elizabeth Fennell, Artsweek Program Coordinator | Artsweek@ecthree.org | 705-868-1162

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Thank you to the Trillium Foundation

April 7th, 2015

We are happy to announce EC3 has received $156,000 over three years to form an arts, culture and heritage council from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Watch for developments.

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The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is producing Artsweek Peterborough in 2015!

April 6th, 2015

Have you heard?

The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is producing Artsweek Peterborough in 2015!

Artsweek 2015 September 18th to 27th.

Artsweek 2015 will present a mix of curated and non-curated events, including co-presenting and cross-promoting with as many Peterborough artists and groups as possible.

Watch for details!

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update on Peterborough’s Public Art Projects for 2015

April 6th, 2015

On March 12th The Arts, Culture & Heritage Advisory Committee (ACHAC) was updated on Peterborough’s Public Art Projects for 2015.
Please click the link to read the report.
http://eagenda.city.peterborough.on.ca/sirepub/cache/2/o0hsgoaxilstmsl4vyn3oay4/7120504062015020937279.PDF

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FIND OUT MORE ON PETERBOROUGH’S PUBLIC ART POLICY AND COLLECTION:

“The City of Peterborough adopted a Public Art Policy in 2009 that identifies the purpose and applications of Public Art. The policy demonstrates and formalizes the City’s commitment to Public Art for the benefit of city residents and visitors, and also identifies the necessary structures and processes for creating and selecting projects. An annual Public Art fund was introduced for commissioning new public art, and for the management and maintenance of existing art works.” – Municipal Cultural Mapping
Link to The City of Peterborough’s Public Art Policy – http://www.peterborough.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=14051

Link to http://maps.peterborough.ca/culture/publicart/ for a map and photos of Peterborough’s Public Art collection with descriptions.

Launching Pad – Michael Fortune

Red 14 – Bill Vazan

Esker – Michael Belmore and Mary Ann Barkhouse

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The City of hamilton increases Hamilton artist grants for first time in 15 years

April 5th, 2015

City increases Hamilton artist grants for first time in 15 years
City’s $500,000 increase will be topped up by $300,000 from community foundation
By Samantha Craggs, CBC News
Posted: Mar 24, 2015 11:59 AM ET

Link to article – http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/city-increases-hamilton-artist-grants-for-first-time-in-15-years-1.3007072

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EC3 Bulletin: Chelsea Day and Marcela Moreno join the EC3 Staff. Gabe Pollock says goodbye!

EC3 is Hiring a Multimedia Archivist

Participate in Peterborough’s Municipal Cultural Plan

EC3 Bulletin: Canadian Arts Coalition

NEWS IN THE ARTS

MORE FOR THIS MONTH

FROM THE COALITION

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Grants for Individual Artists!!

Chet Singh joins the EC3 Board of Directors

EC3 Bulletin: Black History Month