EC3’s Cultural Incubators are a vital forum and platform for exploring and debating important issues impacting the Arts, Culture, and Heritage sector. They provide information, new ideas, and creative solutions for both individual arts professionals and leaders of arts organizations. The Incubators take an integrated approach that builds capacity for individual artists, for arts organizations, […]

As the official voice of the ACH community, EC3 serves as the antennae of the sector, monitoring issues, policy and program initiatives etc. that might impact artists and arts organizations by potentially creating more opportunities or creating barriers to success. We stay in touch with key decision makers and stakeholders, monitor media reports and organize […]

This half-hour radio broadcast occurred on occasional Wednesday nights and aired at 7pm on Trent Radio, 92.7FM. Adopting a magazine format, the show was hosted by EC3 Executive Director Su Ditta and included news, reviews, and features interviews with people in the local arts, culture, and heritage scene, along with music, an advice column, and […]

AGMs

Poet Laureate Program   The 2023-24 Peterborough Poet Laureate is Ziysah von Bieberstein.

Spotlight on Local Black Artists Find out more about Black artists in our community.

ON HOSPITALITY (Artsweek 2018) served as a pilot project for this permanent initiative. This EC3 Downtown Artists in Residence program brought together newcomer artists, settlers, and Indigenous artists in a series of multidisciplinary storefront projects, providing opportunities for artists to research and develop work, engage with each other’s practices, and offer public engagement opportunities. Based […]

In the past, EC3 has programmed panels and workshops on various approaches to inclusion, including Relaxed Performances, physical accessibility issues, and gender/trans safety and inclusion. However, in 2019 we prioritized the need to incorporate inclusion thinking and action in all of our programming, and develop ways to provide training and support for the community on […]

EC3 works continuously to develop initiatives that aim to raise the profile of the arts in Peterborough. A higher profile for individual artists and local arts organizations – who they are, what they do, and their accomplishments and impact – is essential to generate new opportunities for artists, to attract new funding for the arts, […]

Peterborough Arts Alive Find out more about the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund Strategric Recovery and Resilience Grants program. Donate to the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund. EC3 is rolling out several programs to support individual artists and arts organizations in Peterborough and the surrounding area. More information on these initiatives TBA.   See our COVID-19 Updates […]