Showing posts with label Alive with Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alive with Culture. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Culture Days Presents: A 2nd Annual National Congress on Culture

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Culture Days Presents:
A 2nd Annual National Congress on Culture

Over the past four years, Culture Days has become a vibrant portal to increase the awareness, participation and engagement of Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities.
With cultural engagement firmly engrained in well over 800 Canadian cities and towns, this second National Congress on Culture will be a unique rallying point and networking opportunity to share a diversity of experiences, trends, best practices, and impacts of public engagement in arts and culture in Canada.
Join provocative panel guests and key decision makers, arts and private sector leaders, media influencers, policy makers, funders, artists and cultural practitioners in exploring the following topics and more:
  • What are the driving factors for arts and culture to thrive in rural towns, regional cities and major urban centres alike?
  • What are innovative models of cultural engagement today?
  • How to drive effective marketing strategies in arts and culture?
  • How do we develop new sources of funding and support?
  • What role do government and the private sector play?
  • What lessons have been learned during Culture Days that matter throughout the year?
The Congress will culminate with an Awards Cocktail Reception and Dinner where 2013 Culture Days Award winners will be announced.
Stay tuned in early 2014 for program annoucements and registration information.

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Alive with Culture: A post from local blog 'Middle Age Bulge'

Posted by Russell Thomas today at 6:30am on his blog: Middle Age Bulge

My band teacher from high school retired a couple of days ago. Mr. Wenner posted the news on Facebook and stories and memories began pouring in from his former students stretching back to the early 1980s. So, music ensembles had already been on my mind as Theresa Wells and I met with Arndis Bildfell from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to talk about the celebration of culture coming up this weekend.



We found out that the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) would be coming north a few months ago at a Council meeting, thanks to the generosity of a number of different companies including City Lumber, Enbridge, Syncrude and Worley Parsons. They would be joined by an amazing traveling exhibit from the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) at an event planned for June 3rd at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre on MacDonald Island....


To see the entire post please visit Russell's blog: http://www.middleagebulge.com/2012/05/alive-with-culture.html