The Arts & Culture Summit will take place at Aultsville Theatre on Saturday September 22nd.
The summit’s main focus will be exploring what is needed to form a regional Arts Council. The day long event will see presentations on best practices from other communities, with an impressive line-up of guest speakers:
- Clayton Windatt, Executive Director, White Water Gallery & CoFounder Nipissing Arts Council
- Carol Feeney, Executive Director Quinte Arts Council
- Loree Lawrence, Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Officer
- Karen Ennis, Program Manager/Administrator, Work in Culture
- Esther Bryan, Artist
The summit will conclude with an election for this region’s Arts & Culture council. The immediate objectives of the newly formed board will be to develop a financially sustainable business model, establish governance protocols and bylaws.
The establishment of an Arts Council was one of the key recommendations of Culturescape, an extensive document that contains a series of recommendations aimed at furthering cultural development in the Cornwall region. The plan was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Creative Community Prosperity Fund), the City of Cornwall, the S D & G Community Futures Development Corporation and the Eastern Ontario Training Board.
