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SUMMARY:Strategic Plan Community Dialogue Session (Canada Council for the Arts)
DESCRIPTION:The Canada Council for the Arts invites you to help shape its next Strategic Plan. \nOur last strategic plan was launched in 2016. Since that time\, the Council has increased its overall support to artists and arts organizations and has made important investments in digital\, international promotion and Indigenous arts. The new plan will guide the Council through the next five years\, a critical time for the arts as it emerges from the global COVID-19 pandemic. \nWe want to hear from you\, to shape a plan that reflects the arts sector’s current reality and looks ahead to how the Council can help restart\, reinvigorate and reimagine the arts for the benefit of all Canadians. We aspire to support a vital and diverse arts ecology that enriches the lives of all Canadians\, and we are committed to equity\, diversity and inclusion. We encourage the participation of a wide range of perspectives and participants in this process. \nSome of you may have completed the Canada Council for the Arts Choicebook™ survey. We now invite you to participate in one of three (3) 90-minute dialogue sessions. These sessions will build on key issues identified through our ongoing engagement activities and provide an opportunity for virtual exchange and conversation. \nThe virtual dialogue sessions are happening on: \n\nMonday\, November 2\, 2020 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “English first”)\n\n11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MST\n\n\nTuesday\, November 3\, 2020 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “English first”)\n\n1:00 – 3:00 p.m. MST\n\n\nWednesday\, November 4\, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “French first”)\n\n8:00 – 10:00 a.m. MST\n\n\n\nAll sessions will be bilingual and simultaneous interpretation will be available. The principal language of the presentation on November 2nd and 3rd will be English\, and on November 4th it will be French. If you require any supports to be able participate in these sessions\, including ASL/LSQ interpretation or CART captioning\, please let us know during registration.  \nIf you are interested in participating in one of these sessions\, please register here. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, October 26\, 2020. Please note that space is limited. \nIf you are unable to participate in a session\, you can also provide written comments to plan@canadacouncil.ca until November 16\, 2020.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/strategic-plan-community-dialogue-session-canada-council-for-the-arts/2020-11-02/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Strategic Plan Community Dialogue Session (Canada Council for the Arts)
DESCRIPTION:The Canada Council for the Arts invites you to help shape its next Strategic Plan. \nOur last strategic plan was launched in 2016. Since that time\, the Council has increased its overall support to artists and arts organizations and has made important investments in digital\, international promotion and Indigenous arts. The new plan will guide the Council through the next five years\, a critical time for the arts as it emerges from the global COVID-19 pandemic. \nWe want to hear from you\, to shape a plan that reflects the arts sector’s current reality and looks ahead to how the Council can help restart\, reinvigorate and reimagine the arts for the benefit of all Canadians. We aspire to support a vital and diverse arts ecology that enriches the lives of all Canadians\, and we are committed to equity\, diversity and inclusion. We encourage the participation of a wide range of perspectives and participants in this process. \nSome of you may have completed the Canada Council for the Arts Choicebook™ survey. We now invite you to participate in one of three (3) 90-minute dialogue sessions. These sessions will build on key issues identified through our ongoing engagement activities and provide an opportunity for virtual exchange and conversation. \nThe virtual dialogue sessions are happening on: \n\nMonday\, November 2\, 2020 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “English first”)\n\n11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MST\n\n\nTuesday\, November 3\, 2020 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “English first”)\n\n1:00 – 3:00 p.m. MST\n\n\nWednesday\, November 4\, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “French first”)\n\n8:00 – 10:00 a.m. MST\n\n\n\nAll sessions will be bilingual and simultaneous interpretation will be available. The principal language of the presentation on November 2nd and 3rd will be English\, and on November 4th it will be French. If you require any supports to be able participate in these sessions\, including ASL/LSQ interpretation or CART captioning\, please let us know during registration.  \nIf you are interested in participating in one of these sessions\, please register here. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, October 26\, 2020. Please note that space is limited. \nIf you are unable to participate in a session\, you can also provide written comments to plan@canadacouncil.ca until November 16\, 2020.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/strategic-plan-community-dialogue-session-canada-council-for-the-arts/2020-11-03/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now (Mitchell Art Gallery)
DESCRIPTION:The Mitchell Art Gallery in MacEwan University is excited to share that they are re-opening on September 15 with the launch of their latest exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now\, which will be viewable in-person and online!  \nCurated by Seika Boye\, this archival exhibition exposes the representation of Blackness on Canadian stages\, as well as audience and media reception of Black performance in Canada during this era. It’s About Time also explores legislation of leisure culture\, dance lessons and the role of social dances at mid-century. Featured are individual dance artists such as Leonard Gibson\, Ola Skanks\, Ethel Bruneau\, Joey Hollingsworth and Kathryn Brown. \nThis is the fourth presentation of the archival materials in It’s About Time. New to this iteration\, Boye has invited contemporary performing and visual artists — either from or currently based in Alberta — to respond to the archive and consider what the history of Black people dancing in Canada reveals about our contemporary moment. Not only will the exhibition feature work by dance artists Michèle Moss and Ashley “Colours” Perez\, visual artists Braxton Garneau and Preston Pavlis\, author Cheryl Foggo\, with graphic response by Adriana Contreras and photography by Mike Tan\, but there is also virtual programming planned with Seika and each artist. \nVirtual conversations with the curator to learn more about It’s About Time will take place on: \n\nSeptember 23\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Ashley “Colours” Perez and Adriana Contreras\n\n\nOctober 21\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Braxton Garneau and Preston Pavlis\n\n\nNovember 3\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Cheryl Thompson and Mpoe Mogale\n\n\nDecember 2\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Cheryl Foggo and Michèle Moss\n\n\n\nVisit macewan.ca/mitchellartgallery or @mitchellartgallery on social media for more details.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/its-about-time-dancing-black-in-canada-1900-1970-and-now-mitchell-art-gallery-2020-11-03/
LOCATION:John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery\, 11-121\, Allard Hall 11110 – 104 Avenue\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5K 1M9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Strategic Plan Community Dialogue Session (Canada Council for the Arts)
DESCRIPTION:The Canada Council for the Arts invites you to help shape its next Strategic Plan. \nOur last strategic plan was launched in 2016. Since that time\, the Council has increased its overall support to artists and arts organizations and has made important investments in digital\, international promotion and Indigenous arts. The new plan will guide the Council through the next five years\, a critical time for the arts as it emerges from the global COVID-19 pandemic. \nWe want to hear from you\, to shape a plan that reflects the arts sector’s current reality and looks ahead to how the Council can help restart\, reinvigorate and reimagine the arts for the benefit of all Canadians. We aspire to support a vital and diverse arts ecology that enriches the lives of all Canadians\, and we are committed to equity\, diversity and inclusion. We encourage the participation of a wide range of perspectives and participants in this process. \nSome of you may have completed the Canada Council for the Arts Choicebook™ survey. We now invite you to participate in one of three (3) 90-minute dialogue sessions. These sessions will build on key issues identified through our ongoing engagement activities and provide an opportunity for virtual exchange and conversation. \nThe virtual dialogue sessions are happening on: \n\nMonday\, November 2\, 2020 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “English first”)\n\n11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MST\n\n\nTuesday\, November 3\, 2020 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “English first”)\n\n1:00 – 3:00 p.m. MST\n\n\nWednesday\, November 4\, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST (bilingual\, “French first”)\n\n8:00 – 10:00 a.m. MST\n\n\n\nAll sessions will be bilingual and simultaneous interpretation will be available. The principal language of the presentation on November 2nd and 3rd will be English\, and on November 4th it will be French. If you require any supports to be able participate in these sessions\, including ASL/LSQ interpretation or CART captioning\, please let us know during registration.  \nIf you are interested in participating in one of these sessions\, please register here. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, October 26\, 2020. Please note that space is limited. \nIf you are unable to participate in a session\, you can also provide written comments to plan@canadacouncil.ca until November 16\, 2020.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/strategic-plan-community-dialogue-session-canada-council-for-the-arts/2020-11-04/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Talking Truths: Matriarchs Uprising
DESCRIPTION:A conversation hosted by Olivia C. Davies with four tour-de-force female artists discussing ways they have overcome adversity in the arts.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nAs creators\, we are constantly in dynamic exchange with the forces of social structures that can help or hinder our creative expression. Join O.Dela Arts\, Artistic Director Olivia C. Davies in circle conversation with four other tour-de-force female artists including Dalannah Gail Bowen along with Diane Roberts\, Rosemary A. Georgeson\, and Savannah Walling as they discuss ways they have confronted and overcome adversity in the arts\, and changed the way we look at the world around us by incorporating matriarchal values and right relations agreements into the work. The Circle Conversation is on Zoom\, followed by an interactive Q&A. \n\nInteractive workshop on Zoom -maximum 100 participants\nFree / donation appreciated\n\nAbout the Format\nIn this circle conversation setting\, we invite audiences to co-create and hold a scared space for women artists to talk our truth about the ways our creative acts connect us to community. Topics can range from dance as sacred act\, art as living embodiment of community\, and the necessity of kinship and relational accountability. Audiences are invited to sit in (live or virtual) circle with us and listen as we speak to each other\, with open hearts\, and open minds. \nRegistration required. Please follow this link for access to the free event. Zoom link will be sent to you in advance.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/talking-truths-matriarchs-uprising/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online/Streaming Event
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SUMMARY:RISE UP Calgary Relaunch Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Are you someone working in the arts or the hospitality industry who is looking for creative ways to collaborate amid the COVID-19 pandemic and plan for future recovery? Are you interested in conversations exploring the live experience economy and how to get audiences out and artists back to work in safe and meaningful ways? Then join one of RISE UP’s upcoming Relaunch Lunches! \nRISE UP Calgary is a local initiative created to kickstart economic recovery for Calgary’s arts sector. It is an open-source campaign that unites arts\, hospitality and tourism partners to develop a comprehensive array of initiatives and plans for relaunch by building the best possible conditions for success for audiences and artists. Together\, we will RISE UP and move forward. \nAs part of its programming\, RISE UP is planning a series of relaunch lunches to connect industry professionals and give them an opportunity to network\, share ideas\, and look for ways to collaborate on COVID recovery planning. \nThe first virtual event is on Thursday\, November 5\, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:15pm and explores the model used by the creators and technicians of The Big Art Drive-In. \nThe lunch discusses how this space came to be and how it was then utilized for the RISE UP Weekend concert series. This is your chance to hear about what the team learned\, how they worked with AHS to create a safe arts experience for artists and audiences alike\, and get ideas on how you might be able to use this model and insights to create your own arts experiences. \nPanelists include\, Paul Magnuson\, Chief Imagineer\, Big Art\, Josh Burnett\, General Manager\, FM Systems\, and Kaley Beisiegel\, Principal Consultant\, Bird Creatives and Project Manager for RISE UP Calgary. \nRegister at zoom.us for this free Zoom-based conversation. The November 5 event will be interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) with a live English transcription available and will be recorded for future posting on the RISE UP Calgary website. \nIf you have any questions or comments\, please send them to cherie@birdcreatives.com.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/rise-up-calgary-relaunch-lunch/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Calgary Arts Development":MAILTO:info@calgaryartsdevelopment.com
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