Here is what the Oakville Symphony has to say about their volunteers:

   Oakville Symphony Rehearsal:



Chair of the Oakville Symphony Board, Gillian Santangeli:



Volunteers Jane Millar and Jo Anne Young greeting guests the Garden Musicale fundraiser:

Here at the Oakville Arts Council, we couldn't do a lot of what we do without the help of our amazing volunteers and we know this sentiment is shared across our members as well. Since it's National Volunteer week this week, we thought over the next few days we would share some thank you letters to volunteers who have helped make the arts and culture scene here in Oakville so vibrant! There are certainly a lot of amazing volunteers out there who have dedicated their time to the arts in some capacity, and the letters you will see posted here are only to a small fraction of those amazing volunteers here in Oakville. If your organization also relies on volunteers, make sure you send a little gratitude their way this week.

Without further ado, please see below what the President of the Oakville Opera Guild has to say about one of their volunteers. Stay tuned for more thank you letters later this week!

Participate in Culture Days!

Everyone is encouraged to get involved. If you have a free participatory or interactive arts or cultural activity to offer to the public during the Culture Days weekend, you can register it at www.culturedays.ca. There is no fee to register. When you register your activity you will be asked to provide details (address, time(s), date(s), photos, etc.) and will benefit from a major national marketing and communications campaign including access to free customizable Culture Days materials to help promote your activity.

 

Are you an artist looking for a venue? Or an venue looking for artists?

The Oakville Arts Council will be communicating opportunities to participate to our members through our newsletter. We would love to hear from more hotels, restaurants and other arts venues who want to connect with artists during this weekend.  Do you have an honorarium you can offer artists or an opportunity for artists to sell?  Let us know and we will put a call out to our artists in an upcoming newsletter.

 

If you are a hotel, restaurant, or other arts venue and are interested in participating in Culture Days, please send us the following information:

• Who you are
• Date(s) and Time(s) you are hoping to book artist(s) / arts groups (must fall on either September 27, 28, or 29)
• What type of art you are interested in, i.e. performing (drama, dance, music), visual, literary, digital
• Honorarium/Sales opportunity
• Contact information of the person the artist/arts group can follow up with

Culture Days raises the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Any activity is possible during Culture Days as long as it brings creators and the public closer together.  Click here to read the 2013 Culture Days Participation Guide.

If you are an artist/arts organization and are interested in participating in Culture Days at QEPCCC, please see the information below.

Call to Participate: Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre Celebrating Culture Days Saturday, September 28, 2013

What is Culture Days?

• A free, interactive celebration of arts and culture from coast to coast to coast;
• The largest collective, public participation campaign undertaken by the arts and cultural community in Canada;
• An invitation for the public to explore their own creativity, and participate in the “behind-the-scenes” world of artists, creators, actors, dancers, historians, architects, curators, designers...in their own local communities;
• An opportunity for artists and creators to engage people of all ages in their creative process. 

Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Culture Centre in Partnership with the Oakville Arts Council will participate in the Culture Days Celebration on Saturday September 28, 2013 from 10:00am-4:00pm. We would like to invite the Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Members to participate in the event.

How can you get involved?

• Guided Tours, Creation workshops
• Interactive demonstrations of technique, how to etc.
• Introductory courses/workshops/classes
• Meet the artists events
• Presentation/performance with discussion period,
• Interactive performances,
• Improv creation and activities, games
• Competitions, collective creations.

To participate at QEPCCC, submit completed activity submission form attention Lori Coletta, Special Events/Membership/Scheduling Coordinator by June 26, 2013. Email:qepbookafacility@oakville.ca or drop off at the QEPCCC Customer Service Desk.

If you also an Oakville Arts Council member forms are to be submitted to Lori Coletta.

The special events committee will review the submissions and plan the Culture Days activities.