Deadline for Submissions: Friday, August 30, 2013

Rationale
Rural communities are often overlooked when examining the diverse richness of the performing arts in Canada and what the business of performing arts can do to reinvigorate community and encourage economic development. The Symposium for Performing Arts in Rural Communities (SPARC) will bring together rural creators, producers, presenters and animateurs to initiate a dialogue about how to develop and sustain the performing arts in rural communities. SPARC believes that we are all learners and we all have knowledge to share. SPARC will ignite dynamic exchange among participants through interactive workshops, seminars, panels and research or community soundbytes and presentations that showcase local venues and celebrate the synergy of community that creates culture and culture that creates community.
The first of its kind in Canada, the symposium will focus on the business of performing arts in a rural setting, and feature three streams of exploration – creation, production and presentation – across four disciplines of the performing arts – Dance, Theatre, Music and Media Arts. Organized by collaborating partners the Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands, Conjurors of County Town, Highlands Summer Festival, Dusk Dances Haliburton, Forest Festival, Haliburton County Folk Society, Highlands Media Arts and Those Other Movies, and with financial support from Haliburton County Development Corporation and the Cultural Strategic Investment Fund, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Symposium for Performing Arts in Rural Communities (SPARC) will be held in the Haliburton Highlands on April 24-27, 2014.

For more information: Call for Proposals: SPARC July 2013

Questions?

Call Rachel Gillooly, SPARC Project Coordinator at 705.454.8107 or email to rachel@sparcperformingarts.com or visit www.sparcperformingarts.com

DEADLINE August 1st

Call to artists and arts-based community projects:

Applications are now open for Soup Ottawa’s second event!

“Soup Ottawa” is a micro-grant event that focuses on two things: food, and funding great community projects. We’re looking for creative ideas that would benefit the community, and we want to give you a chance to share your idea with others.

Everyone is invited to the event, whether you’re presenting an idea or just curious to hear and support what’s happening in Ottawa. $10 at the door gets each person a tasty bowl of soup (generously donated from a local restaurant), great conversations with creative people, and one vote for their pick of the best idea presented that evening.

Here’s the clincher: that $10 paid at the door? Every last cent goes to the idea with the most votes. Our last event raised $970 for the community art project Keep Winthrop Beautiful. The prize amount for this summer’s event is dependent on attendance but we expect to award $1000 to directly support a great idea that will benefit our community. For those who don’t win, this will still be a great chance to get your idea out there. This is an opportunity to rub shoulders with other people who might be interested in working with you to help realize your vision.

The theme of this summer’s event will be “The Art of…” We are intentionally trying not to be prescriptive and won’t say much more than that we’re inviting everyone from artists to engineers, social entrepreneurs to community groups, and environmentalists to athletes to present diverse projects inspired by this concept.

Applying for a grant is intentionally simple to encourage broad participation. Visit our website at www.soupottawa.ca/apply and fill out the form to submit your idea. Applications are due by Thursday, August 1 for our August event, date and location TBC.

Feel free to pass this on to your networks.

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