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What does the Sudbury Arts Council do?

Vicki Gilhula — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:31:51 +0000

Connect

In 2013, SAC Arts Junction Subcommittee received a grant from Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation to do a study for its artists’ co-op project for Wembley Public School. When the Rainbow Board puts the school up for sale in a year or two, SAC wants to be ready with a viable proposal so that this landmark building does not get sold off to a developer for condos before artists have a chance to make a viable proposal for reuse. We have received support from influential individuals and groups for this project. (More CHMA funding in 2014 available pending successful completion of Phase 1.)

Visual artists want to be seen. SAC has a subcommittee working to find proper places for exhibitions.

Artists’ work should be appreciated and not just used to decorate restaurant walls where the lighting is poor. We are currently having conversations with a downtown main street property owner sympathetic to the arts regarding an “arts centre,” with office, theatre, and exhibition space.

During 2013/2014 SAC hosted monthly Arts After Five events at various locations where local musicians had a chance to introduce their talents to a new audience. In most cases these artists were paid for their time in our effort to support our talented resources. Events included an evening of poetry at the MacKenzie Library in February to celebrate 200^th birthday of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevencko. Average attendance was 50 people.

There was a good turnout of about 40 people at the September Annual General meeting where six new board members were elected by the paid membership. This is the first time in many years that the board was not acclaimed. The board has 12 members and can expand to 15.

SAC attends the city’s monthly Arts and Culture strategy meetings. We also send representation to Creative Consortium meetings.

The SAC board held a vision meeting in November to update its mission and values. This helped the executive plan strategy for the 2014/2015 year.

SAC had a representative on the Poet Laureate selection committee, winter 2014.

Communicate

SAC emails a monthly bulletin of news and events to more than 500 subscribers.

We improved and continue to improve our social media presence with more than 600 FACEBOOK friends.

The website was redesigned, updated and launched in February 2014.

We send out regular press releases to the media regarding our activities.

We also maintain a Wordstock Sudbury FACEBOOK page and website.

Celebrate

Sudbury Arts Council is taking the leadership role in establishing the Mayor’s Celebration for the Arts May 1, 2014.

SAC subcommittee organized and hosted a successful literary festival in June 2013 at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. Many Sudbury and area English and French writers were featured. All writers were paid an honorarium. Cabaret featured Sudbury’s Patricia Cano and Tomson Highway, A second event is planned for 2015.

SAC hosted a Culture Days event with musical performances at Theatre Cambrian in September 2013.

SAC organizes regular art exhibitions of Sudbury artists work at the South End Library. These exhibits usually change every two months.

SAC board members attended and supported numerous arts events at SSO, AGS, Theatre Cambrian and STC in the past 12 months.

We advertised in the NLFB and SSO programs to support these organizations and we sponsored one piece of art at the AGS’s annual December exhibition.

ARTSPACE

Vicki Gilhula — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:33:04 +0000

The Sudbury Arts Council has an arrangement with the South End Library to exhibit paintings and photography. The exhibits are usually two months long.

Click below to download an application for an exhibition

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For more contact [email protected].

Note from the President

Vicki Gilhula — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:37:51 +0000

Vicki Gilhula, [email protected]

The Sudbury Arts Council is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014.

One of our core values is the ARTS play in a vital role in a healthy livable community. Without the arts, a city has no heart or soul.

SAC is delighted to announce a new arts event, the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts.

The Sudbury Arts Council, with the co-operation of the city’s Creative Coalition of 21 Arts organizations and ROCS, a group of eight Francophone arts and culture organizations that are working to establish Place des Arts, want to establish a way to honour Sudbury artists and heighten the profile of the arts in the community while raising money for arts bursaries. Mayor Marianne Matichuk has kindly added her name to this event to increase its profile.

There are TWO cash awards: One is a lifetime achievement, the other is for an emerging artist age 35 or under.

The Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts will take place Thursday, May 1, at the School of Architecture Thank you to Laurentian University for donating the use of this beautiful building, which as many of you know has been built on the bones of one of the city’s oldest buildings and is located on Sudbury’s first four corners.

The organizers hope the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts will become an annual event and is modeled on similar successful events across Canada. The first year will be a simple event of food, friends and music.

Tickets are $50 each, available at the TNO box office.

Some artists have asked about how the first two awards will be presented in 2014. Here is the background:

The SAC sub committee (three SAC members, Lynne Reynolds, Mark Mancini and myself with Creative Consortium member Callam Rodya and ROCS members Paulette Gagnon and Martin Lajeunesse) felt there was not enough time in Year One of this event to have a nomination process which would take about six months (to promote, process and judge based on my experience with the Community Builders Awarda). That is of course, in addition to the work it takes to raise money, plan an event, etc,

So, we arranged for an independent jury of five people who are have broad knowledge of the arts community to met, put forward names, vet and then make select three finalists in each category. The SAC representative is Paddy O’Sullivan. He is also the facilitator of the process.d.

No one on SAC, except Paddy, and no one on the SAC subcommittee has any input or information on the winners.

I would stress, that the “lifetime” achievement award is as much about one’s contributions to the community and arts community if not more than about the “quality” of one’s work.

Next year, or perhaps in December 2014, there will be a call for nominations to the Celebration awards for the 2015 event, and perhaps there will be enough money raised May 1 to have several more cash awards. The money for the awards is not coming from SAC, the mayor’s office, or the city hall. It is being supplied by Corporate donations.

I hope that you will attend the May 1 and support this initiative and help us raise money for artists. This is a fundraiser for artists. The tickets are $50 and I would love to sell you one or two.

If you would like to donate work to the silent auction at the celebration, the organizers are returning HALF of the bid paid to the artist. Please email me at vgilhula@gmail,com,

SAC project: Arts Junction

Vicki Gilhula — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:24:59 +0000

Arts Junction is a Sudbury Arts Council sub committee.

WHAT?

It is a Not-for Profit self-sustaining Mixed-Use complex providing a work/live facility for professional musicians, designers, dancers, actors, painters, innovators and others in the creative class.

In addition to residential units, functional areas would also include complementary; studio work space; exhibition and rehearsal space; common resource centre and administration space; common recreation and social areas; storage etc.. The entire concept is essentially geared to the needs of the creative worker while the public may also participate. Not a public art gallery or a performing arts centre, it is a place that supports creative exploration. The hope is that it will in the long run help to attract artists and all creative workers to the City of Greater Sudbury as members of its creative economy.

Sudbury Arts Council has formed a standing committee to investigate the feasibility of adaptive reuse of the Wembley Public School.

Members include: Chair Paddy O’Sullivan (Visual Artist, vice-president of Sudbury Arts Council)

Nick Ross (Musician)- Vice Chair

Frank Chartanad (Graphic Designer)

Austin Davey (Accountant)

Gordon Drysdale (Visual Artist)

Vicki Gihula (President of Sudbury Arts Council)

John Hamalainen (Engineer)

Gord Harris (former president, Sudbury Arts Council)

John Lindsay (former president, Sudbury Arts Council ex officio)

Paul Reid (Economic Advisor for the City of Greater Sudbury)

Oryst Sawchuck (Architect and artist)

Murray Scott (Lawyer)

WHERE?

Wembley School Site is on the Junction Creek Waterway Park within a half mile by walking or biking trail along Junction Creek of downtown. The site area approximates that of Memorial Park and fronts on Wembley Drive

WHY?

The Sudbury Arts Council recognizes the need for an expanded creative economy as key to improving the City’s quality of life. “ArtsJunction” is an initiative to provide affordable accommodation for workers in the creative economy and thereby contributing to the community’s creative workforce. SAC also recognizes that by adaptive reuse of Wembley Public School, after it has served its purpose as a school, preserves its heritage value.

SAC celebrates Taras Shevchenko

Vicki Gilhula — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:34:30 +0000

Taras Shevchenko, self portrait

The Sudbury Arts Council celebrates the city’s multicultural personality. On Monday, Feb. 24, SAC hosted an Arts After Five, words and music event to celebrate the 200th birthday or Ukraine poet Taras Shevchenko. Music was provided by the Jubilee Folk Ensemble.

Event was well attended. Thanks to the Greater Sudbury Public Library for hosting this event.

SAC president Vicki GIlhula reads poetry.

History

Vicki Gilhula — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:04:54 +0000

WE THANK THE CITY OF GREATER SUDBURY FOR ITS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR 2013/2014.

Originally founded as The Sudbury Arts Festival Association, a non-profit organization on July 31, 1974, our name changed in June of 1998 to the Sudbury Arts Council / Conseil des arts de Sudbury.

Sudbury Arts Council / Conseil des arts de Sudbury hosted Spring Alive, an arts festival for several years during the 1980s. We were involved in establishing Cinefest, the Sudbury Writers’ Guild, the annual art studio tour, and Wordstock 2013. We host a monthly networking event called Arts After Five.

Our mission is to connect, communicate, and celebrate. We connect local arts with each other and their audience, we communicate as an umbrella organization, ensuring artists have a voice in Greater Sudbury and that the arts remain relevant to the community. We publish a monthly newsletter and maintain a comprehensive website. We celebrate the arts as events such as Arts After Five, Wordstock and Culture Days.

We are a recognized charity eligible to issue donation receipts.

Contact

Vicki Gilhula — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 03:04:40 +0000

There are several ways to reach us:

To Advertise Events:	To have an arts event posted on site and included in monthly email bulletins please notify us by the 15th of the month at [email protected]
To Become a Member:	For membership information, events and activities contact e-mail [email protected]
For General Inquiries:	To reach our office by telephone: 705-626-2787(ARTS).To reach us by e-mail: [email protected]To reach us by regular mail:Sudbury Arts Council c/o Artists on Elgin 168 Elgin Street Sudbury, ON, P3E 3N5

Patrons

Vicki Gilhula — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:05:03 +0000

Sudbury Arts Council thanks the following for their support:

The City of Greater Sudbury;

The Sudbury Community Foundation;

Financial Decisions Inc. 1546 Bellevue Avenue;

Board of Directors 2013/14

Vicki Gilhula — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:04:28 +0000

Visit us on facebook .. sudburyartscouncil

President:	Vicki Gilhula [email protected] c/o Acorn Gallery on Oak, 198 Oak Street. P3C 1M7 705-674-3590
Vice President:	Paddy O’Sullivan
Secretary:	Linda Cartier
Treasurer:	Heather Campbell
Other Board Members: John Lindsay, John Gaul, Gord Drysdale, Paddy O’Sullivan, Marc Mancini, Al McMullan, Lynne Reynolds, Oryst Sawchuk, Rod Basinet
Past President and Communications Co-ordinator: John Lindsay Administrative Assistant: Sharon Murdock

SAC executive for 2013-2014 .. Linda Cartier, Secretary, John
Lindsay, Past President, Vicki Gilhula, President, Paddy O’Sullivan, Vice
President, Heather Campbell, Treasurer.

Wordstock

Vicki Gilhula — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:11:15 +0000

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wordstocksudbury2013

Wordstock is Sudbury’s Literary Festival is a project of the Sudbury Arts Council. The next festival will take place in 2015.

www.wordstocksudbury.ca/Mission

Greater Sudbury has a rich arts community and number of English and French poets, journalists, fiction writers and playwrights.

Wordstock is a festival that celebrates and promotes Sudbury writers, the love of the written words, and literary. It provides an opportunity for new voices to be heard.

Wordstock has theatre, music and visual art components.

Wordstock is a non-profit event, is being organized by the Sudbury Arts Council in co-operation with the Sudbury Writers’ Guild, local artists and publishers.