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Individual Artists Make it Happen! EC3’s proposal to City Hall for a program of Grants to Individual Artists is needed now more than ever. Please let Councillors know this matters to you. Watch the video, check out the proposal and contact your City Councillor now. Support local artists! CITY OF PETERBOROUGH BUDGET 2022 FUNDING FOR […]

Are you between 18 and 30 years old? Do you want to help plan and execute one of the true highlights of the Peterborough arts calendar? It’s a rewarding and fun project to work on, and we need a couple of dynamos to make it shine. The Peterborough Arts Awards and Mayor’s Luncheon for the […]

EC3 is Hiring, City Grant Programs, OAC Funding, and More Hello Everyone, It’s November, and there’s lots brewing at EC3 and across the arts sector. EC3 is hiring for two Canada Summer Jobs positions and getting prepped for our AGM, the City of Peterborough has opened their Community Investment and Project Grants programs, the Ontario […]

Read “How the arts built a better Peterborough” by Gabe Pollock, published in The Peterborough Examiner as part of EC3’s Arts in the Examiner series.

Read “Reopening, recovery and resilience in Peterborough” by Gabe Pollock, published in The Peterborough Examiner as part of EC3’s Arts in the Examiner series.

Capacity Limits Lifted, Enhanced Vaccine Passports and App, Borderless Arts, Portfolio Workshops, and Grant Deadlines Hello Everyone, The past couple weeks have brought some dramatic announcements about COVID-19 public health and safety measures, with an increase in capacity limits for performing arts and other facilities, and the introduction of the new vaccine passport and scanning […]

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) announces the completion of Art Loves Pride 2021, a series of three commissioned works by local 2SLGBTQ+ artists presented on Instagram as part of Peterborough Pride. This year’s commissions feature works by three trans/nonbinary and BIPOC artists, Sahira Q, Carlo José Quinones, and Ále Suárez. EC3 […]

Read “EC3: Peterborough artists awarded Bierk Art Bursary Fund,” by EC3 Staff, published in The Peterborough Examiner as part of EC3’s Arts in the Examiner series.

EC3 and Peterborough Poet Laureate Release New Videos to Mark the Occasion, Plus Other Resources Hello Everyone, Tomorrow, September 30, marks the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities, and marks the tragic and painful legacy of colonialism and the […]

“Peterborough: Sarah Lewis, the city’s first Poet Laureate,” Global News Morning.