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A ‘Pocket Festival’ of Arts Events to Take You Sailing Through the Summer Hello everyone, It seems risky to get too optimistic these days, but as the sun shines, vaccination rates rise each day, and Ontario prepares its “reopening,” it’s starting to feel like we may just get through this thing. And today, we have […]

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to release the full schedule for Artsweek SHIFT², a small but mighty, multidisciplinary ‘pocket festival’ of arts events, presented both in-person throughout Peterborough and online, between now and July 31, 2021.  (See full schedule at the bottom of this Media Release.) Artsweek SHIFT² includes […]

“The show must go on: ‘Arts Week Shift’ offering pandemic safe performances throughout Peterborough and online” by Teresa Kaszuba, CHEX/Global.

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to announce the distribution of $19,500 in Mini Grants to 13 local professional artists as part of Artsweek SHIFT². These grants support a wide variety of creative research, production and professional development activities that aid local artists in expanding and advancing their artistic practice […]

Hello all, We hope that everyone is enjoying the warm weather. Before we all sign off for the long weekend, we just wanted to provide a reminder that the Nomination Deadline for the Peterborough Poet Laureate Pilot Program is this coming Tuesday, May 25 at 11:59 pm. Created by EC3 in collaboration with the City […]

“Peterborough Arts Alive Fund has $100,000 to help local arts organizations recover from the pandemic and prepare for reopening” by Sarah McNeilly, KawarthaNOW.

Good news to share this week…. The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is pleased to announce the launch of its Strategic Recovery and Resilience Grants Program made possible by the Peterborough Arts Alive Fund (PAA Fund). This program is an EC3 initiative in cooperation with the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough (CFGP). The Peterborough Arts […]

Peterborough’s First-Ever Poet Laureate Program is Now Accepting Nominations Hello Everyone, EC3 is delighted to announce the launch of the pilot Peterborough Poet Laureate Program, presented in collaboration with the City of Peterborough.  The Peterborough Poet Laureate is an honourary position established to enhance our civic identity and to recognize the excellence and outstanding achievements […]

Peterborough, ON – The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) and The City of Peterborough are proud to announce the launch of the Poet Laureate Pilot Program for 2021-2022. The Peterborough Poet Laureate is an honourary position established to recognize the excellence and outstanding achievements of professional poets (both print/page and spoken word) living and working […]

“Bierk Art Fund Bursary up for grabs again for Peterborough high school artists” by Shaun McLeod, Peterborough Examiner.