Archive for the ‘Bulletin’ Category

Hello everyone, This past Friday, Ontario officially entered Step 3 of its Reopening Ontario plan. This stage of the plan will have perhaps the most dramatic impact on arts organizations, with galleries and theatres able to reopen and general gathering limits raised to 25 indoors and 100 outdoors. However, this is, very importantly, not a […]

Hello everyone, As the summer continues and Artsweek SHIFT² completes its final projects, EC3 is gearing up for Artsweek 2021, the full-scale, ten-day, multidisciplinary festival of the arts in Peterborough, coming this September. EC3 is hiring for three positions to assist with the festival. The Artsweek 2021 Festival Producer is a contract position responsible for […]

New Federal Funding, Artsweek SHIFT², and EC3 is Hiring! Hello everyone, As Ontario enters Step 2 of its Reopening Ontario plan (see yesterday’s Bulletin) and the steamy hot weather breaks, EC3 wanted to provide some other good news for the arts. In this Bulletin, we’ll provide a breakdown of new funding coming in from the […]

Clarifying the Public Health Regulations for ‘Step 2’ of the Reopening Ontario Plan Hello everyone, Today, Ontario enters into Step 2 of its Reopening Ontario plan. While Step 2 still includes heavy restrictions for many arts and culture organizations, it does allow for increased gathering limits and outdoor events, and it paves the way for […]

Public Health Regulation Updates, Fairness for the Arts Campaigns, and More Hello everyone, It has been a relief these last couple of weeks to see our city and our province start to reopen after COVID-19 lockdowns, with the downtown coming back to life and some stores and organizations permitted to welcome limited numbers of people […]

EC3 Project Highlights Black Artists in Peterborough Hello everyone, Today, we wanted to draw your attention to a project EC3 has been working on over the past few months. Spotlight on Local Black Artists was launched in February, during Black History Month, as a way to highlight the work of Black artists living and working […]

Marking the Month Hello everyone, June is turning into a very busy time at EC3, as we continue to roll out the events of Artsweek SHIFT², the Respectful Arts Workplace workshop series, and our Spotlight on Local Artists project – among other projects still to be announced! We will have updates about all of those […]

Reopening Updates, Mental Health Supports, Surveys, Grant Deadlines, and More Hello all, We hope this update finds you well, as Ontario moves out of its stay-at-home-order and towards reopening. We have a long way to go yet, but it’s starting to feel like we are turning the corner towards recovery from the pandemic. And along […]

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 […]

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 […]