Volume 8 - Issue 8
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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ARTS & CULTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

St. Catharines Cultural Investment Program (SCCIP)  Upcoming Deadline!
 
Application materials are now available on the City's website for the following programs:
 
DEADLINE: Friday October 25, 2019
Applications must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on deadline day. No late applications will be accepted.
 
IMPORTANT!  Before you apply: Please contact Ashley Judd-Rifkin, Culture Coordinator, at [email protected] or 905-688-5601 ext 5229 to discuss your plans. 
 
For more information on these programs, as well as eligibility requirements, please visit:   www.stcatharines.ca/SCCIP
 

SCCIP INFO DROP-IN MEETINGS
First time applying to SCCIP? Want an overview of the programs? The Cultural Services Office will be holding an information "Drop-In" day at the St. Catharines Museum. Culture Coordinator Ashley Judd-Rifkin will be available to discuss programs, confirm eligibility and answer any questions you might have. Appointments can be made in advance by contacting Ashley at [email protected]. Or, just drop in and meet with Ashley on a first-come first-served basis. See you there!
 
When: Tuesday, October 1 |  12:00-4:00 p.m. and  4:30-7:30 p.m .
Where: St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre,
1932 Welland Canals Parkway, St. Catharines.
ARTS & CULTURE IN ST. CATHARINES


CULTURE DAYS IN ST. CATHARINES
 
September 27, 28 & 29, 2019
Culture Days is a Canada-wide celebration that is the largest-ever public participation campaign undertaken by the arts and cultural community in this country. Culture Days features FREE hands-on family-friendly activities that invite the public to participate in the "behind-the-scenes" experiences. 

This year find activities in St. Catharines at:

NEW | The Pen Centre
NEW | Start Me Up Niagara
NEW | Downtown Mural (St. Paul & Court St.)
NEW | NAC & NAC Shop/Studio

St. Catharines City Hall
Rodman Hall Art Centre
The FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Oddfellows Temple
Dr. Huq Library @ Kiwanis Aquatics Centre
The St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre
The Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts

ACTIVITY DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE! 

EXHIBITIONS

2019 City of St. Catharines Annual Juried Exhibit:
Transformations
Public Opening Reception: Friday, September 27, 2019, 4 pm
Where: St. Catharines City Hall, 3rd Floor, 50 Church Street
On display from September 23, 2019 to March 2020

Artists were invited to submit artwork that investigates the positive and negative transitions and transformations that shape human beings and the world.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Emily Andrews, Yvonne Benyo, Irma Bull, Danny Custodio, Renu D'Cunha,  Sandy Fairbairn, Janny Fraser,  Janet Ingrao, Arnold McBay, Colleen McTigue, Lauren Regier,  Kaitlyn Roberts, Jon Shaw, Bruce Thompson, Kim Van Stygeren,  Art Weaver and Jan Yates .

 
Carl Beam: Us & Everything
On display in the Joy Williams Lobby at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre until December 2019.  An exhibit of works by contemporary Indigenous artist Carl Beam. Carl Beam (Ojibwe, 1943 - 2005), is one of the most important artists in Canadian Contemporary Art History, noted as the first Canadian of Native Ancestry to have his work purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as Contemporary Art. 

People and Places of St. Catharines 
On display in Film House Gallery at the the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre until December 2019. In Partnership with the St. Catharines Museum.


For more information on exhibits visit: www.stcatharines.ca/exhibits

UPCOMING ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS:
The St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre
1. Film Screening |   Risking Everything
September 24, October 1 and October 8, 7 pm
By Donation
The 34 minute documentary about Black History tells a story about the many ways stories are told: in song and the singers, in clay and the hands that mold it, and in the landscapes that create us. "Risking Everything" is a story with many voices.
2. Family History Workshop
September 28, 10 am to 4 pm
Participants will gain tools, resources, and knowledge to gather, preserve, and share their personal family histories. Topics include organizing and preserving family photographs and archival material, caring for family heirlooms, and recording family stories through oral histories interviews and written documentation.
$10 per person | call 905.984.8880

Sonic Glow
Presented by NAC and Suitcase in Point
Live Music + Moving Image
September 19-22
Locations: NAC Rooftop + Kwong Chow Restaurant + The Silver Spire + The Film House
A series of events designed to explore and present new possibilities for expression through combining live music and moving image.
Info & Tickets: http://bit.ly/SonicGlowTix
 
Masterworks 1: Jewels in the Crown
Presented by: Niagara Symphony Orchestra
September 22, 2:30 to 5:30 pm
At the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Revel in sumptuous music for orchestra and the warm, almost human, voice of the cello. The NSO opens this season with jewels of symphonic and solo repertoire: Dvořák's masterpiece for cello and the magnificent first symphony by Dvořák's friend and mentor, Brahms.
Theatre: East of Berlin
Presented by Essential Collective Theatre at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Shows: October 3-12
As a teenager, Rudi discovers that his father was a doctor at Auschwitz. Questioning redemption, love, guilt and the sins of the father, East of Berlin  follows Rudi's emotional upheaval as he comes to terms with a frightening past that was never his own. Written by Hannah Moscovitch.
Info & tickets:  http://bit.ly/EastofBerlinECT

Music: Cicada Music & Arts Festival
Saturday, October 5, 11:30 am to 11 pm
Cicada is a one day music festival hosted on the picturesque Henley Island in St. Catharines (Port Dalhousie), where attendees can discover some of Canada's premier artists alongside rising stars from the Niagara Region.
Tickets: $40.00 (Early Bird), $45.00 (GA)
Kids Under 12: FREE

Nurturing Our Roots Annual Traditional Pow Wow
Presented by the Niagara Regional Native Centre
at Montebello Park
Saturday, October 5, 10:30 am to 6:30 pm
Pow Wows are one of the best ways to experience Indigenous culture  through dancing, singing, drumming, foods, and crafts.
- Food and Craft Booths
- Information &  Interactive Booths
- Taco Eating Contest & Baby Contest Pageant 
FREE to attend
More info email: [email protected]
The Cultural Services office is a division of the City of St. Catharines' Parks, Recreation and Culture Services department. Cultural Services focuses on public art, community development, planning and policy related to arts and culture in the City of St. Catharines.