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WELCOME TO THE HAMILTON ARTS COUNCIL,
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HAMILTON ARTS COUNCIL BLOG
CALL FOR MEMBER PROFILES
Starting in February 2012, the NEW Hamilton Arts Council Blog will include an ongoing series of Member Profiles that will celebrate the work of our
member artists and organizations across all disciplines.
New Member Profiles will be posted to the blog on a bi-weekly basis and will be scheduled wherever possible to ensure equal representation of the range of
creative disciplines supported by the Hamilton Arts Council. Members in good standing interested in being included in this recurring feature are invited to
download the attached PDF and email their responses to:
Stephen Near
Program Director
project@artshamilton.ca
Please note that the Hamilton Arts Council reserves the right to edit responses for spelling, grammar and clarity before posting your Member Profile to
our blog.
Click here for PDF
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Hamilton Area Theatre Guide Nominated !
The Hamilton Arts Council has been nominated for the Brochure or Promotional Piece of the Year Award for the Hamilton Area Theatre Guide 2011-2012
in the Tourism Hamilton Awards of Excellence, occuring Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
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Who will you Nominate?
The City of Hamilton is pleased to launch the 2012 Arts Awards! Each year the City recognizes local artists with a civic award and cash prize. We are
encouraging nominations from all of the communities across Hamilton.
The 2012 City of Hamilton Arts Awards nomination form is now available. Click HERE
for more information. Printed versions of the form are also available at the Culture Division office.
Nomination forms are due on or before Friday, February 17, 2011 by 4:00pm.
We are here to help! Please contact us if you have any questions.
Sarah Ehmke, Art & Event Initiatives Coordinator
Culture Division, City of Hamilton
T: 905-546-2424 ext.7612
E: artsawards@hamilton.ca
Mail or drop off nominations to:
City of Hamilton Arts Awards
c/o Culture Division
77 James St N, Suite 305
Hamilton, ON
L8R 2K3
www.hamilton.ca/artsawards
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King William Art Walk
BENCH DESIGNS AWARDED
Mauro Brunetti, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the King William Art Walk is pleased announced the successful artists in the King William Art Walk
Bench Design competition. The three local artists selected are Joan Sturch from Stoney Creek, Steven Twigg from Hamilton and John Carter from
Smithville. Their design proposals will be used to create benches to be placed on King William as part of the King William Art Walk.
These designs can be viewed online at the City’s Art in Public Places website,
www.hamilton.ca/publicart. Each artist will receive $1500 for their designs. Installation of the benches is planned for summer 2012.
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ARTS HAMILTON BINGO
Arts Hamilton holds a Bingo fundraiser every other Thursday at the
downtown Delta Bingo Hall. We depend upon the commitment and hard work of several key
volunteers to ensure that this event always goes off without a hitch.
Thanks to the following people for their assistance!
Ellison Di Julio
Marvin Matos
Loreigh Mitges
Bob Ward
Pam Low
Sue Firkser
David La Rush
We also thank the supportive folks at Delta Bingo who host us at their hall
every other Thursday for our Bingo fundraiser.
We are always looking for volunteers to help in this fun and important event.
If you want to help contact Stephen at
project@artshamilton.ca
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ARE YOU A MEMBER?
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to support the arts community of Hamilton by joining the Hamilton Arts Council as a member! We support and
advocate on behalf of all artists in this city in every arts discipline including literary arts, theatre, music, film, arts & crafts and visual arts. As a not-for-profit
organization, the Hamilton Arts Council is only as strong as the members who comprise and only through membership support we can continue to serve the arts
community.
Membership entitles you to:
- Promote your events through our E-Blast, Facebook, Twitter and community notice board
- Discounts on classes & workshops & rentals
- Discounts on Hamilton Arts Council events
- Discounts at participating businesses
- Access to our Resource Library
- Access to Health Insurance Plan Benefits for self-employed artists and organizations
- Notification of upcoming events & artist calls for entry
- Inclusion in our Members-only shows
- Networking opportunities
JOIN US NOW!
Membership Registration Forms are on our website
(in the Membership section - click here).
You can either mail the form to our offices or drop it off in person.
If you're not a member but have considered joining don't wait. Call our offices or come by in person. We'd love to tell you a bit more about what the Council
can do for you as an artist in the Hamilton area!
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