Join SPARC's Member Network. || Rejoignez le réseau des membres de la SPARC.
Connect with rural arts creators, producers, performers and animateurs throughout Ontario and beyond.
How SPARC evolves and grows is up to you: The amazing people who make the performing arts happen in our communities.
Établissez des liens avec des créateurs, des producteurs, des interprètes et des animateurs d’arts ruraux de l’Ontario et d’ailleurs.
La façon dont SPARC évolue et grandit dépend de vous : les gens extraordinaires qui font des arts de la scène une réalité dans nos communautés.
Membership Benefits || Avantages de l’adhésion :
Access to our directory of members & member map | Accédez à notre répertoire des membres et à la carte des membres.
Access to our members only Facebook Group | Accès à notre groupe Facebook réservé aux membres.
Member's discount on your Symposium Registration Fee | Rabais aux membres sur les frais d’inscription au symposium
Access to SPARC services – including our Collaborative Community Initiatives Program | Accès aux services de la SPARC — y compris notre Programme d’initiatives communautaires collaboratif
Access to valuable resources | Accès à des ressources précieuses
Membership Cost: FREE! || Coût de l’adhésion : GRATUIT !
The next SPARC Expert Chat will be on Wednesday June 23, 2021 at 7pm. Join Maxine Morrell-West from the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario as she explains what the Safe Travels Stamp is and how it can benefit businesses, arts organizations and cultural tourism when re-opening.
All videos in the Doing the Real Work Towards Truth And Reconciliation Presentation and Q&A series are now available on our YouTube channel.
The Community Presenters' Network (CPN) was formed in January 2017 as a direct result of the efforts of venue managers in small facilities and rural communities across Ontario coming together to build a network that met their needs. The CPN is now taking the next step in its development: forging a collective response to the individual challenges of making the case for arts and culture in small communities.
The Starter Guide is based on research into advocacy and debates on cultural value, as well as interviews with 20 individuals in Ontario, Yukon and Atlantic Canada — all involved in different ways in the rural cultural ecology — to better understand the opportunities and obstacles that CPN members could collaborate to tackle.
Please take a look and let us know what you think.
CPN_ADVOCACY STARTER GUIDE-February 2020
Need a "Pro" Zoom account so you can host a meeting or show for longer than 40 minutes? Want to host up to 250 people? Let us help you! We have a member dedicated Zoom line that can be booked for meetings and events. Simply email Rachel (rachel@sparcperformingarts.com) to reserve today!
Find out what's going on in the SPARC community: Upcoming events, SPARC news, interviews, unique local initiatives, valuable resources, and more!
Do you have a story about a unique community initiative, a collaborative project, an innovative planning or engagement strategy? We want to hear about it!
If you are interested in contributing to the blog, please get in touch with Rachel Marks, SPARC Network Coordinator: rachel@sparcperfomingarts.com
A new blog by Guest Blogger Samantha Marchionda for Carousel Players This past weekend, I found myself craving the outdoors. I decided Sunday morning that I would spend as much time outside as my body wanted me to. So I went to my usual … [Read more]
by SPARC Youth Blogger Alexis Kuper Growing up in rural Canada as an aspiring musician can feel like an isolating uphill challenge. Then the world throws the COVID-curveball at you and you feel 10 times lonelier than before. Fortunately, there are … [Read more]
By Guest Blogger Rebecca Anne Bloom “But there wasn't the merest whiff about of the kind of magic that comes when the theatre darkens, the bottom of the curtain glows, the punters settle down, you take a deep breath... none of the … [Read more]
Hi there. My name is Samantha and I’m writing from St Catharines, Ontario, the traditional land of the Haudenosaunee, the Anishnaabe, the Neutral and Wendat peoples. I am very grateful to the original caretakers of this land. In Niagara, I grew up … [Read more]
