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 !
Join Eric Goudie on Wednesday September 30 at 7pm for An Introduction to the Community Presenters Network.
All Expert Chats will take place live on the SPARC Member Network group Facebook page (follow this link) and then will be archived on our YouTube channel (here). To interact live with Eric, join us on September 30 at 7pm.
Not a member? Not a problem! Membership is free and quick, just follow this link!
Questions for Eric on this topic can be sent to Rachel ahead of time at: rachel@sparcperformingarts.com
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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
We have a new Calendar and we'd love you to use it! Send Rachel an email (rachel@sparcperformingarts.com) with your event/show/livestream date, time, link, a visual and any other info you'd like listed and we'll add you to our calendar and our social media.
Let us help you to get the word out!
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 piece by Guest Blogger Denise Lysak. I will start with the words of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single person contemplates it, bearing within her the image of a cathedral.” I think this is a … [Read more]
Today's blog is an introduction to next week's Expert Chat - My Voice Counts: Building Community Media In the Internet Age, by Victoria Fenner. I’ve lived in a community with its own community radio station for most of my adult … [Read more]
Graeme Bachiu takes us inside his pandemic documentary journey. I decided fairly early on in the pandemic (late March or early April) that I was going to have to do something while I was stuck at home, projects cancelled and clients gone radio … [Read more]
A blog by guest blogger Denise Lysak on COVID and its impact on the Arts Photo Credit: Be Amazing I live in rural and remote northwestern Ontario. I live off-the-grid on a small tea-coloured lake that is home to more fish than people and the most … [Read more]
