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 !

Click here to visit the SPARC Member Network

Cliquez ici pour visiter le réseau des membres de la SPARC

Community Spaces in Faith Places Survey

Faith & the Common Good has partnered with a number of other organizations, including the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Not-for-Profit Network, the National Trust, Cardus, the Rural Ontario Institute, ArtsPond, ArtsBuild Ontario – and SPARC! –  to conduct a two year study that aims to enumerate the following:

How many not for profit and community groups currently run programming out of faith buildings?

If you, or a group you know, conducts activities out of a place of faith please complete the ten minute survey by going to  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/communityspacesinfaithplaces . We appreciate your help in this endeavour to strengthen the not for profit community and save our affordable spaces.

Petition to Support the NAC Indigenous Theatre Program

On April 30th the National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre launched their inaugural season. Our colleagues at the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance have created a petition that stresses that "Support for this programming must not come in the form of a superficial, one-shot deal to repair the relationships between our Nations, but must encompass an immediate and meaningful level of funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage and other National funding organizations." We would encourage SPARC members to add their names to the petition, which can be found here.

Find out what's going on in the SPARC community: Upcoming events, SPARC news, interviews, unique local initiatives, valuable resources, and more!

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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 Rebecca Ballarin, SPARC Network Coordinator: rebecca@sparcperfomingarts.com