Detailed Symposium Schedule
Thursday May 23, 2024 - Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum
6:30pm - Buddy meeting
7-8:30pm - Opening reception
Friday May 24, 2024- Palmerston & District Community Centre Complex (unless otherwise noted)
7:30-8am - Registration open (coffee, tea, muffins & fruit available)
8-8:15am - Welcome (Auditorium/Main Space)
8:15-8:45am - Morning Movement - Jillian Peever (Auditorium)
9-10am - WORKSHOP BLOCK 1 (pick one)
Changing the Landscape: Activating Your Organization’s Investment in Equity, Diversity and Access - Meineka Kulasinghe & Kayla Besse - Stratford Festival Theatre - (Auditorium)
The Creative Spark - Erica May-Wood & Bruce Hunter - RealSpace Theatre (Lion’s Den)
Igniting New Young Audience Presenters - Joanne Churchill - Ontario Presents (Dressing Room 4)
10:30-11:30am - WORKSHOP BLOCK 2 (pick one)
Creative Accessibility in Performance - Erin Ball & Maxime Beauregard (Auditorium)
Make, Do & Mend: Pandemic Lessons from Thinking Rock Community Arts- Miranda Bouchard - Thinking Rock Community Arts (Lion’s Den)
Starting a Concert Series From Scratch in Rural Ontario: The Story of the Kemptville Street Piano - Lisa Poushinsky - Kemptville Street Piano (Dressing Room 4)
11:30am-12:30pm - Lunch (Auditorium & Outside)
11:45-12:20 - Open Mic with Jason and Michel Payment (at PCC, exact location tba)
12:30-1:30pm - Facilitated Peer to Peer Sharing (Auditorium)
1:40-2:55pm - Funders Panel - (Auditorium)
3:05-4:05pm - Practical Tips on Preparing Grant Applications - Stephanie Draker - WorkInCulture (Auditorium)
4:15-5pm - Facilitated Peer to Peer Sharing (Auditorium)
6:30-8pm - Dinner (cash bar available) (Auditorium)
8-8:20pm - Shane Coffin - local poet
8:30-8:50pm - Madison Galloway - blues musician
9-10:30pm - The Moore Band - let’s dance!
All of the evening’s entertainment will take place in the Auditorium
Saturday May 25, 2024 - Palmerston & District Community Centre Complex (unless otherwise noted)
8-8:30am - Registration open (coffee, tea, muffins & fruit available)
8:30-9am - Morning Movement - Jillian Peever (Auditorium)
9-10:35am - Network Discussion & Facilitated Peer to Peer Sharing (Auditorium)
11am-12pm - WORKSHOP BLOCK 3 (pick one)
Beyond Black Squares: Celebrating and Uplifting Black Artists - Sedina Fiati - Black Pledge Canada (Auditorium)
Rural Poetics: Re-Igniting the Arts- Hollay Ghadery - Scugog Poet Laureate (Lion’s Den)
Sparking Inspiration: Creating Partnerships in Rural and Remote Communities -Kaitlyn Patience & Keira Park - Ontario Culture Days (Dressing Room 4)
12-1pm - Lunch (bagged lunch on this day)
1:30-5:30pm - Excursions!*
1:30-2:30pm - Song Writing with Michel Payment (Auditorium)
2-3:30pm - Theatres & Gallery Tour Harriston, including improv onstage with Grey Wellington Theatre Guild (meeting point TBA)
2:30-3:30pm - a self-guided Found Art tour - you never know what artists you may meet! (Lions Heritage Park)
4-5:30pm - Playwriting Contest Winner Play Readings (Violets in the Barn)
* you are welcome to join any of the excursions that you like, or to take a break and explore alone, or find a spot and chat with other attendees during the excursion time frame
6:30-8pm - Dinner (cash bar available) (Auditorium)
8-8:30pm - Presentation
8:45-10:30pm - DJ party atmosphere by Cody (cash bar available) (Auditorium)
Sunday May 26, 2024
9-10:30am - Brunch (Auditorium)
10:30am-12pm - SPARC’s First Short Film Festival and close of Symposium 2024 (Norgan Theatre)
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