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Arts Weekend
Friday June 15, 2018, 6 to11 pm, Cambridge City Hall
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Come out on Friday, June 15th to see Canada's true pioneers of rock and roll perform at the Cambridge City Hall.
Each year, for one evening in June, the Cambridge Celebration of the Arts (CCA) presents the community with a variety of works by local artists and artists connected to our community.
This free exhibition focuses on works judged in visual, literary and performance arts competitions. The event showcases many different styles and genres of art.
The CCA event happens at City Hall, the Square and surrounding streets. Through a number of partnerships, this celebration also includes special art experiences for our audiences. We also have kid-friendly and family-centred activities.
Local restaurants sell a variety of foods and beverages at the event as well!
When: Friday, June 15, 2018
Want to know what a night at the Cambridge Celebration of the Arts is like? Watch our video to find out!
| Committee Planning Members |
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CCA 2018 Committee Members include:
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| Interested in Volunteering? |
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The CCA planning committee is looking for committed day of event volunteers (daytime & evening shifts available). If you are interested in joining the CCA planning committee or would like to volunteer at the event email the Recreation Coordinator or call (519) 740-4681 ext 4277. |
| Meet the 2018 Jurors |
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Literary Arts Juror: Wendy Visser Wendy Visser is an established poet and the author of two poetry collections; "Riding A Wooden Horse" (winner of the WRAC book award in 2007) and, "This Side of Beyond", and co-author of "haiku by two". She was one of eight Canadian poets featured in the anthology. "Quern", and a contributor in the recently published, "Simply Because We Are Canadian"; the Cambridge Writers Collective project to celebrate Canada's sesquicentennial. A former recipient of the Bernice Adams Memorial Award for her involvement in Communications/literary Arts, Wendy continues to promote the arts in Cambrdige. She was one of the original organizers for the first Poem-A-Day contest, still going strong after more than a decade. Wendy is a member of the Cambridge Writers Collective, the Ontario Poetry Society, Tower Poetry and Poets Roundtable Arkansas. She is currently working on two new manuscripts and when not writing, she divides her literary interests between contest judging, workshop facilitating, editing and proofreading. She is very pleased to have been selected as this year's literary juror for the Cambridge Celebration of the Arts.
Visual Arts Juror: Merryn Edgar Born in England, Merryn grew up in a family of creative artists. Merryn attended The Oxford School of Art from 1978 - 1981 then immigrated to Canada. She continued her passion taking numerous courses at Sheridan College from 2000-2002 and many workshops with well known artists such as Lila Lewis Irving and Bill Reid. In 2014 she attended Tradional Oils at Norfolk Painting School, UK. In 2017 she took a mosaic course in Barcelona from Sonia King. Merryn continues to learn through courses and experimentation. Merryn's paintings are in numerous private collections across Canada and in England, New Zealand and America. 2004 Mississauga Watercolour Society Show 2005-2008 Lakeshore Art Trail 2008 ran the Lakeshore Art Trail, Mississauga 2009 Taught Abstract Painting at Riverside Mississauga 2010 Cambridge Studio Tour 2010 Merryn opened Gallery M, which showcases local Cambridge artists including her own works 2011 Cambridge Mayor's Celebration of the Arts & Cambridge Studio Tour 2012 - 2013 Cambridge Studio Tour 2013 Visual Arts Coordinator for CMCA 2015 & 2017 Jurying Guelph Art Group 2017 Curating exhibitions for Langdon Hall 2017 Teaching: Oil painting, Watercolour, Mixedmedia, Mosaics, Jewellery making.
Performing Arts Juror: Eric Bolton Eric Bolton is a musician and business owner local to Cambridge, Ontario with an active performance career across Southern Ontario. Eric is the owner of both E-Bold Music and Iris Arts as well as a member of the rockbound, Shy Harry. E-Bold Music is a music school downtown Galt on Main Street that teaches over 200 people weekly on various instruments and is also responsible for the music bookings for many local events and small festivals. Iris Arts is a store downtown Galt, also on Main Street, that sells work made by over 50 local artists. As a performer/singer/songwriter, Eric is also on a cross-Canada recording project for his upcoming solo album as well as celebrating the release of Shy Harry's second studio album, Yestermind. |
| Interested in applying to participate in the event? |
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We are now accepting applications for literary, performing and visual artists for the 2018 Cambridge Mayor's Celebration of the Arts. Submit your application today! All applications must be recevied no later that 12/midnight on Monday, April 30, 2018. |