The City of Guelph Public Art Committee is accepting applications until July 5 for its Public Art Selection Roster. The Roster will include the names of artists and other community arts or design professionals eligible to serve on the City’s Public Art Selection panels. Each public art project requires a panel of qualified members to […]
Category: Arts
Victory Art Crawl to launch on Father's Day
The inaugural Victory Art Crawl is set to launch on Sunday, June 16th in downtown Guelph, just in time for Father’s Day. Over 300 works of student art will be on display for the public to view and purchase until Wednesday, June 19. Art crawl venues include 10 Carden, 5 Douglas (Pop-up Gallery), The Albion […]
Volunteer Opportunity : Art Angels needed for Art on the Street, Saturday July 13th
Art on the Street is Guelph’s largest art exhibition and sale, attracting nearly 100 exhibitors and thousands of attendees to Quebec Street in downtown Guelph. Now in it’s 11th year, this event is filled with colour, creativity, and performance and we’d love for you to be a part of it ! We would be grateful […]
Open call to audition for John Galt Day community stage
The City of Guelph is hosting open auditions and pitch sessions on Wednesday, June 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. at City Hall for the John Galt Day community stage. Individuals and groups are encouraged to provide lively and family friendly auditions or pitch sessions including, but not limited to, music, comedy, drama, and dance. […]
City announces new public art opportunity for artists
The City of Guelph is inviting experienced, professional individual artists, or teams, to apply for the opportunity to create new public artwork for the Civic Precinct. The artwork, which will be installed in the area bordered by Wilson, Carden, and Farquhar streets, is expected to create unity between City Hall, Market Square, Guelph Central Station […]
Calling all lovers of nature, music, dance and poetry
SPRING AWAKES! Sunday May 26 2013 1:30 – 4:30 PM On Sunday May 26, SKSS Productions presents the 2nd Annual SPRING AWAKES! – a performance arts hiking adventure in support of the Plant an Old-Growth Forest Project at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre. With a magical mix of nature, live performance and surprises, and in support […]
Musagetes Invites Proposals for St. George's Square
Musagetes is an international organization that strives to make the arts a more central and meaningful reality in peoples’ lives, in our communities and societies. Guelph is our home—this is where we live and work. Musagetes established its offices here in 2009 because the city has rich and nuanced cultural and socio-political conditions that make […]
City to participate in music, culture panel discussion Friday
Tomorrow, April 26, the City of Guelph will participate in a panel discussion on ways Guelph can leverage music from an economic, cultural and social perspective. The discussion—what music contributes to a community—will take place at River Run Centre during a luncheon hosted by the City of Guelph and Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Graham Henderson, […]
THE LIBRARY CAPTURES GUELPH’S HIDDEN PAST
The city of Guelph is passionate about its cultural heritage. As the city celebrates its 186th birthday, the Guelph Public Library is proud to announce the winner of its “Hidden Past” photography contest. With a keen interest in local history and strong Guelph roots, contest judges Councillor June Hofland, and local photographers Trina Koster and […]
Guelph takes up Mayor’s Poetry Challenge
On April 29, Guelph’s Council Chambers will be animated with the sounds of spoken word poetry, as local poet Fannon Holland performs a poem as part of the annual Mayor’s Poetry Challenge. The poetry challenge was issued by Regina Mayor Michael Fougere, the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, and the League of Canadian Poets in celebration of […]