Fredericton Cultural Capitals Grant Program
Seven projects have been selected for funding under the City's $100,000 Cultural Capitals of Canada Culture program. The seven successful projects, selected from among 24 applications, were announced during the January meeting of the City's Development Committee.
Beaverbrook Art Gallery - First Nations Art and Culture Interpretive Program ($20,000)
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery will host a major exhibition this summer which examines the art of Shirley Bear, of the First Nation in Tobique. The exhibit features paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and installation work covering the artist's work over a 40-year period. In addition to the Shirley Bear exhibit, the Gallery will also feature a major exhibition of the work of 30 New Brunswick Maliseet and Mi'kmaq artists. This will be the first of its kind in NB and will also involve several interpretive activities during the exhibit.
July 12, 2009 - September 7, 2009
Musical Ventures - A Musical Legacy: A Celebration of Fredericton Composers ($20,000)
This project will create a lasting tribute to the area's talented composers through the ages. The project will consist of live public concerts performed by our most talented artists, recordings, and an interactive website. The project also involves a commission of a new musical work from a Fredericton composer.
This is a partnership between Christ Church Cathedral, UNB's Centre for Musical Arts, and will involve professional musicians, choristers and music educators.
First concert of the series: July 1, 2009.
Fredericton Heritage Trust - Heritage Audio Walking Tours ($15,000)
Fredericton Heritage Trust, in partnership with several community organizations, will produce four 30-minute guided walks of heritage neighbourhoods using audio technology. The tours, two on each side of the St. John River will highlight colourful historic sites and buildings and their associated urban legends. The audio guides will be available in a variety of digital formats so that residents and visitors may access it through hand held devices, laptops and MP3 players.
N.B. Crafts Council - Flow ($15,000)
The N.B. Crafts Council has put out a call to its juried members to create work for an exhibition for the Government House Gallery this summer. Craft artists from around the province will be asked to conceptualize and create work in their medium that addresses issues relevant to the capital City. Brigitte Clavette, acclaimed metal smith and instructor at the N.B. College of Craft and Design will curate the exhibit which will articulate how the capital city is viewed and understood by craft artists living within and outside its boundaries.
June 11, 2009 - August 7, 2009
NotaBle Act Theatre Company - Provincial Theatre Exchange between Fredericton & Caraquet ($15,000)
The NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival will partner with a French language theatre company to present the first ever provincial theatre exchange program between anglophone and francophone playwrights from New Brunswick. NB Acts translate, develop and produce a French language Play, Disponibles en libraire (On and Off the Shelf) by Marcel-Romain Theriault, an Acadian playwright. It is an exchange between Theatre Populaire d'Acadie in Caraquet, which is also a Cultural Capital of Canada in 2009.
Chinese Cultural Association of NB - The Night of a Thousand Lanterns ($7,500)
This event, based on one of China's widely recognized cultural icons, the Chinese lanterns, will culminate in a parade of lanterns along the streets of downtown Fredericton followed by a lantern festival in Officers Square. Members of the Chinese Cultural Association of NB, active for over 30 years, will engage in a project with local school children to deliver workshops on the culture and history of Chinese Lantern Festivals, and hands-on learning of the creation of Chinese lanterns.
Date: June 29, 2009.
York Sunbury Museum - Satellite Exhibits: Boss Gibson the Industrialist ($7,500)
The York-Sunbury Museum will produce two satellite exhibits for display at the Marysville Heritage Centre and the Devon Trail Visitor Centre. The 'Boss's Town' exhibit in the Marysville Heritage Centre will explore the relationship between Gibson, the people of Marysville, and the development of the Marysville community. The exhibit at the Devon Trail Centre will explore the railway heritage of Devon and the train station and roundhouses once in the area.
