We now have a dual role, to support our membership and the growing arts community in South Simcoe, and to provide community service in the arts.
CHORAL WORKSHOP
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS
CHILDREN'S SUMMER ARTS CAMPS
DANCE WORKSHOPS
EMERGING ARTISTS SHOW
SPEAKERS SERIES
Future sessions will be published soon
ALLAN ANDERSON YOUNG WRITER'S AWARD
Each year, the Arts Council has sponsored the Allan Anderson Young Writer’s Memorial Award that is presented to students with excellent literacy skills at Banting Memorial High School and St. Thomas Secondary School each year. Amount of each award is $100.
Award Winners for 2009:
Jessie Muir, St. Thomas Aquinas and Amy Ross, Banting
DAREarts Program
DAREarts, is a foundation that strives to empower all children to achieve their potential by using the arts to motivate a lifelong pursuit of personal excellence.
The South Simcoe Arts Council took a lead role and worked along with The Gibson Centre and DAREarts to enlist school students to create original art cards as gestures of peace. The SSAC hired four local artists,who together with several volunteers worked diligently to help 1,000 students from seven Alliston schools create these cards during a two week period before Christmas.
A highlight of this event was to invite Alliston TNT Minor Hockey Team members to create their own DAREarts Children ror Peace Cards. The cards were displayed for sale at The Gibson Centre.
Special thank you to Jan Atkinson, Catherine Cadieux, Deborah Wilde and Nancy Williams for their volunteer work with this project.
Do you have an event related to the Arts that you would like to promote? Fill out our Program/Event proposal form and send it to our office.
PROGRAM/EVENT PROPOSAL FORM [pdf file]