Meet our new Board (Executive Planning Committee) for 2011-2012
October 24th, 2011Past-Chair: Daniel Cournoyer (Artistic Director, L’UniThéâtre)
Chair: Jennifer Faulkner (Associate Executive Director, Alberta Ballet)
Co-Vice-Chair: Keltie Brown (General Manager, Workshop West Theatre)
Co-Vice-Chair: Kieran Leblanc (Executive Director, Book Publishers Association of Alberta)
Treasurer: Karen Brown Fournell (General Manager, Rapid Fire Theatre)
Directors:
- Marian Brant (General Manager, Cantilon Choirs)
- Carol Holmes (Executive Director, Writers Guild of Alberta)
- Anna-Karolina Szul (Executive Director, SNAP Gallery)
- Meghan Unterschultz (Strategic Communications & Government Relations, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Daniel Cournoyer gives his last report as Chair of PACE at our Oct. 20 AGM
PACE AGM – October 20, 2011, 7 p.m.
October 14th, 2011Join us on Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m. at the SNAP Gallery, 10123 – 121 Street to catch up on all that PACE has accomplished over the past year on behalf of the Greater Edmonton arts sector. We look forward to the opportunity of catching up on all your news, too!
PACE has openings for ten board members. If you are interested in voting, nominating or being nominated for a position on our board, you first need to make sure you are a full member in good standing. Call us at 780-485-3085 or e-mail us at admin@pacedmonton.com for more information. To become a member or renew your membership, click here to download a form. You can also sign up at the AGM.
Refreshments will be served. See you on Thursday, October 20!
Slate of Candidates for PACE’s 2011-2012 Board
PACE members invited to recommend charities for the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts silver anniversary
October 12th, 2011E-mail your recommendations to admin@pacedmonton.com by Friday, October 28 , together with a brief description of your suggested charity.
Please note: Only PACE members in good standing are eligible to make recommendations.
Recommended charities must meet the following criteria:
- be an Edmonton-based organization.
- include an arts component in its operation (e.g., using art as therapy, using art for community building, using art for education purposes, etc.).
- involve professional artists in its arts-related programming (organizing, coordinating or participating).
- be willing to present to the MCA Steering Committee a comprehensive marketing plan, including goals, on how its members would assist in promoting and selling tickets for the 25th annual MCA.
- be prepared to sign a Charity Partnership Agreement with PACE.
- commit to active involvement in helping to organize the Donation Presentation following the MCA.
- have a suitable venue available at which the Donation Presentation may be held (average attendance between 20-50).
- inclusion in some planning meetings of the MCA Steering Committee.
- promotion through logo inclusion on PACE’s Facebook group page, website, media and promotional materials, and the MCA program.
- opportunities for media exposure through press conferences and media interviews.
- opportunities to feature the results of its arts programming by providing talent at press, MCA and presentation events.
The brief description of the charity should clearly explain why the event’s Steering Committee should consider your recommendation. The committee will shortlist recommendations based on the indicated criteria and charity description. They will then follow-up with shortlisted charities in order to finalize their decision.
24th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts charities’ donations presented
October 12th, 2011
L-R: Mayor Stephen Mandel, Catherine Broomfield, Karen Brown Fournell
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival’s Comedy Cares Program and iHuman Youth Society were presented fun “cheques” and real ones at City Hall on September 30. They were the beneficiaries of the proceeds from the 24th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts.
Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE’s Treasurer Karen Brown Fournel presented iHuman’s Executive Director Catherine Broomfield with a memento “cheque”, laminated onto a skateboard deck symbolizing the youth with whom they work.
Sue Broderick, Board Chair for the Edmonton
Sue Broderick and Karen Brown Fournell joke around following the presentation.
International Street Performers Festival, accepted a series of brightly coloured scarves pulled from a top hat culminating with a final scarf bearing the donation information for their Comedy Cares Program. The presentation’s lighthearted vein was emblematic of of the “healing through laughter” maxim the program brings to all its visits to patients in local long term care facilities.
- Click on this press release to read the full release.