- AdvocacyPACE’s number one priority is to advocate for professional artists and arts organizations as a whole within greater Edmonton. We are active during every election – municipal, provincial and federal – impressing upon candidates the importance of the arts to their constituencies, and informing the arts community on where candidates stand on the arts. In between elections, PACE maintains open communications with elected officials and takes actions to mitigate potential threats to the greater Edmonton’s arts community. Latest Advocacy News [catlist name=Advocacy template=pace] PACE’s Advocacy Steering Committee is preparing a multilayered approach to informing our provincially elected officials about the importance of the arts and culture sector in Alberta. Our first step, in league with a number of arts organizations around the province, is a postcard campaign. PACE is collecting postcards to deliver en masse to the Alberta Legislature. Keep in touch to learn when this will take place. Click here to download PACE’s postcard. You can also select from the following postcards to mail to the premier, minister or MLA of your choice on behalf of other arts organizations from around Alberta: Varscona Postcard More postcard options will be available shortly, keep checking Alternatively you can elect to create your…
- AboutWho We Are: PACE is a not-for-profit arts advocacy organization, run by a volunteer executive board and one part-time staff member. Its membership consists of professional arts organizations and independent professional artists from Edmonton and the surrounding region. Serving the professional arts community in the greater Edmonton region since 1986, PACE produces the annual Mayor’s Evening for the Arts, coordinates the ArtsVote campaign at election times and conducts advocacy campaigns throughout the year. For more information about PACE, please contact us at 485-3085. Executive Planning Committee: Chair: Daniel Cournoyer (Artistic Director, L’UniThéâtre) Vice-Chair: Jennifer Faulkner (Associate Executive Director, Alberta Ballet) Treasurer: Karen Brown Fournell (General Manager, Rapid Fire Theatre) Directors: Marian Brant (Independent Artist) Derek Brooks (Executive Director, Harcourt House) Keltie Brown (General Manager, Workshop West Theatre) Carol Holmes (Executive Director, Writers Guild of Alberta) Kieran Leblanc (Executive Director, Book Publishers Association of Alberta) Matthew Schuurman (Designer, Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta) Anna-Karolina Szul (Executive Director, SNAP Gallery) PACE Coordinator: Mary Elizabeth Archer
- Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
- PACE Arts and Business Mixers
- ResourcesTurn to PACE when you are looking for arts-related research, networks, and support services. Browse through the links we have listed here to find useful information to help you and your organization.