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Canada-Wide Culture Days celebrated
Kootenay residents will join thousands of other Canadians in celebrating this year’s Culture Days, September 26 through 28.
Free, interactive activities are planned throughout the region, inviting everyone to get involved with culture, heritage, the arts and artists in their communities, including one in Kimberley.
Kimberley is hosting ‘Meet The Artists.’ Come and meet East Shore artists Leah Wilson and Dan Silakiewicz, currently exhibiting their works in the gallery at Centre 64. The artists will be demonstrating some of their techniques and answering your questions. Details here.
The fifth annual Culture Days will be celebrated in hundreds of cities and towns across Canada. Events are taking place in more than 50 communities in British Columbia, from rural towns to major urban hubs. Many B.C. mayors and councils will officially proclaim Culture Days celebrations to support this growing cultural phenomenon.
More than 350 activities are scheduled across B.C., with programming representing all disciplines and cultural interests, including visual arts, music, dance, theatre, architecture, heritage, film and video, literature, culinary arts, and new media.
“Culture Days is an opportunity to showcase the enormous talent and creativity that exists across our province. From street art to high art, pop culture to traditional culture, Culture Days is an opportunity for people to engage and interact with art and artists in a different way,” says Rob Gloor, executive director of the Alliance for Arts and Culture and chair of the BC Culture Days task force.
“I encourage everyone to express their love of culture by taking in some of the fantastic free activities on offer.”
Culture Days in the Kootenays includes events in Kimberley as well as in Castlegar, Nelson and Revelstoke.
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