Arts Council of Muskoka Events

Welcome to the Arts Council of Muskoka's Events section. Details of Arts Council of Muskoka's sponsored events are found below. To browse for more community events use the menu on your right.

Artists' Meet and Greet -to be rescheduled
Due to unforseen circumstances, the “Meet and Greet” wine and cheese party, originally scheduled for April 27th, will be rescheduled. Watch this site for a new date.

For more information contact info@artscouncilofmuskoka.com or phone 705-644-0531.

Walking in My Mother’s Shoes
Walking in My Mother’s Shoes is an annual multidisciplinary community arts celebration of mothers and motherhood. Aiming to become an international event, Walking in My Mother’s Shoes is to be held on or around Mother’s Day, with participation open to all abilities and media of art.

This year, we will celebrate again at Muskoka Place Gallery in Port Carling on May 9 and 10.

Friday, May 9th from 7 - 10 p.m. (performance arts)
Saturday, May 10th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (visual arts display and free interactive woodblock printing workshop)

The Muskoka Chair Event
The Arts Council’s most prominent fundraiser, The Annual Chair Event is held throughout Muskoka each summer. A number of local artists colourfully decorate sponsored chairs, and a raffle will be held in August to give away these unique representations of Muskoka talent.

Artists' Forum: Marketing and Promoting Your Art
ACoM and the Muskoka Enterprise Centre are pleased to deliver this informative and fun workshop about the business side of your art. Listen to our keynote speaker and artists panel, create Artist Trading Cards, and share your own ideas and experiences about marketing and promoting your art.

Thursday, March 20, 2008 from 9am to 3pm.

Stay tuned for more details!

ACoM AGM
On Thursday, February 7, 2008, the Arts Council of Muskoka held its Annual General Meeting at the Gravenhurst Opera House and paired the event with a recognition of the Chinese New Year, celebrated on the same day. Founding member, Gayle Dempsey, chaired the meeting, reviewing the successes and challenges of 2007 and discussing important objectives and goals for 2008. ACoM would like to thank the outgoing Board members, Wendy Fairbairn, Eva Kulchycki, and Shawn Pudsey and extend a warm welcome to new directors, Nicole Binstead, Catherine Bradley, Terry Hodges, Terry Riddoch and Susan Ware.

Weaving Tapestries
The Arts Council hosted the first ever Weaving Tapestries workshop in the Muskoka area. Entitled “Cultivating Partnerships & Dreaming Cultural Spaces,” this workshop presented by Community Arts Ontario, the Arts Council of Muskoka and Huronia Foundation for the Arts addressed the need to learn about the intergenerational and cross-cultural impact of community arts and to discover what makes successful partnerships. By identifying and celebrating the diverse resources within the Muskoka and Midland region, Weaving Tapestries affirmed the enormous impact the arts have on community development, especially with respect to youth participation, promotion of traditional culture, and the explosion of contemporary culture. We held the workshop at the Wahta Cultural and Community Centre on June 13 from 12-6 p.m. Thank you to all who attended. Be sure to look for follow up workshops coming in the winter!

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