WELCOME TO THE HAMILTON ARTS COUNCIL

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2013/2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Hamilton Arts Council invites nominations to serve on
our Board of Directors commencing June 2013.

We are seeking energetic and engaged members of the community to fill upcoming vacancies in our Board of Directors. We welcome applications from people of all walks of life and at this time are especially interested in candidates with experience in human resources management, marketing and communications, fundraising and connection with Hamilton's arts community.

Following interviews with our Governance Committee, a slate of successful candidates will be presented at our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday June 18 2013 to serve a two-year term from June 2013 to June 2015. Elected Directors are eligible to serve an additional two two-year terms to a total of six years.

Interested parties are asked to complete and return the application form provided by Monday May 27 at 5:00 PM. Nominations will not be accepted from the floor at the Annual General Meeting.

Our application form is available for download:
MS Word Format or PDF Format

Mail or e-mail completed application to:

Hamilton Arts Council
22 Wilson Street, 2nd Floor
Hamilton, ON L8R 1C5
stephanie@hamiltonartscouncil.ca

20th Annual
Hamilton Arts Council Literary Awards

Submissions are now CLOSED

The Hamilton Arts Council would like to thank all those who submitted entries. Updated information will be posted as it becomes available.

2013 City of Hamilton Arts Awards

Monday May 27, 2013
7:30 - 10:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William Street
FREE ADMISSION!

All are invited to a welcome reception featuring art installations, live performances and refreshments from 6:30 prior to the Awards Ceremony where the recipients of the 2013 Arts Awards will be announced.

This will be an unforgettable evening of celebration for Hamilton’s arts community - and you won’t want to miss the after-party!

The Arts Awards event is free to attend. We encourage you to invite friends, family and fellow members of the arts community to come out and celebrate our nominated artists!

Reserve your tickets today at: artsawards2013.eventbrite.com

For more information visit: www.hamilton.ca/artsawards

Presenting Sponsor - Theatre Aquarius

HAMILTON ARTS COUNCIL BLOG
CALL FOR MEMBER PROFILES

Starting in February 2012, the NEW Hamilton Arts Council Blog will include an ongoing series of Member Profiles that will celebrate the work of our member artists and organizations across all disciplines.

New Member Profiles will be posted to the blog on a bi-weekly basis and will be scheduled wherever possible to ensure equal representation of the range of creative disciplines supported by the Hamilton Arts Council. Members in good standing interested in being included in this recurring feature are invited to download the attached PDF and email their responses to:

Stephen Near
Program Director
stephen@hamiltonartscouncil.ca

Please note that the Hamilton Arts Council reserves the right to edit responses for spelling, grammar and clarity before posting your Member Profile to our blog.

Click here for PDF

Arts Beat E-Blast

The Arts Beat E-Blast showcases our Members Events, Arts News, Calls for Artists and much more. To have your events listed, become a member of The Hamilton Arts Council Today! Check out our members section for information. Please submit all information for the next E-Blast to stephen@hamiltonartscouncil.ca

The Arts Beat E-Blast is published every 2 weeks.
If you want to receive our E-Blast e-mail us at stephen@hamiltonartscouncil.ca

Available Issues
March 15th, 2013
March 28th, 2013
April 12th, 2013
April 26th, 2013
May 10th, 2013
Click on the date to view that date's issue

For more information contact our office at:
905-481-3218 or send us an e-mail at stephen@hamiltonartscouncil.ca