15 projects, 30 events, 63 sites and the most spectacular audiences yet!
Thanks to everyone who took part in Artsweek 2018: artists, audiences, sponsors, and partners. It was an incredible festival, and all of you made it possible. See you in 2020!
Download the Artsweek 2018 It’s A Wrap PowerPoint.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR ZOOMABLE 2018 SCHEDULE
Download the Artsweek 2018 Media Kit
Accessibility/Relaxed Performances Info here:
Between the Water and the Sky Relaxed Performance Visual Story Sept. 20
Victoria Park The Wailing Visual Story Sept. 20
Past ArtsWeek Events
What do you do when you have a craving and don’t want to cook it yourself? You order take-out of course! Step right up to the handmade, bicycle-pulled Poetry Cart, where gracious servers will offer you a menu of poetic options. Check off the style, mood, and theme you’re after and an array of talented writers will create an instant work of original poetry just for you, tapping it out on a classic typewriter.
Join us for the world premiere of Lester Alfonso’s Imaginarium, the Artsweek Proclamation, Opening Remarks, and a sneak peek of festival highlights, including the Take-Out Poetry Cart, The Flying Canoe (Thomas Vaccaro), Porchapalooza (Washboard Hank and Sweet Muriel), and Between the Water and the Sky (Unity). Refreshments provided.
Imaginarium is a large-scale video projection mapping work by filmmaker and media artist Lester Alfonso that transforms the front windows of the new Peterborough Public Library with light and imagination.
Divergent Dances Peterborough is an outdoor aerial performance created by Brandy Leary of Anandam Dancetheatre. It features local dance artists Erin Ball, Opal Elchuk, Nikola Steer, and Thomas Vaccaro in performance on an exterior wall of Peterborough Square. The performances will be prefaced by a series of open rehearsals scheduled throughout the week. Divergent Dances Peterborough explores themes of listening, non-spectacle, and how bodies move in public space.
The Electric City Culture Council is proud to present the Downtown Artists in Residence Project: On Hospitality. Curated by Leslie Menagh.
Six local artists have been selected to take part in the residency and have been invited to contemplate the theme of hospitality. A cross-cultural value, hospitality can be expressed, understood, and interpreted in diverse ways. The Indigenous, settler, and newcomer artists taking part will share their unique perspectives on the subject as well as their diverse artistic practices.
Featuring Brad Brackenridge, Kelly O’Neill, Nick Ferrio, Rodney Fuentes, Mayelin Lovet, and Alice Williams
Listen to the Artsweek Song
Come to the Artsweek Volunteer Orientation!
