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What are Culture Days?

Culture Days is a volunteer movement and annual event open to all communities and individuals who believe in the importance of arts and culture in Canadian life. All the information on this national movement is available at http://www.culturedays.ca/en . The public is invited to discover culture by participating in various free cultural activities. In New Brunswick the celebration will take place for an entire week from September 20 – 26, 2010.

Organize an activity!

This is an open call for all individuals, groups and municipalities to join the movement and offer a free interactive arts or cultural activity during Culture Days in your region. Everyone is encouraged to get involved – whether you are a professional or amateur cultural creator (i.e. artist, artisan, educator, animateur, historian, curator, architect, designer, etc), group or organization, including culturally diverse, Aboriginal, urban, and rural communities.

Advertize your activity on the Web

If you have a free participatory or interactive arts or cultural activity to offer to the public during Culture Days in your region – be it new or something you already have planned - you can register your activity on the Culture Days website at http://www.culturedays.ca/en/organizing-activities and clicking on Register Here! Or you can send the details or your free activity to madeleineblanchard@culturedays.ca . There is no fee to register!

A few ideas
Below are examples of typical cultural mediation activities that many cultural professionals and organizations offer already. The imagination of Culture Days activity organizers, however, should not be limited to these suggestions. Be creative, we say!

Invent a new type of interaction!

· Guided tours (galleries, museums, backstage, heritage sites, in costume)

· Outdoor walking tours (historical, architectural etc.)

· Creation workshops

· Open your doors to the public (museums, studios, etc.)

· Interactive demonstrations of technique, how-to etc.

· Introductory courses / workshops / classes

· « meet the artists » events

· Presentation / performance with discussion period

· Public rehearsals (with artists talk-back)

· Interactive performances

· Improv creation & activities

· Games, competitions

· Collective creations

Be part of the experience by bringing culture closer to the public!

Madeleine Blanchard

Coordinator and media relations for

Culture Days New Brunswick

506.384.6897 / madeleineblanchard@culturedays.ca