The Edmonton Arts Council, in partnership with the City of Edmonton, programs activities and events called Happenings in Sir Winston Churchill Square for casual and day-to-day public use. Since August 2011, EAC Churchill Square Happenings programmer Bob Rasko has produced a diverse schedule of offerings open to the public including: Sunday Swing 'n Skate, Live at Lunch, Cypher Wild, and Zumba on the Square.
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In partnership with MacEwan University's Arts and Cultural Management Program, Edmonton Arts Council is hosting The Myth of Cultural Non-Participation workshop.
Informed by the work of Jacques Ranciere, Dr. David Stevenson (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) will contend that the manner is which those now labelled as cultural non-participants are subjectified obscures their agency and suppresses their capacity to speak within the field of cultural policy. As such, the field of cultural policy remains characterized by asymmetric relations of power and dominated by those who lay claim to the discursive identity of arts and cultural professionals.
The Edmonton Arts Council will offer guided tours of Edmonton's first art park dedicated to showcasing contemporary visual art by Canadian Indigenous artists. ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ opened on September 15, 2018, is curated by Candice Hopkins, and features art by Mary Anne Barkhouse (Reign), Duane Linklater (mikikwan), Amy Malbeuf (iskotew), Marianne Nicolson (Preparing to Cross the Sacred River), Tiffany Shaw-Collinge (pehonan), and Jerry Whitehead (mamohkamatowin - Helping Each Other)
The spring tours are planned for:
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