Culture Days is coming in just a matter of days! Find out what’s going on in your area or if there aren’t any events listed in your area get creative and get involved! To register a Culture Days activity or to see who has already joined the movement and to find out more, please visit www.culturedays.ca

“Canadians across the country will wear their hearts on their sleeves and participate in the growing cultural phenomenon of Culture Days. With a dynamic I ♥ CULTURE national campaign, Culture Days organizers across the country are calling on all Canadians to come together and show their love of culture in all its forms.

Through a wide-spread social media campaign, Canadians are invited to join some of Canada’s favourite artists and personalities in a conversation about what culture means to them.
Beginning in early September and leading up to Culture Days weekend
Canadians will be invited to tweet @CultureDays and complete the statement: #Culture is _____________ to me. The idea is to inspire a national discussion about people’s expression of culture in specific, personal ways in order to highlight its vital role in our lives and communities.

“The goal in launching Culture Days was to create an truly national event in which arts and culture in all its forms can be celebrated in an interactive and inclusive way,” said Antoni Cimolino, General Director and Artistic Director Designate, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and Chair of Culture Days national Steering Committee. “Part of that inclusivity is engaging the public in the conversation as to why culture matters to them – not just to our society as a
whole, but to each and every individual. With the wonders of social media we now have the ability to move beyond the proverbial soapbox and actually engage Canadians in an open forum about what they have to share. The importance of a collective voice is priceless when it comes to fostering the love of culture in Canada.”

Since its inception in 2010, Culture Days has grown to boast thousands of individual artists, diverse cultural groups, organizations, municipalities, and festivals that come together nationally to catalyze and inspire greater participation in arts and culture. By featuring free, hands-on, interactive activities, the public is invited to the behind-the-scenes world of artists,
creators, and historians. In 2011, during the second annual Culture Days event, some 1.2 million Canadians participated in 6,000 free activities that took place in 800 cities and towns.

Additional information on activities and a detailed “How to Culture Days” will be made available in the coming weeks. For more information on Culture Days, please visit www.culturedays.ca”

-posted with permission from Aubrey Reeves, Culture Days

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