{"id":16104,"date":"2014-07-17T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=16104"},"modified":"2014-07-17T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T10:00:28","slug":"express-your-creativity-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/express-your-creativity-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Days’ Contest: Sun Life Financial Express Your Creativity (Canada-wide)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Express yourself!\u00a0Culture Days, Sun Life Financial and Bell Media invite Canadians to share their love of culture. A chance to win a culture lover’s dream weekend or a $5000 financial portfolio.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Culture Days<\/strong> welcomes back Sun Life\u00a0Financial<\/strong> and Bell Media<\/strong> as national partners of this year\u2019s event with innovative new ways to engage\u00a0Canadians in culture. Beginning yesterday, the Sun Life Financial Express Your Creativity contest<\/strong><\/a> calls\u00a0on all Canadians to show their love of culture by submitting a photo or video of themselves doing\u00a0anything creative for a chance to win a culture lover\u2019s weekend. Contest runs from July 3rd through\u00a0September 28th. The Grand Prize is a long weekend for four people in Toronto, featuring sought-after\u00a0tickets to some of the world\u2019s best museums, live concerts, and sensational performances and includes\u00a0a three-night stay in a 4-star hotel as well as return economy-class airfare for the winner and his\/her\u00a0travel guests. The second prize is a Money for Life experience: A $5,000 financial portfolio from Sun\u00a0Life Financial. For more details and to enter the contest, go to \u00a0culturedays.ca\/contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 5th\u00a0Anniversary edition of Culture Days weekend takes place on September 26, 27, and 28<\/strong>, and promises\u00a0to be a dynamic cross-Canada celebration featuring an estimated 8,000 free activities in more than 800\u00a0cities and towns.\u00a0\u201cWe are thrilled to have been a major supporter of Culture Days since its inception,\u201d said Paul Joliat,\u00a0Assistant Vice-President, Philanthropy and Sponsorships for Sun Life Financial. \u201cThis year, we invite all\u00a0Canadians to express their creativity for a chance to win some amazing prizes in the lead-up to what\u00a0we\u2019re sure will be an exciting 5th Anniversary Culture Days weekend this September,\u201d added Joliat.<\/p>\n

Bell Media returns with an increased commitment as Culture Days\u2019 Exclusive National Broadcast\u00a0Partner<\/em> in 2014. Bringing outstanding support across its vast and highly respected national and local\u00a0network of English-language media outlets including Bell Media television properties, radio stations, and\u00a0digital platforms, Bell Media will lead the national media charge by raising awareness of Culture Days as\u00a0well as Sun Life Financial Express Your Creativity contest, along with the many events taking place in\u00a0communities across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very enthusiastic about increasing our comprehensive and multi-platform contribution to Culture\u00a0Days for the upcoming 5th Anniversary edition. We look forward to helping Canadians celebrate the\u00a0incredible artists and cultural organizations that enrich the lives of all Canadians and communities\u00a0across the country,\u201d said Matthew Garrow, Director, News & Radio Communications and Community\u00a0Investment for Bell Media.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeading into our milestone event, we are thrilled and grateful for Bell Media\u2019s support in promoting the\u00a0wealth of creative and cultural talents that communities across Canada have to offer during Culture\u00a0Days,\u201d commented Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival and Chair of Culture Days\u00a0National Board of Directors. \u201cAnd, to unify Bell Media\u2019s increased support with the Sun Life Financial\u00a0Express Your Creativity<\/em> contest will make for a great way to engage all Canadians in the cultural life of\u00a0their communities this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Culture Days<\/strong><\/p>\n

Culture Days is committed to reaching the goal of having all Canadians in every community declaring \u00ab\u00a0I\u00a0Love Culture\u00a0\u00bb and making culture a daily habit.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2009, Culture Days is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a national network of\u00a0cultural connections devoted to providing Canadians with opportunities to participate in, and appreciate,\u00a0all forms of arts and culture. Through an annual three-day national celebration each September,\u00a0hundreds of thousands of artists and cultural organizations in hundreds of cities and towns come together and invite Canadians to participate in free interactive and behind-the-scenes activities to\u00a0discover their cultural spirit and passion.<\/p>\n

As a leading national voice for the active and engaged cultural life of all Canadians, Culture Days\u00a0provides support, tools and resources to a wide variety of artists and cultural organizations to help them\u00a0unite the country through engagement in culture. Culture Days was initiated by four Founding Partners:\u00a0The Canadian Arts Summit, Culture pour tous (producer of Journ\u00e9es de la culture), Canada Council for\u00a0the Arts and The Banff Centre. National partners are Sun Life Financial and The J.W. McConnell Family\u00a0Foundation. National Broadcast Partner is Bell Media (CTV). Creative Partner is BT\/A. Federal\u00a0Government support is provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage.<\/p>\n

Provincial Partners are: Government of British Columbia, Government of Alberta, SaskCulture,\u00a0Government of Manitoba, Manitoba Arts Council, Government of Ontario, Ontario Arts Council,\u00a0Government of Qu\u00e9bec, Government of New Brunswick, Government of Nova Scotia, Government of\u00a0Prince Edward Island, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council and the Government of the Northwest Territories.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

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Express yourself!\u00a0Culture Days, Sun Life Financial and Bell Media invite Canadians to share their love of culture. A chance to win a culture lover’s dream weekend or a $5000 financial portfolio. \u00ab\u00a0Culture Days welcomes back Sun Life\u00a0Financial and Bell Media as national partners of this year\u2019s event with innovative new<\/p>\n

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