Spark County Arts in 2023!

What a year! We are fondly reflecting on the countless meaningful moments of creativity, joy, and fun that County Arts was able to bring to Prince Edward County in 2022 thanks to the unwavering support of our community – from artists, members, and program participants to event-goers, donors/funders, and more! 

Thank you. We can’t wait to spark so much more arts-fueled goodness in Prince Edward County in 2023 – but we need your help!

We are excited to present a huge opportunity this week – starting Giving Tuesday (November 29th), any donations made to County Arts will be matched dollar for dollar up to a maximum of $2000 thanks to a small group of our Circle of Friends ($1000+) donors who have come together to form a Matching Fund.

It’s a perfect moment to show your love for the arts in our community and help us celebrate the grand finale of our Creative Roots fundraising campaign. Donations can be easily made at countyarts.ca/donate, by cheque to PEC Arts Council, or via e-transfer to janna@countyarts.ca. You can choose to make a single or recurring (monthly) donation; if you choose the latter, you can help us reach our year-end goal of tripling our number of monthly donors!

Your support will go to work straight away in 2023. Together, we can achieve so much more. Through the County Arts Lab alone, we can:

• Create 45 more teaching opportunities for artists
• Engage 300 more residents of all ages in our arts class programming
• Enable 100 more residents to access the joy and health benefits of artmaking for free through our Art for Well-Being programming
• Provide 250 more free or subsidized hours to artists for rehearsals, exhibitions, private lessons, and more – in addition to our 1-month Artist Residency program

All gifts will receive a 2022 tax receipt, so make your gift today and help County Arts take our efforts to deepen the creative roots of Prince Edward County to the next level! 

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The image above features just a few of our #SparkCountyArts moments from the past year (clockwise starting top left):

1. Art for Well-Being session at the County Arts Lab (free weekly drop-in artmaking program)
2. Krista Dalby and Nella Casson of The Department of Illumination, recipient of Market Development grant in support of their October 2022 Residency with Critical Mass Port Hope
3. County Arts Lab Songwriting and Creative Dance course participants and Instructors Arwyn Carpenter and Kat Burns at Picton Town Hall (Lab satellite location)
4. Courtney Reynolds, Felicia Guerra-Van Noordt, and Courtney Rutgers – Vendors at the 2022 edition of The Maker’s Hand (credit – Jason Parks/Picton Gazette).
5. PECI students on their visit to the 2022 edition of Art in the County 
6. Video Artist Vanessa B. Rieger, June 2022 Artist in Residence at the County Arts Lab