2007 Cultural Capital Projects
Edmonton has been designated the 2007 Cultural Capital of Canada and the Edmonton Poetry Festival will be a major component of the Cultural Capital Program. This adds some very exciting projects to our festival this year.
The theme of the cultural capital celebration is ‘Building Connections.’ Activities funded through the federal grant money will create poetry in connection with the city’s aboriginal community, with its diverse cultural groups and with street youth.
The Cultural Capital funding will also support a two-day community symposium at Grant MacEwan’s Alberta College Campus in downtown Edmonton, complete with a wrap-up gala in the intimate Muttart Hall.
For more about the Cultural Capital Program and its year-long celebration of Edmonton’s arts community, visit www.edmontonculturalcapital.com.
Poets Across Borders Translation Project
Edmonton is one of the most culturally diverse cities in Canada. Poets
Across Borders will build bridges between different cultural communities.
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Rhythm of the Heart Video Poem Project
Artistic creation is empowering. Telling “how it is” is
the first step towards making it different.
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Honour Songs Project
Edmonton has the second-largest Aboriginal population in Canada – a
diverse group that includes many talented artists exploring the arts
in different ways.
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Anthology project
This will create a lasting form of documentation for the Cultural Capital
poetry festival, featuring the work created and performed (including
translations, ) It will feature the work in print form, but also as a
CD/DVD of poetry performances.
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Word! Symposium
A symposium will be held at Grant MacEwan College during poetry week,
with speakers and panelists invited to talk about on poetry connections.
The symposium will create a dialogue between artists in Edmonton and
significant thinkers from elsewhere.
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