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Since its inception through to 2012, the City of Fort St. John contracted the High on Ice Winter Festival to the Fort St. John Community Arts Council. This catalogue from 2004 includes a thank you certificate from the City.
News articles and programs from North Peace Secondary School from 2005-2007 including the production of Mikado and Aladdin.
Elves Christmas and Festival of Trees are fundraisers put on by the Fort St. John Community Arts Council. This catalogue includes some photos and some programs from 2005-2009.
Friday, October 5 and Saturday October 6, 2007 was the grand opening of the Artspost Too. The Saturday had many activities for families to participate in from mural painting to kids activities and Raku pottery firing.
A collection of newspaper clippings from 1972 – 1975 related to various arts, culture and community events in Fort St. John including news related to the Potters Guild, Music Week, fund raising for a new arts centre, bands and choirs, Fort St. John Public Library, Arts and Crafts and more.
In 1976 the play Rumpelstiltskin was put on by the Fort St. John Workshop Players. Attached are many news articles involving the show. This production was put on before Stage North Theatre Society was created in 1978.
Attached are newspaper clippings about events that happened at the North Peace Cultural Centre in 1992 including Canada Day and the Firefighter’s Talent Night at the Derrick. Also included is an article about a presentation made at the centre by Ken Georgetti with the BC Federation of Labour.
Attached are newspaper clipping about events that happened at the Fort St. John Arts Council and community in 2004. These include the Be an Angel campaign, the Flower Pot annual fundraiser, the water tower mural, dancers, and more.
Attached are newspaper clippings about events related to the North Peace Cultural Centre in 1999. Included in this catalogue are letters between a community member and a director of the Peace River Regional District. Also included is news of a grant for the cultural centre, the work of Steve Mills, and Arts and Culture Week.
Attached are newspaper clippings about a variety of events that took place between 2007-2009 . These include history columns by Larry Evans regarding events like the Charles Bedaux expedition. Articles also include news of dance performances, a partnership between Northern Lights College and Doig River and Blueberry First Nations, the opening of the new city hall in Fort St. John, an Arts in Action Newsletter, the Fort St. John Literacy Society, Peace Gallery North, the Fort St. John Public Library, school events, a poetry slam at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery featuring poets Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier, organized by Donna Kane with Writing on the Ridge, the Fort St. John Chocolate Festival, and more.
A compilation of newspaper clippings from 1968 – 1971. These include highlights from North Peace Secondary School, performances, library news, dancers, the formation of the Fort St. John Community Arts Council (1969), a “School Daze” column written by Caroline Woodward (1968), Workshop Players, and more.
Attached are newspaper clipping about events that happened at the North Peace Cultural Centre from 2010-2012. These include art auctions, art shows, chocolate festival, library events, City of Fort St. John grants to arts and culture, and Spotlight 2011.
These newspaper chippings are from before the North Peace Cultural Centre opened in 1992. The articles, 1985-1987, include the North Peace Festival of the Arts and the Expo Legacy Project, which worked to create the cultural centre.
These newspaper chippings are related to the North Peace Cultural Centre in 1988 and 1989. The Cultural Centre was built in 1992 so the clippings are about the planning of the North Peace Cultural Centre and the funding received. This catalogue also includes an article on the 1988 Craftman’s Association Christmas Show. There is also a photo of Sue Popesku from 1988.