THE NOVA SCOTIA CULTURAL ACTION NETWORK IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

HALIFAX ARTS SUMMIT 2010

THURSDAY 3 JUNE 2010
SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY

Nova Scotia’s NDP government is almost one year old, but it has yet to set a clear policy direction for the province’s burgeoning culture sector.

The sector needs a strong, coherent voice that can help direct the government’s agenda.  This is why the Cultural Action Network and Saint Mary's University Art Gallery are hosting Halifax Arts Summit 2010.

Nova Scotia CAN is inviting a group of key players from the sector to engage in an afternoon of presentations and panels with an emphasis on open discussion and a search for direction.

The goal is to find common ground and a common voice.

Over the past four years, Nova Scotia CAN has steadily been working on a series of forward looking documents that can readily serve as a rallying point and a road map for Nova Scotia’s culture sector:

February 2007 - Nova Scotia CAN: Vision Statement (click to view)
February 2009 - Nova Scotia CAN: Building the Creative Economy in Nova Scotia
March 2010 - Nova Scotia and the New Economy: A Strategy for Developing the Creative Economy as a Key Element in Nova Scotia's Economic Recovery

While these documents will serve as a starting point for the conversation, the focus will be on finding effective ways to work together as a unified sector.

A full report on the Summit will be released to the public shortly after the event.