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AUGUST 2019
EXCITING CULTURAL NEWS AND RESOURCES FOR
THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS!
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CALLS FOR ART 
Fifteen Stories High Short Story Contest
The Canadian Authors Association, Niagara Branch is an association of writers helping other writers in the art of composing and getting published their literary work. They provide monthly programs between September and June and have an annual short story contest for fiction writers with the top 15 winners published in an anthology. Cash prize for First, Second and Third Place winners. Closes Sept. 30
 INFO

Play!Play!Play!NiagaraFalls

CALL TO ARTISTS DEADLINE AUGUST 12, 2019

STREET PIANOS PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The City of Niagara Falls Recreation and Culture Department invites Niagara-based artists to submit a design concept for PlayPlayPlay!!! – a public outdoor art display and musical installation. This project will consist of individual artists each painting one functioning upright piano and one bench. The reinvented pianos will be placed in the community across Niagara Falls to enjoy visually and play instrumentally from Labour Day to at least Thanksgiving 2019. All pianos will be indoors or covered at night.
Three new pianos will be located at:

  • Gales Centre
  • VIA Rail Train Station
  • Niagara Falls History Museum
 INFO
HAPPENINGS
Niagara Falls Wheat Paste Art Installations
Opening Ceremony Thursday August 8 at 4pm. Post Foods 5651 Lewis Ave, Niagara Falls
INFO
A temporary installation of Street Art throughout Niagara Falls that resonates with the history of the city, the local residents who may well remember the building’s earlier uses, and for the public's enjoyment.
There are 11 locations throughout Niagara Falls involved, representing a cross-section of locations, as well as themes. The art installation is anticipated to run August 8 to September 8, 2019, weather permitting.
The selected locations/Artists:
  • Niagara Military Museum/Armoury - Jan DiMartino
  • Canadian Specialty Castings - Jenn Judson
  • Chippawa Town Hall - Brian Crolly
  • Firehall Theatre - Andrea Letourneau
  • Heart Niagara - Emily Andrews
  • Hilton Hotel - Sara Lou Stuart
  • Niagara Falls History Museum - Emily Andrews
  • Niagara Railway Bridge Underpass - Elizabeth Chitty
  • Old Stone Inn Boutique Hotel - Joanne Ring
  • Post Foods Canada Corporation - Dougie Hayz
  • Royal Canadian Legion - Anthony Haley 
Niagara Falls 4th Annual Art Show & Competition
At the Rosberg Gallery Aug 2-29. 
INFO
ONGOING

4680Q - LIVE - TALK SHOWS - EVENTS - PODCASTS: LISTEN 
4680 Q is an innovative broadcast platform to celebrate arts, heritage and culture interactive using live interviews, podcasts, streaming every medium of Niagara’s growing talent. Recipient of a NF Cultural Development Grant 2018.
Music in Firemen's Park:  Tuesdays & Thursdays INFO
Watercolor Journalling & Oil Painting: 1/2 day Art Workshops Starting June 5 INFO
Willpower Institute: Free Open Meditation Tuesdays & Wednesdays INFO
Cruising on the Q: Tuesdays @5pm on Queen Street INFO
6th Annual Yoga in the Park: Fireman's Park with Dianne Ellis. Sundays Starting June 23 INFO
MEETUPS: Find others who share your interests in Niagara Falls. SEARCH HERE
NIAGARA HERITAGE QUILTERS GUILD: INFO
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY MOVIES:
at the Libraries SCHEDULES 
 
NIAGARA FALLS FARMERS MARKET  50 years in the Falls! Saturdays 7am -1pm
MUSEUMS/HISTORY
NIAGARA FALLS HISTORY MUSEUM MORE
GALE FAMILY WAR OF 1812 GALLERY
NIAGARA FALLS COMMUNITY GALLERY
*NEW! OPENING THE DOORS TO DIALOGUE MAY 11, 2019 - JANUARY 5, 2020
Learn about the 165 years (1831-1996) when the residential school system operated across Canada.
NIAGARA STORYWALKS Fridays - Sundays, May 17 -  August 25, 2019 Redmond Heights beside the Battle Ground Hotel Museum 
LUNDY'S LANE HISTORICAL SOCIETY  INFO
ARTIST RESOURCES
ALL OAC GRANTS HERE IN AN EASY TO NAVIGATE LINK!!
Grant Program Deadlines and Important Dates
Review dates HERE
Ongoing  Exhibition Assistance
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