Catching up with Local Creators

Local visual artist Gerald Beaulieu recently sat down with us to discuss his artistic process, navigating the arts world, and some of his plans for the future.

Get caught up with Gerald at creativepei.ca

Current Opportunities

Our website now features a collection of current opportunities relevant to creative workers on PEI. It can be filtered by opportunity type and creative discipline, making relevant opportunities easy to find.

Some recently posted opportunities include:

• Film4Ward now accepting applications - FilmPEI

• Cultural Leadership Program - Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

• Microgrants Program - MusicPEI

• Call for Submissions: Community & Emerging Artists - The Guild

CPEI Project Update - ClimateSense

CreativePEI and the River Clyde Pageant have partnered with the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation to host artist Alexis Bulman as an intern in UPEI's Climate Sense program.

Bulman has been learning about climate change and has been exploring ways in which the arts can help people deal with a sense of impending doom associated with climate change by developing and delivering a series of community-engaged arts installations to inspire action on climate adaptation.

To find out more about Alexis’s art installations on climate change click here.

Welcome Web Content Creator Wyatt Gillis

We’d Like to extend a warm welcome to our Web Content Creator Wyatt Gillis. Since joining CreativePEI in August, Wyatt has been assisting us in writing copy for our refreshed website and our social media pages.

Born and raised in Charlottetown, Wyatt has had an interest in music and journalism from an early age. After graduating high school he moved to Montreal and spent a year living at an independently run art gallery. Crossing paths with photographers, visual artists, filmmakers, and musicians rekindled his love for the arts.

Since graduating from Holland College in 2020, Wyatt has worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of newspapers in the maritimes including the Guardian, the Cape Breton Post, the Halifax Star, the Cadre, and Saltwire.com

Welcome Wyatt!

PEI Arts and Culture in the News

• Sherwood Elementary School buys MIDI keyboards for music programs

• P.E.I. dancer with Down syndrome feels 'blessed' to dance at fundraising gala

• Dave Stewart recognized for lifetime achievements in the arts