Community Update

June 30, 2021

June.  So much has happened since our last community update in October, 2020.  So much has changed.

The following is a report on some of the company’s activities in the last nine months.

PTE TRAINING HUB

In fall of 2020, we began the PTE Training Hub.  It was four weeks of free professional development for our artistic community.  Over 160 artists attended workshops over the four weeks with instructors from here in Winnipeg and across Canada. 

This fall, 2021, we will offer another Training Hub with new opportunities for the artists of Winnipeg to practice their craft, learn, and exchange ideas.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

This season has been both challenging and inspiring.  It has provided us an opportunity to change our imagination.  To see new ways of working, new ways of creating, and new ways of engaging. 

We are keenly aware of the continued struggle our industry faces, and the impact these struggles have had on artists who are the backbone and foundation of all that we do.  We are buoyed and inspired by the resilience of our arts community.

We are also deeply grateful for government, foundation, and arts council support.

Finally, a thank you.  To every artist, audience, donor:  THANK YOU.  To the CCA, MAC, WAC, thank you.  To the federal government, the Province, the city, the Winnipeg Foundation, thank you.  This season would have been impossible without you.  That we are thriving, that we are even still standing, is a testament to all of you...and in turn your belief in us.