What is Culture Days?
Culture Days is an annual national celebration of arts, culture, and creativity!
Find out more here: Culture Days
Every year, thousands of free events are connected under a three-week national campaign to encourage people across Canada to engage with, participate in, and support arts and culture in their communities. Culture Days will take place September 20th through October 13th, 2024.
Saturday Sept 21, 2024. 1-4 pm Wynyard Civic Center
The World in Wynyard- Experience some of the many cultures that make Wynyard Great!
Pavilions presented by The Wynyard Filipino Association, Vatnabyygd Icelandic Club, Sacred Heart Ukrainian Church, and Wynyard South African Community Members will introduce visitors to different aspects of each culture (including food!) Don't miss the Perogie Eating Contest!
An afternoon of entertainment will also include Latin music, Ukrainian dance and music, and more!
Friday September 27, 2024. 1pm Wynyard Civic Center
What is Disability?
Bits & Pieces of Dis' & Dat' - a dazzling montage of music, monologues, and more, will make you laugh, cry, and think about what it is like to be disabled in today’s world – followed by a community conversation.
This Free Community presentation by Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization is a must see for all ages.
Monday Sept 30th, 2024. 10am. Wynyard Peace Park.
Truth and Reconciliation Day Walk
Elder Bill Strongarm will open our walk in a good way, inviting reflection and action towards reconciliation and decolonization.
Mahjong with Xiao Han
Xiao Han is a multidisciplinary artist and curator from Wuhan, China. Based in the 6 Territory, the traditional land of Indigenous and Metis, Han's creative practice focuses on photography, lens-based performance, visualizing emotion, and community engagement. Han's research explores diaspora identity, contemporary gender issues, and the relationship between humans, the environment, and the indigenous land. Through visual art and curatorial practice, Han produced numerous projects investigating the Chinese-Canadian restaurant history, the identity of home, and the aesthetic of community relationships.
Thanks to funding from SK Arts, Xiao is partnering with the Wynyard and District Museum committee on a public art project exploring the story of Chinese Families who operated cafe's in Wynyard in the 1920s and beyond.
With this workshop Xiao aims engage with Wynyard citizens through learning and playing Mahjong, a traditional Chinese game. Through conversation and play the artist and citizens will learn more about each other, and the community.
How can I get involved?
The World in Wynyard is our first attempt at a multicultural event of this scale, and we recognize that not all of the many cultures of Wynyard's citizens are represented here this year. We hope that this will become an annual event that grows and changes as more folks get involved.
If you are an individual who is interested in participating and promoting Cultural Activity you can sign up to volunteer on our planning committee or to help at various events during our celebration or you can offer a workshop, performance, story etc. .
If you want to know more or want to help out sign up here: Volunteer Sign up
If you are an arts or culture organization that would like to offer an activity, performance, workshop, education session, etc. Please let us know what your plans are so we can work together to make it happen!
If you have an event or activity idea that you would like to share with the committee please sign up here: Event Sign Up
We have a small grant from SK Culture, so you may be able to request some funds to support your idea. Please note it is a small grant so we may not be able to meet the needs of everyone who applies.
