From left: Debbie Slade, Rick Dykstra, President Jack Lightstone, Steven Pillar (Vice-President, Finance and Administration)
The Centre for the Arts will be able to present its 2010-11 and 2011-12 Professional Entertainment Series, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
Rick Dykstra, Member of Parliament (St. Catharines), on behalf of the James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced funding for the Centre for the Arts on Wednesday morning.
The $120,000 in funding will support the 41st and 42nd editions of the Centre’s Professional Entertainment Series, which runs from September 2010 to March 2012. The series presents more than 70 music, dance, and theatre performances a year. The funding will also support the centre’s outreach activities, including master classes, school concerts, panels, workshops, lectures, and demos.
“As Brock’s role as an educator in our community continues to grow, so does its position as a source of quality arts and entertainment,” Rick Dykstra said in a Brock media release. “And I am very pleased that this funding will assist Brock to continue to enrich our community through the Centre for the Arts.”
The funding will “go a long way in assisting the centre to enhance the cultural wellbeing of the region,” said Debbie Slade, director of the Centre for the Arts.
The funding is through the Arts Presentation Canada program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
