SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ARTS
Salt Spring Arts (SSA) and the Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership (SGITP) have collaborated to create and launch a community cultural calendar. The new community website, GulfIslandEvents.com, promotes public events centred around the arts, food and nature, from live performances to art exhibitions, farm-to-table dinners, cultural workshops and more.
“We finally have one place where islanders and visitors can discover great local cultural events,” said SSA executive director Yael Wand in a press release.“We’ve heard our community dream about this and Salt Spring Arts is so proud to deliver on this dream in partnership with SGITP. This website is going to drive greater connectivity between audiences and our local culture so I invite our island event organizers to take advantage of GulfIslandEvents.com and to post your events.”
“We are thrilled to support this project and work collaboratively with Salt Spring Arts,” added SGITP executive director Jamie Sterling. “GulfIslandEvents.com showcases the incredible creativity on display in the Southern Gulf Islands, supports event producers in filling seats and spaces, and fulfills a genuine community need. We look forward to it strengthening arts and cultural relationships, connections and programming across the region.”
Users should note that GulfIslandEvents.com is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The calendar is moderated, and events must be arts, food or nature-related, open to the public, and taking place in the Southern Gulf Islands. Examples of events eligible for publication include performances, exhibitions, guided walks, workshops, film screenings, historical talks and literary readings.