To have your Burlington arts or cultural event listed in this calendar, please submit your information here by the 15th of each month for events that begin or take place in the following month:
City of Burlington Seeks 12 Local Artists for Small Public Art Projects Burlington, Ont.— June 8, 2020— The public art program is continuing its annual Local Artist Program this year. The program commissions local artists to create a variety of small to medium scale artworks throughout the community. The City is inviting local artists to submit their design ideas that will be installed on traffic control signal boxes throughout the city later this year. “Art plays a powerful role in…
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The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) gives financial support to employed and self-employed Canadians who are directly affected by COVID-19. If you are eligible, you can receive $2,000 for a 4-week period (the same as $500 a week). If your situation continues past 4 weeks, you will need to apply for the CERB again. You may re-apply for up to a total of 16 weeks. Please note that CERB is taxable. There is no withholding on the amounts issued and…
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Burlington’s Community Support Fund Provides Funding for Innovative Programs and Projects that Foster Community Connections During COVID-19. COVID-19 Response – Community Support Fund As part of the City of Burlington’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City is relaunching its existing community support programs into a streamlined program called the Community Support Fund (CSF). This umbrella program will join existing programs to provide financial support to residents and community groups who want to enrich and connect the Burlington community through…
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This year we have a new opportunity to promote our fabulous artists. Due to COVID-19 we will not be able to host a live Christmas Sale at AGB. As we reinvent our annual Christmas Sale on this new virtual platform, it is possible to share much more information about the art as well as the artists who have created them. Many exciting things are planned! All participating artists will have their artwork featured on their own gallery pages in the…
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Quartetto Gelato Free Online Live Performance from The Cotton Factory on November 11, 2020 @ 7 pm The video will become live on the 11th at 7 pm Tune in and chat with us during the show!! Presented in partnership with The Cotton Factory, Steady Canoe and The American Federation of Musicians. Virtuosic showpieces and romantic ballads, blazing gypsy tunes and forgotten chestnuts, all brought to life with multi-instrument mastery: this is Quartetto Gelato—a popular and highly unusual classical quartet…
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"Heart of the Country: Recent Landscapes" is an exhibition of work by Jake Bouwman, Gerda Wolker and Cathy Lorraway. The exhibition is at The Hub Gallery located at 777 Guelph Line (Burlington Centre Mall). The show is open from 11:00 am November 21 - 5:00 pm November 27, 2020. Opening hours are: Monday - Friday: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday - Sunday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm To exhibit Burlington Fine Art Association (BFAA) members apply and go through…
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Come and meet your colleagues, learn what ACCOB has accomplished so far and what we hope to accomplish in 2021. Memberships for 2021 have been renewed compliments of ACCOB! If you want to become a member, please visit our website. Guest Speaker Myles Rusak Virtual Event by ZOOM 7:00PM, Monday, February 22, 2021 To receive the link by email register for FREE at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/accob-agm-2021-tickets-137071591821
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ON THE VILLAGE GREEN This FREE Livestream concert presentation celebrates the wonders in our physical world: the earth, sky, water, humanity, wildlife and more. Music is an international language, and “On The Village Green” helps break down borders and barriers, calling for world peace and demonstrating our environment’s fragility. The repertoire is wide-ranging, from Mozart to Jenkins to Cozens, scintillatingly performed by the Burlington New Millennium Orchestra. This one-hour concert under Maestro Charles Cozens’ direction includes an additional short pre-concert…
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Join us for an online Information Session on Monday, January 17, 2022. The City of Burlington has launched the 2022 Burlington Arts and Culture Fund (BACF), an annual program that provides project grants to local artists, arts and culture organizations and multicultural groups to foster creativity and enrich how Burlington residents experience and engage with arts and culture. Online applications will be accepted until noon on Feb. 4, 2022 and will fund projects from April 2022 to March 2023. To…
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The ACCOB 2022 Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday, February 28th, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Via Zoom. This year our Guest Speaker is Don Pangman from ArtHouse. Please register for the AGM meeting via the Eventbrite link at the bottom of this page, so that you will receive an invitation to attend the Zoom Meeting. Also, be aware that in order to vote on any of the items you must be a paid member of ACCOB. We are…
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