“We need to work hard in this life, but we also need to dream – artists are those who dream about society,” said Acting Mayor and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Michel Bellemare during the opening ceremonies on Thursday, June 18, joining others including Ottawa-Orléans MPP Phil McNeely, MP Royal Galipeau and other east-end councillors. “The arts breathe life into a community.”
Calling the 86,000-sq.-ft facility an “unprecedented” opportunity for cultural and economic transformation in the east end, he also pointed to future partnership possibilities and the ability to establish a hub for creative advancement.
“(The Shenkman Arts Centre) will be the centrepiece of the Orléans Town Centre development,” Bellemare added. “The completion of the (facility) is only its first step.”
The arts centre houses a 500-seat theatre, a 100-seat studio theatre, two art galleries and instructional and rehearsal spaces for visual, media and performing arts.
For more on the opening, see the June 23 edition of the Orléans Star. For photos of the inside of the Shenkman Arts Centre, go to http://www.eastottawa.ca/article-349838-Bringing-the-eastend-arts-scene-to-life.html
Doors open at Shenkman Arts Centre
Doors open at Shenkman Arts Centre
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- Published on June 19th, 2009
- Published on Febuary 7th, 2010
- Laura Cummings
It was dancing, drumming and a whole lot of enthusiasm that welcomed the opening of the Shenkman Arts Centre last night, as residents, arts partners and elected officials gathered to celebrate the east end’s newest arts facility.
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