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Arts, History

Cortes Museum’s upcoming AGM to be a special event

CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society is planning for their first in-person annual general meeting in two years, which will feature a presentation by fine art photographer David Ellingsen.

The AGM will be held at Manson’s Hall on Sunday, March 27th, with doors opening at 12:30 pm. There is no cost to attend but donations are gratefully appreciated for the event and towards memberships.

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Arts

The 2022 season for Cortes Island’s new non-profit: the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery

The Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery has been holding exhibitions every summer for close to 25 years. Around 800 visitors come every season, and surprisingly enough, most of them are Cortes residents. Up until last fall, the gallery has operated under the auspices of the Whaletown Community Club, now it has become a non-profit.

“We finally decided that in order to qualify for student grants for summer work programs, we needed to be a non-profit,” explained board member Kristen Schofield-Sweet. “That created, of course, a situation where now we need to have an AGM and we have to elect a board.” 

The gallery is also hiring a manager, who they hope to introduce at the AGM on Saturday, June 5, 2022. 

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