A group of 10 Cortes Island residents set out from Gorge Harbour in a Zodiac.
“I loved it that we were all together on this boat, like tourists from Cortes out there hunting for a sighting of a whale. Everybody was in that together. Our only purpose today was to get out onto the water, look around and see what creatures we’d see. And it just seemed like community,” explained Jane Newman.
Continue reading A wild water adventure: seeking orca, seals and other marine life
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After four years of running the Cortes Island Museum and Archives as managing director, Jane Newman is currently training her successor, Melanie Boyle.
Continue reading Managing director transition at Cortes MuseumCKTZ 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.
Continue reading Cortes Museum’s upcoming AGM to be a special event
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.
Continue reading The 2022 season for Cortes Island’s new non-profit: the Old Schoolhouse Art GalleryCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
At the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society (CIMAS), a current exhibit celebrates bees while the online archives take off in popularity.
Continue reading The buzz at the museum: Listening to Bees
