Bridges Festival

Detailed Schedule

---Day 1: Thursday, June 11, 2009

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Keynote Address: Will Garrett-Petts
"Narrative Constructions of the Small City."

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Panel discussion: “Why Support the Arts?”
Sharon Cochran – Performing Arts Center
Wendy Young – Community Arts Council
Frank Peebles – The Citizen
George Harris – Two Rivers Gallery

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm: Presentation: “Okal Rel Universe: The Creative Campfire of
Science Fiction”

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm: UNBC First Nations Center story telling and performances;
Paul Michel & friends

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Dinner Break

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Formal Welcome followed by Marcel Gagnon performance

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: UNBC Bridges Rotunda art exhibition and reception

---Day Two: Friday, June 12, 2009

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Panel Discussion: “Where Do Arts Fit in Public Education?”

Carolyn Holmes – Two Rivers Gallery
Julian Wittaker – College of New Caledonia
Linda Naess – BC Teacher’s Federation
Gerde Blok Wilson – SD #57 Art Advisor

10:00 am – 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Panel Discussion: “Feeding Artists in Small Cities”

Julie Fowler – Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC
Betty Kovacic – CNC Visual Arts and Private Instructor
Judy Russell – Dance Studio Owner and Instructor
Elizabeth Aman Hume - Prince George Symphony Orchestra

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch Break

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Panel Discussion: “Archiving Northern BC Archives and Digital
Collection”
Ramona Rose – UNBC Archives
Marc Saunders – Prince George Public Library
Bob Campbell – The Exploration Place

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Panel Discussion: “Organizing Culture, Arts and Community”

Joan Chess – River’s Day Festival
Jo Beattie – Coldsnap Festival
Jennifer Ferries – Millar Addition Citizen’s Coalition
Jovanka Djordjevich – Community Garden, film festivals, etc.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Coffee Break
3:30 pm – 5:00pm: Panel Discussion: “Culture in the Small City--Other Views”

Jake Kennedy – UBC Okanagan
Blanca Schorcht – UNBC Quesnel
Greg Lainsbury - Northern Lights College, Fort St. John
Sheila Peters

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Dinner Break

Location Change: Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Poetry Reading – “The Poetry Train –Return Trip”
Jake Kennedy
Ken Belford
Betsy Trumpeter
Sheila Peters
Mary MacDonald
Greg Lainsbury
Si Transken

Location Change: Books and Co.
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Local singers and songwriter evening hosted by Jeremy Stewart

--Day 3 - Saturday, June 13

UNBC Lecture Theatre 7-150: 10:00 am – 3:30pm
Prince George Public Library Sponsored Local Author’s Marathon
10:00-10:30 John Harris
10:30-11:00 Rob Bryce
11:00-11:30 Keith Billington
11:30-12:00 Linda Williams
12:00-12:30 Contributors to ORU anthologies
12:30-1:00 Vivien Lougheed
1:00-1:30 Nowell Senior
1:30-2:00 Mike Nash
2:00-2:30 Mark Shegelski
2:30-3:00 Jeremy Stewart
3:00-3:30 Marilyn Wheeler
3:30-4:00 Currently open

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Presentation: “How Does Local Government Fit Into the Arts?”
Doug Hofestede – City of Prince George
Rene McClosky – Regional District of Prince George

10:00 am – 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Panel Discussion: “Sense of Place: Location and Cultural
Narratives”
Jeremy Stewart
Shana Schwentner
Andreas Hahn
Rob Budde

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch Break
Cultural Compass Fashion Show

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Panel Discussion: “Finding Health, Wellness and Spirituality
Within the Arts”

Greg Beattie – UNBC Wellness Center
Moses Kostomo

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Presentation: “Voices and Visions: Art as an Alternative Voice
for Subaltern Women”
Si Transken & Dahne Harding

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 5:00pm: Performance: Street Spirits Theatre Company

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Closing event followed by dinner break

Location Change: Two Rivers Art Gallery
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Artist’s talk: Claire Kujundzic; reception and after party