Calling on the Artsy - Board Members Wanted!

The Kawartha Arts Festival has some vacancies on its Board, and we are anxious to find the right people to fill those spots.  Following the 30th annual Kawartha Arts Festival in 2019, and just as planning was underway for 2020, COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the event. Undaunted, the committee eagerly looked forward to being able to resume in 2021. In the past 10 months, we have been saddened and diminished by the passing of three valued members of our team. The gap they leave is deep and wide, and the future of the 2021 Festival was in doubt even before it became apparent that ongoing pandemic safety protocols would prohibit the kind of gatherings to which we are accustomed at the Festival.  

In order to come back strong with Kawartha Arts Festival 2022, we need an injection of new people, new  ideas and lots of vim and vigour. Our 100+ artists depend on events like this for their livelihood, and we  can’t let them down.  

If you are:  

• interested in supporting the visual arts;  

• comfortable working in a committee environment and willing to aMend semi-regular meetings; 

• in your element working with a group of people who like to have some fun and lots of laughs; 

• able to help out with the physical aspects of the Festival;  

• installing promotional and directional signage  

• marking out the booth sites at the fairgrounds  

• assisting artists upon arrival for the Festival  

• being onsite to help at the gate, provide information to visitors  

• doing what is required to enhance the visitor experience  

• care of the grounds during the Festival (garbage, recycling, etc.)  

• plus anything that might crop up at a moment’s notice  then you sound like our kind of people.  

If you are interested in joining the Board of the Kawartha Arts Festival, kindly submit a letter to kawartsfestival@gmail.com, telling us a bit about yourself and why you would like to become part of our  merry group.  

We can’t wait to meet you!