Culture Confluence

This week on Culture Confluence, we take a look at just a couple of the artists guilds currently operating out of the Community Arts Council building, Studio 2880. If you’ve ever been curious about the big and brightly decorated building at 2880 15th Ave, here is your chance to gain some insight into what happens within those walls.  Featured guilds:The Prince George Potters Guild: Website // Instagram // FacebookThe Fibre Arts Guild: Facebook

This week, I sit down with Michael Hall and Teresa Saunders of the Prince George Symphony Orchestra and Alison Bell from the Prince George Conservatory of Music. Both organizations play important roles in music education and professional support in our community, and are more multi faceted that you might assume. The PGSO and Conservatory of Music continue to think creatively and push boundaries around what is traditionally covered by these organizations to the benefit of musicians and community members alike. Just take a listen to all the exciting work being done, on Culture Confluence on CFUR 88.7fm. For more information on the PGSO, visit www.pgso.com.For more information on the PG Conservatory of Music, visit www.pgconservatory.ca.Music featured on this episode from Justin Wright, Thomas Beckman, and the Brain Porter (instructor at the Conservatory of Music).

This week, on Culture Confluence, I sit down with Dara Campbell from the Prince George Public Interest Research Group, or PG PIRG, and Jordan Harris and Kelsey Callewaert from the POUNDS project. For those unfamiliar, POUNDS stands for Preventing Overdose, Undoing Stigma. So far, this podcast has focused primarily on the arts and artists contributions to Prince George’s cultural backdrop. But as Clayton Gauthier talked about in Episode 9, culture is more than the sum of its artistic outputs. The PG PIRG, a student-led organization on campus, and the POUNDS project, a peer-driven, downtown situated organization, are different in any number of ways but, as can be heard in this exchange, there are shared goals and motivations when it comes to action. 

On this episode of Culture Confluence, we spend some time talking to Clayton Gauthier, local multimedia artist.

On this episode, I talk to Danny Bell of Mad Loon Entertainment and Nicholas Dormaar who hosts the 2982 House Concert Series right here in Prince George. We spoke about their roles in providing space for live music, what makes their respective venues unique, and how they stay community minded and prioritize the needs of musicians and their audience. To find out more about the house concert series and stay up to date with shows, email nicholas.dormaar@alumni.unbc.ca. Music included in this weeks episode from Billie Zizi, Naomi Shore, Geoff Berner, Danny Bell & His Disappointments, and Corin Raymond. For more info on this podcast, the music, or my guests, email cfur_hello@cfur.ca. 

On this episode of Culture Confluence, Kate talks to Marnie and John from Theatre Northwest and Rylee, Alex, and Solomon from student-led UNBC Musical Productions. Find out more about what they have been working on for the 2019/2020 season and how they prioritize community. Theatre Northwest 2019/2020UNBC Musicals presents: The Last Five Years

This week, on Culture Confluence, Kate talks to local musicians Britt AM, Amy Blanding, and Naomi Kavka about their upcoming album releases, wild places, and Good Egg Records. You can hear the whole interview here!Amy Blanding Album Release Party at the PG Legion on Sept 14Britt AM Album Release Show at the PG Legion on Sept 28thGet you pre-orders here: Britt AM // Naomi Kavka // Amy Blanding

This week on Culture Confluence, Kate talks to local artists and arts presenters about their work and how it fits in to the broader context.Guests this week are Jen Pighin (Omenica Arts Centre), Megan Hunter-Gauthier, Assistant Curator at Two Rivers Gallery, and Twyla Exner, Director of Public Programs, and local artist Audrey McKinnon De Leon.

This week on Culture Confluence, host Kate Partridge takes a road trip around Prince George with local poet Al Rempel as he discusses the map he has built through poetry. Visit cfur.ca to see the map for yourself.

This week on Culture Confluence, we chat with Dawn Boudreau (Limelight Quest founder), Noah Jeans (former Limelight participant), and Britt Meierhoffer (Girls Rock Camp North co-founder) about some of the ways youth engage with music and the arts in Prince George.Register to participate in Limelight Quest: Limelight 2019Check out Noah's music on Spotify and Apple Music!Find out more about Girls Rock Camp North and Good Egg Records!

This week, on Culture Confluence, we explore the positive impacts of festivals in Prince George and the surrounding areas on broadening our arts and culture scene. Kate sits down with Julie Fowler of Artswells Festival (Wells, BC), Aidyl Jago and Elissa Meiklem of Coldsnap Festival (Prince George, BC), and Shara Gustafson of Robson Valley Music Festival (Dunster, BC).

Welcome to the first episode of Culture Confluence! In this first episode, host Kate Partridge sits down with Sean Farrell, Executive Director of the Community Arts Council of Prince George and Ian Gregg, CFURadio Station Manager. Sean and Ian talk about this collaboration and give us an overview of arts and culture in the city.