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The Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands is a not-for-profit organization that "strives to provide a strong voice for the arts in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada; serve as a catalyst for community economic development through the arts; and, through the facilitation of collaborative relationships among artists, organizations, businesses and government, contribute to the vibrancy of the arts and community life." 〔(mission.php Mission and Mandate )〕 == History == The arts have played a role within Haliburton County over the past 40 years. In 1968 the Haliburton School of The Arts was founded by a local group (the Haliburton Highlands Guild of Fine Arts) in collaboration with the new Sir Sandford Fleming College started in the same year in Peterborough. The school began to attract artists to the community to teach the courses and helped to develop a growing community of artists who made their living in the County. The guild supported the development of small groups that began developing arts activity. This led to the creation of the Rails End Gallery in 1979, the Haliburton Concert Series (offering three (mostly classical) concerts each year) and the Haliburton County Studio Tour in 1987. The guild now operates as Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre. The Haliburton School of The Arts grew to be one of Canada’s largest art schools. In 1997, an Arts Committee was formed as an ad hoc committee of the Community Economic Development Committee of the Haliburton County Development Corporation to support local economic development through the promotion and advancement of the visual arts in Haliburton County. This committee undertook initiatives including the installation of public sculptures, creation of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest, development of marketing materials related to the visual arts and professional development workshops for visual artists. In parallel with these initiatives to promote the visual arts in Haliburton County, the community realized the dream of building a 230-seat theatre in conjunction with the expansion of the Haliburton Highlands Secondary school and the creation of the Highlands Summer Festival. The theatre festival attracts an annual audience of over 5,000 people. The municipalities of Minden Hills and Dysart et al. began investing in the enhancement of the public galleries in Minden and Haliburton to allow for year-round operations. The Haliburton School of The Arts built a year-round campus in a park setting in 2003 and offers programs attracting 3500 part-time students and 120 students in ten 15 week programs. The Haliburton County Folk Society was created in 1999 and runs an open stage once a month, a series of performances by singer-song writers and a small folk festival. Highlands Media Arts, committed to video arts, was formed in 2003, and the Haliburton Highlands Writers and Editors Network was created in 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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