Fredericton Arts Alliance Candidates’ Forum on the Arts

The Fredericton Arts Alliance is a not-for-profit arts advocacy and lobbying association founded in 1999 to present a collective voice for the development of all artistic disciplines. Part of the mandate of the Fredericton Arts Alliance is to mobilize the arts community to encourage artists, arts organizations, arts workers and friends of the arts to vote, and engage in meaningful political dialogue with the candidates.

The Fredericton Arts Alliance Candidates’ Forum on the Arts 2008 is an initiative of the Fredericton Arts Alliance designed to encourage individuals interested in the Arts to vote in the upcoming Federal election and to be informed on relevant election issues.

The Fredericton Arts Alliance is inviting all four electoral candidates to participate in an arts and culture community forum to be held Sept 23rd, 2008 from 7pm-9pm. Location is to be announced.

We are also currently circulating a petition concerning the Federal cuts to the Arts to be presented to candidates at the Forum. This forum is open to the general public. All are welcome.

If you are an artist, or arts organization, or supporter of the arts and would like to ask a question appropriate for all the candidates to answer, please submit your question in writing to frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca by Tuesday September 16th by noon.

Unfortunately, questions received after the 16th cannot be accepted. There will be an approval process to ensure that questions fit within the scope of a Federal election, that there are not duplicates, and so forth. It is a requirement that you or your representative must be present at the Forum to ask your question directly to the candidates. Only three questions will be accepted. However, there will also be an opportunity to ask questions at the event itself.

This is a great opportunity to make your views known, and to hear what candidates have to offer.

We look forward to hearing from you!

For more information contact the Fredericton Arts Alliance at 506-443-9900 or frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca