What are Salmon Arm鈥檚 big ideas?
Inspired by the city鈥檚 brand, Small City, Big Ideas, the Salmon Arm Arts Centre has released the first of a planned series of video interviews featuring the people behind some of those big ideas.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 such a fantastic tag line for our community and it鈥檚 one that inspires curiosity鈥�,鈥� explained the Arts Centre鈥檚 manager of visitor experience, Kate Fagervik. 鈥淲hat are these big ideas? It makes me want to know what鈥檚 happening鈥�
鈥淲e have some really cool interviews coming up with quite famous local artists鈥� and I鈥檓 excited to see where this series goes. It can kind of be anything at this point.鈥�
Fagervik said the series will focus on ideas, arts and culture. In the first episode, available to view on the , Fagervik conducts a casual constructive conversation over the internet with Mirella Ramsey, co-founder of the Mirella Project.
鈥淭hat initial interview with Mirella was exciting because she was also our Family Saturday guest that week, so we did a whole Mirella week where the Mirella Project put together tips we shared on Instagram, eco-tips, and she was our guest for Family Saturday that鈥檚 on our Facebook page,鈥� said Fagervik, referring to the Family Saturday program at the Salmon Arm Art Gallery that was moved online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Fagervik explained the pandemic has forced a programming shift not just at the Salmon Arm Arts Centre, but at galleries, museums and other cultural institutions across the province. Part of that shift includes an increased focus on the creation of internet content.
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The Salmon Arm Arts Centre has been adapting to this shift, releasing a variety of video content on Facebook and Youtube. Among them are the Small City, Big Ideas series, another series called Bird Conversations, as well as numerous instructional videos created with local families for Family Saturdays.
Looking ahead, Fagervik said the gallery is planning to reopen in August with its new exhibition, The Forecast, featuring eight multi-media artists who explore evidence for climate change through photography. She said video content will be created featuring some of the artists involved.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been informed by Arts BC that we need to be planning online content for at least the next two years,鈥� Fagervik explained. 鈥淚 think it should be integrated into everybody鈥檚 business plan at this point, so we certainly are looking ahead right now towards the winter, what we鈥檒l be putting online 鈥� and to the future as well. I think this is going to be a part of our plan and our programming that doesn鈥檛 disappear.鈥�
Fagervik said she鈥檚 always looking for families to make art with her for Family Saturdays, and while she has a list of prospective interviewees for the Small City, Big Ideas series, she invited residents who might wish to participate to contact her at the Arts Centre and pitch their big ideas.
鈥滺ighlighting change makers in Salmon Arm is what we do best at the Arts Centre, and having a new platform to go deeper in to what鈥檚 happening locally excites us,鈥� said Fagervik. 鈥淪tay tuned as we continue to explore big ideas, and meet the locals who think them.鈥�
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