Artists across the North can feel a bit of relief this coming year as InuvikSA国际影视传媒檚 largest festival is still standing, but will still need a lot of volunteer support to go forward.
InuvikSA国际影视传媒檚 Great Northern Arts Festival is set for July 10 t0 15, but with a slightly reduced timeline as organizers make up for lost time and ensure the basic requirements are met.
SA国际影视传媒淲e are still sorting out festival details,SA国际影视传媒� said GNAF co-chair Luisa Juliana Ospina Suarez. SA国际影视传媒淭he festival can only take place if the standards set in our bylaws are met. Therefore, volunteer info will be released following (GNAF board) election results.
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Adi Scott has taken the job as executive director of the festival this year.
Suarez said the board had filled four out of five positions and was preparing for the societySA国际影视传媒檚 annual general meeting, which is set for Jan. 29. According to the societySA国际影视传媒檚 bylaws, a minimum of five board members must be appointed before the festival can go forward. That means the society needs a chair, co-chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer. Additional board members at large are welcome.
Positions will be up for election at the AGM. Suarez said each position is a two-year term.
SA国际影视传媒淏oard meetings are hosted monthly,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淎 minimum of three board members is required to constitute quorum at any meeting. Any member of the board who is absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the board shall, unless such absence is excused by resolution of the board entered upon its minutes, forfeit office, and the board may appoint by motion a replacement who shall hold office for the remainder of the term.
SA国际影视传媒淧ersonally, I am honoured to be a part of the board of directors. I look forward to helping the festival be as successful as it was. I have only been on the board since the end of this summer. I am excited to run once again in the upcoming elections. For further information about the AGM, please reach out to Adi at gnaf@inuvik.ca.SA国际影视传媒�
GNAF was cancelled this summer due to SA国际影视传媒渟taffing concernsSA国际影视传媒� and the society has been largely unheard of since then. Organization of the Inuvik Christmas Craft Fair, GNAFSA国际影视传媒檚 other major annual event, was outsourced this year.
Arguably InuvikSA国际影视传媒檚 biggest festival, the Great Northern Arts Festival has been a regular part of Northern summers for more than 30 years. It was named the Best Music Venue at the 2022 NWT Music Awards, one of the top 25 festivals in North America by Rand McNally Maps, one of the top 50 summertime events in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper and one of 400 of the worldSA国际影视传媒檚 best destinations among all four seasons of travel by National Geographic Magazine. It hosts more than 80 artists, 40 performers and showcases in excess of 4,000 pieces of art each year.
