Centenary Celebrations ~ 2011
Plan to join Elizabeth Bishop fans from around the world as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Elizabeth Bishop's birth throughout 2011. We will post information about programs and events here as it becomes available - and be sure to visit the special centenary event website at http://elizabethbishopcelebration.ca.
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Official Lauch of EB100 February 8, 2011 in Halifax
The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary in Nova Scotia 2011 - "Dissolve in a Dazzling Dialectic!!".
February 8, 2011, marks the 100th birthday of the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Elizabeth Bishop. This great poet had deep roots in and an enduring connection with Nova Scotia, her childhood home. Throughout the year the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia and many artists and arts groups will be celebrating Elizabeth Bishop’s life, art and legacy with a series of wonderful tributes, events and activities.
OFFICIAL LAUNCH: A WEEK OF EXCITING EVENTS
On February 8, 2011, the EBSNS and the artists involved in EB100 events will officially launch the Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Celebrations in the Atrium at Pipa Restaurant, 1685 Argyle Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres. Cash bar.
You are invited to join the celebration and hear about the many amazing Elizabeth Bishop events and activities that will take place throughout 2011. Meet some of the wonderful artists (singers, writers, painters, film-makers, composers, photographers, etc.) who will be on hand to talk about their EB100 work.
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The Great Village Art Weekend June 4 & 5, 2011
Visual artists are invited to experience the Village that contributed so much to the art and poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. Artists are invited to spend the weekend of June 4 & 5, 2011, painting or photographing Great Village. See the Art Weekend page on the main menu.
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Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Writing Competition
Check out the page dedicated to the writing competition - it provides an overview, compettion guidelines, entry forms and a downloadable audio recording of Elizabeth Bishop''s "In The Village".
Click here to see the writing competition page, or go to the main menu and select "Writing Competition"
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The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Arts Festival, 19, 20 and 21 August 2011, in Great Village
We have already put hundreds of volunteer hours into this festival. It’s going to be a fantastic three days!
We have three evenings of amazing concerts.
- Friday: Lenore Zann will doing a dramatic reading of a play about Elizabeth Bishop and Rosalee Peppard will be singing her own music including one written just for this event. We’ll also have the winners of our “In the Village” writing competition on the stage.
- Saturday: we have the very talented Susan Crowe, Raylene Rankin and Cindy Church.
- Sunday: we have the famous soprano, Suzie LeBlanc and Tempest Baroque Ensemble doing a Bishop-inspired program.
We have an amazing line up of readers for the Saturday and Sunday afternoons. We have the 2010 Giller Prize winner, Johanna Skibsrud, as well as Michael Crummey, Joan Clark, Don MacKay, Sheree Fitch, Ann Simpson and Mary Rose Donnelly! They are also giving writing workshops on Saturday morning.
In addition to our stage presentations we have a blacksmith jamboree in Bass River and the grand opening of the Mate Fisher Blacksmith Shop. We have horse and wagon tours of Great Village, tours of Elizabeth Bishop’s house (complete with Gammie Bulmer making pickles) and lots of other fun. We have a board to boat race for everyone along the shore and we have an inter-denominational church service circa 1911, followed by a blueberry tea.
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The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Blog
This is truly a "must-see" blog, which will grow and evolve as events unfold - visit the blog for information, insights and inspiration about Centenary events!
Click here to get the insider view of what is coming our way:
http://www.elizabethbishopcentenary.blogspot.com
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The EBSNS needs your help ~ Be part of the action and help make a difference
Dear EBSNS members and friends:
February 8, 2011, is the centenary of Elizabeth Bishop’s birth. The EBSNS is committed to marking this important event and will be involved in a series of projects and activities intended to celebrate and honour Elizabeth Bishop’s life, art and continuing influence in the world.
Elizabeth Bishop’s connections with the Maritimes, Nova Scotia, Great Village and her maternal family were strong and abiding – seen most clearly in the many poems and stories she wrote about her childhood home. Her continuing influence among writers and artists of all disciplines, and readers in general, demonstrates the power of her art. In keeping with this idea of influence, one of the over-arching goals of the centenary celebrations in Nova Scotia is to inspire creative activity and new work.
Many artists and arts groups in Nova Scotia will be involved in what will be a year-long Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Festival. The EBSNS will act as a central point for information about all these events – stay tuned to our website: www.elizabethbishopns.org where information will be posted over the next year and a half, announcing the many activities which will take place in Nova Scotia and around the world in 2011.
The EBSNS is also organizing its own project to mark and celebrate the Bishop centenary. In keeping with our mandate of raising awareness about Bishop’s connection to Nova Scotia and honouring her continuing influence in the literary world, the EBSNS and various partners will sponsor “‘In the Village’: The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Writing Competition and Writers’ Festival.” The competition will open in September 2010 and close March 2011. The Writers’ Festival, at which winners of the competition will be awarded prizes, will take place in August 2011.
HELPING HANDS AND MINDS ARE WELCOME!!
The EBSNS is looking for support from our membership and supporters for these projects. If you are interested in volunteering or helping in any way with the planning and implementing of the competition, writers’ festival or the overall centenary events, or if you would like to make a donation towards these projects (a tax receipt can be issued for donations), please contact the EBSNS Board members listed below. We welcome all help, whether you want to be involved in shaping the events themselves, or whether you want to help on the day of any of the activities. Please contact: Joy Laking at laking.joy@gmail.com or 902-647-2816; Laurie Gunn at laurieegunn@ns.sympatico.ca or 902-893-7164.
The planning committees for “In the Village”: The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Writing Competition and Writers’ Festival include:
Overseeing Committee
Writing Competition Committee
Writing Workshop Committee
Writers’ Festival Committee Day 1 (children’s day)
Writers’ Festival Committee Day 2
Writers’ Festival Committee Day 3
Financial Committee
Resources Committee
Marketing and Publicity Committee
Please consider becoming involved – a centenary comes only once in a lifetime and the EBSNS wants to make Elizabeth Bishop’s Centenary a year to remember! Thank you for your support.
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