Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society

Request for Proposal

Artists in the School – Creemore Nottawasaga Public School

Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society is a not-for-profit organization that fosters community through cultivating and celebrating a broad range of arts and heritage activities in Creemore and the surrounding area.

1. Opportunity:

Introduce and engage young minds through hands-on experience in the visual arts through interaction with, and instruction by, professional artists.

• Where and when:
  • 3 x 110 minute lessons for approximately 30 students for each of grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (i.e.15 lessons in the classroom or in the schoolyard).
  • One lesson for each grade each week for 3 weeks in second half of May/first week of June (dates to be confirmed with the successful proponent).
  • at Creemore & Nottawasaga Public School in Creemore, Ontario.
  • Part of core curriculum timetable for all students.

• Our thoughts:
  • A single theme or skill that can be applied across the 3 lessons across the 5 grades.
  • Likely two artists working together.
  • Material costs must be submitted as part of the proposal and are not provided by the school.
  • Recent years have included print making in 2023 and sketching in 2024.
  • We welcome proposals for a wide variety of visual art forms and creative learning opportunities.

• Funding Available:
  • The Board of Purple hills Arts & Heritage has agreed to make available $5,000 (+HST, if applicable) from membership fees/general sponsorship to cover this project (The $5000 to include preparation, instruction, travel and materials)

• Criteria:
  • Creativity/Engagement of proposed curriculum (10 points)
  • Teaching experience (not necessarily in a school setting) with 9 to 13-year olds (10 points)
  • Link to the Creemore area community (5 points)

• Requirements:
  • Anyone in the classroom will need a “Vulnerable Sector Check” issued no earlier than 15 June 2024.
  • If you have one issued before then, Purple Hills will work with you to get it updated before classroom sessions start.

• Your proposal should include:
  • Bio including teaching experience
  • Your creative idea for the overall curriculum concept/theme
  • High level curriculum for the 3 classes
  • Confirmation of all-in cost, including materials
  • Confirmation of rough timing and any timing requests
  • References re teaching experience
  • Confirmation re vulnerable person’s sector check

• Timetable:
  • Publication of Request for Proposal :24 March 2025
  • Proposals due: 7 April 2025
  • Winning proposal chosen and notified 14 April, 2025
  • Classes start week of 19 May (to be confirmed).

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR PROPOSAL TO info@phahs.ca by April 7 ’25

The last concert in our Chamber Music Series is fast approaching. This time we are presenting a Harp Quintet from the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, featuring a unique blend of instruments: harp, cello, flute, violin, and viola.

To celebrate the success of our series, we are offering a tea as part of our afternoon concert in the church hall.

You won’t want to miss this! 

Sunday April 6 at 2 pm

St John’s United Church, 192 Mill St., Creemore

With your concert ticket, warm up 8 am-3 pm with soup or coffee at the FLYING SQUIRREL CAFE. Located immediately opposite St John’s United Church. 20% off coffee, 15% off soup, bun, loaf slice or cookie. 40% off merchandise.

Clearview’s long farming history will be featured and honoured at our upcoming Tea and History event March 23rd at the Creemore Station on the Green. 

Hear stories and history from a number of prominent local farming families- the Milsaps, Flacks, Metherals, Millers, and Timmons families through a panel discussion moderated by agricultural journalist William (Jim) Algie and Willy Waterton. Topics about how farming has changed over the years, the history of how these families’ personal farms have changed and adapted, current challenges and opportunities,  and what they see for the future that will preserve their family farms. 

In addition to our panel discussion there will be a photo expose of people and memories. 

A Wind Quintet

Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society is pleased to present a series of afternoon Chamber Music Concerts featuring musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.

On Sunday March 9 2025 we present the second concert in the series, A Wind Quintet.

The final concert in the series will be April 6 2025 and all three concerts will be held at 2 PM at the St. John’s United Church, 192 Mill St. Creemore.

Tickets are $35 + fees per concert or $95 + fees for all three concerts. A tea will be served at the end of the series on April 6th.

Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society is pleased to present a series of afternoon Chamber Music Concerts featuring musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.

To start off the series, we hope you will join us for Brass throughout the Ages on February 2nd at 2pm at St. John’s United Church in Creemore.

Bach Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue Morley, arr. Barnes My Bonny Lass She Smileth Maurer Three Songs | Debussy, arr. Sabourin The Girl with the Flaxen Hair | Gabrieli Canzona Prima a 5 Maschwitz/Sherwin, arr. Gale | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Bernstein Three Selections from West Side Story | Cheetham Scherzo | Kamen Quintet | Esmail Tuttarana

The series will follow with a Wind Quintet on March 9 and a Harp Quintet on April 6. All three concerts will be held at 2 PM at the St. John’s United Church, 192 Mill St. Creemore.

Tickets are $35 + fees per concert or $95 + fees for all three concerts. A tea will be served at the end of the series on April 6th.

Click the link to get your tickets.

Friday, October 4th 

---

Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October 6th

---

---

SOLD OUT Aysanabee | St. John’s United Church | Saturday, October 5th | Door open 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Tickets $35 + fees.
Aysanabee is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and 2024 Juno Award winner for songwriter of the year and alternative album of the year. He is Oji-Cree, Sucker Clan of the Sandy Lake First Nation, a fly-in community in Northwestern Ontario, currently living in Toronto. Sponsored by Dalton Associates and the Bank Café.

---

---

---

---

---

---

Sunday, October 6th