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-Culture & Heritage-Director of Culture & Heritage :
Craig Metcalf
•Contact Us
•A Culture Plan for the City of Orillia
•Business & Culture
•Heritage Conservation District Study – Downtown Orillia
•Orillia's Guide to Culture
(WARNING! This guide is approximately 6MB in size and will take several minutes to download if you are using a dial-up service).Explore Orillia’s rich and diverse cultural community by viewing or downloading your complete guide to culture in Orillia. This annual publication of the City’s Department of Culture and Heritage was developed with both the resident and the visitor in mind, and provides a wide-ranging inventory of our community’s galleries, museums, festivals and events. Orillia’s Guide to Culture invites you to discover the dynamic and vital cultural life of our City. Your support of culture and heritage in Orillia enriches our community and makes it a better place to live and visit.
or call 325-4283.
Introduction
The Department of Culture and Heritage is responsible for the management of the Orillia Opera House and the Stephen Leacock Museum. The Department is currently in an interim phase regarding cultural planning. The following are the priorities for the department during the interim phase:
- Develop a cultural strategy for approval of Council
- Based on the major goals and strategies, develop a cultural policy for the City of Orillia
- The Department maintains a membership in the Creative City Network, an organization comprised solely of municipal cultural workers from across the country who share policies, plans and other associated research projects.The Leacock Museum promotes the legacy of Stephen Butler Leacock in the context of literary learning and ensures the maintenance and interpretation of his summer home as a National Historic Site.
Revenue Centres for the museum include retail (gift shop/bookstore), educational programming, museum admissions, café and catering, commercial and non-profit rentals, special events and exhibitions and TicketMaster. Facilities include Leacock House, Swanmore Hall, the Boathouse (Children’s Discovery Place) and the waterfront property.
The former board of the Museum approved a 10-year plan for operating and restoration in 2001, which is being implemented on an incremental basis as resources allow. This plan is currently under review.
The Orillia Opera House is was built in 1873 and continues to serve the community to this day as a great venue for live theatre, musical performances and other community events. The building houses two separate performance areas. The Lightfoot Auditorium (700 seats) and the smaller studio theatre (104 seats).
Craig Metcalf
Director of Culture & Heritage - The Director is responsible for the following primary areas: Policy and Planning, Investment and Resource Development, Community Cultural Capacity Building, Program Delivery and Facility Management, including the municipally-owned Orillia Opera House and Leacock Museum National Historic Site. The Director leads and directs the general/financial management and day-to-day administration of the Culture and Heritage Department, including the Corporation’s two cultural facilities, and oversees the preparation of annual capital/operating budgets and long-range forecasts.
Fred Addis
Curator - Leacock Museum - Provides curatorial services including original research for the development of on-site and traveling exhibitions and third-party research requests. Develops and manages the annual Leacock Summer Festival. Provides site management for the museum, including hiring, scheduling and supervising staff, reviewing revenue centres such as bookstore and café, overseeing museum and grounds maintenance and providing maintenance services when required, recruiting and training volunteers and assisting with the development of the museum’s annual administration plan and revenue targets.Darcy Hoover
Marketing Manager – primarily responsible for the promotion of programs at the Opera House and Leacock Museum, maximizing revenue potential at both facilities, sponsorship of new and existing programs, and working with events and organizations in the community to promote existing and new events and to develop and promote new cultural tourism opportunities.Michael Martyn
Manager of Community & Cultural Development – This position works collaboratively with the community to provide event planning expertise, identifying funding opportunities, encouraging joint planning and partnerships, providing analysis on investment and return for community events, and providing program development and delivery at the Leacock Museum. Also the primary contact for the ongoing cultural planning project in the City of Orillia, and lead staff for the Cultural Roundtable.Krista Storey
General Manager, Orillia Opera House - Responsible for managing and coordinating the business and operation activities of the Orillia Opera House. Leads a professional team of 5 full-time staff, part-time staff and volunteers who provide the best in lighting, sound and customer service. Establish and supervise operational systems for the theatre, including safety procedures, staff training, operational policies and rates. Work collaboratively with the community and key user groups while developing a strong base of rental clients. Develop, update and monitor a strategic plan for the Orillia Opera House, including revenues, programming, capital programs and ongoing restoration, in concert with Orillia’s Plan for Culture.More Cultural links:
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