The team is in place. All that is missing is the leader and a money person.
Without the two positions being filled, Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts is in jeopardy of being cancelled.
The festival board needs a president and a treasurer in order to proceed with planning for the festival this July.
“There is a strong group of board members who would support persons taking on these roles and members who can provide guidance for the necessary tasks,” says Cathy Hopland.
The festival society was formed in 1984 by John Edgar Patterson and a group of local artists. They proposed to expand public awareness of the arts in the Shuswap, to establish a forum that Shuswap artists could recognize and use as their representative body, and to provide scholarship funds to select artists.
The festival has grown to include a juried show, major workshops, artists’ demonstrations, and a children’s day, in addition to a tea room and gift shop.
July 2014 would be the 31st annual show and sale. But, if the positions of president and treasurer are not filled by the next director’s meeting on Feb. 13, the festival will be cancelled.
Attend the meeting at Sorrento Memorial Hall at 10 a.m. or contact Cathy Hopland at 250-320-9104 or send an email to slfa2003@hotmail.com.