ODAC, the Cultural Roundtable and City of Orillia have come together to bring ArtsBuild to Orillia to facilitate a Roundtable Forum on creative hubs. This will be your opportunity to hear from a number of groups looking to develop collaborative maker spaces and share your needs, challeges and interest in such ventures.

ODAC is looking to set a new strategic direction that better serves the needs of our artistic community than its current framework. The meeting is open to all creatives as we look to restructure the Board with diverse representation from artists, cultural groups and businesses serving the arts and cultural sector. We recognize that together, with a strong, not-for-profit board inclusive of all art forms, we can achieve great things, through joint promotion, funding, advocacy, programs and special events.   Join us…

This year will be the first joint arts and heritage awards organized in partnership between the Orillia & District Arts Council (ODAC) and Orillia Museum of Art & History (OMAH). For many years, ODAC and OMAH have recognized excellence within the cultural sector with separate awards nights for arts and heritage, respectively. However, both organizations felt there were many synergies between the two and decided to bring them together to celebrate the sector in one gala event. Members have been…