The Minister Responsible for Culture's Award for Creative Community

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This award was established to honour and acknowledge excellence in the leadership of an Island community that has supported and fostered the arts, significantly, through public manifestations for the overall benefit of the entire community.

Key elements in this award will be the demonstration of ongoing support for the arts, ongoing support for public or community arts, the recognition of the role of the arts in healthy vibrant communities.

Amount awarded: $2,000.00

Important note: These funds are to be designated by the winning community for use in community arts and culture projects.

Criteria for Selection

The principal criterion will be strong evidence that the community leadership has an understanding of the role of the arts in its community and has actively promoted the arts and community involvement.

The community leadership must show that it is, or has been, active in their community, in the capacity of those who have led or inspired arts activity, and have been a resident of Prince Edward Island for a minimum of five years immediately prior to the nomination. A person will remain eligible if that person, while having periods of absence from this province during the five years, has maintained in the opinion of the Jurors a substantial connection with the PEI Arts Community and this province.

The recipient must be a Canadian citizen or have landed immigrant status for a period of not less than three years.

Procedure for Nomination

Any person who is a resident of Prince Edward Island may nominate a person eligible for the award.

Nominations shall be in writing on a form supplied by the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts and shall be signed by the nominator and by a seconder who must also be a resident of PEI. A nomination will be incomplete and will be rejected if the nomination form is not completed as prescribed on the form.

The closing date for nominations is Friday, March 20, 2009. Nominations received after this date shall be rejected.

After receipt of a nomination the Council of the Arts may require additional information on the nominees and, where it requires such information, the Council of the Arts shall give notice in writing of the requirement to the nominator and seconder setting forth a description of the additional information required.

All nominations received by the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts become the property of the Council and may be disposed of as it considers appropriate.