[Bcma-l] ArtsWells Festival in Wells wins Tourism Award!

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

 

*Contact: *Julie  Fowler

Toll Free: 1-800-442-ARTS (2787)

Tel: 250-994-3466   Fax: 250-994-3433

Email: media@imarts.com <mailto:media@imarts.com>

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*ARTSWELLS FESTIVAL WINS THE CARIBOOSTER AWARD AT THE 2007 CARIBOO 
CHILCOTIN COAST TOURISM ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE**  *

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WELLS, BC, April 29, 2007… Island Mountain Arts was pleased to accept 
the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association, Caribooster Award for 
the /ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art/ at the regional tourism 
conference held in Wells, April 11 &12, 2007.

 

The Caribooster Award is given annually to the individual or 
organization that promotes the health and well being of the entire 
region. “IMA through such work as the /ArtsWells Festival of All Things 
Art/, has put Wells on the international stage, drawing instructors and 
performers from across the country and the seas,” says Erin Shaw of the 
CCCTA.

 

The ArtsWells Festival, which will celebrate its fourth incarnation this 
August Long Weekend (August 3 – 6, 2007) in Wells, BC, promises to be 
another Cariboo highlight this summer. The festival will feature over 
forty independent musical acts from across the country, but 
predominantly from BC, as well as numerous workshops, an Art Walk around 
the town, the One Minute Play Festival and a variety of other performers 
including jugglers and stilt walkers.

 

Taking place at venues throughout Wells including an outdoor stage at 
the Wells School, the Historic Wells Community Hall, the Island Mountain 
Arts Public Gallery, the newly re-opened Sunset Theatre, as well as 
Barkerville Historic Town and various local studios, galleries and 
businesses, the festival aims to celebrate the arts in all their many 
forms and highlight Wells for the creative community that it is.

 

Some of the performers you can expect to see on the ArtsWells stage this 
year include: 2007 Juno award winner, Leela Gilday; Canadian Folk Music 
Award winner for best emerging songwriter, T. Nile; hit of the Vancouver 
Folk Festival, instrumental hip hop duo, No Luck Club; the imaginative 
sounds of Toronto’s Hunter Eves; perennial favourite, alt country 
crooner, Rae Spoon; rockabilly toe tappers, the Joey Only Outlaw Band 
and many more to come.

 

ArtsWells is seeking more volunteers to help make this summer’s festival 
better than ever. Those that can volunteer twelve hours or more can get 
into the festival for free, plus get some meals at the ArtsWells kitchen 
and a place to camp for free.

 

Tickets for the 2007 ArtsWells Festival are on sale now and can be 
purchased by calling Island Mountain Arts at 1-800-442-2787. Call before 
May 15 and buy your pass for the early bird rate of $25! Regular priced 
tickets are $40. Kids 12 and under are free. 

 

For more information about volunteering, performers or buying tickets 
please visit the new ArtsWells website at www.artswells.com 
<http://www.artswells.com>, email artswellsfestival@imarts.com 
<mailto:artswellsfestival@imarts.com> or call 1-800-442-2787.

 

 

 

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Julie Fowler
media@imarts.com <mailto:media@imarts.com>
Artistic Director, Island Mountain Arts & the ArtsWells Festival of All 
Things Art, Aug 3 - 6, 2007
www.imarts.com
www.myspace.com/artswells
Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0
Toll Free: 1-800-442-2787
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Fax: 250-994-3433
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