SPARK! Creative Challenge

Media ReleaseIntroducing SPARK!A creative challenge from the Summerland Arts Council that promises action, fun, and community connection. Feeling isolated due to Covid-19 restrictions? Just want to rediscover your creativity? Join the 10-week online arts challenge starting June 15, 2021.Participate individually, invite a friend, share with an art group, encourage a grandchild or inspire an international challenge with an art organization in another country.Each week a prompt will challenge participants to create something new in any form of art—a song, a video, a painting, a poem, something out of fabric—the possibilities are endless. Get stuck one week? Try a different form of art. Group submissions are welcome.Weekly prompts will be posted Tuesday, starting June 15, 2021 to our new Facebook Group, Summerland Arts SPARK! Creative Challenge, also on our Instagram account summerland_arts_culture, and on our website, www.summerlandarts.com. “You’re encouraged to post your creations on the Facebook page. And don’t worry if you’re a bit late or miss a week. There aren’t any rules,” said art council director Elaine Watts who organized SPARK with Sharon Kurtz of the Summerland Potter’s Guild.At the end of summer small prizes will be awarded in various categories, including kids under 12, written works, and sculptural, culinary, and performing arts. For further information contact Elaine Watts at (778) 516-1500 or Elaine@ElaineWatts.com