KAMLOOPS – CURA researchers involved in the Small Cities Community-University Research Alliance project related to quality of life in small cities will participate in and videotape the upcoming Cities of Canada show and the Mayors Panel to be presented by the Kamloops Art Gallery Feb. 22.

The show and panel is part of the Kamloops Art Gallery’s ongoing partnership with the Small Cities CURA; the Art Gallery was the lead partner with an earlier research program, and continues as a key community research partner with the recently funded “Mapping Quality of Life and the Culture of Small Cities” CURA.

“Thompson Rivers University is proud to be working with the Kamloops Art Gallery on both this event and our ongoing research into the role of art and cultural sustainability in small cities,” said CURA Research Director Will Garrett-Petts.

“The panel relates to our Cities of Canada show, which I booked several years ago as a direct link to the CURA, and our on-going discussions around art and culture in building cities,” explained KAG Executive Director Jann Bailey.

Asking “How can arts, culture, and heritage contribute to our cities’ futures?” the KAG invites the public to join mayors Terry Lake (Kamloops), John Ranta (Cache Creek), Ella Brown (Logan Lake) and David Laird (Merritt) in taking their imagination fifty years into the future to help envision cities of the TNRD in the year 2056 related to urban development and the arts.

For more information, please contact Dr. Will Garrett-Petts at 250-828-5248 or by email.
CURA podcasts are available via the CURA website at: www.smallcities.ca