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For the second year in a row, Sapphire Dental Centre Milton has jumped on board to sponsor Milton Culture Days hosted by Arts Milton.

The husband and wife team behind Sapphire Dental (located at the intersection of Steeles and Ontario Streets in Milton) are a gentle, professional couple who put patients first. All ages are welcome at Sapphire and the team there takes extra special care with those who have dental phobias.

We can’t thank Sapphire Dental enough for their generous continued support of Milton’s largest arts and culture festival!

 

 

Today we want to thank Printd in downtown Milton for their very generous printing of the 2019 Milton Culture Days Activity Sheets. These activity lists are an integral part of the Culture Days event in Milton. With so many programs and presentations happening in one building (we’re up to 80 activities this year!), it can be overwhelming for visitors to know what’s happening in which spaces.

When attendees arrive they are handed a beautiful colour copy sheet which concisely lists exactly what is happening that morning of afternoon. Easy peasy, and so much fun!

See below for the 2019 sheets and plan your weekend now!

 

For the second year in a row, Once Upon A Child Milton is showing their community support through sponsorship of Milton Culture Days. With OUAC’s financial donation Arts Milton is able to reach a larger demographic of families.

At Once Upon A Child you can sell items and turn your gently used children’s clothes, shoes, and toys into cash. You can also shop for clothing and more. You’ll find a huge selection of gently used kid’s clothes, toys, and baby gear at up to 70% off retail prices.

A big thank-you to Ian and Colleen at Once Upon A Child Milton!

Arts Milton was thrilled when the MyFM team came to town and opened up shop at 103.1 FM. The station keeps Miltonians up to date on local news, sports, weather, traffic between great, family friendly hits from yesterday and today. Plus they offer amazing chances to WIN contests/giveaways.

MyFM are huge supporters of the Milton Community, and Arts Milton. In support of Milton Culture Days, the radio station will play a series of “What’s Going On” spots in order to highlight all of the amazing Culture Days activities.

Want to learn more? Visit miltonnow.ca or engage with them at 101.3 myFM on Facebook!

Each year, Arts Milton organizes Milton Culture Days with help from a wide array of local businesses. We are so grateful to the following list of 2019 sponsors (list does not include Bronze or Silver level businesses):

 

 

Real Canadian Superstore is our main Activity Organizer Refreshment Room sponsor – helping us to stock both the buffet table and the fridge for volunteers.

Tim Horton’s Milton (Sdao owners) is generously donating coffee, tea, and donuts for all of the hardworking morning volunteers.

Paramount Fine Foods Milton is (for the second year in a row!) donating a large tray of wraps for the Activity Organizer Refreshment Room throughout the Milton Culture Days weekend.

Milton Optometry has provided financial sponsorship, which supports the cost of supplies for a number of free activities.

Milton Villager provides magazine coverage, ad space, and photography (Sarah Arfan Photography).

Tim Hortons will treat Activity Organizers to coffee, tea and delicious donuts!

Fleurish will allow Arts Milton use of a Stage Backdrop for an extra-long rental period.

Home Depot will once again provide all materials for the Arts Milton Community Project.

La Rose Speciality Foods & Fine Italian Bakery will provide scrumptious desserts for the Milton Culture Days Launch Event.

Bloom Sweet Carts will display desserts on their beautiful, photographic sweet cart!

Ved and Friends Book Series has put forth a financial donation with an open-ended use.

Muse Studio & Market offers a continual and significant discount on vinyl lettering to be used for advertising.

 

Arts Milton is thrilled to be wrapping up another year of The Friendship Project – a program that connects Newcomer families to Canada (Milton) with Community Host families. Together these participants of all ages attend free arts and culture activities together within our community. This year there was no shortage of new skills learned, connections made, and fun to be had! This project was made possible in 2019 with support from the Milton Community Fund.

Below is the list of all 2019 activities:

Arts Milton Board Game Afternoon

Music Lesson at Milton Academy of Music

Cooking Class at PC Cooking School Superstore

Drum Circle with Akwaba Cultural Exchange

Improv Games with Milton Players Theatre Group

Children’s Story Workshop with Amy Leask of Red T Media

Mural Painting with Artist Omar “Oms” Hopkinson

Martial Arts with Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute

Ancestry Art Class with Illustrator/Author Ken Flynn

Heritage and Fossils Workshop by Halton Region

Bhangra Dancing with Bollywood West Dance Studio

Watercolour Art Class at FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton

Aladdin Show by Milton Youth Theatre Productions

Final Celebration Dinner / Summer Nights Music at Milton Sports Centre Park

 

Interested in participating in 2020? Email us at info@artsmilton.com

 

 

 

 

As part of our mission to connect the greater Milton community with artists of all genres in the spirit of providing cultural enrichment, Arts Milton is offering a new program entitled “The Friendship Project”. This project, which will take place from February – May 2019, will connect newcomers with hosts from the Milton community and have them discover inspiring local arts and culture together.

We’ve posted our call-out below – please share it with anyone whom you think might benefit. The ideal participants are families with 1 or 2 parents, who have lived in Canada for three years or less, and have changed between the ages of 4-12.

The 2019 application form can be found here.

The following Milton Culture Days sponsors have all contributed to this important event – in different but important ways!

Both Milton Orthotic & Wellness Centre and Mabel’s Labels have shown their support through sponsorship. Mabel’s Labels, an Ontario based sticker and labeling company, is also donating both financial sponsorship, as well as a donation of swag for our little Culture Days collectors (participating kids can collect stickers at each activity for the chance to pick out some trinkets at the end of their visit!).

Mark Recile is one of the most creative Directors on the Arts Milton Board, and is sponsoring Milton Culture Days on behalf of Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute. STQI wants to share with the community the practice of mind and body cultivation using Traditional Shaolin Temple Kung Fu.

The Milton Villager supports Milton Culture Days through community coverage, and amazing photography! Thanks to their team, we are able to capture the essence of this amazing event!

Paramount Fine Foods Milton will craft a series of delicious appetizers and sandwiches to be enjoyed at both the Opening Reception Party, and in the Activity Organizer Refreshment Room throughout the weekend.

Thank-you to Sapphire Dental Centre for their support of Milton Culture days 2018.

Sapphire Dental is the place to go if you want a friendly and competent team of professionals caring for your teeth. And if the dentist’s office isn’t really where you want to be? Then Sapphire is perfect. This husband wife dentist duo have a genuine caring nature, and know exactly how to put nervous clients at ease. Read the letter below for proof!

We have a great group of Milton Culture Days sponsors this year, and chances are the event would not be nearly as exciting without them!

Thank-you to McCuaig Insurance Milton for finding Arts Milton the right insurance for our unique needs, and for their financial support of our biggest programming event of the year!

Thank-you to Milton Home Hardware and the ReStore Milton for seeing our vision of a painted vintage vinyl stage backdrop and providing us with all of the materials to make it possible. Painstakingly designed by local artist Omar “Oms” Hopkinson.

Thank-you to Real Canadian Superstore for their continued support of our Activity Organizer Refreshment Room. And for agreeing to host one of our most popular children’s activities – a cooking class for kids by PC Cooking School Milton!

Thank-you to The Home Depot for partnering with Arts Milton to make our 2018 Community Project possible. The Home Depot will provide all of the wood, stain and tools needed to bring artist Angela Ferguson’s collective community creation to life!