Durham West Arts Centre Foundation

The Durham West Arts Centre Foundation, Inc., hereinafter “the Foundation”, is a corporation born out of the Durham West Arts Centre Inc., hereinafter “DWAC Inc.” It is a separate corporation, and has its own charitable status. At the risk of oversimplifying, DWAC Inc.’s present role (now that it has proved in a pilot project that an arts centre is sustainable in West Durham) is most easily thought of as developing and running arts programming for the public, primarily in this Region, and developing audience for the new Arts Centre when it is built. Of course, that role will continue to evolve over time. The Foundation's present role is to study, conceptualize, design and build a new Arts Centre, and to raise the funding and develop the private and public partnerships necessary to make that happen.

The Foundation is made up of a group of people chosen for specific talents related to its role. At present, the officers and other members (or Directors) of the Foundation are:

Chair - Justice David M. Stone
Vice Chair - Michael Ruta
Secretary - Joan Wideman
Treasurer - Afsar Naqvi
Gary Faulkner
David R. Green
Ron Halliday
Paul Pryzybylo
Honourary Chair Mayor David Ryan

Advisory Board:
Monica Anguiano
Dr. Gary Polonsky
Cathy and Lou Schnippering
Gordon Zimmerman