The Chatham-Kent Arts & Culture Network (CKACN)has announced its 2024 class of inductees for its Heroes Wall of Fame.
Launched in 2022 and housed at the Chatham Cultural Centre, the Heroes Wall of Fame is a program of the CKACN, which is a community arts council that supports the arts and cultural sector of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
Inductees this year include visual artists Tracy Bultje, Frank Jordan, and Leonard Jubenville; performing artists Lawrene Denkers, Tom Lockwood, Frances Adaskin, Geoffrey O’Hara, and David Nixon; writers Ray Robertson and Arthur Stringer; and cultural builder group Buxton Homecoming.
“These inductees were chosen from the nominations provided by citizens and the oversight committee and, as it is every year, final selections were difficult,” said James Snyder, chair of the Wall of Fame committee, in a media release. “We continue to be amazed at the sheer number of worthy candidates to bring forward for recognition in future years.”
Inductees will have a plaque permanently mounted at the Chatham Cultural Centre, inclusion on the ”virtual wall” on the CKACN website, and recognition at an induction ceremony at the Chatham Cultural Centre on Oct. 23.
Artwork from 19 local artists will be showcased in Studio One before and after the event.
“The Wall honours those individuals or groups, present and past, who have distinguished themselves in their chosen field or artistic practice both within and beyond Chatham-Kent,” said Dan White, CKACM chair.
The wall is sponsored by Waste Connections Canada and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s Forward Together grant program. Additional in-kind consideration is provided by the Chatham Cultural Centre.
