Albert Alexanian appointed to OAC’s Board of Directors

I have to admit that there is something quite sweet about receiving blog-fodder via a medium that isn’t the internet, so naturally my little analogue heart was set a-flutter by receiving word that Albert Alexanian - Hamilton-based, carpet-and-flooring-mongering Albert Alexanian - has been appointed to the Board of the Ontario Arts Council via good old fashioned letter mail. Which I will promptly shred and compost, of course, but it was a lovely gesture in the meantime.

Quoting from the missive before it goes to its soggy coffee-grounds-and-eggshells green-box grave:

Albert has a strong commitment to community service and until recently served on the Board of Directors of Opera Hamilton. He has also been a volunteer executive with the Council for Business and the Arts in Canada and with the Canadian Association of Family Enterprises. He is a longtime patron of the arts - particularly theatre, music and opera.

The letter continues with instructions for inviting Albert to your next party via contact with Secretary of Council Barbara Hendry. Good to know for my next barbeque.

On a more serious note, an OAC Director from the Hammer does ultimately read as a Good Thing, not just for this city but for the sake of diverse urban representation across the Board, with six out of the current ten Directors hailing from Toronto. A bloke from Ottawa, a beknighted Irish floutist living in the Neverwhere between here and London, and a token Franco-Ontarian retired educator in Quinte West round out the pack. The latter also seems to hold solitary sway over anything north of Highway 401, leaving huge swaths of the province underrepresented. Not that this is representational politics in the slightest, but I would still maintain that a breadth of regional comprehension matters in an organization like the OAC.

Regardless, there’s something to make Hamilton feel good about itself this week. Congrats, Albert.

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