February 24, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) will hold its Annual Public Meeting on Thursday, February 26, 2015 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Le Salon.

Speakers include NAC Board Chair Adrian Burns, NAC President and CEO Peter Herrndorf, and Canadian architect and keynote speaker Donald Schmitt, who will speak about the architectural renewal of the National Arts Centre. The re-imagined NAC will open in 2017.

Schmitt’s firm, Diamond Schmitt Architects, has designed several internationally acclaimed performing arts centres, including La Maison Symphonique in Montreal, the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto and the recently opened Mariinsky II Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Refreshments will be served.

Media are invited to attend.

Where: The National Arts Centre, Le Salon
When: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 6 p.m.
What: The NAC’s Annual Public Meeting
Who: Adrian Burns, Chair of the NAC’s Board of Trustees, NAC President and CEO Peter Herrndorf, Donald Schmitt, architect, Diamond Schmitt Architects

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Rosemary Thompson,
Director, Communications and Public Affairs
National Arts Centre
613 947-7000 x 260
rosemary.thompson@nac-cna.ca

Carl Martin
Communications
National Arts Centre
613 947-7000 x 560
carl.martin@nac-cna.ca