“Connect: towards a socially-engaged aesthetic” Click here for the brochure! Register by mail before April 30, 2010 Common Weal is a community arts organization in Saskatchewan.
Archive for February, 2010
Why “ArtBridge?” : An Art Student’s Perspective
I’m a Drawing and Painting Student at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, and I’m the Youth Social Network Assistant at ArtBridges. From my perspective ArtBridging is a valuable tool. In fact, being a part of ArtBridges can be a metaphor for attending an art college or university.
Profile: Common Weal Community Arts Inc. (Saskatchewan)
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. is a charitable community arts organization founded in 1993 with Rachael Van Fossen as Artistic Director. Its mandate is to engage artists collaboratively with communities to promote social change and cultural identity. Common Weal works with many different communities throughout Saskatchewan and does not maintain
Profile: Arts Network for Children and Youth (ANCY)
Arts Network for Children and Youth (ANCY) was founded in 2001 by Linda Albright. It is a national community arts resource, specific to children and youth arts based programs in the community and primarily outside of the school. Its mandate is to 1. conduct community development, 2. influence policy and affect change within the children’s and youth art
Bonjour d’Alexa de la part de ToileDesArts
Bonjour à tous et bienvenue à notre site! C’est ma cinquième semaine ici à ToileDesArts et nous avons déjà trouvé au Québec environ 25 projets, programmes et organismes et 15 répertoires d’information francophones en art communautaire. Montréal, la ville innovatrice, tient la plupart du compte, mais nous avons aussi trouvé
ArtBridges’ first year activities and achievements: Happy 1st Birthday!
· On January 29th, 2009 ArtBridges was accepted as an official project of Tides Canada Initiatives. · We visited the founders and directors, Steven Durland and Linda Frye Burnham, of the Community Arts Network (USA) in North Carolina to research and learn about the resources they provide with their similar