Archive for November, 2010

Update: On the Road

photo by Alexa de Repentigny-MacAulay Last Saturday, I drove to Montréal and attended Engrenage Noir/LEVIER’s “Community Art: About? With? For? Community? /”L’Art communautaire: Sur? Avec? Pour? Une communauté?” workshop. It was an amazing opportunity for participants – artists, psychologists, directors, government grantors, art therapists, students, community arts practitioners – to really

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Update: Sommaire de la recherche pour les arts communautaires francophones au Saskatchewan/Summary of research for Francophone community arts in Saskatchewan

photo by Alexa de Repentigny-MacAulay Sommaire de la recherche pour les arts communautaires francophones au Saskatchewan – le 11 novembre, 2010 D’une liste de 57 sources, nous avons identifié 9 projets, programmes, et organismes en arts communautaires francophones et 2 ressources. Le site web fransaskois.info a été une ressource très

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Opportunity: Community Art Program Development (Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation)

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Cultural Strategy and Action Plan Community Development Facilitator (Community Art Program Development) “Terms of Reference Brief Project Description This project will engage staff from health, education, the social services, and band administration,  as well as artists and other interested community members,  in developing a Cultural Strategy and Action

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Story: “…enable artists with limited mobility the chance to create…” : Jeff Nachtigall’s Mobile Painting Device (Saskatoon)

______The Mobile Painting Device_________________ Artist, Jeff Nachtigall Recently, ArtBridges/ToileDesArts came  across an amazing project run by Jeff Nachtigall, an artist based in Saskatoon. “Jeff Nachtigall designed the Mobile Painting Device (MPD). The MPD transforms the wheel chair into a giant paint brush, giving people living with neurological deficits opportunity to

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Tatamagouche Centre: ‘Theatre for Social Change’ Workshop (Tatamagouche, NS)

Theatre for the Living January 28-30 Friday 7pm to Sunday 1pm “This vibrant ‘theatre for social change’ technique, developed by David Diamond (Headlines Theatre, Vancouver), is based on Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Used in community-based cultural work to address issues such as violence, suicide-prevention, anti-racism, bullying and community

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ATSA: L’État d’Urgence ’10 (Montréal)

“L’ACTION TERRORISTE SOCIALEMENT ACCEPTABLE (ATSA) VOUS INVITE À L’ULTIME ÉTAT D’URGENCE 10 (ÉU10) UN ÉVÉNEMENT CINQ ÉTOILES SUR LE THÈME DU TOUT INCLUS ! Du 25 au 28 novembre 2010, Place Émilie-Gamelin et rue Ste-Catherine, à Montréal Montréal, vendredi le 15 octobre 2010 — En 1998, L’ATSA montait son premier

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Call to Artists!: Timeraiser (Toronto)

“This call pays fair market value, up to $800, if your work is selected! Selected pieces will help inspire people to donate their time in support of great causes. Submissions will be selected by an expert jury panel from the Toronto Art Community.  Artwork will be displayed in the offices of corporate

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