“When? Thursday August 11th, 2011 Where? London Tap House Toronto 250 Adelaide St. West Dear Artist, Bikes Without Borders is delighted to present ArtCycle 2011! Bikes Without Borders (www.bikeswithoutborders.org), a Toronto based nonprofit organization, works internationally to support marginalized communities. We use bikes and bike-related solutions to increase access to
Archive for June, 2011
Summer Employment Opportunity for Youth: Program and Events Assistant (Art Starts, Toronto)
“Job Posting Summer Job for Youth Program and Events Assistant Position Type: Summer Job Region: Toronto Deadline: June 26, 2011 Hours per week: 30 Commitment: 7 Weeks Start/End Date: July4th-Aug12, 2011 Salary: $10.50/hr Art Starts is an award-winning charitable, not-for-profit organization committed to arts-based community development in the city of
Employment Opportunity: Community Artist in the Community Garden Program (Sketch, Toronto)
“SKETCH is hiring a Community Artist for our Community Garden program. This is an 8-week contract running for July and August at 30 hours per week. This position is funded by Canada Summer Jobs and is only open to students who are coming from and returning to full-time post-secondary schooling.
Book Launch: Affirming Collaboration – Community and Humanist Activist Art in Québec and Elsewhere / Lancement du livre: Célébrer la collaboration – Art communautaire et art activiste humaniste au Québec et ailleurs (Montréal)
– posted with permission from Devora Neumark Read ArtBridges’ profile on Engrenage Noir/LEVIER here. See ArtBridges’ Google Map for more information.
Community Artist Profile: Michael “Cy” Cywink (Ontario)
“Michael Cywink is a band member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island. He is also an alumnus of the Museum Studies Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Michael is an independent curator. Previously he was the curator for the Ojibwe
Job Opportunity: Ghost River Rediscovery Youth Leadership Program Coordinator (Calgary)
Here’s a job opportunity from the Ghost River Rediscovery Society! “Employment Opportunity GHOST RIVER REDISCOVERY An Outdoor Education Program based on Aboriginal Culture… …is looking for a Youth Leadership Program Coordinator Our Mission: Drawing on the strength of Indigenous culture, the wisdom of the Elders, with a philosophy of love and
Group Art Exhibition: Margin of Eras (June 9-20, Toronto)
“All projects are supported by CUE – a radical arts funding program based out of Sketch, dedicated to supporting young artists whom otherwise might not see their projects realized by the bureaucracies that exist within larger funding bodies. CUE is interested in hearing what artists far from the mainstream have
Using the Creative Arts in Community Training Intensive June 13 – 17, 2011 (Halifax)
“If you are interested in using the arts with community, in applying for a 4Cs projects, or in applying to the Art Bikers program, we strongly recommend you join this opportunity to develop the essential skills and attitude for creative, community-based work. ONLY 8 spaces remaining. Register by calling or
ArtHeart Community Art Centre turns 20! (Toronto)
ArtBridges would like to congratulate ArtHeart for turning 20 on June 1st. Here’s to 20 great years of providing “children, youth and adults living in the inner-city with visual arts education, programs and materials, free-of-charge. By using art as a vehicle, ArtHeart helps to develop self-esteem, creativity, life-skills and learning.
Project Hightlight: Art Starts’ Demolition Art House (Toronto)
– photos by Tamara Haberman Art Starts’ Demolition Art House “Working with 5 professional artists and local youth aged 11 – 17, Art Starts took an abandoned, creepy house, slated for demolition Toronto’s Oakwood-Eglinton area, and turned it into a “Kingdom of Awesome!”. Demolition Art House galvanized local youth, changed community perceptions