“Curated by Toronto’s Manifesto’s Festival of Community and Culture, Hip-Hop Playground: Battles and Beats is a jubilant celebration of hip-hop culture showcasing dance, music, graffiti art, spoken word, and more. Acclaimed Ottawa DJ, artist, and urbanist Memetic hosts. Dance Battles: DJ Jervyjerv spins tracks as 20 of the province’s best dancers
Archive for April, 2015
Opportunity for Aboriginal artists from across Canada to submit an EOI for Bala Pedestrian Underpass Project in Toronto
“The City of Toronto invites Aboriginal artists to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in StreetARToronto’s Bala Pedestrian Underpass Project. The goal of this project is to beautify and animate the underpass with a mural representative of the local, historical indigenous perspective. This project is being implemented by
Opportunity for Indigenous girls and women (ages 13-24) INDIGICADE: Free Video Game Development Program (Toronto)
“INDIGICADE – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS… Super Cool Opportunity for INDIGENOUS GALS (Ages 13-24) FREE! Video Game Development! The Indigenous Routes Collective in partnership with Dames Making Games are offering a VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT Program. DEADLINE: MAY 29th Further info & to submit – CHECK OUT: http://www.indigenousroutes.ca/ Finished games will be
Community Arts Resources, Funding, Tools & Tips / Ressources, financement, outils et astuces en art communautaire
If you haven’t seen ArtBridges’ latest newsletter yet, have a look! This spring edition, compiled by Skye Louis, ArtBridges’ Info Resource Developer: Community Arts Resources, Funding, Tools & Tips Looking for new funding that can support your work? Interested in new ways to evaluate what you do or demonstrate why it matters? Or perhaps
Profile Highlight: Health Action Theatre by Seniors (HATS), Toronto
As ArtBridges’ Community-Engaged Arts Directory grows, we realize that it’s a bit overwhelming to read through all of the profiles. We’re hoping that by occasionally highlighting some profiles on our blog, you may learn about an initiative that you may not have initially seen in the directory. Also, if you know of
Social Circus in Calgary: In Conversation with Green Fools’ Dean Bareham
“Green Fools is a Calgary-based nonprofit involved in creating theatre, producing shows, touring, providing animation at festivals, and running a social circus program. I recently met up with with Co-Artistic Director Dean Bareham to learn more about Green Fools and their involvement in social circus. -Skye Louis, ArtBridges Info Resource
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Seeking independent films by Indigenous artists, Deadline April 30
Image: Production still from REEL INJUN by Neil Diamond CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Cinema Politica is currently seeking submissions of independent Canadian Indigenous works for a special screening project called First Peoples First Screens. Led by Cinema Politica, the programming initiative is a partnership with the Conseil des arts et des
Call to Artists: Ontario Scene Festival & Aanmitaagzi, April 27-28 (Ottawa)
Visit the website for the Ontario Scene Festival, April 29 to May 10, in Ottawa. Posted with permission from Laura Denker, Ontario Scene Read Aanmitaagzi’s profile on ArtBridges’ Community-Engaged Arts Directory and Map
Indigenous Curatorial Residency, Deadline April 23 (Winnipeg)
In partnership with the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective and with the generous support of the Winnipeg Foundation, aceartinc. has created an Indigenous Curator Residency. We are inviting applications from indigenous curators wishing to exhibit contemporary artists working in any medium. The curator will be selected by a jury made up of
Nouvelle Scène – Formations et concert gratuits pour les musiciens fransaskois! (Regina)
QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST? “Nouvelle scène est un évènement tremplin permettant aux artistes de la chanson d’expression française de bénéficier d’une plate-forme stimulante pour leur développement professionnel. L’évènement permet aux participants d’assister à des ateliers, des formations et de s’expérimenter sur scène. Depuis 1990, cet évènement a mis sur scène près