Archive for October, 2015

Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange (Nov. 2, Toronto)

“The Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange is part of the Creative Spaces Outside the Core (CSOC) initiative, led by Artscape. CSOC is a capacity-building and partnership development initiative designed to support the planning and development of community cultural hubs and other forms of arts infrastructure in areas outside of Toronto’s core.

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inVISIBLE Ink: Free art and writing workshop series for LGBTQQ2S youth and their allies (Thunder Bay, ON)

“Welcome to inVISIBLE Ink! We are thrilled to let you know about exciting new youth arts project. Please spread the word! inVISIBLE Ink is a free art and writing workshop series aimed at LGBTQQ2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, questioning and 2-spirited) youth and their allies in Thunder Bay. *Who?* Although the project has

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Video: What are community-engaged arts all about? / L’art communautaire, c’est quoi? (ArtBridges/ToileDesArts)

What are community-engaged arts all about? ArtBridges asked numerous community partners from across Canada to tell us through their voices and pictures. This short video, created by Andrea Dorfman, had photo and audio contributions from 50 community arts partners from across Canada. This video was made with support from the J.W. McConnell

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Stepping Sideways – Resiliency and the Learning Heart: by DAREarts artist-educator Cathy Elliott

From Left: Seanna Connell (Project Director, ArtBridges), Cathy Elliott (Artist-Educator, DAREarts), Marilyn Field (Founder & President, DAREarts). Photo courtesy of Cathy Elliott. Cathy Elliott is an artist-educator with DAREarts’ First Roots Aboriginal program. DAREarts received an award in ArtBridges’ First Annual Recognition Awards for remarkable work in community-engaged arts in

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