Archive for May, 2019

Submit your ArtBridges award nomination!

ArtBridges/ToileDesArts is now collecting nominations for the 5th Annual Recognition Awards for community-engaged arts initiatives, community partners and ArtBridges’ Member initiatives. These awards will showcase remarkable work in community-engaged arts taking place in Canada. There are three categories:1) Innovation 2) Resiliency 3) Creativity  One award will be given in each category. Each award-winning initiative will receive a

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ReelAbilities Film Festival (Toronto)

“ReelAbilities Film Festival returns to Toronto for the fourth year in a row, May 24 – June 2, 2019, ReelAbilities Film Festival will also include filmmaker Q&As, dance performances, workshops and an Accessible Comedy Night. ReelAbilities Film Festival will screen over 20 films including Dan Habib’s Intelligent Lives at the

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HAPPENING Multicultural Festival (Muse Arts, Toronto)

“MUSE ARTS seeks to engage local residents, communities and organizations with immigrant, newcomer and refugee artists to promote love for the arts, inclusion, solidarity and community-building. HAPPENING Multicultural Festival May 29th to June 1st, 2019 HAPPENING Festival is a four-day multidisciplinary festival that will engage more than 100 artists/ performers

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The Gathering: Celebrating 10 years of showcasing, convening and support for equity and pluralism in the Arts

“Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) celebrates 10 years of working with providing services to and facilitating learning forums for artists and arts organizations in equity, diversity, inclusivity and pluralism. Through centering their work around empowering the arts communities of Ontario with a focus on galvanizing opportunities for

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REBIRTH: Artist Educator Professional Development Certificate Program (Toronto)

“This professional development certificate program is designed for emerging and established Artist Educators and Community Facilitators; those in the Community Arts Sector who want to serve marginalized sections of society, who find themselves in a time of transition and transformation. The Rebirth program is designed for those seeking to develop

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Call for Applications: Yukon Riverside Arts Festival

“The Yukon Riverside Arts Festival provides an accessible environment for community members and visitors to interact with and celebrate the arts. The Festival welcomes artists practicing traditional and contemporary art forms and features exhibitions, artist demonstrations, lectures, live music, art installations, and art market, and more!” For more information, please

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Five monument unveilings will honour sexual assault survivors across Ontario (Red Dress Productions)

“The Countdown Public Art Legacy Project is a series of pebble mosaic workshops to create monuments that honour survivors of sexual violence. Pebble mosaic monuments From February to March 2019, Red Dress Productions, Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre, Lanark County Interval House, the Sexual Assault Centre of Brant, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre, and Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre collaborated

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