ArtBridges/ToileDesArts est une plateforme de réseautage pour toutes les personnes qui s’intéressent ou qui sont actives au sein du milieu de l’art communautaire et de l’art engagé pour le changement social au Canada. Tout au long de l’année dernière, nous avons pris connaissance des nombreuses façons dont les initiatives d’arts
Archive for January, 2023
Happy Birthday ArtBridges! / Bonne fête ToileDesArts !
ToileDesArts fête ses quatorze ans ! Hourra !ArtBridges turns fourteen! Hooray! Merci beaucoup à tous nos lecteurs et lectrices, contributeurs et contributrices, supporteurs et supportrices, et bien sûr, nos amis et amies! Thank you so much — readers, contributors, community partners, members, supporters and friends! -photo credit: Pixabay/StockSnap
Call for Applications: FUTURES/forward Mentorship Program (Extended Deadline: Jan 29)
“The call for applications to the FUTURES/forward national community-engaged arts mentorship program is now OPEN! Application deadline has been extended to January 29, 2023! → Are you a mid-career community-engaged artist – aged 21 or older, residing and eligible to work in Canada – who would benefit from being mentored by a
Call for Artists: Adäka Cultural Festival (Yukon)
“Join us in 2023 to celebrate the unity of the Northern Dene Nations and Yukon First Nations at the annual Adäka Cultural Festival as these Nations come together to honour their cultures through art, music, stories, language, history, and more. We are extending an invitation to all Indigenous visual artists, performers and knowledge keepers
Call for Applications: Arts Forward Workshops
“For 30 years, Art Starts has created vibrant communities through community-based arts programming for emerging and newcomer artists living in our community. In 2023, 15 artists across all artistic disciplines will have the opportunity to move Arts Forward by designing a workshop in a neighbourhood or community of their choice. If you are an artist facilitator
Profile Highlight: Southampton Arts
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
Call for Performing Artists (Prologue Performing Arts)
“Call for artists offering both in-person and digital performances and workshops in schools and communities for the 2023/2024 season NOW OPEN! Deadline to apply: February 14, 2023 Prologue Performing Arts is seeking professional performing artists to join our 2023-24 roster of artists working in schools and communities across Ontario. Prologue
Woodland Drawing Workshop with Lucia Laford (VIBE Arts, online)
“Guided by Lucia Laford (Waawaaskone Qwe) artists of all ages and abilities are invited to learn how to draw in a Woodland Arts style! Material Suggestions: Paper, pencil, pen, markers, but any drawing tool works! This workshop is part of VIBE Arts’ Boreal Creates programming. Boreal Creates is a project
Become a Member of ArtBridges! / Devenez membre de la ToileDesArts !
ArtBridges is a hub for connection for anyone interested in or active in community-engaged arts for social change in Canada. Through the past year, we learned about the many ways that community-engaged arts initiatives have been working with their participants through the pandemic and re-opening phases. It has taken great
Workshop – Power Hour: Creating Care: Exploring Art as a Care Practice
“How do we understand the meaning of care? What would it mean to put care at the centre of our artistic practices? In our communities and collective spaces? This workshop invites mad, Deaf, and disabled artists to come together to discuss, debate, and develop these meanings. We will build from
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