January 2022

Happy New Year!

Dear friends in community-engaged arts!

We hope that this new year finds you and yours in good health and spirits.

We look forward to highlighting what’s going on in community-engaged arts across Canada again this year. Through the day-to-day blog posts we gather and share, a story unfolds about how people continue to pivot their arts initiatives and work within the challenges of the pandemic. A story also unfolds about what issues and areas of focus matter and how the field is evolving due to social justice and environmental issues of our time. 

We’d like to hear from you! Please email in stories, pictures or posts about your community-engaged arts initiatives, stories and opportunities. Perhaps they’ll inspire others! Perhaps you’ll find some support, idea or opportunity you’re looking for too.

Stay healthy, creative and hopeful!

We wish for you and your loved ones:
health, fortitude, and joy
to stay nimble, keep pivoting, and persist
reach out, extend a hand
rest
draw, paint, imagine, sing, dance, act, perform, photograph, film, write, tell a story
get creative
to come together in the ways we can and celebrate the small and wonderful moments

Seanna Connell on behalf of the ArtBridges team

photo credit: Nature_Design/Pixabay