Books & Reports

Report: “ArtBridging Ontario” Report

“ArtBridging Ontario” Report: September 2011 – April 2012 By Ania Stypulkowski, ArtBridging Ontario Coordinator “A total of 97 profiles have been posted about Ontario-based community arts initiatives on the ArtBridges/ToileDesArts network since the network started in May 2009. Since starting my p/t position as ArtBridging Ontario Coordinator in September 2011,

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ArtBridges/ToileDesArts Report 2010 Accomplishments, Highlights & Evaluation

Photo collage by Kate Austin, ArtBridges Creative Partner; community arts programs, organizations and projects represented in profiles on this blog ArtBridges/ToileDesArts’ main activities: outreach, collaboration and communication: In 2010, we made hundreds of phone calls and e-mails to people across Canada who deliver arts projects, programs, organizations or resources in

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Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)

Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) Community Arts in Institutional Contexts “In my work as an art museum educator and researcher, I have become increasingly interested in the role of public

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Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)

Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) A New Model for Art Education: Community Arts and the ArtsAccess Project The ArtsAccess project emerged in the early 2000s, out of conversations between the

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Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)

Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) How Can Good Programs Be Sustained? “Programs endure when sustainability is built in from the beginning. Research suggests that the following five steps help ensure

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Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)

Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) How Do We Get Started? Top Ten Tips “Beginning a community arts project within a museum or gallery requires performing both a number of tangible

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Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)

Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB)   Why Community Arts in an Institutional Setting? The Guiding Principles “The decision to undertake a community arts project in an institutional setting requires a

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