“Our biggest event of the year was our second annual SYiM Showcase held on December 14th and 15th, where 20 youth from the north and 20 youth from the south came together to take part in art based workshops: Beading with Meghan Young and Matilda Suganaqueb, Photography with Sherry Prenevost,
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Platform A Announces the recipients of new micro-grants to support community-engaged art-making in Toronto
“Platform A partner organizations AFCY, Art Starts, Jumblies Theatre and SKETCH/CUE are pleased to announce the recipients of 33 new micro-grants made possible through City Council’s increase in investment to the Toronto Arts Council. This initiative puts micro-grants of $1,000 directly into the hands of emerging and newcomer artists and
It Starts With a Circle: Stories from a DAREarts Artist-Educator
It’s my pleasure to introduce Cathy Elliott, an artist educator with DAREarts’ First Roots program. Cathy is amazing and has graciously agreed to start blogging for the ArtBridges Community Blog. Once a month, Cathy will share her stories and experiences working with our First Nations youth in remote northern communities
Call for Submissions: BIG ART BOOK 2014 (Scarborough Arts)
“The BIG ART BOOK is back! A fresh assortment of creativity. An invitation to make new connections. An opportunity to embrace new media and build upon traditional forms of artistic expression in Scarborough. The BIG ART BOOK is a digital anthology of writing and visual arts in Scarborough and the 2014
Photo Story: Da Jump Off (Art City in St. James Town, Toronto)
Art City in St. James Town submitted some photos to ArtBridges from a great project their community arts organization did recently. If you have photos and a story to share about an interesting community arts project, please send them in to us at info@artbridges.ca. By sharing stories, others may be
Arts and Positive Change in Communities | Featured Resource
For many of us involved in community arts, funding proposals are a regular feature of the work. What can be frustrating is being asked to demonstrate how and why your project will create an impact. Many artists know that their work is making a difference, but don’t have the words
ASC! (Art for Social Change) PROJECT (Canada)
ArtBridges/ToileDesArts is a collaborator with the ASC! (Art for Social Change) Project. We are pleased to tell you that the ASC! Project’s website just went live in December! You are welcome to read regular updates and make comments: http://art-for-social-change.ca/ ” The ASC! (Art for Social Change) research project brings together artists,
Job Opportunity: Art Bikers Coordinator (4Cs Foundation, Halifax)
“As the Art Bikers Coordinator you conscientiously work within the mandate of the 4Cs Foundation ensuring the successful delivery of the Art Bikers program while also representing the 4Cs Foundation to the general public. You inspire and lead a group of young adults (the Art Bikers team) in delivering arts-based
Affirming and Documenting Collaboration | Featured Resource
Since 2001, Engrenage Noir has been associated with ‘community organizations and their members that work to confront the systemic causes underlying situations of social, economic and political exclusion’. In 2008, Engrenage Noir / LEVIER published Affirming Collaboration: Community and Humanist Activist Art in Québec and Elsewhere. This large format book
Call for Info: Seniors Arts Initiatives in Canada (HenPower, UK)
We received an interesting request from an artist in the UK, Jos Forester-Melville, who works on the HenPower Project at Equal Arts. HenPower encourages “older people to care for chickens. They then facilitate arts sessions using the chickens as a stimulus eg, art, film making, movement, photography etc.” HenPower is a project of