La Toile des Arts se concentre exclusivement sur l’art communautaire et l’art pour le changement social au Canada. De temps à autres cependant, notre mission et les histoires que nous partageons ont un rayonnement bien plus vaste que nous l’imaginons, et nous nous retrouvons sur le site du Conseil des
Interviews
Social Circus in Calgary: In Conversation with Green Fools’ Dean Bareham
“Green Fools is a Calgary-based nonprofit involved in creating theatre, producing shows, touring, providing animation at festivals, and running a social circus program. I recently met up with with Co-Artistic Director Dean Bareham to learn more about Green Fools and their involvement in social circus. -Skye Louis, ArtBridges Info Resource
Artists Without Borders: a developing Canadian-based initiative
I recently met with Brian Hardie, a Vancouver-based visual artist, in Toronto. He told me about the founding of a new non-profit initiative he is researching and developing called “Artists Without Borders.” Brian has been spending the past six months connecting with and meeting people to explore and expand the idea and the model
Profile: Arts for Children and Youth (Toronto)
(Left to right) Mural, Puppetry, Aboriginal Drumming/ all photos provided by AFCY AFCY-Cultivating Creativity, Engaging Community Founded in 1995, Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY) is a charitable, grassroots, not-for-profit organization that engages young people from Toronto’s under-serviced communities in meaningful arts education programs. The general model is to provide
Community Artist Profile: Michael “Cy” Cywink (Ontario)
“Michael Cywink is a band member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island. He is also an alumnus of the Museum Studies Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Michael is an independent curator. Previously he was the curator for the Ojibwe
Mini-Profile: The Borough Most Thorough (Community Arts Project, Scarborough)
photos by Jennifer D. Fabico “Presented in partnership by the Scarborough Arts Council & Beatz to da Streetz, The Borough Most Thorough is a series of fully immersive urban music creation workshops for youth ages 14 -19. The Borough Most Thorough reinforces for participating youth the depth of cultural wealth
Profile: ArtsSmarts/GénieArts (Canada-wide)
In the process of identifying community arts projects, resources, organizations and programs throughout Canada, ArtBridges kept coming across ArtsSmarts projects. Many were found in rural and remote communities where arts services or opportunities seemed to be very limited. ArtsSmarts was founded in 1998 by the J. W. McConnell Family Foundation
Profile: Jumblies (Toronto)
Photo by K. Fleitas Jumblies Theatre is a community arts charitable organization that was founded in 2001 by Ruth Howard. Its mandate is to make high-calibre art with people about where they are, what they’re about and where they want to go. Much more than a theatre-based company, Jumblies explores
Profile: The Murphy Centre: Community Youth Arts (St. John’s)
The Murphy Centre is a not-for-profit organization that offers a wide variety of programs and services to youth at risk, including the Community Youth Arts Program. The over 8 years of success of this program can be attributed to the dedication of the centre’s co-directors Timothy Thorne and Timothy Turner as
Profile: Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts (Edmonton)
The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts is a non-profit community arts organization, that was founded in 2003. The centre, founded by Wendy Hollo, Curtis Gillespie and Paul Freeman began as a project of SKILLS Society, a local agency that supports people with developmental disabilities. Wendy and Curtis has previously partnered to publish a