Interviews

Profile: Portraits Beyond Boundaries (based in Montreal & Toronto)

Portraits Beyond Boundaries is a community arts not-for-profit, volunteer organization that was founded in 2008 by mother and daughter Susan Lazar Hart and Kelsey Hart. Its mandate is to get children to discover themselves through art and to learn about other people through art, then gift their art to someone else, through art exchanges. The general model

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Profile: Common Weal Community Arts Inc. (Saskatchewan)

Common Weal Community Arts Inc. is a charitable community arts organization founded in 1993 with Rachael Van Fossen as Artistic Director.  Its mandate is to engage artists collaboratively with communities to promote social change and cultural identity.  Common Weal works with many different communities throughout Saskatchewan and does not maintain

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Profile: Arts Network for Children and Youth (ANCY)

Arts Network for Children and Youth (ANCY) was founded in 2001 by Linda Albright. It is a national community arts resource, specific to children and youth arts based programs in the community and primarily outside of the school.   Its mandate is to 1.  conduct community development, 2. influence policy and affect change within the children’s and youth art

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Profile: Veith Street Gallery Studio Association (Halifax)

Veith Street Gallery Studio Association (VSGSA) is a community arts educational organization that was founded in 2003 by Michel Seary. It supports members of Creative Spirit East by providing exhibition venues such as Veith Street Gallery in Halifax and the Pedway Picture Gallery in Dartmouth. Its mandate is to provide a vechicle for

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Profile: Focus on Nature

website: focusonnature.ca blog: focusonnatureca.blogspot.com/ status:Project community served: Children arts focus: Photography location: Guelph, Ontario “Inspiring children to explore and appreciate nature through photography” “Focus on Nature is an educational program that uses photography to connect children to nature, and to engage them in learning. ” (from web) Photo taken By Charlotte

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