ArtBridges would like to congratulate ArtHeart for turning 20 on June 1st. Here’s to 20 great years of providing “children, youth and adults living in the inner-city with visual arts education, programs and materials, free-of-charge. By using art as a vehicle, ArtHeart helps to develop self-esteem, creativity, life-skills and learning.
News & Announcements
eNewsletter: Klondike Institute of Art & Culture-KIAC (Dawson)
ArtBridges has been subscribing to the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) e-newsletter for a while. We think it’s a great resource that provides communication about all sorts of arts and community arts activities, events, workshops, festivals and opportunities etc. happening in Dawson and the surrounding area. We are
News: After-school children’s arts programs at ArtHouse (Oakville, ON)
It’s always great to read about new after-school children’s arts programs that introduce children to the arts and that are free, safe, educational and fun! Here’s a link to an article in January 17th‘s Toronto Star newspaper written by Vanessa Lu called: Kid’s Program Reinvents State of the Arts. The
Update: Community Arts Network (International)
It is with great sadness to hear that the Community Arts Network (CAN) has decided to shut down their website. CAN provided (and still provides, through their archives) enumerable amounts of resources for those in the Community Arts—from the professional to the academic side of this field. It was one
E-Newsletter: Community Arts Council of Vancouver
ArtBridges has been subscribing to this e-newsletter for more than a year. It is a great resource that provides communication about all sorts of community arts events, developments and programs happening in Vancouver and the surrounding area. Anyone interested in learning more about what is going on community art-wise in
News: New Community Art Centre: Selkirk Avenue North End Art Centre (Winnipeg)
“A new arts centre in Winnipeg’s North End hopes to improve the lives of that community’s members…” Read more about the new North End Art Centre (NEAC) in “Art in the City’s North End” in The Manitoban on August 20, 2010 by Ben Miller.
Announcement: New Simon Fraser University Course “Exploring Arts for Social Change: Communities in Action” (Vancouver)
“ICASC is delighted to offer a new Fall Institute/Special Topics course in Fall 2010: Exploring Arts for Social Change: Communities in Action. This unique initiative is available both as a 400-level credit course in collaboration with Simon Fraser’s Faculty of Education and for non-credit learners through Continuing Studies. Join
News: International ArtBridging
Here’s a recent article “ Finding Musical Sanctuary in the Slums of Caracas” that was written up in the Toronto Star newspaper on Saturday (April 24th) about El Systema by William Littler. This free music program for youth in the Caracus, Venezuelan slums has become globally renowned and as
Newsflash: New Community Arts Outreach Opportunities for Students (Halifax)
The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD) School of Extended Studies, is going to be opening a community service learning center this year that will connect students with community based opportunities. The school is in the initial stages of development and hopes to institute a new position
SKETCH’s Open Call across Canada
SKETCH is calling out to all who are as keenly interested in proliferating youth organizing through the arts. Please be in touch if you want to learn more about the SKETCH engagement framework and some of its foundational principles of addressing community development, poverty reduction, gender and racial equity, environmental