Project Highlights

[VIDEO] Arts & Health Project: Healthy Aging Through the Arts (Vancouver)

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/14258120] video by Lemongrass Media This inspiring video features The Arts & Health Project, which “brings together seniors and professional artists to build social connections, develop artistic skill and creativity and facilitating their ability to age in place.” Here’s an excerpt from their recent ArtBridges profile: “The long term

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Art Exhibition: Collaborative Connections, TDSB Aboriginal Youth Leadership Education Project (Toronto)

Photo used with permission from Tanya Senk, Toronto District School Board Collaborative Connections is an art exhibition featuring the work of First Nation, Métis and Inuit students from the Toronto District School Board’s Aboriginal Education Centre. The students, from grades 8 through 11, had participated in the Aboriginal Youth Leadership

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Video Portrait: “Cultural Appreciation From A First Nation Perspective”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBPzruJq8XI Artist-In-Residence, Michael Cywink, shares a beautiful candid video about his program ‘Cultural Appreciation From A First Nation Perspective’ with children at Phelps Public School (Redbridge, ON) “The program I implement in schools is titled ‘Cultural Appreciation From A First Nation Perspective’. I am always willing to work with students

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Video: Alexandra Park Youth Street Art Mentorship Project (Toronto)

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/36098823] “In the summer of 2011 community arts heavyweights Art Starts teamed up with Emerging Artist Gallery Whippersnapper, to launch a groundbreaking program called the Youth Street Art Mentorship project. Throughout July and August five local youth from the Alexandra Park and Chinatown area worked along side 7 different

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SKETCH: October Programming (Toronto)

“SKETCH also has a number of special projects coming up: –The Tutu Project: youth will together design and create a tutu from fabric and mixed media which will be displayed at the National Ballet of Canada –New Eyes, a community arts research project with newcomer youth: youth who are new to Canada will receive training

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