Making Place Work: Site-Specific Socially Engaged Art in 21st Century Toronto York University | ON | 2014 Maggie Hutcheson “Site-specific socially engaged art practices are on the rise, particularly in cities. Global migration, global networks and online communication notwithstanding, artists, curators and cultural institutions are increasingly working to “activate” audiences
Resources
ArtBridges/ToileDesArts’ Year Two Evaluation Report
Executive Summary “ArtBridges is a survivor! They help us all feel good about our work. They help us all feel that what we do matters. Pretty amazing stuff…” – Community Partner Introduction Founded in 2008, ArtBridges is a hub and forum for connection for anyone interested in or active in
Resource Highlight | Intimate stories: Aboriginal women’s lived experiences of health services in Northern British Columbia and the potential of creative arts to raise awareness about HPV, cervical cancer, and screening
Intimate stories: Aboriginal women’s lived experiences of health services in Northern British Columbia and the potential of creative arts to raise awareness about HPV, cervical cancer, and screening National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health | BC | 2012 Virginia L. Russell, Sarah de Leeuw “Guided by feminist and community-based participatory
Resource Highlight | Digital Storytelling and Youth
Digital Storytelling and Youth Empower | ON | 2012 Sarah Switzer, Ilona Alex Abramovich “An introduction to digital storytelling for youth sexual health peer education projects. Includes a step-by-step guide to digital storytelling and helpful tips and points to consider. Created by the Empower Project.” Click through the ArtBridges Resource
Resource Highlight | The Transformative Power of Artists Working with Community: Exploring and integrating the practice (ACI Manitoba)
The Transformative Power of Artists Working with Community: Exploring and integrating the practice ACI Manitoba | MB Sue Hemphill, Cameron Forbes “A slide presentation primer on artists working with community. Developed as part of ACI Manitoba’s Artists + Community Project. Slides are presented in PDF format.” Click through the ArtBridges
Video: Art as a Tool for Social Change / L’art comme outil de changement social (ArtBridges/ToileDesArts)
C’est avec fierté qu’ArtBridges/ToileDesArts vous présente L’art comme outil de changement social, une vidéo réalisée par Emily Laliberté (Funambules Médias) qui porte sur l’impact de l’art communautaire et de l’art pour le changement social ainsi que sur le rôle de la ToileDesArts. Pour réaliser cette deuxième vidéo d’une série de
Resource Highlight – Mother’s experience in prison: Finding meaning through weaving and words
Mother’s experience in prison: Finding meaning through weaving and words Spectrum Research Repository, Concordia University | QC | 2016 Magali Henry “Women’s imprisonment, and more specifically the situation of mothers, is a widely under represented research topic. The research presented through this report gives voice to nine mothers incarcerated in
Resource/Toolkit: A Young Women’s Guide to Media Arts and Social Change (Girls Action Foundation, Canada-wide)
Cocktail Créatif: Change le monde avec les arts médiatiques Fondation Filles d’Action | Canada wide L’utilisation des arts médiatiques pour des changements sociaux positifs. “Cocktail créatif c’est une boîte à outils, pleine à craquer d’exemples inspirants, d’informations et de ressources” pour aider à lancer des projets à travers la vidéo,
Resource Highlight – Creative Engagement Through the Arts as Health Care for Older People: Potential and Problems Provoked
Creative Engagement Through the Arts as Health Care for Older People: Potential and Problems Provoked University of Toronto, T-Space | ON | 2011 Ezra Houser “Programs that use the arts to engage older people promote health, foster community, and give voice and legacy to participants. Creative practice in health care
Resource Highlight – Polymers in Action: Socially Engaged Art and the Environment
Polymers in Action: Socially Engaged Art and the Environment OCADU | ON | 2015 Vicki Clough “Polymers in Action: Socially Engaged Art and the Environment examines eco-art pedagogies that are emerging in response to the serious issue of plastic waste pollution. Using a combination of collaborative, environmental, junk art