Check out these recent videos about social work through hip hop organization, BluePrintForLife, and their work with Inuit youth in Arctic Canada. So far, BluePrintForLife founder, Stephen ‘Buddha’ Leafloor, has visited 4000 Inuit and First Nations youth, creating links between their ancestral traditions and hip hop as a means of
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Inspiration and Trepidation: Starting a Community Arts Organization (Algoma, ON)
“Robin Sutherland is an emerging arts manager and community artist who has recently moved from Toronto to her home community of Algoma, Northern Ontario, to establish Thinking Rock Community Arts, a new organization that will seek to engage and build community along the North Shore of Lake Huron. This blog
Photo Story: SYiM – Southern Youth in Motion (Toronto)
SYiM (Southern Youth in Motion) is a campaign of North-South Partnership for Children that aims to connect youth from southern Ontario with youth in northern Ontario’s First Nation communities through art, music, videos, etc. We’ve been following SYiM since August 2012 and they’ve accomplished a lot in the past 7
ArtBridges / ToileDesArts: A Visual Celebration
A huge thank you to the community arts initiatives across Canada that contributed to ArtBridges / ToileDesArts in 2012! Above photo collage created by Cora-Rae Silk, ArtBridges / ToileDesArts.
SYiM Hosts First Showcase Event in Toronto w/ Youth from Southern and Northern Ontario
A few months ago we had the pleasure of meeting with Lauren, Bev and Betty-Lou of North South Partnership for Children. At the time, they had just launched their Southern Youth In Motion (SYiM) campaign and the first issue of SYiMzine. They told us about their plans for a showcase
Art Starts Video Series: 20 Years, 20 Stories #16! (Toronto)
“This fall Art Starts is celebrating 20 years of using the arts as a vehicle to encourage social change in Toronto neighbourhoods. In honour of this anniversary Art Starts approached some of the talented individuals who have contributed to their success and asked them to share their favourite Art Starts
Art Starts Video Series: 20 Years, 20 Stories! (Toronto)
“This fall Art Starts is celebrating 20 years of using the arts as a vehicle to encourage social change in Toronto neighbourhoods. In honour of this anniversary Art Starts approached some of the talented individuals who have contributed to their success and asked them to share their favourite Art Starts
Une conversation avec Luc Bihan (LucSculpture; Toronto)
J’ai récemment eu la chance de jaser avec Luc Bihan, directeur de l’école LucSculpture au 663 Danforth où il ne manque certainement pas d’activité. De nombreuses soirées culturelles, camps d’été, cours d’arts bilingues, vernissages, et bien sûr le festival Art of the Danforth, ne sont que quelques-uns des projets qui
Art Project: dIE ActIvE Art Collective Graffiti Project (Thunder Bay, ON)
Photo courtesy of Definitely Superior Art Gallery. Thunder Bay’s dIE ActIvE Art Collective recently completed a project where youth artists were invited to paint a train car donated by local company, Mission Terminal. dIe ActIvE hosted a week of workshops in preparation for the project that included graffiti stencil design
Photo Story: ArtsExpress (Halifax)
Many thanks to Sabine, who generously gave us a treasure trove of wonderful photos of ArtsExpress collaboration projects to show to our readers! We love hearing about thriving community arts initiatives, but it’s even better to see them! So send us photos/videos of your community art initiative–we’d love that! As promised,