« SAVE THE DATE! 5th Annual BIG BAM BOOM Youth-Led Arts Festival Exhibition: June 4-9, 2013 Free After Three: June 5, 2013 Performance: June 8, 2013 Art Gallery of Ontario Weston Family Learning Centre 317 Dundas St W About Arts for Children & Youth (AFCY): AFCY is a registered charitable organization.
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Friday Morning Coffee: Top Challenges/Needs of Community Arts Initiatives
We think that if ‘mentorship grants’ could be provided by funders, seasoned community-engaged arts initiatives could be paired with emerging community-arts initiatives and many of these challenges could be addressed via peer support… Last Friday, we posted a summary from a telephone survey on needs and challenges of community arts
Inspiration and Trepidation: Starting a Community Arts Organization « Different Stories, Common Experiences » (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
Masq’alors: le Festival international du masque du Québec à Saint-Camille (23 mai au 2 juin)
« MASQ’ALORS, le Festival international du masque du Québec à Saint-Camille, tiendra sa 3e édition du 23 mai au 2 juin prochain, à Saint-Camille, dans les Cantons-de-l’Est. 10 jours 30 événements 6 pays 50 artistes, conférenciers et invités http://masqalors.ca/ C’est une invitation au voyage autour du monde, à travers des spectacles,
Video Update: SYiM – Southern Youth In Motion (Toronto)
While SYiM (Southern Youth In Motion) is busy working away on the second issue of SYiMzine, we thought we’d share some videos from their showcase event last December. The showcase brought together youth from southern and northern Ontario to share their artwork while raising awareness of First Nations aspirations and
Job Opportunity: Cultural Program Coordinator (Native Canadian Centre of Toronto)
« Position: Cultural Program Coordinator Supervisor: Reports to the Executive Director Summary: The creation of cultural programming to meet the needs and requests of the Aboriginal community of Toronto. Duties and Responsibilities: Coordinate and manage the delivery of educational programs that cover Aboriginal history, spirituality, stories, songs, dances, regalia, languages, cultural
Friday Morning Coffee: ArtBridges Needs Assessment Survey
ArtBridging Ontario Researcher, Maxine Sidran, shares valuable feedback from her recent Ontario-wide survey to community-engaged arts initiatives that have been previously profiled on the ArtBridges/ToileDesArts network: “I spoke with 39 of the 132 English-speaking community-engaged arts organizations in the ArtBridges network (30%). My initial approach told them we were looking
Appel à communication – « mettent en évidence le pouvoir des arts et leur contribution au changement social au Canada » (date limite d’inscription tombe le 15 mai )
Appel à communication: FORUM NATIONAL LE POUVOIR DES ARTS (Ottawa, 2013) « Organisé par la Fondation Michaëlle Jean et la Faculté des arts et des sciences sociales de l’Université Carleton, le premier Forum national Le Pouvoir des arts : contribuer au changement social aura lieu du 27 au 29 septembre 2013
Call for Submissions: Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival 2013, Deadline July 15 (Vancouver)
« Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival 2013 – Call for Submissions The Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival (VIMAF) invites new works in media arts from Indigenous media artists of Turtle Island and abroad. This festival has been brought to you by the letter R. Remix. Reflect. Resonate. Remain. 2013 is already
Call for Papers – « that highlight the power of the arts and their contribution to social change in Canada » (deadline, May 15)
Call for Papers POWER OF THE ARTS NATIONAL FORUM (Ottawa – 2013) « Organized by the Michaëlle Jean Foundation and Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the inaugural Power of the Arts National Forum: Advancing Social Change, will take place between September 27 to 29, 2013, in Ottawa. Under