Creating Cultural Hubs with Lawrie Crawford & Karilynn Thompson « This webinar focuses on sites that use programming opportunities such as Culture Days to establish themselves as a cultural hub within their community. These locations have created multi-tiered events, often through partnership and collaboration, to provide a one-stop location where the public can gather
Conferences, Education & Training
Free program allows community members in the East End to engage with Mural Art (Toronto)
« Community members living in the East End will soon have the opportunity to engage with public art and develop artistic skills through a free, six-week program offered by Mural Routes in partnership with Community Centre 55. Introduction to Mural Art will be offered at this community centre (97 Main Street)
ArtFare Essentials 2018 (Jumblies Theatre)
January 26th – February 1st, 2018 Apply Online What is it? « An intensive workshop on the principles and practices of art that engages with and creates community; A 6-day exhilarating experiential journey of learning and artmaking; Everything (or many things!) you need to know to launch your own project; Open
Community Arts Practice Foundations-Part 2 (Creative Manitoba)
« Are you interested in art for social change? Community Arts signifies a particular art making practice, emphasizing community involvement and collaboration, often with people who may not otherwise actively engage in the arts. Community Arts is distinct from other arts practices as it is the creative processes and relationships developed with community
Pas d’Radis Fiscaux : l’État d’Urgence; Connecting Arts and Homelessness (Montréal, Nov 16-19)
« Du 16 au 19 novembre prochains, Place Émilie-Gamelin, aura lieu notre événement d’éradication des inégalités Pas d’Radis Fiscaux : l’État d’Urgence qui proposera un bouillonnement d’œuvres interdisciplinaires inédites sur l’écart des richesses, tout en continuant sa tradition d’inclusion et de services offerts aux plus démunis. Partagez l’événement ! Toute la programmation : www.atsa.qc.ca This coming November
Mixed Company Theatre Community Workshop Series: Elder Care Workshops
« Mixed Company Theatre, with the support of the Government of Ontario Senior Community Grant Program, is bringing our popular community-based workshops to seniors across the GTA this fall and winter.Facilitated by our Artistic Director, Simon Malbogat, our Elder Care Workshops seek to empower senior citizens and address the pressing issue
The Art of Changing The World (Nov 3-5, Ottawa)
« We invite you to join us in Ottawa November 3-5, 2017 for a lively gathering of #artists, #researchers, #students and #activists from many sectors in Canada and abroad who are working for progressive change. Around the world, specialized #community-based arts initiatives (in theatre, dance, music, visual, literary arts, social circus,
Artists’ Toolbox – Understanding Stress: A Mindfulness-Based Workshop (Toronto)
« Understanding stress – what it is, how it functions and why we feel it – is crucial to managing it. This workshop offers an exploration of how stress expresses itself in the lives of artists and how it can be useful. The facilitator will lead participants through mind-body medicine exercises
Workshop – At the Heart of the Matter: Personal Storytelling in a Digital World (Winnipeg)
« At the Heart of the Matter: Personal Storytelling in a Digital World is guided by a storytelling process introduced by Story Center www.storycenter.org over 20 years ago. Since then it has found its way into many fields in North America and internationally. It has been used as a transformative resource
The 18th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Oct 18-22, Toronto)
« The 18th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival today announced the full programming for the Festival, running October 18-22, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. imagineNATIVE will present over 100 feature films, documentaries, shorts, and music videos created by Indigenous filmmakers with almost three quarters of the films (72%) made by Indigenous female directors. imagineNATIVE’s opening