{"id":13011,"date":"2013-04-30T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2013-04-30T08:15:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:15:36","slug":"national-youth-arts-week-youth-dialogue-launch-party-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/national-youth-arts-week-youth-dialogue-launch-party-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"National Youth Arts Week Youth Dialogue & Launch Party (Toronto)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"National<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Join over 100 youth from the GTA, Calgary, Vancouver and Halifax to\u00a0kick-off National Youth Arts Week at the AGO,<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 1st at 6:00 pm!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special guest speakers include Canada\u2019s former Governor General Micha\u00eblle Jean & Jean-Daniel Lafond, Co-Founders & Co-Chairs of the Micha\u00eblle Jean Foundation<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The evening will feature a dynamic Youth Dialogue to build arts-based solutions to pressing issues facing youth in the GTA and across Canada. Plus, a breaking battle and beat-boxing showcase by UNITY, DJs and live performances.<\/p>\n

Also, check out the AGO Youth Council\u2019s new projects, a pop-up shop by Oasis Skateboard Factory, live painting with Elicser Elliott, grant-writing and fundraising workshop teasers for youth by ArtReach Toronto and other drop-in artmaking activities. We hope that you will share this with youth and encouraging them to take part.<\/p>\n

Free and open to everyone. Come get connected! Free food and drinks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)<\/strong><\/p>\n

317 Dundas St West, \u00a0Toronto<\/strong>
\n Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Event starts at 6:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Youth Arts Week Kick-Off is organized as a partnership of the Arts Network for Children and Youth, the AGO, the Micha\u00eblle Jean Foundation, Artreach Toronto, the Remix Project, GYC, UNITY,\u00a0Get Schooled, Sketch, Supporting Our Youth, LOVE, Oasis Skateboard Factory, AGO Youth Council, Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance, Pink Ink, The People Project, Lost Lyrics, Manifesto, Grassroots Youth Collective, Remix Project.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>National Youth Arts Week<\/a>, is the largest annual youth-led celebration of creative expression in Canada! It represents an opportunity for youth to engage in creative expression, have their voices heard and demonstrate the power of art to transform the world. The National Week is a project of the Arts Network for Children and Youth, in partnership with the Micha\u00eblle Jean Foundation, and funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.<\/p>\n

For more information or to join us via LiveStream visit, ago.net<\/a> or http:\/\/youthartsnetwork.ca\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

-posted with permission from Linda Albright, Executive Director, Arts Network for Children and Youth\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0& Peter Flegel, \u00a0Director of Communications and Programs, Fondation Micha\u00eblle Jean Foundation<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0<\/span>ArtBridges\u2019 profile on Arts Network for Children and Youth here<\/a>.
\nPlease see ArtBridges\u2019\u00a0Google Map<\/a>\u00a0for contact information.<\/p>\n

For ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts sponsorship opportunities: Simon Constam, Sponsorship Director, simon@artbridges.ca, 905-537-7227
\nReturn to ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts homepage<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00ab\u00a0Join over 100 youth from the GTA, Calgary, Vancouver and Halifax to\u00a0kick-off National Youth Arts Week at the AGO, May 1st at 6:00 pm! Special guest speakers include Canada\u2019s former Governor General Micha\u00eblle Jean & Jean-Daniel Lafond, Co-Founders & Co-Chairs of the Micha\u00eblle Jean Foundation! The evening will feature a<\/p>\n

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