{"id":24255,"date":"2020-01-09T07:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=24255"},"modified":"2020-01-09T07:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:50:44","slug":"happy-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/happy-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy January!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/pixel2013-sunrise-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24256\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear ArtBridges community partners, friends, readers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Happy New Year!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoping that you have had a chance to rest, replenish, reconnect, and reset!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to connecting this year! and learning and sharing more about community-engaged arts and arts for social change going on across Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last year was an exciting one for ArtBridges! Some highlights were:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For almost one year now, ArtBridges has been operating as a new charitable organization, not-for-profit, and registered National Arts Service Organization (NASO). We\u2019ve successfully laid down the foundation of a new organization: setting up payroll, HR, contracts, bookkeeping, financial reporting, Board meetings, complying with CRA and Corporations Canada, issuing charitable tax receipts, banking, setting up Paypal &amp; CanadaHelps, sent out numerous proposals to foundations, and have started to apply for Arts Service grants with government granting programs. With the building of strong organizational foundation, we can slowly build up programming and projects again!<br><\/li><li>Here\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tidescanada.org\/blog\/leadership-and-capacity-building\/blog-catching-up-with-artbridges-a-new-chapter-begins-for-former-shared-platform-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">an article by Kate Rowswell<\/a>&nbsp;on the Tides Canada blog about ArtBridges\u2019 new beginnings after 10 great years with Tides.<br>We connected with over 390 (and growing!) community-engaged arts initiatives across Canada. <\/li><li>Learn more about these amazing initiatives from coast to coast to coast on the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridges.ca\/community\/community_map?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Map and Profile Directory<\/a>&nbsp;and update your initiative\u2019s organization profile any time.<\/li><li>In collaboration with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/centrejacquescartier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Centre R\u00e9sidentiel et Communautaire Jacques-Cartier<\/a>,&nbsp;in Qu\u00e9bec City, ArtBridges surveyed community-engaged arts initiatives across Canada to find out what services there are for homeless youth. We added a search filter on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridges.ca\/community\/community_map\" target=\"_blank\">artbridges.ca Map and Profile Directory<\/a>&nbsp;that shows which community-engaged arts initiatives actively serve or work with homeless youth across Canada.<br><\/li><li>We worked hard to keep the information flowing about what\u2019s going on in the field via&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridges.ca\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">artbridges.ca<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\">blog posts<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/artbridgestoiledesarts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtBridges\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/artbridges.ca\/learning\" target=\"_blank\">Learning and Resources<\/a>, and helped people with special requests\u2014assisting with finding mentorship, connections, supplies, resources, and writing letters of support, all year!<br><\/li><li>As a community partner over the past six years, ArtBridges assisted the ASC! Project (Arts for Social Change) with research about community-engaged arts across Canada. This year marks the conclusion of the research project. Please read their final report which presents a brief overview:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/icasc.ca\/resources\/asc-project-final-report\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/icasc.ca\/resources\/asc-project-final-report<\/a><br><\/li><li>ArtBridges held its 5th Annual Recognition Awards for Remarkable Community-Engaged Arts! There were 32 submissions for this juried award. The outcomes were: Remarkable Creativity: 1st place \u2013 Cirque Hors Piste National Social Circus Gathering, 2nd place \u2013 Home2.0; Remarkable Resiliency: 1st place \u2013 Thinking Rock Community Arts, 2nd place \u2013 Music From Hope; Remarkable Innovation: 1st place \u2013 Otahpiaaki. The awards were sponsored by the Ruth Mandel \u2013 WHO GIVES Fund.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy new year!<br>Please call or write to connect, share stories, ideas, or events.<br>-ArtBridges team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><small><em>-photo by <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/sunrise-grasses-nature-sky-3712483\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>pixel2013<\/em><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear ArtBridges community partners, friends, readers, Happy New Year! Hoping that you have had a chance to rest, replenish, reconnect, and reset! We look forward to connecting this year! and learning and sharing more about community-engaged arts and arts for social change going on across Canada. 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