{"id":347,"date":"2010-03-12T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/?p=347"},"modified":"2010-03-12T07:00:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T07:00:27","slug":"profile-sketch-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/profile-sketch-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Sketch (Toronto)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sketch<\/a> is a community arts development initiative that was founded in<\/span> 1996 by Phyllis Novak. Its mandate<\/span> is to engage youth who are street involved, homeless or otherwise marginalized in a progressive arts learning framework. The main premise<\/span> of Sketch is that the arts are a response to homelessness and poverty. The arts provide an entry point into civic participation, cultural identity and social change. Their model includes<\/span> open studio skill building, community connections and youth leadership programs.<\/p>\n

Sketch has community partners who they refer youth to for basic needs and community supports. Community arts becomes a way for youth to be engaged with the broader community. Participants can initiate projects outside of Sketch, and Sketch will help provide training and facilitation of the connection.<\/p>\n

Sketch is really good at<\/span> \u00ab\u00a0celebratory and wacky engagement of youth as organizers! [ It is known for<\/span> ] trying things, making mistakes and learning. [ It is also known for] it’s strong intentions to build healthy relationships [as well as] respecting the unique perspectives of marginalized community, street involved and homeless youth. \u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

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Sketch works with youth ages<\/span> 16-30. They come from all across Canada<\/span> and represent a vast array of youth who live homeless. Many are transient, living rough or moving between shelters and some are staying in their first apartments. The average number of participants<\/span> are 50 per program\/day; and more than 600 annually. The hours<\/span> of operation are Monday-Friday 9:30-6:30 PM, program and project hours vary. The language<\/span> of service is English.<\/p>\n

The arts disciplines<\/span> offered are visual arts, dance, movement arts, music and recording arts, theatre, media arts and creative writing. It has 7 full-time staff,<\/span> 4 part-time staff, 200 approximate volunteers\/year and 20 guest artists a year. Sketch rents a studio<\/span> that is 6000 sq feet. It offers Open Studio as well as registered classes and workshops, all free of charge<\/span>. It accepts and relies on participants who are referred. Sketch has a board of directors. Its annual budget<\/span> range is $850,000-1,000,000. Its annual value of donations-in-kind is $50,000. It is funded 29-33% by the gov\u2019t. It has a budget for professional development, training and conferences. It has events<\/span> and art shows.<\/p>\n

Sketch’s goals this year<\/span> are to proliferate its model and find ways to share their experience in learning and working with street involved youth to the broader community locally, provincially, nationally. They’d like to<\/span> create a tool kit that will allow people to tap into their templates and resources. This will involve mentoring, training, visits, consultations and evaluations. Sketch is interested in<\/span> room for growth and for people to adopt the Sketch model, develop it, and make it their own.<\/p>\n

Sketch’s challenges<\/span> this year are sustainable fundraising and the need to relocate their studio site. Their ongoing challenge is to help people understand that community arts practice is a viable way to renew people, neighborhood, education, the economy and the whole community. This year, Sketch could use some support<\/span> with policy writing for their programs. They need a writer who can present the policies in a fluid, active and living way.<\/p>\n

ArtBridges interview with Phyllis Novak, Artistic Director, February 4th, 2010.<\/p>\n

Please see ArtBridges’ Google Map<\/a> for contact information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sketch is a community arts development initiative that was founded in 1996 by Phyllis Novak. Its mandate is to engage youth who are street involved, homeless or otherwise marginalized in a progressive arts learning framework. The main premise of Sketch is that the arts are a response to homelessness and<\/p>\n

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