{"id":4251,"date":"2011-02-23T06:31:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T11:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2011-02-23T06:31:09","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T11:31:09","slug":"creative-mosaics-mentoring-in-community-arts-and-culture-a-needs-and-capacity-assessment-scarborough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/creative-mosaics-mentoring-in-community-arts-and-culture-a-needs-and-capacity-assessment-scarborough\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Mosaics: Mentoring in Community Arts and Culture \u2013 A Needs and Capacity Assessment (Scarborough)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"creative-mosiacs-logo\"<\/a>\u00ab\u00a0In 2010, Scarborough Arts collaborated with a range of organizations including Children\u2019s Aid Society of Toronto (CAS), Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS) and Cultural Pluralism in Performing Arts Movement Ontario (CPPAMO) to work on a new project entitled Creative Mosaics: Mentoring in Community Arts and Culture \u2013 A Needs and Capacity Assessment. Creative Mosaics was a one-year initiative funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, which aimed to identify and respond to the lack of culturally diverse arts and cultural programs in Scarborough.<\/p>\n

Creative Mosaics involved a series of elementary school focus group discussions, key informant interviews, round-table discussions, an online survey and a literature review. A number of key findings came out of this process:<\/p>\n

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  1. More arts programming for students in-school or after-school is needed to provide them with creative outlets for self-expression and intercultural dialogue.<\/li>\n
  2. The value and benefit of the arts for child and youth development need to be promoted.<\/li>\n
  3. Affordability of arts and recreational programming is a major issue for low-income families.<\/li>\n
  4. Community members feel that arts and culture can be used as a transformational tool for dialogue to explore different cultures and shared histories.<\/li>\n
  5. Immigrant and culturally diverse artists face a number of challenges and barriers: racial and ethnic discrimination, language barriers, lack of networking opportunities and unknown or limited funding opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note: Resources from this assessment can be found online at: www.scarborougharts.com<\/a> and www.creative-mosaics.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

    The main goal of Creative Mosaics was to develop an after-school arts and cultural program that involves intergenerational mentorship exploring diverse cultural identities. This year, Scarborough Arts will be seeking funding to support the development and implementation for the after-school program.<\/p>\n

    For more information about Creative Mosaics and future initiatives, please contact Tim Whalley at ed@scarborougharts.com or 416.698.7322.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

    Submitted by Cian Knights<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00ab\u00a0In 2010, Scarborough Arts collaborated with a range of organizations including Children\u2019s Aid Society of Toronto (CAS), Catholic Crosscultural Services (CCS) and Cultural Pluralism in Performing Arts Movement Ontario (CPPAMO) to work on a new project entitled Creative Mosaics: Mentoring in Community Arts and Culture \u2013 A Needs and Capacity<\/p>\n

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