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From left to right:<\/em> Lisa Tran<\/strong>: Social Network Developer and Communications Ass\u2019t., Seanna Connell<\/strong>: Project Director, Cora-Rae Silk<\/strong>: Indigenous Community Arts Assistant and Alexa de Repentigny-MacAulay<\/strong>: Francophone Research Assistant\/Assistante de recherche francophone.<\/span><\/p>\n Gauche \u00e0 droite: Lisa Tran<\/strong>: Assistante des communications et r\u00e9seautage social, Seanna Connell<\/strong>: Directrice du projet, Cora-Rae Silk<\/strong>: Assistante des arts communautaires autochtones, Alexa de Repentigny-MacAulay<\/strong>: Assistante de recherche francophone.<\/span><\/p>\n Not in this photo \u2013 but, also integral to making ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts happen<\/em>: Kate Austin<\/strong>: Creative Partner, Patty Porretta<\/strong>: Director of Development, ArtBridges Advisory Committee: Bridget Goldsmith<\/strong>: Chair, Lola Rasminsky<\/strong>, Stephanie Whitehouse<\/strong> and Christina Halliday<\/strong>. Volunteers: Ted Snell<\/strong> web pre-developer and new media students<\/strong>. Tides Canada Initiatives project support team (including: Jillian Witt, Vivian Yeung, Romer Martin, Angie Vickarious, Margaret Dickson, Claudia Popescu<\/strong>), and our dear funding supporters<\/strong> whose commitment to this project makes all of this work possible!<\/span><\/p>\n We hope that you, visitors to ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts, as well as all of our community partners, friends and supporters from across Canada have a wonderful summer!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We have been working steadily over the past year to create profiles about community arts projects, programs, organizations and resources in under-resourced or under-serviced communities across Canada, in order to highlight the amazing work that is being done in this field: \u201carts for social change\u201d, \u201carts for community engagement\u201d, \u201carts for community development\u201d, \u201ccommunity arts\u201d, etc\u2026. (you say tomato, I say to-mah-to!<\/em>) Over 275 posts have been submitted by different people from across Canada! and we\u2019ve sourced over 500 different community arts projects\/programs\/orgs.\/resources. This is an amazing growing community that is really making a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n ArtBridges is just over 2 years old, we are still an \u201cemerging\u201d project, in our \u201cbuilding the foundation\u201d years. We are committed to our strategic plan that was written almost 3 years ago, and are just completing Phase One. Phase One has been all about identifying community arts projects, programs, organizations and resources in under-resourced and under-serviced communities across Canada, and collaborating to make and post profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n We hope to go into Phase 2 soon, and become a truly interactive portal. Please feel free to e-mail us any suggestions or opinions on how to make this happen!<\/span><\/p>\n We are also moving this summer to a new office. We have been so fortunate to have been able to sublet an office at the back of SKETCH in downtown Toronto, with our community partners Arts Network for Children and Youth and SKETCH for the past year and a half.<\/span><\/p>\n While we are transitioning to our new space, we\u2019ll be taking a bit of a break at the office to enjoy the summer heat and the plethora of different arts activities and festivals! Keep posted as we\u2019ll continue to share our discoveries…<\/span><\/p>\n Nouvelles de la ToileDesArts \/ Bonne f\u00eate du Canada!<\/span><\/p>\n Nous souhaitons une joyeuse \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 tous nos visiteurs, partenaires, amis, et patrons \u00e0 travers le Canada!<\/span><\/p>\n Au cours de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, nous avons travaill\u00e9 avec une forte d\u00e9termination afin de souligner les projets, programmes, organismes et ressources en arts communautaires d\u00e9sservant les communaut\u00e9s \u00e0 travers le Canada, afin de d\u00e9montrer ce qui se passe dans le domaine – que se soit les arts pour le changement social, les arts pour engager la communaut\u00e9, les arts pour d\u00e9velopper la communaut\u00e9, ou tout simplement les arts communautaires. Nous avons affich\u00e9 plus de 275 histoires, \u00e9v\u00e8nements, profils, etc., et nous avons communiqu\u00e9 avec plus de 500 diff\u00e9rentes sources en arts communautaires. Le r\u00e9seau s\u2019accro\u00eet de plus en plus et en ce, cr\u00e9e beaucoup de changements importants…<\/span><\/p>\n Le projet ToileDesArts n\u2019a qu\u2019un peu de deux ans, et nous sommes encore un projet \u00e9mergent qui s\u2019\u00e9tablit peu \u00e0 peu, de plus en plus. Nous some d\u00e9di\u00e9s \u00e0 la vision que nous avons \u00e9tabli il y a presque trois ans, et nous sommes tout justes en train de compl\u00e9ter la premi\u00e8re phase. Cette derni\u00e8re avait comme but d\u2019identifier les projets, programmes, organismes et ressources en arts communautaires dans les communaut\u00e9s canadiennes d\u00e9sservies, et puis de collaborer avec ceux-ci afin de partager leurs histoires.<\/span><\/p>\n Nous esp\u00e9rons atteindre la deuxi\u00e8me phase tr\u00e8s bient\u00f4t et de devenir un r\u00e9seau compl\u00e8tement interactif. N\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas de nous envoyer vos commentaires et suggestions pour rendre cela possible!<\/span><\/p>\n Cet \u00e9t\u00e9, nous d\u00e9m\u00e9nagons \u00e0 un nouvel immeuble. Nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9s tr\u00e8s chanceux d\u2019avoir fait la sous-location de nos partenaires Arts Network for Children and Youth ainsi que SKETCH au courant de la derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e et demie.<\/span><\/p>\n Lors de notre p\u00e9riode de transition \u00e0 notre nouvel am\u00e9nagement, nous allons prendre une petite pause du bureau afin de se r\u00e9galer de l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 chaud et de tous ses activit\u00e9s et ses festivals en les arts! Par contre, tenez-vous au courant, puisque nous allons continuer de partager nos d\u00e9couvertes…<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n – Seanna Connell, Project Director, ArtBridges\/ToileDesArts<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From left to right: Lisa Tran: Social Network Developer and Communications Ass\u2019t., Seanna Connell: Project Director, Cora-Rae Silk: Indigenous Community Arts Assistant and Alexa de Repentigny-MacAulay: Francophone Research Assistant\/Assistante de recherche francophone. Gauche \u00e0 droite: Lisa Tran: Assistante des communications et r\u00e9seautage social, Seanna Connell: Directrice du projet, Cora-Rae Silk:<\/p>\n\n