ArtBridges Tips & Tools: Starting Up Rural
ArtBridges, Thinking Rock Community Arts | Canada wide | 2016
Robin Sutherland

ArtBridges spoke with Robin Sutherland of Thinking Rock Community Arts about starting up community arts initiatives in rural and First Nations community contexts. Robin’s tips touch on training and networking, resources and funding, working with community, and some of the challenges along the way. Also included is a behind the scenes look at how Thinking Rock got started.

Robin Sutherland is the founder of Thinking Rock Community Arts, a non-profit organization based in Thessalon, Ontario. Thinking Rock creates spaces for dialogue and mutual understanding through multigenerational, cross-cultural projects with First Nations and rural communities in the Algoma District. All photos are used with permission from Thinking Rock Community Arts. For the latest info about Thinking Rock, please visit www.thinkingrock.ca.

Click here for the full ArtBridges Tips & Tools: Starting Up Rural. For more FREE resources and tools like this, please visit the ArtBridges Resource Portal or reach Skye Louis, ArtBridges Info Resource Developer at skye@artbridges.ca. To learn more about Thinking Rock, please visit www.thinkingrock.ca.

Start Ups in Rural & FNMI* Communities was compiled by Skye Louis.
The 2016 ArtBridges Tips & Tools Series is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Read Thinking Rock Community Arts’ profile on ArtBridges’ Community-Engaged Arts Directory and Map
Content and photo courtesy of Thinking Rock