Creative Communities for Children & Youth Symposium Schedule
October 14, 15 & 16, 2011
“Friday, October 14, 2011
Harbourfront Community Centre
627 Queen’s Quay West
8:30 – 9:00 am
Location: Dance Studio
Registration
9:00 – 9:45 am
Location: Dance Studio
Youth Welcome & Performances
MC: Testament
9:45 – 10:00 am
Location: Dance Studio
Welcome & Symposium Opening
10:00 – 10:30 am
Location: Dance Studio
Bringing the Framework to Life: organizations that provide innovative programs for children and youth
Sketch: Phyllis Novak – Toronto, ON
Graffiti Gallery: Stephen Wilson – Winnipeg, MB
Arts for Children and Youth: Julie Frost – Toronto, ON
Vancouver East Cultural Centre: Corbin Murdoch – Vancouver, BC
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Breakout Sessions
1. Research: Making Stories
Speakers: Charlotte Lombardo (Consultant), Robin Sutherland (London School of Economics & Political Science), Alison Crepinsek, Leah Burns (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
Location: Dance Studio
2. Municipal Programming for Children and Youth
Speakers: Nadira Pattison (City of Toronto), Corbin Murdoch (Vancouver East Cultural Centre)
Location: Studio A
3. Cross-Sector Partnering: Bringing Diverse partners together
Speakers: Adonis Huggins (Regent Park Focus, Toronto), Julie Frost (Arts for Children & Youth, Toronto), Stephen Wilson (Graffiti Gallery, Winnipeg)
Location: Studio B
4. Cultural Policy as It Relates to Youth Arts Sector
Speakers: Linda Albright (Arts Network for Children and Youth), Allan Pineau (CCA), Marlene Chan (Independent Consultant)
Location: Studio C
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: Dance Studio
Lunch break
(Lunch provided for registered delegates)
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Location: Dance Studio
Youth Arts Organizing: National Youth Arts Week events (toolkits)
Community Relations
Julie Frost (Arts Network for Children and Youth)
Breakout Sessions continued
1. Arts Leadership and Training
Speakers: Houman Ricki Bekzadeh (The Remix Project), Larry O’Farrell, (Queens University)
Youth representative TBC (Jumblies Theatre)
Location: Studio A
2. Artists Working in the First Nations’ Northern Communities
Speakers: Johanna Berti, Jen Morgan Anderson (ArtsCan Circle), Marilyn Field (DAREArts Foundation)
Location: Studio B
3. Funding opportunities
Speakers: Gary Froude (Moderator), Susan Israel (Manitoba Arts Council), Ana Skinner (Laidlaw Foundation), Laurie Ritchie (NB Arts Council)
Location: Studio C
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Break
Note: Change of venue
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Location: Marilyn Brewer Community Space
Registration
Photo Exhibition, Youth artists from Blind River, ON
5:00 – 6:45 pm
Location: Lakeside Terrace
Networking & Reception
6:45 – 7:00 pm
Location: Studio Theatre
MC: Testament & Welcome from the Youth Committee
7:00 – 7:15 pm
Location: Studio Theatre
Welcome from the ANCY Executive Director and Board Chair
Speakers: Linda Albright & Gary Froude
7:15 – 8:00 pm
Location: Studio Theatre
Intercultural Innovators: art, influence and friendship
Keynote speaker: Lenine Bourke (Australia)
8:00 – 8:15 pm
Location: Studio Theatre
Launch of the National Youth Arts Week logo & website: Adam King, designer
8:15 – 9:30 pm
Location: Studio Theatre
Bringing the Framework to Life: organizations that provide innovative programs for children and youth
Regent Park Focus: Adonis Huggins – Toronto
Ici Par Les Arts: Jennifer Cooke – St-Jérôme, QC
Spiral Garden: Skye Gross – Toronto
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
9:00 – 9:20 am
Location: Studio Theatre
Performance: Pricelys, Nevada & Joel
9:30 – 10:15 am
Location: Studio Theatre
Who Are You and What Do You Do?
5-minute presentations by the national, provincial and regional organizations
Neighbourhood Arts Network: Skye Louis
ArtBridges-ToileDesArts: Seanna Connell
ArtReach: Shahina Sayani (or somebody else from ArtReach)
15-minute presentation
Canadian Network for Arts and Learning & UNESCO – Larry O’Farrel
10:15 – 10:45 am
Location: Studio Theatre
Excellence on Stage and in Life: The link between the arts and youth development
Keynote Speaker: Rick Sperling, Youth Theatre, Detroit
10:45 – 11:00 am
Break(Refreshments provided for delegates)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Studio Theatre
Creating youth engagement opportunities through the arts
Speakers: Sarah Miller (Moderator) Darren O’Donnell, Sanjay Ratnan, Nerupa Somasale, Lenine Bourke and Rick Sperling
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Lakeside Terrace
Youth Arts Organizing: National Youth Arts Week events (toolkits)
YAM (1000 Acts of Art)
Melissa McGrath (Lakeshore Arts)
Create Your Own Festival
Corbin Murdoch (Vancouver East Cultural Centre)
Uth Ink
Alicia Payne (Playwright)
Art-a-Thon
Josh Bean (Brantford Arts Block)
10:45 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Miss Lou’s Room
CNAL/RCAA Board Meeting (Part 1)
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Location: Lakeside Terrace
Lunch (provided for registered delegates)
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Breakout Sessions
1. It Doesn’t Take Much: Micro-Loans
Speakers: Elizabeth Chitty, Marion Price (Parks and Recreation, Ontario)
Location: Studio Theatre
2. Community Development via the Photo-Voice Project
Presented by: Charlotte Lombardo & Robin Sutherland
Location: Studio Lab
3. Mobilizing Youth
Devon Ostrom, Linda Albright, Zondra Roy, Sarah Miller
Location: Studio Lab 2
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Location: Lakeside Terrace
Youth Arts Organizing: National Youth Arts Week events (toolkits)
Establishing a Youth-Led Organization, Josh Bean (Brantford Arts Block)
Grant Writing, Presented by ArtReach (Speakers TBC)
Kaleidoscope Project, Jen Morgan Anderson (Muskoka Lakes Music Festival, Utterson)
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Location: Miss Lou’s Room
CNAL/RCAA Board Meeting (Part 2)
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Location: Lakeside Terrace
Break (Refreshments provided)
3:15 – 6:00 pm
Location: Lakeside Terrace
Youth Round Table & Break-out Sessions
(organized by the Youth Committee)
3:15 – 6:00 pm
Location: Miss Lou’s Room
CNAL/RCAA Round Table and Assembly (Focus on Research and Network Development (open to all delegates)
6:00 pm
Departure for Gibraltar Point, Dinner
Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Harbourfront Community Centre
627 Queen’s Quay West
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
9:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Studio A
CNAL/RCAA Board Meeting (Newly Elected Board – in conference hotel or Harbourfront Community Centre)
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Dance Studio
Play with Policy: Competencies World Café
A day long interactive multi-disciplinary arts based experience where together we tease out the key facilitative elements of the whys and the hows of community arts practice – the work we do every day that crosses sectors and creates personal, community and social change. This will inform the nuts and bolts of a policy paper that we as a community of practice will be proposing to become adopted by all levels of government to support arts for children and youth across the country.
Presented by: Charlotte Lombardo & Phyllis Novak
Note: The schedule is subject to change.”
– posted with permission from Linda Albright, Arts Network for Children and Youth, ANCY.
For more information on Arts Network for Children and Youth, read ArtBridges’ profile on ANCY.
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