Introducing ArtBridges Founding Members! / Les membres fondateurs de ToileDesArts !
December 2014
ArtBridges/ToileDesArts Founding Members!
Our members make a difference in the field of community-engaged arts; enriching their communities and the people in them. Membership fees help to support the work of ArtBridges all year!
Help ArtBridges to raise awareness, connect people to community-engaged art initiatives, gather and share resources, and highlight what’s going on in practice and field. ArtBridges, a free service and resource, connects with over 290 community-engaged arts initiatives across Canada. Please consider becoming a Founding Member of ArtBridges today! Registration forms received before December 31, 2014 will enable you or your organization to be a “Founding Member of ArtBridges”.
Découvrez les membres fondateurs de ToileDesArts/ArtBridges!
Nos membres apportent une contribution déterminante dans le milieu de l’art communautaire, enrichissant la collectivité et les personnes.
La cotisation des membres soutient le travail de ToileDesArts tout au long de l’année! Aidez-nous à faire connaître la cause de l’art communautaire, à diriger les gens vers les activités d’art communautaires près de chez eux, à rassembler et partager les ressources ainsi qu’à diffuser les actualités et les nouveautés du milieu. ToileDesArts, qui offre ses services gratuitement, nourrit un réseau de plus de 290 organismes et projets d’art communautaires, partout au Canada. Vous songiez justement à devenir membre de ToileDesArts? Pourquoi pas aujourd’hui? Nous considérerons comme membres fondateurs tous les organismes et les personnes dont nous recevrons le formulaire d’adhésion d’ici le 31 décembre 2014. Cette adhésion sera valable jusqu’à la fin de 2015.
Introducing ArtBridges/ToileDesArts Founding Members Les membres fondateurs de ToileDesArts/ArtBridges :
ACI Manitoba is dedicated to supporting the arts and cultural industries of Manitoba. ACI Manitoba provides: arts specific management training; arts and cultural resources; networking opportunities; youth mentorship programs; urban and rural Aboriginal programming. Read more
All Nations Healin' Thru Artz provides positive community level, artistic programming that allows youth living in Regina to access opportunities to collaborate with professional artists to create artistic products and projects. Read more
L'Amalgameoffre aux résidents de Cornwall et de ses environs l’opportunité de découvrir des œuvres d’art ainsi que de participer à la création artistique en langue française, notamment via le théâtre, le chant, la littérature... Lire la suite
ArtHeartprovides free visual arts programs, materials and a nutritious meal to children, youth, adults and seniors living in Regent Park. We provide participants with a supportive environment in which they can create and learn, build self-esteem and develop life skills. Read more
Art Startsinspires and cultivates social change by bringing professional artists and Toronto residents together to create community-building art projects. Art Starts uses the arts as a medium for creating a shared sense of identity, identifying challenges and collectively working to overcome them. Read more
Based in Spryfield, Arts Express provides direct support for existing arts programs and development of new arts initiatives; coordination of arts partnerships between schools and community; access to external sources of funding to enrich school and classrooms programs. Read more
Arts for Children and Youth's (AFCY)mandate is to engage young people living in priority neighbourhoods in high quality and accessible arts educational programs that are meaningful, relevant and collaboratively developed with community and education partners. Read more
Le Bureau des regroupements des artistes visuels de l’Ontarioest voué à la défense des intérêts individuels et collectifs de ses membres et ses activités répondent à ses besoins de communication, de représentation, de formation, de promotion et d’appui à la diffusion des arts visuels. Lire la suite
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. is a charitable community arts organization founded in 1993 with Rachael Van Fossen as Artistic Director. Its mandate is to engage artists collaboratively with communities to promote social change and cultural identity. Read more
DAREartsmaintains and operates arts education programs that complement the education system and build confidence, courage and leadership. DAREarts' First Roots program brings arts resources to isolated First Nations reserves, working with community elders, artists and traditional teachers. Read more
Folklore Music and Artsoffers hands-on music workshops for non-musicians. Owner Jim Arnold leads workshops across Canada at conferences and locally at schools and in assisted living facilities. A hands-on musical journey for K to grade 12 students is extremely popular. Music Recreation Skills in Dementia Care has been presented at over 100 long term care homes in Ontario. Read more
ICI par les arts:Nos interventions, ateliers et événements sont créés sur mesure, selon les besoins et problématiques exprimés. Que ce soit auprès des petits, des adolescents ou des aînés, nous nous adaptons afin d’accueillir chaque individu là où il en est, pour ainsi l’encourager et l’accompagner à aller là où il voudra. Lire la suite
Jumblies TheatreJumblies Theatre makes art in everyday and unexpected places, with, for and about the people and stories found there. The Jumblies Studio is a flexible, integrated, itinerant and interdisciplinary program for learning, mentorship and exploration in Arts that engage with and create Community. Read more
Lakeshore Arts is committed to improving the availability of arts and culture within our neighbourhood. We encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the arts - as a way of enriching their lives and strengthening our community.Read more
Mindful Arts currently facilitates creative programming for people with mental illness in the Regent Park area. Through active community engagement: partnering with professional artists, art galleries and community organizations, we further public awareness of, and exposure to mental illness. Read more
At Street Culture Kidz Project, art is used as a tool for engagement, retention and expression for street involved and under served youth. It is also used as part of the social venture program operated by the agency. Art process in this area is done in response to a request for services. Read more
UrbanArts enhances community building by engaging youth through the arts. Its mandate is to link community organizations and members with local artists and residents. Read more
VibraFusion Lab:creating "vibratory" compositions alone, or in combination with visual and auditory creations, encourages new attitudes and approaches towards vibratory media as an innovative and inclusive form of expression. Read more
Special thanks to our individual Founding Members: Merci beaucoup aux membres fondateurs de ToileDesArts/ArtBridges pour leur soutien! : Chris Little | Oakville, ON
Christina Halliday | Toronto, ON
Hélène A. Daigle | Saint-Joseph de Madawaska, NB
Jacinthe Laforte | Québec, QC
Judith Marcuse | Burnaby, BC
Laurel Tien | Surrey, BC
Patty Porretta | Toronto, ON
Seanna Connell | Toronto, ON
Sonya Young Photography | Toronto, ON
ArtBridges is a Canada-wide forum and web-based hub for community-engaged arts and arts for social change initiatives. ArtBridges informs people about and connects them with community-engaged arts, and improves access to arts and art-making for Canadians. ArtBridges/ToileDesArts is a project of Tides Canada Initiatives.
La ToileDesArts est une plateforme pancanadienne consacrée à l’art communautaire, à l’art engagé et à l’art pour le changement social. Elle fait du réseautage afin de rendre l’art et sa pratique plus accessibles pour tout le monde, partout au pays. ArtBridges/ToileDesArts est un projet de Tides Canada Initiatives.
