This fall NYA is looking forward to connecting communities and artist with professional development and networking opportunities outside the downtown core.
We are starting off with Cultural Hotspot Community Connects on October 9th from 1-3pm. Find out about Hotspot projects and potential funding opportunities available to artists in North York for 2016. Can't make it on the 9th? Join us on October 22nd for an additional information session from 6-8pm at the Bathurst-Finch Hub.
November 2nd join us for Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Meet fellow artists and like-mided organizations doing amazing creative work outside the downtown core. Find out about programming opportunities and participate in workshops and local area meet-ups. When all the work is done stay for a cocktail at the cocktail mixer!
For those who have yet to see Charmaine Lurch's exhibition Conversations in Flux you still have time but you have to hurry. It ends October 9th (note: there are extended gallery hours on October 8th from 5-8pm).
All the best,
From all of us at NYA
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Cultural Hotspot Community Connect on October 9 & October 22:
JOIN US!
Calling artists, arts organizations & community groups based in North York. Join us in shaping the Cultural Hotspot – a project that celebrates culture, creativity & community in North York.
From May through October 2016, the Cultural Hotspot program will shine a spotlight on arts, culture and community in North York; inspiring new ideas about where culture thrives in Toronto. Cultural Hotspot – North is bordered by Finch Avenue to the north, Lawrence Avenue to the south, 404/DVP to the east and Jane Street to the west. This City of Toronto and partner-produced initiative will feature a series of signature projects that include visual arts, performance, youth mentorship and employment and more. This initiative, and the legacy Cultural Loops Guide, will enable locals and visitors alike to discover Hotspot neighbourhoods and the great places within, to experience arts, culture, fantastic food, heritage and parkland. For more information, visit: toronto.ca/culturalhotspot
Find out how to participate in this exciting project and potential funding opportunities in 2016!
Cultural Hotspot Community Connect
October 9, 2015
1-3pm
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery
5040 Yonge Street Presented in partnership with Councillor John Filion and City of Toronto. Light refreshments will be provided.
October 22, 2015
6-8pm
Unison Community Hub
540 Finch Avenue
Presented in partnership with Councillor James Pasternak and City of Toronto.
Light dinner will be provided.
RSVP to: Hyesoo at artsservices@toronto.ca or 416-392-1210.
LAST CHANCE! Conversations In Flux Art Exhibition Closes October 9:
Conversations in Flux created by Charmaine Lurchconsists of three multimedia, multidimensional sculpture and paint installations, used to animate evidence of a visible black presence in North American Landscapes. The objects, constructed with wire and paint, are bent and shaped into various forms depicting black populations inside and outside of hyper-visible and invisible states of blackness.
“My concern as a visual artist in the area of visibility requires that I examine how black subjects maneuver between the points of hyper-visibility and invisibility, to get from one point to the other, you have to move”, said Lurch. “Marking visibility and making art requires me to envision the black subject visible in time and space”.
September 15-October 9, 2015
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 1-4pm or by appointment
EXTENDED HOURS: Thursday October 8, 5-8pm
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Lower Gallery
5040 Yonge Street
An annual event that will bring together past generations of Lawrence Heights community members to discuss life, celebrate talent and community spirit.
Lawrence Heights Community Centre October 16th, 2015
5–9pm 5 Replin Road, North York
North York Neighbourhood Mural Project Unveiling on October 27:
Bell Box Murals Project artist completes 100th mural as part of North York Neighbourhood Murals 2015
The completion of the 100th mural will be recognized at an unveiling event to be held at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, October 27, at Natasha Kudashkina’s mural in front of the Bathurst-Finch Community Hub.
Kudashkina’s mural is one of eight completed as part of the North York Neighbourhood Murals 2015. Community partners for the project were StreetARToronto (City of Toronto), North York Arts, Ward 10 York Centre Councillor James Pasternak, Community Matters Toronto, Bell Canada and with generous support from Benjamin Moore Paint
Bathurst -Finch Hub
October 27, 2015
12:30pm
540 Finch Avenue West
Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange on November 2:
Get ready for the 2nd annual Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange!
On Nov. 2, fourteen arts and cultural organizations come together to present this free half-day event dedicated to connecting potential partners and advancing creative and cultural programs and spaces in Toronto, especially in areas outside the city’s core. This year’s Partnership Exchange is bigger than ever, including 50+ exhibitors in a networking fair showcasing creative space projects and programming opportunities, high-profile speakers, workshops, local area meetups and a cocktail mixer.
Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange
November 2, 2015
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street
Jack Ford Photography Collection Exhibition from November 3-27:
“I have realized a new passion for photography and the best of all my collection of old war photos, has been brought back to life!” – Jack Ford
Exhibition Presenting Sponsor:
Jack Ford Photography Collection
At 20, Jack Ford saw the world through a different lens, when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), 414 Photo Unit Squadron. During the Second World War, he carried a small accordion style camera with him at all times, his job was to document history in action: civilians and children on the roadside, aerial views of bombed towns and sometimes still burning German enemy targets.
His most memorable event was soon after D-Day, when Winston Churchill unexpectedly showed up with British Field Marshall, Bernard Montgomery and King George VI for a surprise visit near Caen, France. Jack, a kid at the time, was shaking with fear, hardly able to hold the camera steady.
November 3-27, 2015
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street
Artist Reception and Talk
November 25, 2015
1-3pm
This exhibition is presented in partnership with North York Arts, Sunnybrook Hospital Veteran Care Art Therapy Program and Jack Ford.
This exhibition is supported by the Government of Ontario, Seniors Community Grant.
Opportunities for Artists:
Toronto Arts Council Cultural Leaders Lab - Deadline on October 15:
The deadline for TAC’s Cultural Leaders Lab program is approaching on October 15th. Now entering its second year, the program is an exciting partnership between TAC and The Banff Centre that has led to the creation of a unique leadership exchange program specifically tailored to Toronto’s arts and cultural leaders.
The Cultural Leaders Lab will build a network of diverse, innovative leaders from across the City, from organizations of all sizes. The program will kick off in April 2016 with an intensive one-week retreat at The Banff Centre, followed by bi-monthly events in Toronto over a one-year period.
The program will create the space for a deep examination of Toronto’s arts ecology, and the refinement of the skill sets needed to support personal leadership strength, which will in turn contribute to a vibrant future for the arts. The key goals of the program are to:
Invigorate and inspire exceptional arts and cultural leaders, and propel their thinking and activities to the next level;
Provide an opportunity for professional development, learning and networking with peers across disciplines;
Develop new approaches and collaborative solutions to professional and personal challenges;
Examine the role of leadership in building the creative city.
Get Involved in the Art Heals Health - Health Heals Art Symposium on October 28:
Art Heals Health Heals Art symposium explores topical themes in arts and health and features extraordinary Canadian developments in the field. The program agenda offers many stimulating thought leaders speaking about their work at the intersection of arts and health care. The day will also include interactive, experiential sessions where attendees can actively learn and participate in amazing activities.
If you are a patient, health care practitioner, artist, student or interested in arts and health, we invite you to attend the Art Heals Health | Health Heals Art symposium.
October 28, 2015
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Daniels Spectrum
585 Dundas Street East, Toronto, ON
Registration fee: $125
Click here to register today to attend this engaging symposium and connect with others who are passionate about arts and health care.
Register for a community table
Are you interested in promoting your organization, services, or project? Register for a community table to showcase your work and interact with participants at the symposium. Registration costs $65 and includes a 6’ table to display your materials throughout the day, including the scheduled morning registration and lunchtime Expos.
Space is limited. To register for a community table, click here to download an application form(scroll down to 'Register for a Community Table' and click the link to download the application form).
Benefit Opportunities for the NYA Community Network:
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