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ArtsBuild Ontario News
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Recording now available of "Venue Accessibility and Venue Guides"
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On March 8th, ArtsBuild Ontario (ABO) participated in Orchestra's Canada's EnAbling Change: Accessibility for the Performing Arts. Alex Glass, Executive Director of ABO presented in the session on Venue Accessibility and Venue Guides. The session covered how to assess, communicate, and put venue accessibility into practice.
In case you missed the presentation, the recording is available for your viewing.
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Have you checked out our Resource Library before? The Resource Library includes external resources on Building, Managing, Financing, and Greening your creative spaces. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive collection of external resources to support the development and sustainability of non-profit, arts, heritage, community, and faith-based organizations’ spaces and projects.
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Cultural venues are an important part of the performing arts ecosystem in Canada. Produced by LaCogency and CAPACOA, ABO is excited to be a partner for the Cultural Venues Datathon. The event will bring participants together to work in a relaxed and informal environment to populate Wikidata with information about the many cultural venues we know and love.
The Cultural Venues Datathon is being offered in both English and French with 4 separate drop-in sessions dedicated to each language.
Datathon Launch: Monday, April 25 at 3:00-5:30 p.m.EDT
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Guided activities in English: Tuesday, April 26 / Thursday, April 28
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Coaching Time: 12:00-1:30 pm EDT / 4:00-5:30 pm UTC
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Datathon Closing: May 2, 12:00-12:30 EST / 16:00-16:30 UTC
No previous experience with Wikidata is required.
At each session experienced wikidatians will guide participants on how to input cultural venue information into Wikidata. This (Wiki)Datathon is intended to be a unifying activity that supports the overall goals of the Wikiproject Cultural venues.
For more information and to register visit: https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/cultural-venues-datathon/
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Talking and Sharing Circles: Agnes Reimagined
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Agnes Reimagined is a long-term, institutionally-engaged project dedicated to creating a dynamic culture-making hub. As the Agnes Etherington Art Centre begins to undertake this capital project, community conversations are taking place.
Georgina Riel-Waabishki Mukwa Kwe, Indigenous Affairs Consultant of RIEL Cultural Consulting is leading focused Traditional Indigenous Talking Circles to gather community feedback on approaching this revisioning.
The next Sharing Circle will be on April 9th (1:00-3:00 pm EDT) on Zoom. Register by April 4th!
Other sessions will be held on April 29th (4:00–6:00 pm EDT) and June 11th (2:00-5:00 pm EDT) on Zoom and In-Person!
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WorkInCulture, working closely with a topic specialist and regional delivery partners, is delivering virtual training focused on providing the skills and knowledge required to form and implement effective collaborations among arts and heritage festivals located in Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, and Sudbury. The project objective is to provide non-profit arts and heritage festivals with the tools, expertise and processes to create and implement an effective collaboration strategy.
Upcoming Session:
April 13 | 10am - 12pm EDT FLEX Spotlight Session: Collaborating with Society
Can festivals transform the world? Can they lead social change by experimenting with equitable structures, environmental responsibilities, and power redistribution? Can they inspire new collaborations with society, beyond the arts & culture sector?
This third Spotlight will feature EVVI (France), 64 Million Artists (UK), and Kevin Matthew Wong (Canada).
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