Mini Profile: Neighbourhood Arts Network (Toronto)

29 10 2010

Mini Profile: Neighbourhood Arts Network
Status: The Neighbourhood Arts Network is a program of the Toronto Arts Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization.
Community served: Artists, arts organizations and community agencies, Toronto-wide.
Arts focus: All
Mandate: Neighbourhood Arts Network is dedicated solely to strengthening art-making in neighbourhoods throughout the city.
Contact: Skye Louis, Neighbourhood Arts Network Coordinator
Location: 141 Bathurst St,. Toronto, ON, M5V 2R2
Language: English
E-mail: skye@torontoarts.org
Website:
http://www.neighbourhoodartsnetwork.org/

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Invitation à : L’ART COMMUNAUTAIRE : SUR ? AVEC ? POUR ? une communauté? (Montréal)

28 10 2010


L’ART COMMUNAUTAIRE :
SUR ? AVEC ? POUR ? une communauté ?

À partir de certaines expériences vécues lors du Congrès international IDEA, Belém, Brésil, juillet 2010

Où :
Studio de LEVIER
4525 Saint-Jacques
Montréal
(près du métro Place-Saint-Henri)

Quand :
Samedi le 20 novembre
De 13 à 18 heures

Sujet :
“L’art communautaire semble être devenu bien à la mode, alors que l’onvoit poindre un peu partout des pratiques nommées aussi « participatives », « relationnelles » ou « animation culturelle », soutenues par des artistes professionnels avec le financement de tous les niveaux de gouvernement et même de sociétés privées. Est-ce une bonne chose ou quelque chose dont on devrait s’inquiéter ? Y a-t-il assez d’attention critique apportée à ce qui est en jeu pour les communautés impliquées ? Qu’en est-il de l’éthique de la collaboration dans les projets d’art communautaire ?

La rencontre à laquelle nous vous invitons s’inscrit dans le mandat de LEVIER qui, outre le fait de permettre à des délégués du Québec de participer à des échanges internationaux dans les champs d’intérêt qui sont les siens, tient à ce que l’expérience vécue à l’extérieur du Québec soit partagée au retour avec les personnes qui n’ont pu y être. Comme ce fut le cas à d’autres occasions semblables, ce partage est également l’occasion de débattre d’enjeux propres à la pratique de l’art communautaire.

Cette fois-ci, l’occasion est particulièrement significative car une importante délégation québécoise participa au congrès d’IDEA (Association internationale de Drame/Théâtre et Éducation) qui s’est tenu au Brésil en juillet dernier, dans le cadre duquel se tenait également un Festival international de théâtre. Devora Neumark y représenta LEVIER et s’y rendit en compagnie de Norman Matchewan, de la communauté algonquine du Lac Barrière, et de Dominique Malacort, chargée d’aider à développer des contacts en vue d’un partenariat potentiel entre LEVIER et un organisme d’Amérique du Sud faisant appel à l’art pour lutter contre la pauvreté (Dominique participe également à la préparation de cette rencontre).

Ont également participé à IDEA ces autres personnes du Québec  : des représentantes du Théâtre des petites lanternes et du collectif théâtral Vichama; Émilie Monnet, membre d’Odaya et du Comité ART • CULTURE du RÉSEAU pour la stratégie urbaine de la communauté autochtone à Montréal; l’artiste Moe Clark qui s’est joint à Émilie Monnet pour présenter le projet Bird Messengers; la réalisatrice Martha Steigman dont le travail sur la communauté algonquine du Lac Barrière a contribué à faire connaître les combats continus de cette communauté pour son autodétermination; Véronique Leduc dont le mémoire de maîtrise porte sur l’art communautaire et la reconnaissance sociale, et utilise comme étude de cas le projet Agir par l’imAGinaIRe soutenu par LEVIER et la Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec; et Isabelle Fortier, coordonatrice d’un collectif de création interculturelle au Collège de Maisonneuve, qui assista au congrès d’IDEA en tant qu’observatrice et participa à plusieurs des discussions entre les délégués de LEVIER et des partenaires potentiels d’Amérique du Sud.

Vous êtes donc invités à venir les entendre ces personnes parler de leur expérience vécue ou à venir partager votre propre expérience :

  • Si vous êtes intéressés à échanger sur la pratique de l’art communautaire, incluant celle du théâtre d’intervention;
  • Si vous êtes intéressées aux échanges Nord-Sud, notamment dans le cadre d’événements à l’échelle internationale qui nécessitent d’importantes ressources financières, et souhaitez discuter à quels besoins ils répondent véritablementt;
  • Ou si vous êtes intéressés à la question de l’éthique dans les pratiques communautaires. Un exemple : lors du Congrès IDEA, des groupes autochtones furent invités à venir offrir une prestation lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture et tout au long des soirées de l’événement, mais ne furent pas invités à parler lors des ateliers offerts, car, selon un des organisateurs, « Ce n’était pas la place pour le faire et, de plus, le congrès était après tout un colloque académique et les groupes autochtones ne sont pas au même niveau que les autres invités». Une « présence scandaleusement décorative », pour reprendre les mots de Dominique Malacort. Malheureusement, à Montréal ainsi qu’ailleurs au Québec et au Canada, on entend trop souvent de tels commentaires condescendants à propos des peuples autochtones et des autres membres de projets d’art communautaire lors de tables rondes et conférences « savantes »…

D’où la question posée par LEVIER  pour cette rencontre  la même question qui servit à ouvrir la table ronde au congrès d’IDEA que Devora anima avec Norman, Émilie, Moe et Martha :

Comment considère-t-on la relation entre les artistes professionnels et les membres d’une communauté dans les projets d’art communautaire ?

SUR ? AVEC ? POUR ? une communauté…

Veuillez nous indiquer si vous avez l’intention d’être présent à cette rencontre.
Nous vous invitons entre-temps à sur notre blogue les articles qui portent sur IDEA : 
http://www.engrenagenoir.ca/blog/archives/category/congres-idea

Au plaisir de vous rencontrer le 20 novembre”,
Johanne, Devora et Dominique
Engrenage Noir /  LEVIER

Cet article a été soumis par Engrenage Noir / LEVIER

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Invitation to: COMMUNITY ART: ABOUT? WITH? FOR? Community? (Montréal)

27 10 2010

COMMUNITY ART:
ABOUT? WITH? FOR? Community

Based on some experiences of the IDEA international Congress 2010, Belém, Brazil (July 2010)

WHERE:
LEVIER Studio
4525 Saint-Jacques
Montréal
(Closest metro station: Place-Saint-Henri)

WHEN:
Saturday November 20, 2010
From 13h00-18h00

TOPIC:
“Community art seems to have become all the rage, with “cultural mediation”, “participatory”, and “relational” art projects increasingly being carried out by professional artists with funding from all levels of government and even private corporations. Is this a good thing or something to be worried about? Is enough critical attention being brought to bear on what is at stake for the communities involved? What about the ethics of collaboration in community art projects?

Please join us for this meeting, which is inscribed within LEVIER’s mandate of sending delegates from Québec to participate in international exchanges relative to community art and then sharing those experiences with people back home who were not in attendance. As with similar encounters based on other international events that members of the LEVIER network have attended, the review of the IDEA 2010 Congress will provide us with an opportunity to further our understanding of community art and moving the practice forward.

This opportunity is particularly significant in that there was a good-sized delegation from Québec in attendance at the (International Drama / Theatre and Education) IDEA Congress 2010 and the accompanying IDEA International Theatre Festival. Devora Neumark represented LEVIER and traveled along withNorman Matchewan of the Barriere Lake Algonquin community and Dominique Malacort, who was tasked with the responsibility for helping to develop contacts for a potential community art partnership between LEVIER and with a South American organization working with the arts to affect change relative to poverty. (Dominique is also involved in the preparation of this meeting.)

Others from Québec who also attended and participated in the IDEA Congress 2010 include members from the Théâtre des petites lanterns and the Vichama collectifÉmilie Monnet, a member of both the Montreal Aboriginal Urban Strategy NETWORK’s ART • CULTURE Working Committee and the Aboriginal singing group Odaya; artist Moe Clark – who, along with Émilie Monnetpresented Bird Messengers; the filmmaker Martha Steigman whose work about the Barriere Lake Algonquin community has been very influential in getting the word out about the community’s ongoing struggles for self-determination;Veronique Leduc whose master’s thesis focuses on community art and social recognition, and uses , as a case study, the Agir par l’imaginaire project co-organized by LEVIER and the Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec; and Isabelle Fortier, coordinator of a research and intercultural creation collective at Collège de Maisonneuve who attended the IDEA Congress 2010 as an observer and participated in many of the conversations between the LEVIER delegates and the potential South American community partners.

You are invited to come hear these individuals talk about their experiences or to share your own:

  • If you are interested to discuss community art practice including théâtre d’intervention;
  • If you are interested in North-South exchanges, particularly in the context of international events, which require significant financial resources and want to discuss whose needs these events truly respond to;
  • Or if you’re interested in the issue of ethics in community art practice. An example: during the IDEA 2010 Congress, indigenous groups were invited to sing and dance at the opening ceremony and throughout the event in the evenings, but were not invited to speak at workshops because, as one of the organizers said: “this was not the place to do so and, besides the event is after all an academic conference and the indigenous people aren’t at the same level of the others at the Congress.” A “scandalously decorative presence” according to Dominique Malacort: unfortunately, all to often in Montréal and elsewhere in Québec and Canada such condescending opinions are voiced about Aboriginal peoples and other members of community art projects in “scholarly” roundtables and conferences.

Hence the question LEVIER is putting on the table for this meeting – the same question that served to open the IDEA 2010 roundtable that Devora facilitated with Norman, Émilie, Moe, and Martha:

How does one consider the relationship between the professional artist(s) and the work of the community in community art projects:

ABOUT? WITH? FOR?

Please let us know whether you plan to attend this meeting and in the meantime check out the articles related to IDEA 2010 on the LEVIER blog:

http://www.engrenagenoir.ca/blog/en/archives/category/congres-idea

Looking forward to seeing you on November 20th!”
Devora, Johanne and Dominique
Engrenage Noir /  LEVIER

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Mini Profil: L’Association communautaire francophone de Bellegarde (Sud-est Saskatchewan)/ programmation en arts

26 10 2010

Mini Profil: L’Association communautaire francophone de Bellegarde
Position: Association à but non lucratif pour le développement communautaire
Communauté visée pour la programmation d’art: Jeunes, familles, aînés
Discipline d’art: Tous les secteurs
Langue(s) utilisée(s): Français
Région: Local. Sud-est Saskatchewan
Objectif de la programmation d’art: D’organiser des activités socioculturelles, éducatives, économiques et communautaires pour répondre aux besoins des francophones de Bellegarde et sa régionale.
Contact: Agente de développement, Tanya Reimer
E-mail: agente@acfbellegarde.com
Site web: www.acfbellegarde.com

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Mini Profile: The Possibilities Project, Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre (the DI)

25 10 2010

Mini Profile: Possibilities Project Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre (the DI)
Status: Not for profit — the PP is a program, primarily operated by volunteers, at the DI
Community served: homeless adults — 16 + men and women
Arts focus: visual arts, theatre, music, writing
Mandate: In a homeless shelter opportunities for building a sense of self, having fun and finding joy are limited by the exigencies of the environment. The Possibilities Project moves beyond the provision of basic human needs to ensure hearts and spirits are fed along with bodies so that each individual experiencing homelessness has the opportunity to discover themselves as explorers and interpreters of their worlds through all visual and dramatic arts.
Location: The Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre — 423 4th Ave. S.E. Calgary, AB
Contact: Louise Gallagher, Director, Public Relations & Volunteer Services
E-mail: louiseg@thedi.ca
Website: www.thedi.ca

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Opportunity: UrbanArts Presents “Youth Micro-Loan Project” (West Toronto)

22 10 2010

Here’s a great opportunity for youth to develop and turn their ideas into a business plan! Plans of all disciplines are welcome! ArtBridges encourages youth in the area to submit their creative and artistic ideas! For more information, attend one of the Project’s Orientation sessions, which start next week!


 

UrbanArts is excited to inform you of its newest program offered to youth ages 18 to 24 – the Youth Micro-Loan Project. This Project begins on November 15th 2010.
The Youth Micro-Loan Project is designed to help business-minded youth residing in priority neighbourhoods in west Toronto who have limited access to the financial resources and business supports needed to start their own business.”

“UrbanArts…Enhancing neighbourhoods by engaging youth in community development through the arts”

For more information, contact Linda Morana, Personal Development Coach, UrbanArts, 416-419-0669, linda@urbanartstoronto.org

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Regent Park- ArtHeart’s Children and Youth Arts Program’s 14th Annual Art Exhibit (Toronto)

21 10 2010

Showing at Jet Fuel Café (519 Parliament St., Toronto)

October 17 – 31, 2010

“All proceeds from the sale of artwork go to our young artists.”

ArtHeart presents art exhibits over 8 times a year at venues across Toronto. The purpose is to take our children, youth, and adult participants through the process of creating, presenting, and marketing their art work so that they can benefit from the knowledge that other people enjoy their work, that there is a chance to earn money from the sales, and that their work is worthy of sharing with the public at large, which boosts morale.” (from Programs page)

“ArtHeart provides children, youth and adults living in the inner-city with visual arts education, programs and materials, free-of-charge. By using art as a vehicle, ArtHeart helps to develop self-esteem, creativity, life-skills and learning. Participants are empowered to improve their quality of life while putting their hands and imaginations to work!” (from Homepage)

ArtHeart has a new blog, check it out!:

“SOMEONE BOUGHT MY PAINTING!!!!!!!!!!” (from blog)

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Frozen Eyes Photographic Society Exhibit: Open Minds (Yellowknife)

20 10 2010

“Vision: The hope is that the youth will share with us their vision, and give us a glimpse of how it is for them, in their world.” (from About page)

“History: In 2007 a group of Yellowknife artists developed a photography mentorship program for the Arctic Winter Games. With the success of the program it was decided to broaden the idea of mentoring young photographers by taking the mentorship program to communities throughout the Northwest Territories. To facilitate this effort the Frozen Eyes Photographic Society was created in the spring of 2008.” (from About page)


“The original Frozen Eyes students during our first ever workshop at 2008′s Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife” (submitted by Pablo Saravanja)

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The 11th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto)

19 10 2010

Button Blanket 2009, Canada
Director: Zoe Leigh Hopkins
credit to: imagineNATIVE, Button Blanket & NFB

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will celebrate its 11th year with the festival running October 20 – 24, 2010 at the Al Green Theatre and various other venues in downtown Toronto. imagineNATIVE celebrates new works by Indigenous people on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media.

imagineNATIVE is situated at the intersection of ideas, issues, narratives and contemporary realities of Indigenous peoples from around the world,” states Executive Director, Jason Ryle. “What these film and media makers are doing is constructing history in engaging, entertaining and beautiful ways.” (from Homepage)

For more information on the workshops and the festival, download imagineNATIVE’s 2010 Catalogue.

“Oct 21-23
WORKSHOPS & PANELS
PRESENTED BY ASTRAL’S HAROLD GREENBERG FUND
Miles Nadal JCC, 3rd Floor
Free to all attending delegates and the public, imagineNATIVE’s industry series aims to strike a balance between the art, business and craft of filmmaking from an Indigenous perspective. Come and learn how to improve your skills and learn from the most respected and talented members of the world’s Indigenous community.” (from imagineNATIVE’s 2010 Catalogue.)

-submission thanks to Ingrid Hamilton, GAT





New Audio Exhibit: Below the Line (Kingston)

18 10 2010

“This summer, CFRC recruited Kingston residents to create sound stories about their experiences of poverty. Participants recently finished their projects, and this week the pieces have been set up in a sound installation at the Artel. You can check out CKWS television’s coverage of the exhibit here. Over the next two weeks, tune in to CFRC 101.9fm and hear the finished pieces on the air.  The eight sound stories will be broadcast over two Monday afternoon timeslots: October 18 and 25 starting at 4pm. Don’t miss it!” (from CFRC 101.9 FM  blog)

- Submitted by Kristiana Clemens, Operations Officer of CFRC 101.9 FM








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