Profile: Productions oracle (Montréal)

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Mini Profil: Productions oracle
Position: Organisme à but non lucratif
Communauté visée pour la programmation d’art: Nous travaillons avec les jeunes ou avec les adultes et familles autour des thèmes qui affectent les jeunes. Nous travaillons avec tous les communautés culturelles.
Discipline d’art: Arts médiatiques: ateliers d’écriture et production vidéo
Langue(s) utilisée(s): Français et Anglais
Région: Nous travaillons dans les écoles, dans les centres communautaires et partout dans la ville de Montréal et ses alentours.
Objectif de la programmation d’art: PRODUCTIONS ORACLE est un organisme à but non lucratif qui donne aux jeunes un mode d’expression, avec la possibilité de pouvoir participer à la création d’outils multimédias éducatifs, dans un procéssus proféssionnel. Nous voulons mettre en valeur les expériences des jeunes et développer leur estime de soi, le respect et la tolérance. Nous voulons aider les jeunes à canaliser leurs énergies d’une manière motivante et enrichissante.
Nous répondons à notre mission en proposant plusieurs formats, intervention sociale, travail de groupe avec les jeunes et les adultes, création de documentaire, service de consultation, planification d’événements et conférences.
Sommaire des activités/projets artistiques principaux:
Nos programmes consistent de la création d’outils multimédias éducatifs pour les jeunes. 
Nos services incluent:
• Des ateliers d’écriture et vidéo,
• Création des documentaires, 
• Service de consultation, 
• Planification de conférences et événements pour les jeunes.
Contact: Alyssa Kuzmarov et Jean-Michel Sauri, Cofondateurs et codirecteurs
Tel.: (514) 279-6238
E-mail: productions.oracle@gmail.com
Site web: www.productions-oracle.com
Adresse: 7292 rue Drolet, Montréal, Québec, H2R 2C2

Mini Profile:  Productions Oracle
Status: Not for profit organization
Community served: We work primarily with youth, but we also work with families and adults around issues pertaining to youth. We work with all cultural communities and we work in both English and French.
Arts focus:  Media arts, writing, video production
Language: French and English
Location: We work in schools, community centres and all across Montréal and its surrounding areas.
Mandate: PRODUCTIONS ORACLE is a non-profit organization that provides youth with a creative mode of expression through educational workshops using writing and video documentary for them to share their experiences and for them to develop self-esteem, respect and tolerance. With the goal of producing professional quality documentary videos, we want to help youth channel their energy in a meaningful and motivating process.
We fulfil this mission in many different ways – social intervention, group work with youth and adults, documentary filmmaking, consultation, event and conference planning.
Main arts activities and projects: Our programs involve the creation of multimedia educational tools by youth for youth. We offer the following services: Writing and video workshops
, The creation of documentaries, 
Consultation services
, Event and conference planning on youth-related issues.
Contact: Alyssa Kuzmarov and Jean-Michel Sauri, Cofounders and codirectors.
Phone number: (514) 279-6238
E-mail: productions.oracle@gmail.com
Website: www.productions-oracle.com
Address: 7292 rue Drolet, Montreal, Quebec, H2R 2C2

- soumis par Alyssa Kuzmarov, co-fondateur et co-directeur

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Save the Date: Symposium – “Creative Communities for Children & Youth” (Toronto)

“***SAVE THE DATE:   OCTOBER 14, 15, 16th***

“2011 Harbourfront Symposium: Creative Communities for Children and Youth”, Toronto, Ontario 

In preparation for the upcoming 2012 National Youth Arts Week, we are hosting our most exciting conference to date. We are asking for all levels of organization to join us for creative ‘hands on’ workshops, dynamic roundtable discussions, and national community networking to create an opportunity to strengthen the children and youth arts sector across Canada.

Stay tuned for upcoming details, keynote speakers and more reasons to attend a culturally significant event!!!

More information at info@artsnetwork.ca”

-Linda Albright, Executive Director, Arts Network for Children and Youth

- posted with permission from Linda Albright, Executive Director, Arts Network for Children and Youth

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Profile: First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (Saanich, BC)

Profile: First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council – Arts Program
Status: First Nation-directed provincial crown corporation
Community served: First Nations and Aboriginal (including status, non-status, Inuit and Metis)
Arts focus: All disciplines and approaches, including traditional and contemporary experimental
Language(s): English
Location: Saanich, BC
Mandate: The mandate of the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (First Peoples’ Council) is to assist B.C. First Nations in their efforts to revitalize their languages, arts and cultures. Since 1991, the First Peoples’ Council has successfully distributed over $20 million to British Columbia’s Aboriginal communities for language, arts and culture projects.
The First Peoples’ Council is committed to providing communities with a high level of support and quality resources. Our cultural heritage, and the living expression of our identities, is integral to the health of all members of our Aboriginal communities, as well as to the well-being of all British Columbians.
The First Peoples’ Council serves:
- 203 B.C. First Nations
- 24 Tribal Councils
- 34 First Nation languages
- 59 First Nation language dialects
- First Nations arts and culture organizations
- Aboriginal artists
- Aboriginal education organizations
Mission Statement: The First Peoples’ Council provides leadership for the revitalization of Aboriginal languages, culture and arts in British Columbia. The First Peoples’ Council monitors the status of B.C. Aboriginal languages, cultures, and arts, and facilitates and develops strategies which help Aboriginal communities recover and sustain their heritage. The First Peoples’ Council is committed to establishing itself as the key source of current and accurate information on the state of Aboriginal languages in British Columbia and to continuing to provide program coordination and funding for Aboriginal language and cultural preservation and enhancement.
The First Peoples’ Council Mandate, as laid out in the FPHLCC Act, is to:
- Preserve, restore and enhance First Nations’ heritage, languages, arts and culture.
- Increase understanding and sharing of knowledge, within both the First Nations and non-First Nations communities.
- Heighten appreciation and acceptance of the wealth of cultural diversity among all British Columbians.
Main arts activities/projects: The First Peoples’ Council Arts Program supports the vitality of all forms of Aboriginal arts and culture including the rejuvenation and practice of traditionally based arts, with a specific focus on the province of B.C.
As a province-wide organization with a cultural focus, the First Peoples’ Council Arts Program provides consultation, guidance, support, funding, and strategic projects for First Nations’ and Aboriginal artists. Among other activities, the Arts Program offers grants to artists through the Aboriginal Arts Development Awards, in partnership with the B.C. Arts Council and the New Relationship Trust.
Contact: Cathi Charles Wherry, Arts Programs Coordinator
Phone number: 250-652-5952
E-mail: info@fphlcc.ca
Website: www.fphlcc.ca

Submitted by Cathi Charles Wherry, Arts Programs Coordinator
First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council

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Event: Outside Looking In 2011 with Keynote Address from National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo of the Assembly of First Nations (Toronto)

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posted with permission from Tracee Smith, CEO, Outside Looking In

Profil: Le Wapikoni mobile (Québec)

Mini Profil: Le Wapikoni mobile
Position: Organisme à but non lucratif
Communauté visée pour la programmation d’art: Jeunes, Premières Nations
Discipline d’art: audio-visuel et musique
Langue(s) utilisée(s): français, anglais et langues des Premières Nations, espagnol
Région: Québec, Canada, Amérique du Sud, international
Objectif de la programmation d’art: Le Wapikoni mobile, studio ambulant de création et de formation, circule dans les communautés des Premières Nations du Québec et d’Amérique du sud.
Sommaire des activités/projets artistiques principaux: Le Wapikoni mobile donne aux jeunes autochtones les outils pour réaliser des courts métrages et des créations musicales. Le Wapikoni mobile vise ainsi l’acquisition de compétences professionnelles et l’émergence de talents. Il facilite les échanges et la communication et contribue à l’ouverture sur le monde.
Les films du Wapikoni mobile constituent un apport unique au Patrimoine culturel mondial.
Contact: Sara Doré
Tel.: 514-283-3542
E-mail: info@wapikoni.ca
Site web: www.wapikoni.tv
Adresse: 3155 Côte-De-Liesse, Montréal, Québec H4N 2N4

- soumis par Céline Brassard

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Profile: Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations (Ottawa)

Photos taken from www.icmi.ca with permission from Nicole Quenneville

Profile: Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations (ICMI)
Status: Non-profit organization
Community Served: Mostly youth/high-school students
Arts Focus: Digital/Media Arts
Language: English
Location: Based in Moose Factory Ontario, now located in Ottawa.
Mandate: ICMI was created out of a recognized need for Indigenous access into the arts. Through project initiatives, productions, educational and workshop endeavors, ICMI opens its doors to the Indigenous community. One of the organization’s main objectives is the promotion of Indigenous art and artists. Through project initiatives, professional development, productions, facilities, equipment, educational, and workshop endeavours, ICMI opens its doors to the Aboriginal/Inuit communities. The methods to which access is created is through arts skills development initiatives. The expression and production of arts is then possible through the acquisition of related skills. ICMI welcomes all skill levels; from the emerging artist to the established professional. ICMI aims to create programming and productions which offer creative expression, employment opportunity and the development of artistic talent.
Main Arts Activities/Projects: Teaching students from the Urban Aboriginal Alternative High School media arts. Started the IIMM Program in July.
Contact: Monique Manatch
Phone Number: (866) 529-0260
E-mail: IndigenousInnovations@gmail.com
Website: www.icmi.ca
Address: Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue, Ottawa

Submitted by Nicole Quenneville, ICMI

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Profile: Leave Out ViolencE Nova Scotia

Profile: Leave Out ViolencE Nova Scotia
Status: Not-for-profit charitable organization
Community served: Youth
Location/Region served: Halifax Regional Municipality, Indian Brook First Nation (Shubenacadie), Membertou First Nation (Sydney) /  Nova Scotia
Language(s) used: English
Arts focus: writing, poetry, photojournalism, photography
Summary of main art activities: LOVE provides opportunities for youth to use media arts as means to express themselves constructively, learn and practice skills, and overcome barriers. LOVE’s youth use free writing, poetry, photojournalism, photography, and video to express their experiences and perspectives, and to discuss issues of violence in their lives and communities.
Mandate: In LOVE’s programs we build community. Through strong, meaningful relationships we work to provide opportunities for young people to see their brilliance and skills, and we support them to use their strengths to build healthy, happy, successful lives. LOVE supports our youth to learn leadership and life skills while they create artworks that become powerful education tools. Our team of youth spokespeople use media arts as educational tools to teach community members about root causes, effects, and alternatives to violence. LOVE’s youth also facilitate presentations, workshops, and processes to reach out purposefully to teach people in their communities about anti-violence, youth culture, social justice, and other issues that are important to them. Our youth educate thousands of youth, adults, and groups throughout our communities every year.
Contact: Sarah MacLaren
Phone number: (902) 429-6616
E-mail: love@eastlink.ca
Website: www.lovens.ca
Address: Suite 106 – 1657 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 2A1

- submitted by Andrew Abraham, Program & Communications Coordinator

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JAM Community Art Project: Streetscape Mosaic Project (Sheet Harbour, NS)

photos from JAM Community Art blog

“The Streetscape Mosaic project is a 4Cs Foundation funded community art project for beautifying a new sidewalk and streetscape installation in the village of Sheet Harbour. More than 80 stepping stones and 6 large scale mosaics were created by grades 5 to 8 and grade 11 students along with local artists and scores of community members. Many hands were involved in the project from the drawing and design process, to building the forms and collecting the pebbles, to laying the thousands of pebbles and stones in intricate designs and finally installing the heavy pieces.  A hot chocolate walk was organized to celebrate the installed art work.”

- posted with permission from Julie Adamson Miller, JAM Community Art

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Project Highlight: Art Starts’ Mosaic Project (Toronto)

- photos by Andy Moro (Red Pepper Spectacle Arts) and Tamara Haberman (Art Starts)

Mosaic Project, 2008, former City of York, Toronto

“This mosaic was designed and crafted in response to local concerns relating to the wall – people were hanging around the area, intimating local residents.  The residents, police and Art Starts, in partnership with local youth and lead artists Red Pepper Spectacle Arts, worked together to transform the place into a beautiful, safe area.  The Mosaic project was a summer employment program and training/mentorship program for emerging artist-youth living in Toronto.”

-submitted by Tamara Haberman, Director of Development and Administration, Art Starts

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Mini Profil: Les productions des paysages éclatés (Ham-Sud, Québec)

Mini Profil: Les paysages éclatés
Position: Organisme à but non lucratif
Communauté visée pour la programmation d’art: tous
Discipline d’art: arts visuels,théâtre, danse
Langue(s) utilisée(s): français et anglais
Région: Estrie
Objectif de la programmation d’art: faire connaître le travail du masque à travers le monde, organiser des activités artistiques de haut niveau en région rurale, donner une vitrine internationale aux artistes de la relève
Sommaire des activités/projets artistiques principaux: tenue d’une biennale internationale du masque: spectacles de danse et de théâtre des 5 continents, conférences, table ronde, atelier de formation, expositions, activités scolaires et populaires, le tout sur le thème du masque
Contact:  Hildegund Janzing
Tel.:819-828-0518
E-mail: paysageseclates@yahoo.ca
Site web: www.paysageseclates.com
Adresse: 90 chemin Darveau, Saint-Camille, J0A 1G0

-soumis par Hildegund Janzing, Les productions des paysages éclatés

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