Seasons Greetings from ArtBridges/ToileDesArts!

Seasons Greetings from ArtBridges / ToileDesArts!

To all our friends and community partners, we wish you a creative, joyful, community-engaged, artistic, restful, inspired, snowy, cozy, warm and wonderful time over the holidays!

And… if anyone is so inspired to doodle over the holidays… pick up a pencil, haul out your sketch pad and ignite your imagination… there are three Canada-wide contests / calls for submissions in community arts that we are aware of. Please pass this on to your friends, co-workers and/or fellow community arts program participants. You don’t have to be a graphic designer and perfection is not required. All are looking for imaginative and creative concepts from young and older Canadians. Here’s the info:

1) “Help us create a new logo for ArtBridges / ToileDesArts. We are calling creative stripes of all ages, from 3 to 130, to help us design a new logo that best represents the term “ArtBridging”. It doesn’t necessarily have to include an image of a bridge (though we do like our bridges).” Submissions due January 30th, prize available. See more here.

2) “ The Michaëlle Jean Foundation (FMJF) and EQ3 invite creative young people, 15 – 30 years old, to Imagine… a Better Community and submit original artwork depicting what they envisage to Generation Art.” Submissions due January 10th, prize available. See more here and watch this to learn more.

3) “ The Centre for Environmental Health Equity (CEHE) and the Sustainable Thinking and Expression for Public Spaces (STEPS) Initiative are seeking creative expressions on children’s environmental health issues for inclusion in the Knowledge Leaders in Children’s Environmental Health National Training Program.” Due January 30th, all ages. See more here.

All the best for a happy and healthy new year!

Seanna Connell
Project Director, on behalf of the ArtBridges / ToileDesArts team

p.s. If you haven’t received our newsletters, you can view them here in.pdf format: ArtBridges’ Second Newsletter! / Le deuxième bulletin de ToileDesArts! If you’d like to subscribe to future newsletters from ArtBridges / ToileDesArts, click here!

ArtBridges/ToileDesArts vous souhaite de joyeuses fêtes!

ArtBridges / ToileDesArts vous souhaite de joyeuses fêtes!

À tous nos amis et à tous nos partenaires, nous souhaitons un temps des fêtes créatif, joyeux, communautaire, artistique, reposant, inspiré, neigeux, confortable, chaleureux et merveilleux!

Et… si vous avez le goût de gribouiller pendant le temps des Fêtes, prenez un crayon, votre tablette à dessin et laissez libre cours à votre imagination…car trois concours pancanadiens attendent vos propositions! Merci de faire circuler l’invitation à vos amis, à vos collègues ou aux autres participants de projets d’art communautaire. Pas besoin d’être graphiste, la perfection n’est pas un critère de participation! Tous ces concours cherchent des concepts créatifs qui soient l’oeuvre de jeunes et de moins jeunes du pays.

1) Aidez-nous à créer un nouveau logo pour ArtBridges / ToileDesArts. Que vous ayez 3 ans ou 130 ans, nous faisons appel à votre créativité pour nous aider à concevoir un nouveau logo pour représenter « ArtBridging ». Il n’est pas nécessaire qu’un pont soit représenté dans le logo (bridge signifie « pont ») même si nous aimons les ponts! Date limite de soumission : 30 janvier. Prix à gagner! Cliquez ici pour en savoir davantage.

2) La Fondation Michaëlle Jean (FMJF) et EQ3 invitent les jeunes créateurs de 15 à 30 ans à imaginer… une meilleure collectivité et à soumettre leur œuvre originale représentant leur vision à Génération Art. Date limite de soumission : 10 janvier. Prix à gagner! Cliquez ici pour en savoir davantage ou regardez cette vidéo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neV9dYHFa9U.

3) Le Centre for Environmental Health Equity (CEHE, Centre pour l’équité en matière de santé environnementale) et Sustainable Thinking and Expression for Public Spaces (STEPS) Initiative (Initiative pour la pensée et l’expression durables pour les espaces publics) recherchent des contributions créatives sur les enjeux reliés à la santé environnementale des enfants pour les inclure dans le programme de formation national Knowledge Leaders in Children’s Environmental Health (Têtes de file du savoir sur la santé environnementale des enfants). Date limite de soumission: 30 janvier. Les personnes de tous âges peuvent participer. Cliquez ici pour en savoir davantage.

Nos meilleurs voeux! Nous vous souhaitons une heureuse année en santé!

Seanna Connell
Directrice de projet, de la part de l’équipe de ArtBridges/ToileDesArts

p.s. Si vous ne avez pas reçu notre deuxième bulletin, vous pouvez le visionner en format pdf en cliquant ici: Le deuxième bulletin de ToileDesArts! / ArtBridges’ Second Newsletter! Si vous souhaitez vous abonner pour recevoir les prochains bulletins, cliquez ici!

Profil: Conseil acadien de Par-en-Bas (CAPEB) et Conseil des arts de Par-en-Bas (Tusket, Nouvelle-Écosse)

Mini Profil: Conseil acadien de Par-en-Bas (CAPEB) et Conseil des arts de Par-en-Bas
Position: Organisme à but non lucratif
Communauté visée pour la programmation d’art: Jeunes, aînés, portes ouvertes à tous, surtout la communauté acadienne
Discipline d’art: arts visuels, théâtre, danse, musique
Langue(s) utilisée(s): français
Région: La région d’Argyle au comté de Yarmouth dans le sud-ouest de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Objectif de la programmation d’art: Œuvrer au développement et à l’appréciation des arts de la communauté acadienne et francophone de la région d’Argyle (Par-En-Bas) et des environs.
Sommaire des activités/projets artistiques principaux:

• Activités culturelles: fête des Acadiens (15 août – fête de l’Assomption de Marie), Mardi gras, Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, etc.
• Expositions d’art visuel – gallerie d’art au Centre communautaire de Par-en-Bas
• Spectacles (musique, danse, théâtre) à la Salle Père Maurice LeBlanc (salle de spectacle de 300 places)
• Ateliers en art de la scène et en art visuel visant les jeunes et le public en général
• Le CAPEB gère le Centre communautaire de Par-en-Bas qui comprend, entre autres, une gallerie d’art, une salle de spectacle (Salle Père-Maurice-LeBlanc), une salle de rencontre et des bureaux communautaires dont celui du CAPEB, un studio de la radio communautaire (Radio CIFA) et un Site PAC. Le Centre est attaché à École secondaire de Par-en-Bas, école du Conseil scolaire provincial (CSAP), qui regroupe les élèves acadiens de la région de la 7e à la 12e année.

Contact:  Clyde deViller, directeur général
Tel.: (902) 648-2253
E-mail: cdeviller@capeb.ca
Site web: www.capeb.ca
Adresse postale: C.P. 63 Tusket (NÉ) B0W 3M0
Adresse civique: 4258, route 308 Tusket (NÉ)

- soumis par Clyde deViller, directeur général

Veuillez s.v.p visiter la carte Google  pour l’information de contact.

Profile: Sioux Lookout Creative Arts Circle (Sioux Lookout, ON)

photo credit: Jacoba Graham

Profile: Sioux Lookout Creative Arts Circle
Status: Not-for-profit organization
Community served: All artists in our community and in Northwestern Ontario, as well as groups or individuals interested in the arts.
Arts focus: The Circle encourages all forms of creative expression.
Language: English
Location: Sioux Lookout, ON
Mandate: The Circle serves as a creative arts organization in order to promote artists in Northwestern Ontario and all forms of creative expression by providing opportunities for performance, exhibition, instruction and promotion related to the arts.
Main arts activities: The Circle supports the interests of artists in Northwestern Ontario (and more specifically Sioux Lookout) and encourages all forms of creative expression – through writing, film-making, visual art, fine craft, photography, drama and music by hosting or facilitating activities such as exhibitions, readings, workshops and performances.
Some of The Circle’s diverse activities have included children’s theatre camp; painting, photography, poetry writing and yarn design workshops; exhibitions of fine art; community art projects; film festivals and concerts.
Contact: Laurel Wood, Community Arts Director or Donna Giles, Artistic Advisor
Phone number: (807) 737-2230
E-mail: slartscircle@hotmail.com
Website: in development. For now we use our facebook page!
Address: 88 1/2 Front Street, Box 86, Sioux Lookout ON P8T 1A1

-submitted by Iris Stunzi, Arts Facilitator/Intern

Please see ArtBridges’ Google map for more information.

Faites passer le mot! Concours de logo de la ToileDesArts (Canada)

Que pensez-vous de la ToileDesArts?

Nous croyons que c’est le temps de changer notre “look”! Dans un esprit communautaire, nous sollicitons votre aide pour la création d’un nouveau logo. Suivez ce lien pour télécharger notre affiche!

La date d’échéance du concours est le 31 janvier 2012.

Pass it on! Logo Contest for ArtBridges/ToileDesArts! (Canada-wide)

What does “ArtBridging” mean to you?

We think it’s time to change our look and in the community spirit of things, we need your help! Help us create a new logo for ArtBridges/ToileDesArts.

Help us spread the word by posting this flyer at your local community arts centres/ projects or programs, etc. Download the flyer here! (right click, save as)

Logo contest submissions are due by January 31, 2012.

Profile: North York Community House Digital Storytelling Program (Toronto)

photo credit: Adnan Amin

Profile: North York Community House Digital Storytelling Program
Status: Not-for-Profit organization & Program
Community served: North York Community House predominantly serves newcomers, but works with all residents in North York. Digital Storytelling serves any communities, locally, provincially, nationally
Arts focus: Digital Storytelling & media arts
Language(s): English, facilitators speak a variety of languages including Japanese, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, Farsi, Spanish
Location: 638 Sheppard Ave West (at Bathurst) Suite 220. Our mobile media lab allows us to offer workshops offsite at any location
Mandate: North York Community House is a non-profit organization that works to empower people to create and share their own digital stories as a strategy for personal and community transformation.  We work with communities to use digital storytelling as a tool for engagement and mobilization efforts, for educating and raising awareness about urgent social issues, to work for policy change, assess community needs, conduct research and evaluate programs.
Main arts activities/projects: NYCH offers digital storytelling opportunities to community organizations, schools, health care centres, and other groups through Customized Digital Storytelling Workshops.  We collaborate to make a program that meets the needs of your community.  Our mobile media lab enables us to work with you in your own community.  NYCH offers digital storytelling opportunities to the general public three to four times a year.  Our next workshop is January 27-29th, 2012.

In a digital story workshop, participants start with no media equipment in the room- instead we have a story circle where each person has a chance to share their story, receive feedback, and listen to each other.  Then, each person learns to craft and record their own first-person story, collect still images, video, and sound, and is guided through computer tutorials that enable them, with teacher support, to edit their own story. Our workshops offer a safe, supportive environment in which participants with little to no prior video-making experience can make their own 2-5 minute video.  Based on the model developed by the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkley, California, North York Community House is part of an international movement of people using digital storytelling to empower individuals and communities who are working towards a more just and equitable worlds.
NEXT WORKSHOP: January 27-29, 2012 (Fri-Sun). 9am-5pm. Cost: $500
Workshop Location: North York Community House. 638 Sheppard Ave. W., Suite 220, North York, Ontario M3H 2S1
To register or for more information, please email: Emmy Pantin at emmy@storycentre.org or phone: 416-636-2600 ext. 26

Contact: Jennifer LaFontaine & Emmanuelle Pantin
Phone number: 416-636-2600
E-mail: jlafontaine@nych.ca & epantin@nych.ca
Website: www.nych.ca & www.storycentre.wordpress.com
Address: 638 Sheppard Ave. W., Suite 220, North York, Ontario M3H 2S1

 - submitted by Jennifer LaFontaine, North York Community House Digital Storytelling Program

Please see ArtBridges’ Google map for more information

Sommaire: les arts communautaires francophones au Nunavut / Summary: Francophone community arts in Nunavut

photo by Northern Pix

Sommaire: les arts communautaires francophones au Nunavut

Decembre 2011

Le Nunavut, tant que le territoire est extrêmement vaste, tient la population la moins nombreuse au Canada. Mais la petite population n’a pas d’impact sur la vie culturelle; que ce soit l’art inuit, la sculpture, la danse, le drum, et beaucoup d’autres, l’art est inclut dans le mode de vie des résidents du Nunavut.

Il y a 1,3% des résidents du Nunavut qui parlent le français (census 2006). En ma recherche pour les arts communautaires au Nunavut, j’ai trouvé plusieurs co-opératives d’artistes, centres d’art pour les inukophones ou anglophones. Côté francophone, il y en avait moins, étant donné leur petite communauté au Nunvaut. L’Association  des francophones du Nunavut semble bien offrir de nombreux activités culturelles, incluant les soupers communautaires, des pièces de théâtre et d’impro, des soirées de film, et autres. ArtCirq, un collectif d’artistes et de  des arts du cirque travaillant à Montréal et à Igloolik, offre des ateliers éducatifs et participatifs. Leurs créations sont spectaculaires!

Connaissez-vous autres organismes, programmes, ou projets au Nunavut qui offrent des activités artistiques francophones? Envoyez-moi un courriel!

À bientôt,

Alexa

Summary: Francophone community arts in Nunavut

December, 2011

While the territory is extremely vast, Nunavut holds one of the smallest populations in Canada. However, the small population size does not hold back the cultural activities! Whether it is inuit art, sculpture making, dance, drumming, or one of many other forms, art is weaved into the lifestyle of the residents of Nunavut.

About 1.3% of Nunavut residents are Francophone (2006 census). In my research for Francophone community arts in Nunavut, I’ve found several English or Inuktitut artist co-operatives, art centres, but not many for Francophones, given their small community in Nunavut. L’Association des francophones du Nunavut offers many cultural activities, such as community dinners, theatre and improv, and film screenings, among others. ArtCirq, a collective of circus art performers working in Montreal and Igloolik, offers educational and participatory workshops. Their creativity is amazing! Stay tuned for their upcoming profile on our blog.

Do you know of any Francophone community art organizations, programs or projects going on in Nunavut? Send me an e-mail!

See you later,

Alexa

Input Needed Today!: Youth focus group on impact of arts programming (SKETCH, Toronto)

“SKETCH is doing a research project on the impact of arts programming for youth with a focus on arts programming in NON-arts settings, like the Queen West Community Health Centre. We’re holding a focus group with youth who have never been involved with SKETCH but have done arts programming elsewhere, in non-arts settings.
If you know of anyone who fits this description, please let them know about this opportunity – there’s a $20 honorarium for involvement! They must register in advance, through me at sonya@sketch.ca Let me know if you have any questions, and please spread the word!”

-submitted by Sonya Reynolds, Program Administrator, SKETCH Working Arts

For more information on SKETCH,  read our profile on SKETCH.
Please see ArtBridges’ Google map for contact information.

Call for Submissions – Creative Expressions on Children’s Environmental Health (National)

“The Centre for Environmental Health Equity (CEHE) and the Sustainable Thinking and Expression for Public Spaces (STEPS) Initiative are seeking creative expressions on children’s environmental health issues for inclusion in the Knowledge Leaders in Children’s Environmental Health National Training Program.”

For more information, please contact Robert Huff at robert.huff@cehe.ca

- submitted by Alexis Kane Speer, Founding Director of STEPS Initiative

Read more about STEPS Initiatives on ArtBridges here.
Please see ArtBridges’ Google Map for contact information.