Profile: 220 Oak Street Potters Status: Not-for-profit Community served: youth and adults Arts focus: Pottery Language: English Location: 220 Oak Street, Toronto, Ontario Mandate: to provide an open and supportive environment that uses pottery to foster creative thinking, self reliance and entrepreneurship. Main arts activities: Pottery, wheel and hand molding. Contact: Alexandra Elliott Phone number: 416 686 0208 E-mail: Alexandraelliott@rogers.com – submitted by Alexandra Elliott, … Continue reading Profile: 220 Oak Street Potters (Toronto)

Profile: Women’s Place Kenora Status: Charitable Non-Profit Community Served: Women Arts Focus: We provide opportunities for different forms of art. Art forms are utilized for a healing approach to dealing with all issues affecting women and their families. Language(s): English Location: Kenora, Ontario Mandate: Women’s Place is women’s resource centre, owned and operated by a feminist collective, which exists to advocate for dignity and equality … Continue reading Profile: Art Programs @ Women’s Place Kenora (Kenora, ON)

Profile: Smooth Rock Falls Art Center Status: Not-for-profit Organization Community Served: Adults and Youth 15+ years.  Special young children’s programs are held in other venues, such as the SRF Public Library. Arts focus: Visual & Textile Arts (Anyone may join but visual and textile arts is our focus.) Language: French/English (Bilingual) Location: SRF Heritage Centre, basement. Mandate: To promote the creation of art within the … Continue reading Profile: Smooth Rock Falls Art Center (Smooth Rock Falls, ON)

Profile:  Porcupine Art Club Status:  Not-for-profit organization, incorporated. Established Sept 1947. Community served: Adults 18+ years but some special projects involve children. Art focus: Visual Arts – Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and other two dimensional fine artwork (does not include photography). Location: The corner of Pine St.N. and Eighth Ave. (in the Roy Nicholson Park), Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Mandate: Aims and Objectives a) To foster interest … Continue reading Profile: Porcupine Art Club (Timmins, ON)

Profile: Combat Paper Project Status: Program Community served: Military service members, veterans, families and members of the non-veteran community Arts focus: Hand papermaking, printmaking and bookbinding Language: English Location: San Francisco, CA, with traveling projects in the USA and Canada Past projects in Canada: April 7, 2009 – Champlain Regional College, Lennoxville, Quebec: Combat Paper Project members engaged [sic] the campus community with readings and … Continue reading Profile: Combat Paper Project (North America)