New ArtBridges/ToileDesArts website coming this week! / Le nouveau site Web d’ArtBridges/ToileDesArts, en ligne cette semaine!

Dear friends, After months in the making, ArtBridges/ToileDesArts is finally launching our new website this week!: http://www.artbridges.ca We hope that you will enjoy it! We hope that you will find it easier to search for content and to submit things related to community-engaged arts and arts for social change initiatives in Canada. We’d love your feedback. We hope that the site will become rich with … Continue reading New ArtBridges/ToileDesArts website coming this week! / Le nouveau site Web d’ArtBridges/ToileDesArts, en ligne cette semaine!

Happy Canada Day! / Bonne fête du Canada!

All the best for a happy, safe, healthy and creative summer to all of our readers and community arts partners and friends across Canada. Over the next few weeks we’ll be intensively finishing our transition over to our new website. You cannot imagine all the details! (Unless, of course, you’ve made a website yourself, or worked on any sort of large-scale renovation). We may blog/tweet/post … Continue reading Happy Canada Day! / Bonne fête du Canada!

Friday Morning Coffee: Call to Action!

As we jump into summer, we’re launching our new website soon, and we would like to make sure all of our community arts partners’ contact information is still correct. We’ll be moving all of the current ArtBridges/ToileDesArts blog content over into the new website.  If your community-engaged arts initiative has done a profile that we’ve posted over the past few years, please check to make … Continue reading Friday Morning Coffee: Call to Action!

Friday Morning Coffee: Join the discussion!

Today, we are pleased to unveil our new look for our Facebook and Twitter pages. As you sip your morning drink, why not check them out! Let us know of your thoughts with a ‘like’, comment or tweet! And please join the discussion anytime—add your news, thoughts and ideas on what’s going on in community–engaged arts across the country! Maybe there’s something you know about that’s awesome, … Continue reading Friday Morning Coffee: Join the discussion!

Friday Morning Coffee: Presenting ArtBridges/ToileDesArts New Logo!

We are pleased to present ArtBridges/ToileDesArts’ new logo! Just over a year ago, we held a bilingual Canada-wide logo contest on our blog, twitter and facebook page and asked for submissions of creative ideas from community partners, friends and blog readers. We are happy to announce that the winner of the contest is Gillian McQuade. We think she captured the concept that symbolizes ArtBridges/ToileDesArts. Gillian McQuade … Continue reading Friday Morning Coffee: Presenting ArtBridges/ToileDesArts New Logo!

Le café au lait du jour: Trouver l’équilibre entre l’expérience et la connaissance

Il y a eu plusieurs occasions dans ma vie que j’ai pensé “Si seulement je l’avais su avant!” Étant jeune artiste communautaire, j’ai beaucoup appris lors de mes premières experiences d’animation: par exemple, s’il y a un projet de murale pour enfants, il faut prévoir d’amples linges pour essuyer la peinture échappée! Tandis que je crois bien que nous pouvons tirer de bonnes leçons de … Continue reading Le café au lait du jour: Trouver l’équilibre entre l’expérience et la connaissance

Happy Birthday ArtBridges! Bonne Fête ToileDesArts!

ToileDesArts fête ses quatre ans aujourd’hui! Hourra! ArtBridges turns four today! Hooray! Merci beaucoup à tous nos lecteurs et lectrices, contributeurs et contributrices, supporteurs et supportrices, et bien sûr, nos amis et amies! Thank-you so much –  readers, contributors, community partners, supporters and friends! photo credit: Uwe Hermann Continue reading Happy Birthday ArtBridges! Bonne Fête ToileDesArts!

End of summer update -ArtBridges / ToileDesArts

photo by naserke Bonjour à tous! La fin de l’été approche à grand pas, et ici à la ToileDesArts nous avons hâte de voir ce que nous réserve l’automne! Après un été reposant et régénérateur, nous sommes de retour à pleine force pour continuer à souligner les dévéloppements en arts communautaires dans tout le pays, et d’approfondir d’avantages les liens entre organisations, resources, programmes et … Continue reading End of summer update -ArtBridges / ToileDesArts

ArtBridges Summer Newsletter / Infolettre d’été de la ToileDesArts

If you haven’t been receiving our newsletters yet, you can view them here in.pdf format: ArtBridges Summer Newsletter! / Infolettre d’été de la ToileDesArts If you’d like to subscribe to future newsletters from ArtBridges / ToileDesArts, click here! Si vous ne avez pas reçu notre bulletin, vous pouvez le visionner en format pdf en cliquant ici: Infolettre d’été de la ToileDesArts! / ArtBridges Summer Newsletter! Si … Continue reading ArtBridges Summer Newsletter / Infolettre d’été de la ToileDesArts

Update: ArtBridging Ontario

“When I first started at ArtBridges/ToileDesArts, I was the Social Network and Communications Assistant. This past year, I was the ArtBridging Ontario Coordinator. ArtBridging Ontario allowed me to connect with all of the Ontario community arts initiatives. I got to collect new profiles in Ontario that added to the ArtBridges network. I learned so much from initiatives that I interacted with, they are a great range and … Continue reading Update: ArtBridging Ontario