September 9, 2010
Community Arts Network is gone but not forgotten. CAN has been a valuable resource for artists, activists and researchers committed to the...
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May 7, 2010
On Tuesday May 4th Toronto Neighbourhood Centres (TNC): Telling our Tales hosted over 20 community agencies to discuss community arts programming. To...
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April 8, 2010
Starting in 2002, the Toronto Arts Council (TAC) saw an increase of applications to its Community Arts program. Stemming from this influx, the TAC...
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April 1, 2010
Working Women Community Centre is a stronghold providing services to newcomer and immigrant women and their families. On March 31st, Robyn Shyllit...
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March 25, 2010
Since it’s inception in 1999, the Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) has grown to provide over 200 lessons a week and operate as a creative...
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March 18, 2010
Advocacy is the process of supporting an idea or cause to influence outcomes such as public policy, or the distribution of local resources and...
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March 11, 2010
How can we enhance the role of our parks and the public realm in meeting the City’s overall goals of social inclusion, economic and...
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March 4, 2010
Arts programming benefits neighbourhoods in many ways, one of which is working to improve the health of a specific place. While health is often...
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February 25, 2010
I first met Piotr Adas 10 years ago when were in the same studio at the Etobicoke School of the Arts. He had just immigrated from Poland and was...
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February 10, 2010
Launched in 2007, Project Random was a two-year community arts initiative and a partnership between Toronto Community Housing (TCHC), West Hill...
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February 4, 2010
This week I’ve been walking around looking for artists who decorate the community. I don’t know these people personally but I smile when they’ve...
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January 27, 2010
No Art = No City is the title of an exhibition catalog I purchased last year. I display its red spine proudly and place the book in a prominent...
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January 27, 2010
You may be wondering what we mean by community-engaged art. What does engagement mean? Who is involved and how does it happen?
My understanding of...
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