Upcoming Events & New Initiatives
Here are some great opportunities for artists & community members this spring :)
Learn the basics of applying for an Ontario Arts Council Grant: Applying for a grant can be confusing and overwhelming. This spring, the Ontario Arts Council is offering a series of webinars for Ontario-based artists and arts groups to learn the basics of applying for OAC funding. Click here for more details.
Rhythm and Movement Dance Program (FREE): May 10th - 14th & May 24-28th / Rhythm and Movement Dance Program is a creative, innovative and hands on program for Black youth that will provide a safe space for young people to voice their concerns, share their opinions, acquire knowledge about healthy living through rhythm and movements. Black students ages 14-18 will gain physical education, social skill development and they will learn about the different forms of creating rhythms and movement. This program is a series of 4 sessions via zoom. Click here to register.
Ismailova Theatre of Dance is holding auditions for Contemporary dancers: Auditions for a physical theatre production in Toronto. Seeking female and male dancers for its new site-specific dance/physical theatre production to be presented over the weekends and some weeknights in July outdoors in Toronto. Auditions are May 1st 2021 9am-2pm. Auditions will be via Zoom. Herearsals and shows will be outdoors near Dufferin and Steeles with strict social distancing in place. More details here.
St. Joseph Hospital is looking for artwork: Throughout the pandemic, St. Joseph's Health Centre has received messages of support, hope, and gratitude from our community which have done wonders to lift the spirits of the staff, physicians, and learners who have been coming to work each day to support the west-end community. We would like to continue to offer images and words of encouragement to those making the important step in the fight against this terrible disease. We invite our schools across the west-end to get involved! Simply scan or photograph your artwork and inspirational messages, and send them to gillian.brunning@unityhealth.to to be proudly displayed in St. Joe’s vaccination clinic for all to see as they line up to receive their doses!
BBPA’s Community Space Financial Literacy Program: Saturdays at 10am. The ultimate financial literacy program for Black youth. This is an online and in class financial literacy / personal development program integrated into the SAY IT LOUD initiative, a national campaign for Black youth aged 14-29 that promotes Black prode and positive cultural identity. Click here to learn more and register.
Building a Black Archive Call-Out for Emerging Black Writers: A communitu initiative dedicated to unearthing of lost and forgotten Black Histories in Canada with a focus in Ontario. Click here to learn more and sign up.
Laidlaw Foundation’s Indigenous Youth and Community Futures Fund: Applications due by May 20th, receive funding for an Indigenous Youth lead project. Click here to learn more.
Labour Arts Catalyst: The Labour Arts Catalyst is a new initiative that pairs four artists from the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to work with four local labour organizations in a collaborative art-making process that is in line with Mayworks’ vision to incite the creation and production of art that engages diverse artists adn workers in the advancement of cultural, exonomic and social justica. Click here for more details.
Girls with Grit Scholarship 2021: Girls with Grit has partnered with Armstrong Acting Studios to offer the Girls with Grit Scholarship. This opportunity will allow emerging female artists to have access to training and an introduction to Toronto’s TV and film industry. This scholarship is for anyone who has faced barriers entering into this industry, particularily those disproportionately impacted by systemic discrimination. Find out more here.
STEPS has launched their CreateSpace BIPOC Public Art Residency: A national program designed in consultation with advisors from coast to coast, to provide Black, Indigenous and Racialized artists with the skills, relationships and practical experience needed to take their public art practice to the next level.
Meet the 2021 CreateSpace artists-in-residence:
Yasmeen Nematt Alla
Bruno Canadien
Laara Cerman
Shelby Gagnon
Jieun June Kim
Arjun Lal
Amanda Lederle
Charmaine Lurch
Anna Jane McIntyre
Nuff
For residency updates and programming events for the public, follow @STEPSpublicart and #CreateSpaceResidency on Instagram and Facebook or visit publicartresidency.ca.
Selling your work online an Artist Project workshop: Artist Project is pleased to present a workshop series focused on skill-building for artists and the art-curious. Wednesday April 28, 5:30-7PM (ET) Click Here to Register
Fee: $20
Creating Opportunities Beyond the Gallery (International Exhibitions, Commissions, Artist Residencies and more): Join artists Kal Mansur and Nathan Eugene Carson on Zoom for a workshop focused on creating career opportunities as an independent artist. Kal and Nathan will share their unique perspectives and paths to success, from soliciting art commissions, navigating exhibition opportunities, living/working internationally and more. The session will be interactive, and will include time for questions. Wednesday May 12, 5:30-7PM (ET) Click Here to Register
Fee: $20
The 2021 Emerging Digital Artists Award (EDAA) has a Call for Applications: Applications are now open for the Emerging Digital Artists Award. Five artists will be awarded a $5000 prize and their award winning works will be featured in a group exhibition at Trinity Square Video as well as online September 10 - October 2 2021. To learn more and to apply click here.