INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR
Aanmitaagzi
Discipline(s): community arts, multidisciplinary
"Slowly the creatures emerged from the pressure cracks jutting out of frozen Lake Nipissing. They danced about as Nipissing First Nation’s Penny Couchie recited Pressure Cracks. Blue light shone on the creatures as they moved to the amplified composition by Jacob Dayfox. Hundreds walked the ice path lit up with whimsical light installations to witness the performance of Mkomiiwi.
Aanmitaagzi produced the performance Mkomiiwi showcased at Ice Follies 2020 on Lake Nipissing at Marathon Beach in North Bay."
Special impacts:Online culture-specific workshops, which might be relevant to many other organizations and communities.
Equity seeking: Indigenous PeoplesSource: Research
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Jamii
Discipline(s): community arts
Jamii’s mobile theatre, the Kisanii Hub, travels the residential streets of The Esplanade neighbourhood in the early evening, while delivering musical performances.
Equity seeking: RacializedSource: Research
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Arts Etobicoke
Discipline(s): community arts
Reaching a broad age range with smart programming.
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MUSE Arts
Discipline(s): community arts, festivals
Happenings is the first and only Toronto festival made by community artists, giving centre stage to the talents and skills of immigrant, newcomer, and refugee artists. This year’s festival takes place during the entire month of May and will bring together over 80 artists and performers belonging to diverse communities.
Equity seeking: RacializedSource: Research
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STEPS Public Art
Discipline(s): community arts
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Collaborating with 26 Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) across Ontario and engaging 50+ Canadian artists in creative opportunities, main streets will be activated through unique outdoor public art projects for communities to enjoy all summer long. New this year is the launch of an app platform for the public to engage with the projects virtually and plan walking tours around participating communities.
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East End Arts
Discipline(s): community arts
Highly impactful, local, innovative: Seniors online art diary. Book club addressing BLM and BIPOC readings and discussions. Partnership with Indigenous organization for online beading circle.
Equity seeking: Indigenous PeoplesSource: Research
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Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society, Keiko Honda
Discipline(s): media arts, reading, writing, publishing, multidisciplinary, community arts
The project Terakoya is an intergenerational learning and collaboration that is a unique approach to bridging the generational gap. Students (high school to university) and older adults to get a chance to form connections through shared experiences and projects. Older adults will play a vital role by sharing their wisdom and life stories, while students will learn valuable practical and emotional skills from working with older adults, such as group co-leadership, self-confidence, and emotional maturity. The older adults may also learn social networking skills and etiquette from the students.
Special impacts:After harvesting the goodness and challenges of 2020 and this year, I would like to keep coming back to Goethe’s participatory method that allows us to see a thing that is perhaps hiding in plain sight all along. And go out to nature more. Our true legacy for further generations is to leave nature accessible to the next generations so that they can actively participate to come into being. And in that, I see what is art for.
Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groupsSource: Survey
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Mabelle Arts
Discipline(s): community arts
Online program with IRCC with refugees to assist with settlement. Online end of Eid celebration.
Equity seeking: RacializedSource: Research
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Arts Ed Search
Arts Research MonitorThe focus of this internet-based clearinghouse is “on research examining how education in the arts – in both discrete arts classes and integrated arts lessons – affects students’ cognitive, personal, social and civic development, and how… View this resource
Reinvesting in Arts Education
Arts Research MonitorThis American report examines the state of arts education, its benefits for students and classrooms, as well as potential improvements in arts education provision. The report argues that “building capacity to create and innovate in our students is ce… View this resource
Partnerships between Schools and the Professional Arts Sector
Arts Research MonitorThis evaluation document, as well as the accompanying literature review, examines the impacts of artist-in-residence and exposure-to-arts programs in schools and arts venues in Victoria, Australia. Data for the report were collected from “primary and… View this resource
Encourage children today to build audiences for tomorrow
Arts Research MonitorThis report examines the relationship between childhood arts experiences and adult arts participation, based on a survey of 13,500 English adults who were asked to recall their childhood arts experiences. Overall, the report found that “being exposed… View this resource
The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth
Arts Research MonitorBased on four longitudinal datasets, this American report examines the association between in-depth arts engagement and academic or civic outcomes for at-risk youth. Most of the comparisons in the report are between children with either low or no art… View this resource
