Art making offers expression, self discovery and skill building. It facilitates participation in community life and in the making of culture.
Sketch creates art-making opportunities for young people who live street-involved and homeless or who are considered to be at risk.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
This week at SKETCH: May 14 to May 18:
OPEN STUDIO @ QUEEN WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH (168 Bathurst, just south of Queen) Tuesday, 2-5pm... spoken word, and painting and drawing workshops!
MUSIC STUDIO @ MASARYK-COWAN COMMUNITY CENTRE (220 Cowan, just south of Queen, second floor) Sign up for studio time by calling 416.530.4401 (please leave your name and contact number clearly) or email Michael at michael@sketch.ca. You can also email Amy at amy@sketch.ca if you're looking to jumpstart your career as an indie musician, including promoting and selling your music online, creating promotional materials and press kits, booking shows, designing CD artwork and more.
OPEN STUDIO @ PARKDALE NEIGHBOURHOOD CHURCH (201 Cowan Avenue, just south of Queen): Thursday, 12-4pm... do painting and drawing, make enviro art, and join in on the music jam!
4 spots open in SKETCH's Community Artist Leadership Training Program! SKETCH is accepting applications from youth aged 15-29 to the Community Artist Leadership Program. Through extensive training and hands-on experience, emerging youth leaders will develop skills in and understanding of Community Arts Practices, both in SKETCH and in the community. There are 4 positions available. This is a full time opportunity, 30 hours per week for 52 weeks (July 9, 2012 - July 8 2013). Applicants must be currently receiving Ontario Works in order to be eligible. Check out the application form, attached. Deadline for Applications: May 17, 2012 by 4pm. Send applications to: Sonya Reynolds at sonya@sketch.ca.
Do you identify as part of the community of Ontario? Are you currently or formerly involved in the government care system of Ontario? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! We are in the process of producing a video that will serve as a “call out” to any youth in government care who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited, queer, questioning and/or intersex. The Advocate’s Office wants to reach out to LGBTTQQI youth to inform them of its existence and mandate and to convey that youth in government care in Ontario have rights. The Advocate’s Office wants LGBTTQQI youth to know that help and support are available. The project is called YOU ARE NOT ALONE. TELL US YOUR STORY! TELL US WHAT TO DO! If you are interested and willing to share your expertise, your stories and your ideas with the Advocate’s Office CONTACT: Nancy Russell (You Are Not Alone Committee) Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, Office: 416 – 325-5990, Office TTY: 416-325-2648, Email: nancy.russell@provincialadvocate.on.ca, Oovoo/webcam: provincial-advocate (ASL/LSQ users).
Come on out to Culinary arts workshops! Come help us bake sandwiches and learn how to make awesome wraps, discussions about gardening, organic food and how to plant it, grow it, cook it eat it! Each day we will make food, share recipes and make art. WEDNESDAYS @ Parkdale Neighbourhood Church (201 Cowan Avenue) 10-12, contact Sue at sue@sketch.ca for more information.
Free Grant Writing 101 Workshop for Youth! Tuesday May 22, 2012. This interactive session will explore the basics of preparing a grant application. It will breakdown the main components of an application including the proposal, work plan and budget; and provide tips for creating a clear, concise application - one that is useful to you in implementing your project. The facilitators will share tips for building relationships with funders and provide all participants with a booklet and list of youth and arts funders. Tuesday May 22, 2012 at Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 308. 5:30pm - Registration, 6:00pm to 9:00pm – Workshop. Please REGISTER no later than May 21st at noon by emailing: info@artreachtoronto.ca with your name, organization/group (if any), email address and phone number. A confirmation will be sent. Space for this workshop is limited so register today! Food and refreshments will be provided.
ArtReach Toronto Grant - Deadline, June 13, 2012. ArtReach Toronto is a program designed to support arts initiatives that engage youth with limited access to artistic opportunities. In addition to funding, ArtReach provides training and mentorship activities for young artists and leaders developing arts projects that address social issues in Toronto. A guiding principle for ArtReach Toronto is the idea that funding needs to be accessible to youth directly and it needs to empower young people by placing ownership of projects in their hands. $10,000 grants for now available art-based projects in Toronto. This year’s deadline for proposals is June 13, 2012 at 7:00pm. For more information, contact: Shahina Sayani | Director | shahina@artreachtoronto.ca | 647.347.0086; Derick Asante | Program Coordinator | derick@artreachtoronto.ca | 647.347.0086 Visit: www.artreachtoronto.ca.
Interested in spoken word and poetry? Join Craig for the West End Poetry Slam during Open Studio on Tuesdays! Every Tuesday between 3-4pm at Queen West Community Health (168 Bathurst, just south of Queen), Craig will be holding workshops on the exploration of poetry as a medium in both written and spoken expression. Attendees will explore Spoken Word Artists, Rap - its history and place in written expression, develop literary techniques, examine the significance of personal experience in Spoken Word, and discuss how social issues can be channeled into original Spoken Word performances. Ultimately, through weekly discussions, visits by professional Spoken Word artists, and an annual Poetry Slam Event, participants will become fully versed in this vibrant vocal medium.
Want to promote yourself as a musician? Contact Amy for Independent Music Support! Work with a professional independent musician and designer to create, promote and sell your music. Work on live show booking, CD artwork, on-line sales and promotion, and press kits. Open to musicians in the Sketch community at any stage in their musical projects. Email amy@sketch.ca for an appointment.
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NEWS and Partner Links
Find out what our move to the Artscape YOUNGplace is all about and how you can support this new creative hub for youth by clicking below on our new Capital Campaign website.
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SKETCH is grateful to Eco-Ethonomics for conducting a Feasibility Study for SKETCH on Social Purpose Enterprise. Click below to learn about Eco-Ethonomics.
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BELL's Let's Talk Community Fund Supports
"Minds at Ease"--A SKETCH Mental Health Initiative
Our friends at the Ontario Trillium Foundation release their Youth Social Infrastructure report on transforming and sustaining youth engagement and organizing.
Check out the Neighbourhood Arts Network, an organization which supports groups and individuals who provide community-engaged arts programming.
View our community partner Evergreen's Garden blog to learn more about garden events, workshops and visits!
Telus Toronto Community Board contributes $20 000 to SKETCH's Media Arts Playground Program!
Here are some amazing folks who are also fighting for youth rights. Check out some reports from:
The Wellesley Institute: Homeless youth on harm reduction
Raising the Roof: The Road to Solutions 2009
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