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
SKETCH this week! (Feb 20th to 23rd)
OPEN STUDIO @ QUEEN WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH (168 Bathurst, just south of Queen) Tuesday, 2-5pm... Come by for lunch and to do painting + drawing, jamming, or spoken word!
MOVEMENT PROGRAMMING @ MASARYK-COWAN COMMUNITY CENTRE (220 Cowan, just south of Queen) Wednesday, 12-4pm... Join Julian for Kung Fu!
THEATRE WORKSHOPS @ MASARYK-COWAN COMMUNITY CENTRE (220 Cowan, just south of Queen) Wednesdays & Thursdays 2-4pm... February 22-March 29
OPEN STUDIO @ PARKDALE NEIGHBOURHOOD CHURCH (201 Cowan Avenue, just south of Queen): Thursday, 12-4pm... Come by for lunch and to do painting + drawing, jamming, or work on multi-media textile projects!
MUSIC STUDIO @ MASARYK-COWAN COMMUNITY CENTRE (220 Cowan, just south of Queen, second floor) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12-5:30pm... 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.
Are you interested in theatre, performance and storytelling? If so, come on out to THE FABRIC OF THE STREETS theatre workshops! A group of actors called “Epic and Everyday” will be joining us for 6 weeks, starting February 22 for twice-weekly sessions. It will be an opportunity for participants to express and explore their voice and creative vision through aspects of performance: we will explore improvisation, the principles of story-telling, text and self-generated scripts, all with a focus on the story-telling power of the ensemble. Performance forces us to face the animal of doubt. Through commitment and action, we can negotiate and overcome our insecurities and fears. By the end of these six weeks, our hope is that participants go away reflecting on the changes they wish to see in their society, and how Theatre can help make it happen. After the six weeks, the Company will compose a script inspired by ideas generated in the workshop. This script will become the basis for a rehearsal process with select returning participants of the original six-week workshop. The result of this rehearsal process will premiere as a work entitled THE FABRIC OF THE STREETS. Every Wednesday and Thursday, 2-4, at Masaryk Cowan community Centre, February 22-March 29.
Come out to see Untitled, a SKETCH exhibition! From Tuesday February 14 to Thursday February 23 (11am to 6pm), some amazing work is showing at Artscape Triangle Gallery at 38 Abell Street (east of Gladstone, south off of Queen Street West)... come see work by Nancy Clemo, Adalla Fricka, Chelsee Livingston, Erick Lopez, Bishara Mohamad, Jonatan M, Ashton Shearer and Zanette Singh!
Make your own patches! Everyone is invited to contribute patches for the Tutu Project - make a 4.5” x 6” patch and give it to Lynn, she’ll sew it to the National Ballet's tutu. Sketch has canvas patches to use as your base, but any fabric or light weight material that can be sewn together is fine…. Draw, Paint, Screen print, Stencil, Sew, Bead, Collage or embellish with buttons! For more information, talk to Sandra (Tuesday Open Studio) or Lynn (Thursday Open Studio)
Apply for a CUE artist grant! CUE is a radical, high-access arts granting program based out of Sketch Working Arts. Over the last 3 years we have granted over $100,000 in direct artist funding to 70 artists involved with Sketch, and hosted a group exhibition featuring the work of 20 CUE grant recipients. This year, CUE will be funding 5 projects (with budgets up to a maximum of $1500). We are looking for a solid team of youth artists to work with: documenting work, attending meetings, completing reports, and providing feedback will be required. Group, and collaborative projects are also applicable. We are specifically looking for work that will cater well to digital, online release. Please email cuegrant@gmail.com to obtain the application materials. The deadline for submissions is March 1. Contact Jason or Zanette at cuegrant@gmail.com if you have any questions, or want any further information. Happy Harmonicas! - CUE
Would you like to receive a scholarship to attend a course at a post secondary institution? The ORT Dinah Vale Scholarship is offering $500 to a Sketch participant who would like to attend a Post Secondary course. Deadline is TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28TH! Application must include: 1. a representation of your creativity (ie. art piece, music in form of a jpeg, cd). 2. a letter outlining: a) What is it that you want to do educationally, and what you hope to achieve in the future; b) Discuss what you have done to overcome adversity; c) Discuss what you have done for others to inspire positive change. 3. Reference letter from Sketch. Submit completed application materials to Susan Vale, by Tuesday February 28, 2012, at Queen West Community Health Centre, 168 Bathurst Street, 3pm. Susan was the facilitator of the Sketchbook Project workshop. Please contact Sandra at Sandra@sketch.ca or during program at Queen West on Tuesdays if you have any questions.
Are you interested in spoken word or poetry? If so, join Craig for the West End Poetry Slam during Open Studio on Tuesdays! Every Tuesday between 3-4pm at Queen West Community Health, 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.
Hope to see you there!
SKETCH
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NEWS
Find out what our move to the Artscape YOUNGplace is all about and how you can support this new creative hub by clicking below.
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BELL's Let's Talk Community Fund Supports
"Minds at Ease"--A SKETCH Mental Health Initiative
Read Ground Floors:Building Youth Organizing Platforms, a Youth Social Infrastructure report on supporting Youth 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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