SKETCH is a community arts initiative engaging young people who live homeless or on the margins to:

• experience the transformative power of the arts
• build leadership and self-sufficiency in the arts
• cultivate social and environmental change through the arts!!!!

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Check out 4 ways your organization can help #buildSKETCH!

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Media and Press Room
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Schedule: May 21st - 24th

OPEN STUDIO @ QUEEN WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH (168 Bathurst, just south of Queen) Tuesday, 2-5pm... mixed media art workshops!

MOVEMENT PROGRAMMING@MASARYK-COWAN COMMUNITY CENTRE (220 Cowan, just south of Queen) Wednesday, 12-4pm... From 12-4 - Kung Fu, Contemporary Dance, and Theatre

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. 

SKETCH AT YMCA ON VANAULEY! YMCA (7 Vanauley St, just north of Queen and west of Spadina) Thursdays, 1-3:30pm... Redecorate the new YMCA drop-in (formerly the Youthlink drop-in site) with murals, textiles, stenciling, buttonmaking and more... 

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NEWS and Partner Links

The Three Amigos will help #buildSKETCH on June 9th as they sing to the rhythm of friendship. Click here to purchase tickets.

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A special invitation to our donors to join us in celebrating the accomplishments and talent of our SKETCH artists. Contact Catherine at donate@sketch.ca for more info.

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Ian Lawrence of Photographers Without Borders collaborates with SKETCH on Photography Walking Tours all month long. Click the poster to view the photo gallery.

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MASC has been actively involved in serving street-involved youth through their Drop-in Centre and arts-based programming since 2009. Leadership through the Arts is a collaboration between MASC and YSB, now bringing the skills and talents of SKETCH into the mix!

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It's a new year and SKETCH is building a new art space for youth living on the margins. Join us! Watch and share this video and #buildsketch.

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Click to learn about the new Creative Hub the SKETCH Community is building in the Queen West Neighbourhood

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Radical arts initiative CUE launches new website!

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