SKETCH Working Arts

Vocal Revolution with Gehan
2020-05-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via ZOOM, Toronto
Via Zoom. Explore your voice and have fun in this innovative vocal training! Sign up – michael@sketch.ca.

Visual Arts Hangout with Jess
2020-05-19 17:00
Explore acrylics, watercolour, charcoals and more in a small-group session. Sign up – jess@sketch.ca.

What's Cooking? With Quina
2020-05-19 17:00 | IGTV
Culinary workshops using easily-accessed ingredients. For more info – quinatzin@sketch.ca.

Free Referrals Counselling
2020-05-19 14:00 - 18:00
Make an appointment to meet remotely with Sandy Watters from CTYS for referrals to resources and supports. Sign up – sandy.watters@ctys.org.

Art for Change in the Heart of A Pandemic
2020-05-19 14:00 - 16:00
Via Zoom. What does art for social change look like amidst a pandemic? Gather to germinate new arts for social change projects. Sign up – naty@sketch.ca.

Art In Pandemic
2020-05-19
Weekly profiles on different artists making radical art in the COVID era! Apply – sarah@sketch.ca.

Music Mondays
2020-05-18
Listen to inspiring young musicians shared weekly on our Instagram and Facebook channels! Want to nominate yourself? Email communications@sketch.ca for info.

Sew Your Heart Out: Sewing Machine Basics
2020-05-14 17:00 - 18:30
Sewing Machine Basics with Sarah CM
Sign Up Here: tinyurl.com/y9subho9
*NEW TIME* Starts at 5PM
Join us for the 4th part of Sew Your Heart Out for youth ages 16-29.
Open to people of all skill levels who want to learn how to use sewing machines!
What you’ll need:

A working sewing machine!
Make sure it has a needle attached, a power cable with a foot pedal, and a bobbin
Thread
Scissors
Scraps of fabric or old clothes to practice on!
If you know the machine model number:
You can often find the manual online, and;
You can also find youtube videos with threading tutorials
Suggested Projects that you can work on:
A DIY Cloth Mask, or Hemming a pair of pants

Sew Your Heart Out: Threaded Bookbinding with Jess
2020-05-07 16:00 - 17:30
Join us for the 3rd part of the Sew Your Heart Out series.
This week we will be doing Threaded Bookbinding with Jess!
This Thursday May 7th from 4-5:30PM

Sign Up Link Here: tinyurl.com/Y7GWR4AW

Open to youth ages 16-29 of all skill levels who want to learn how to make a DIY notebook.
We encourage people to up-cycle materials from packaging and old artwork.
What you’ll need:
-Approx. 10-20 sheets of paper/recycled paper/old artwork
-Scissors
-Ruler
-Needle
-Embroidery thread or Dental Floss
-Hammer + 1 Nail (for making pilot holes)
-Protective pad/ old book/ magazine / thick newspaper for protecting table
Optional:
-Cardboard or cardstock (similar size as paper)
-Fabric + glue for fancy cover
Note: If you don’t have all the materials, we can improvise during the workshop.
A thinner notebook can be made if you do not have access to a hammer and nail; you can use a thumbtack, or a thicker sewing needle to create holes in a thinner notebook.

CANVAS Arts Action Programs: Digital Social Action Program
2020-05-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2020-04-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-27 16:00 - 17:00, 2020-04-24 11:00 - 12:00
Digital Social Action Program
Mondays 4-5pm, Wednesdays 1-2pm, Fridays 11am-12pm from Monday April 20th – Friday May 8th
At the Digital Social Action Program, youth participants age 12-14 will create art projects with their peers using simple, household materials. Participants will have access to an online Google Classroom where they will find discussion questions, at-home project curricula, and video suggestions for at-home learning.
Learn more at https://www.canvasprograms.ca/dsap.

Sew Your Heart Out: Creative Clothing & Embroidery Tips!
2020-04-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Online via ZOOM, Toronto
Sew Your Heart Out: Creative Clothing Repair & Embroidery Tips!
Thursday April 30th 4-5:30PM on Zoom
with Sarah + Lydia
Got some clothes to mend? Want to learn new stitches?
Join us for the 2nd part of this sewing series; for youth ages 16-29.
From novice to intermediate hand sewing, we will show you how to fix those garments at the bottom of your closets with some pizzazz!
Open to people of all skill levels; this is a skill sharing space.
What you’ll need:

A Needle, Thread & Scissors
Clothes to mend, alter, or embroider
Optional: Embroidery Floss (Dollarama has this!)
Optional: Embroidery Hoop (Not necessary, but it helps)

Sign Up Here to get the Zoom Link: tinyurl.com/yaul8mr7
Note: Registration closes 1hr before the workshop begins.

Sew Your Heart Out: Let's Make A Mask
2020-04-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Online via ZOOM, Toronto
Led by Rose and Lydia, with special guest Sue Cohen.
Join us for our FIRST textile based workshop! We will work on different projects each time or encourage you to bring your own project.
We will be making non-medical masks together. Open to people of all skill levels; this is a skill sharing space.
What you’ll need to make a mask:
Cotton Fabric (can repurposed i.e. pillowcase) (32 cm x 23cm)
Thread
Needle
Scissors
Elastic/ Hair elastics/ extra fabric/ ribbon

CANVAS Arts Action Programs: Digital Social Action Program
2020-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Digital Social Action Program
Mondays 4-5pm, Wednesdays 1-2pm, Fridays 11am-12pm from Monday April 20th – Friday May 8th
At the Digital Social Action Program, youth participants age 12-14 will create art projects with their peers using simple, household materials. Participants will have access to an online Google Classroom where they will find discussion questions, at-home project curricula, and video suggestions for at-home learning.

Art Show & Tell!
2020-04-16 16:00 - 17:00
Join us for a Community Check in: Art Show & Tell!
Hosted by Lydia, Naty and Alanna.
We want to see the cool art that you have been working on, and know how you’ve been doing. What keeps you inspired during this time?
We’re also working to build an online program based on what the community wants and needs. This is our first attempt at online programming… there will be more!
Please sign up here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y3DQWSZ

Project HOME Community Bonds
2020-04-03 13:30 - 14:30
The safest investment you could make right now and for the future!
This impact investment would house 1,000 young people annually to find rest and inspiration, discover their creative potential and make real, a future, beyond homelessness and marginalization.
In the midst of a rocky market, we are compelled to secure space where those most vulnerable in society – young people homeless and on the margins – can access basic needs support, creative engagement, mentors, skill-building and leadership opportunities in the arts.
We’ll be hosting our first online Impact Investment – Community Bonds session at 1:30 PM led by SKETCH Executive Director Rudy Ruttimann!
We’ll answer: What are Community Bonds? How do they work? What is Impact Investing? Why is it a good option in the market today?
You’ll learn about Project Home: SKETCH’s Capital Campaign to purchase its studios where community development in the arts happen, and how community bonds play a big part in making this possible!
REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/gr_xRga
