SKETCH Working Arts

Art in The Park
2022-06-30 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-06-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-06-16 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-06-09 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-06-02 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-26 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Artscape YoungPlace, 180 Shaw St, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2W5, Canada
Art in the park is BACK!
Join us for visual arts, zine making, crafting, music, Beatboxing with Unity, and a community meal. Thursdays, May 26-June 30, 2-5pm, in front of Artscape and at the Weave & Mend Garden at 180 Shaw Street. Email culinaryarts@sketch.ca to sign up!

Live Jam at the Park
2022-06-30 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-06-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Artscape YoungPlace, 180 Shaw St, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2W5, Canada
LIVE JAM IS BACK, now at Art in the Park!
Improvise and experiment with other musicians during Art in the Park! Live jam runs Thursdays, May 26, June 9 & June 30 2pm-3:30pm
Art in the Park program runs Thursdays, May 26-June 30, 2-5pm, in front of Artscape and at the Weave & Mend Garden at 180 Shaw Street.
Email music@sketch.ca for info or culinaryarts@sketch.ca to sign up.

Sketch is closed - June 27 to July 1
2022-06-27 10:00 - 2022-07-01 17:00 | Ontario
Head’s up! We will be closed June 27-July 1 for our annual evaluation and planning week.

We will be slower to respond to messanges, thank you for your patience.

And stay tuned – we will soon launch our Summer Schedule.

Photo by Jahmal Nugent

BEATBOXING at Art in the Park
2022-06-23 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-06-16 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-06-09 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-06-02 15:30 - 17:00 | Artscape YoungPlace, 180 Shaw St, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2W5, Canada
Art in the park is BACK!
SKETCH and Unity Charity are partnering to bring back BEATBOXING at Art in the Park!
@unitycharity will be at Art in the Park to host Beatboxing on Thursdays, May 26-June 30, 3:30-5pm (the whole Art in the Park program runs 2-5pm)
Find us in front of Artscape and at the Weave & Mend Garden at 180 Shaw Street.
Email culinaryarts@sketch.ca or catherine.t@unitycharity.com for info.

25th Anniversary Block Party
2022-06-18 16:00 - 19:00 | Ontario
SATURDAY JUNE 18!
Join us for our 25th Anniversary Block Party outside Artscape Youngplace on June 18 from 4-7PM!
Live music, free food and vending! Free and open to the public!
RSVP today by clicking the link below!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/25th-anniversary-block-party-tickets-353881437907

LIVE JAM IS BACK
2022-05-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Artscape YoungPlace, 180 Shaw St, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2W5, Canada

A Toronto Mans Reflection: Lokey Care Booth
2022-05-01 10:00 - 2022-09-29 20:00 | Maria A Schuka Library, 1745 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M6E 2H4, Canada
A Toronto Mans Reflection: The Lokey Care Booth featuring local artist, Logan Marrast (aka @Lokeyshots)
Curated by The Good Guise A Toronto Mans Reflection reflects key messages and creations by Torontonians exploring the concept of Man. Proud to present the Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue area born and raised, Logan Marrast (aka @lokeyshots), who reimagines a phone booth as a mental health check-in that centres care, support, and healing for racialized men. Black/brown men are taught to suppress their emotions and to neglect vulnerable self-expression. This brand of masculinity has adverse consequences for men who look like him. The images presented in the phone booth display staples in Logan’s community and possible models for care: men who are leaders within their own right, who took the time to listen, who did not judge, but more importantly, who lent a helping hand and modelled vulnerability and care. The phone booth is a symbol of the CARE all racialized men need. It demonstrates the differences that can bring us together and showcases our ability to express ourselves and not feel alone. The Lokey care booth provides a space for Black/brown men to be listened to, to seek help, and not be shunned or shamed.

A Toronto Mans Reflection: The Lokey Care booth is a collaborative creation of the Good Guise, who curated My Public Living Room, a project with SKETCH Working Arts. It was first mounted in Eglinton Gilbert Parkette in October of 2021, for ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art.

Learn more about My Public Living Room at www.sketch.ca/publicart/mplr

Reconstructions of Home presents a wandering: A Multi-Sited Audio-Visual Tour
2022-04-14 17:00 - 20:00 | The Bentway, 250 Fort York Boulevard
On Thursday, April 14, join us for the spring opening of Reconstructions of Home’s A Wandering: A Multi-Site Audio Visual Tour!

About this event

On Thursday, April 14, join us for the spring opening of Reconstructions of Home’s A Wandering: A Multi-Site Audio Visual Tour!
Where: Bent 52 near the Strachan Bridge @ the Bentway (250 Fort York Blvd, Toronto)The Bentway is located under the Gardiner, and stretches from Strachan to Bathurst.
Artists will be available to speak to press and lead tours for audience members throughout the installations. There will be food plus a special performance by music/fashion duo MOMxWYFE!
Plus a special panel discussion on the film Inner Hobo from 5-6PM.
The entire exhibition will run from April 14 until May 6 which will end with a community feast and procession.
Produced in partnership with The Bentway.

Free Art Supplies & Food (Winter 2022)
2022-04-07, 2022-03-31, 2022-03-24, 2022-03-17, 2022-03-10, 2022-03-03 | Ontario
Connect with SKETCH to access art materials, meal kits, harm reduction supplies and connections to referrals. Spots are limited, sign up to make an appointment!
Appointments happen on Thursdays from February 10 to April 7.
Email culinaryarts@sketch.ca to book your appointment.

Winter Art Hangout & Lofi Beats to Art To!
2022-03-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-03-09 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-03-02 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Online via ZOOM, Toronto
Create together and share your work! Visual arts activities, including sketchbooks, dry and water mediums, and upcycling projects. Feel free to bring whatever you are working on.
Wednesdays from February 9 to March 16, at 4pm on Zoom.
Email lydia@sketch.ca or jess@sketch.ca to register.

Free Art Supplies & Food (Winter 2022)
2022-02-24, 2022-02-17 | Ontario
Connect with SKETCH to access art materials, meal kits, harm reduction supplies and connections to referrals. Spots are limited, sign up to make an appointment!
Appointments happen on Thursdays starting on February 10 to April 7.
Email culinaryarts@sketch.ca to book your appointment.

Right to Dance: Sexy
2022-02-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Online via ZOOM, Toronto
Right to Dance: Sexy returns!
Learn sexy moves in a QT2SBIPOC & body celebratory space. Come as you are!
Program runs Tuesdays, January 25-February 8 & February 22 @ 6pm on ZOOM. Email lydia@sketch.ca to sign up. Photo credit: Dahlia Katz @dahliakatz
