OPPORTUNITIES

Spring/Fall 2024 Call for Art Courses

Due date: March 18th, 2024 (11:59 PM)

We’re seeking talented artists to offer art courses for our Spring & Fall 2024 programming!

Open to all disciplines. Let’s create a vibrant artistic community together. Share your skills and inspire your community.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Engaging course ideas (up to 9 weeks)
  • Expertise in your artistic field
  • Online and in-person proposals

Questions? Contact John Del Rosario at john@artsetobicoke.com or 647-806-8731.

Supported by the Slaight Family Foundation.

Mindful and Expressive Art to Promote Mental Well Being

Join us for Tanzina Amin’s course ‘Mindful & Expressive Art to Promote Mental Wellbeing’

Registration begins January 16 and closes on February 6, 2024. Please note, space is limited and registration is on a first come-first served basis. Residents of Rexdale will receive priority registration. 

Embark on an enlightening 8-week journey where you will explore the world of art intertwined with mindfulness. The goal is to help you see the world around you in its purest form and translate those observations onto paper and canvas. These creations, filled with positive emotions and your unique expressions, become a source of personal healing.

Throughout the course, participants will be guided through a structured process including drawing exercises and mindfulness to stimulate the creative brain. Learn to observe the world like an artist, express emotions, and find personal healing.

Think of it as a transformational journey, where art, mindfulness, and self-expression merge to create a tapestry of mental well-being and creativity. By the end, you will:

  1. Recognize obstacles hindering true observation, and learn tools to overcome them, honing artistic skills.
  2. Master mindfulness techniques for art and emotional well-being.
  3. Express emotions, especially happiness and joy, through your creations.

Dates: Tuesdays, February 13 – April 2, 2024

Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm

Location: 1530 Albion Rd #52, Etobicoke, ON M9V 5H4

All materials will be provided. No experience needed! Light refreshments will be provided during each class.

Questions? Contact John Del Rosario at john@artsetobicoke.com or 647-806-8731.

Spontaneous Poetry Writing

Join us for Cathy Thorne’s course ‘Spontaneous Poetry Writing’

Registration begins January 16 and closes on February 1, 2024. Please note, space is limited and registration is on a first come-first served basis. Residents of Etobicoke will receive priority registration. 

Embrace your inner poet and come play with words! During this spontaneous poetry writing workshop, you’ll be guided through a variety of experimental writing exercises to explore your inner voice and write from your heart. You’ll learn to edit intuitively, respecting your style while articulating your thoughts.

This is a fun and interactive workshop where everyone leaves with a chapbook created from their poems, a variety of papers, pens, art supplies and tools, including a typewriter. A fresh delight for some, and a nostalgic experience for others.

Dates: Wednesdays, February 7 – March 27, 2024

Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Cloverdale Common at Cloverdale Mall,  250 The East Mall, Toronto, ON M9B 3Y8 (next to Service Ontario)

All materials will be provided. No experience needed! Light refreshments will be provided during each class.

Questions? Contact John Del Rosario at john@artsetobicoke.com or 647-806-8731.

Thanks to a $1 million investment over four years from the Slaight Family Foundation, Workman Arts is expanding its art training programs throughout the GTA by partnering with Scarborough Arts, Urban Arts, North York Arts, East End Arts, Arts Etobicoke and Lakeshore Arts. The expanded program tackles the prevalence of social isolation in individuals with mental health issues and the lack of opportunities to build lasting social connections through meaningful engagement outside of the mainstream mental health system. Workman Arts’ art training programs are unique in the mental health sector because they do not treat the art class as secondary to the mental health benefits. High-quality art classes across all disciplines are facilitated by instructors with lived experience of mental health and/or addiction issues.

With Arts Etobicoke we are specifically looking to add programming in North Etobicoke this includes the area bound by Hwy 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, the Humber river to the east and Dixon Road to the south.

Have questions?
RAINE LAURENT-EUGÈNE
Membership and Community Arts Programs Senior Manager
416-583-4339, ext. 9
Raine_LaurentEugene@workmanarts.com