OPPORTUNITIES

Join us for Carrie Perreault’s course Camera-less Image Making Program (Humber River) this spring season! Registration is NOW OPEN.
Dates: Thursdays, 4:00–6:00 PM (May 7 – May 28)
Location: Weston Common, 34 John St, York, ON M9N 1J3
Over four weeks, participants will create camera-less photographs along the Humber River. This workshop series explores phytograms, anthotypes, and cyanotypes using local plant materials, sunlight, and simple non-toxic processes. The program offers a low-barrier way to connect art-making, environment, and community while learning accessible analogue techniques outdoors.
Participants can expect to walk, gather natural materials, and create work together by the water. Please note this is an outdoor program, so comfortable clothing and practical footwear are recommended. The program will conclude with a group showcase.

Questions? Contact Angela Arroyo at angela@urbanartstoronto.org.

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Join us for Karo Jasper’s course Afro Dance: Mind and Movement Program this spring season! Registration is NOW OPEN. 
Dates: Wednesdays, 6:00–8:00 PM (May 6 – June 10)
Location: UrbanArts, 5 Bartonville Ave E, York, ON M6M 2B1
This program offers a welcoming space for community members to connect through rhythm, movement, and creativity. Rooted in Afro-diasporic dance traditions, it encourages cultural expression while fostering inclusion and collective energy. Movement is used as a tool to support mental well-being, helping reduce stress and feelings of isolation.
Participants will build confidence, coordination, and body awareness through Afro drills, while choreography sessions encourage creativity and self-expression. The class also emphasizes community connection through shared rhythm and group learning, fostering a strong sense of belonging.
Styles explored include Afrobeat, Afrohouse, and Amapiano, celebrating global music and movement traditions. Overall, the program supports well-being, creativity, and connection through movement and shared experience.

Questions? Contact Angela Arroyo at angela@urbanartstoronto.org.

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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, UrbanArts, 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.

Have questions?
AYSIA TSE
Satellite Program Coordinator
aysia_tse@workmanarts.com

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Workman Arts would like to acknowledge the Indigenous land on which we are presently located; Toronto comes from the Kanien’kéha word Tkaronto, which can be translated as “where the trees meet the water.” It is part of traditional territories of many nations: the Huron Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe and the Mississaugas of the Credit.

Workman Arts recognizes this is an ongoing dialogue; we are grateful to live and work on this land with all people—those Indigenous to Turtle Island and those from all over the world.

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