Dancing in the Dark: How are community-based artists and artist educators trained?

Christine Jackson, Patty Jarvis and Melanie Fernandez of Culture Shift share their perspectives on why we need professional development for Community Arts n

Having worked within the arts education and community-engaged sectors for over 25 years, we pause to reflect on how immensely rewarding and equally challenging the creative projects and processes have been. Our engagement with young people, seniors, new immigrants, disability communities, and families has involved creatively facilitating projects based on their stories, lived experiences, histories, accomplishments, and dreams. This has been an honour and a privilege, requiring humility as we unlearn, relearn and learn alongside project participants.  

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Community, Wellness and Resilience through the Arts

Culture/Shift recently hosted a virtual plenary featuring three remarkable arts practitioners and leaders in the fields of arts, community and wellness.

Panelists Isabel Fryszberg, Doris Rajan, and Vanessa Barnett shared how their work focuses on inspiring creative expression and supporting resilient communities. Here are the slide deck and video from this event.

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A Conversation with Arts Leaders

Culture/Shift brought together a group of arts community and arts education leaders to share experiences and imagine possibilities . This Venn diagram captures some of the thinking about common ground shared across the arts & culture and education sectors. It also documents aspects of the work that participants identified as specific to each context.

Culture/Shift: A Conversation with Arts Leaders, June 23, 2020