Arts & Equity Toolkit Launch – You’re Invited!

You have played an important role in the Arts & Equity Project and the brand new Arts & Equity Toolkit by Neighbourhood Arts Network, and we would like to celebrate with you!

Arts & Equity Toolkit Launch
Thursday September 20, 2012
4-5pm   (Location TBA)

Please RSVP to angie@torontoarts.org and let us know if you’ll be there – we’ll save a copy of the toolkit for you!

We’d love to have you join us on September 20th for a very special launch of the new resource toolkit. This launch is our way of saying thank you for your incredible contributions to this project; it’s also a great chance to reconnect with other Arts & Equity Project collaborators. Light refreshments and a beautiful printed copy of the toolkit will be provided.

The Neighbourhood Arts Network is pleased to announce the launch of the Arts & Equity Toolkit, a brand new resource for community-engaged artists. Designed to provide artists and groups with practical tools to reduce barriers to community participation in the arts, the Arts & Equity Toolkit is a comprehensive document that includes case studies, worksheets, resource links, and quotes from Toronto-based artists and groups. Created by Leah Burns and Skye Louis, the Arts & Equity Toolkit shares innovative ideas and models from over one hundred Toronto-based artists and organizations, and marks an important milestone for equity in the arts in Toronto.

The Arts & Equity Toolkit is available for free through the Neighbourhood Arts Network Reading Room. Excerpts from the Arts & Equity Toolkit, along with related toolkits from Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement of Ontario and a number of essays by prominent Canadian artists, are also included in the recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives publication Pluralism in the Arts in Canada. Edited by charles c. smith, this book will be included as a text for Arts Management students at the University of Toronto this fall. 

International Peace Day: Sep. 21–22, 2012

International Peace Day
September 21–22, 2012
Shenkman Arts Centre
245 Centrum Blvd., Ottawa ON

September 21st, 2012
One World Dialogue Art Show & Reception
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Visual Art Exhibits
$15/Ticket
http://oneworlddialogue.eventbrite.com (online tickets available)
*light refreshments served

September 22nd, 2012
Children’s Art
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Free Art Activities
Talking and Drawing about Peace!
To register: info@oneworlddialogue.org

One World Dialogue gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the ARTicipate Endowment Fund and the Cultural Pluralism in Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO).

 

Canada Council Walter Carsen Prize recognizes Canadian dance icon

Ottawa, August 28, 2012 – The internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and institution builder Menaka Thakkar is the 2012 winner of the Canada Council Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. She has been bringing classical Indian dance to Canadians for 40 years andhas trained several generations of professional dancers who now enjoy thriving careers of their own.

Download images of Menaka Thakkar and her work.

“Menaka Thakkar is a major figure in the Canadian dance landscape,” said Robert Sirman, Canada Council for the Arts Director and CEO. “She has trained with some of the best in India and, for years, has made their teachings accessible to the mainstream in Canada. Her work has truly enriched our collective culture.”

The Walter Carsen Prize, administered and presented by the Canada Council for the Arts, recognizes the highest level of artistic excellence and distinguished career achievement by Canadian artists who have spent the major part of their career in Canada in dance, theatre or music. The award, valued this year at $ 30,000, was created through a generous donation of $1.1 million to the Canada Council by Toronto businessman and philanthropist Walter Carsen, O.C. The prize is normally awarded annually on a four‑year cycle: dance, theatre, dance, music.Read the complete news release here or by copying and pasting the following URL into your web browser’s address: http://canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2012/qs129905728873913016.htm

                                                                                                                       
Media Contacts: 
         
Mireille Allaire: 1-800-263-5588 or 613-566-4414, ext. 4523
mireille.allaire@canadacouncil.ca                                   
Heather McAfee: 1-800-263-5588 or 613-566-4414, ext. 4166                                    heather.mcafee@canadacouncil.ca

Menaka Thakkar Dance Company: 
Karen Dempster: 905-763-6083, ext. 22
admin@menakathakkardance.org