HomeImpact Strategic Initiatives Platform A Recipients

Strategic Partnership. Funds disbursed as micro-grants

Platform A is a partnership involving four organizations that have pioneered work in the field of community arts in Toronto: ArtStarts,Jumblies Theatre, Sketch: Working Arts for Street and Homeless Youth and VIBE Arts. The four organizations work in different areas of the city and have distinct engagement practices. The aim of the Platform A initiative is to fuse the strengths and experiences of the four organizations to support a shared vision of seeding sustainable, high-quality community arts practice, and providing increased opportunities and access to the arts for youth and communities. The project is creating new opportunities through shared platforms, mentorships, organizational bridge building, and micro-grants and will test new models for collaboration and resource sharing in the youth and community-engaged arts sectors. Browse through the lists below to view descriptions of micro-grant recipients.

 

Platform A recipients (2014 deadline) 

*2014 funds support projects that take place in 2014 and/or 2015

 

VIBE Arts  |  Art Starts  |  Jumblies  |  SKETCH and CUE 

 

VIBE Arts 

  • Conrad Davis: Music and video Mixtape project
  • Jade Greaves: Sweater pattern making and sewing workshops for children and youth in Rexdale
  • Jigme Phunkhang: Storytelling and community legacy piece with Tibetan community in Parkdale
  • Kobi Ntiri: Video creation based on a poem about single parenting
  • May Chook: Vocal improvisation workshops for newcomers in North York
  • Michael Nguyen: Collaborative video project that highlights spoken word artists living on the margins
  • Oluwatobi Ajibolade: Youth empowerment and leadership video with the Ladyballers camp
  • Pages on Fire: Writer’s collective developing workshops and events for LGBTTIQQ2S youth
  • Shashann Miguel-Tash: Drop-in visual arts program for children and youth in Trethewey
  • Shiv Patel: Origami exploration and creation workshops for children and youth in Morningside Heights
  • Tara Dorey: Design and creation of a mural with the South Asian Women’s Center in Bloor West
  • Tina Nicole Austin: Community Batik workshops in Victoria Park

www.vibearts.ca

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Art Starts 

  • Janiece McIntosh: A series of workshops learning about cultural and tribal & indigenous jewelry, fashion, make- up art and hairstyles culminating in a celebration event of a Feast to Our Ancestors.
  • Jaicyea Smith: Belly dancing workshops for young women addressing health, wellness and body image issues in the Lawrence Heights community.
  • Adam Cohoon: Photography series addressing issues of physical barriers across Toronto from the point of view of a wheelchair.
  • Juan Carbonell: A group of newcomers who met learning ESL and bonded over their love of art will start a newcomer artist collective where they can meet, create together and showcase their work. 
  • Poonam Sharma: A workshop series of portrait painting by youth in underserved communities with high immigrant populations focusing on the beauty in diversity in their communities. 
  • Elliot Pines: The creation of a new media video game that narrates the experiences of queer, trans, and mentally ill people to engage and hopefully educate people on these issues.
  • Kassandra Prus: Mind/body creative workshops to engage youth in the LGBTQ community; learning about acceptance and the importance of self-care. 
  • Marjan Verstappen: Sculptural nest-building workshops with kids and youth to address urban ecology and bird habitat along the waterfront
  • Cassandra London: Youth lead radio series addressing issues of race and politics and the importance of the voice of youth in mainstream media.
  • Ashley Bratty: An interactive and participatory mural inside the Redwood Women's Shelter addressing mental health issues.
  • Svitlana Ivchenko: To facilitate a multi-generational quilt-making project with other newcomers in her community.
  • Candice Botha: Creation of a short film showcasing the societal hierarchies stacked against people with disabilities, while networking with artists in the hopes of creating a Disabled Film Makers Collective.

www.artstarts.net

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Jumblies 

  • Toronto Wordsmiths: To continue to develop their organization and capacity to procure funds and support, and for a series of writing workshops and production of a zine with guest artist-mentors.
  • Faeghan Williams: To develop a project entitled “The Starving Artist Showcase” through a pilot series of multi-arts workshop with adults living with mental illness, in partnership with Workmen Arts.
  • Jonathan Vallely: To hold a series of weekly workshops at Edmond Place: a new homeless peoples’ residence connected to Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC), involving story-gathering and the creation and publication of a book created with the members, and a final celebration.
  • Kristine White: For the pilot phase of a project, also with adult participants at PARC, involving sharing stories and traditions of herbalism, and building herb planter boxes for the roof garden at Edmond Place.
  • Jun Yee Wang: For the next phase of the Story of Silk project in East Scarborough, developing a new partnership and creative visual and story-gathering and textile arts activities with seniors at the Momiji Japanese Seniors Centre.
  • Miranda Sharp: To work with people of a range of ages and visual arts experience, in a collaborative visual multi-media storytelling effort that is loosely based on the “comic book” format, through a series of workshops held at Jumblies Ground Floor location.
  • Mackenzie Konecny: To develop a project involving interviews and paper doll portraits and biographies of community members, then placed and observed in an public environment, with invitations for passers-by to interact and respond.
  • Robin Sutherland: To facilitate, design and paint an indoor mural, in collaboration with K-6 students and staff of Alpha Alternative School, inspired by teachings about the 7 Grandfather’s and 7 Canopies of the Forest, shared with the school community by Elder Duke Redbird.
  • Katherine Fleitas: To design and run a series of 4 photography workshops plus a final event and website presence for adult participants at Davenport Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre.
  • Julia Hune-Brown: To create and test facilitation approaches and techniques through series of dance and movement workshops for adults and youth, exploring autobiographical narratives and journeys, taking place in the community room of the Toronto Community Housing building at 150 Dan Leckie Way.
  • Veronica Diaz and Nirven Armoogum: To design and run a activities over 4 to 6 weeks with children and youth though Jumblies Ground Floor Arts Drop-In, integrating pin-hole cameras, sound-walks and stories and characters derived from the local environment.
  • Pavla Uppal: To start to develop a community-based theatre project exploring stories and experiences of mothers whose original language is not English and who raies children in multi-lingual environments in Toronto, with participatory sessions taking place at the Riverdale Immigrant Women Center at the Riverdale Hub.
  • Tristan Castro-Pozo: To develop a plan, designs, prototypes and facilitation approach for the Lilli-Lambs Puppet Boxes’ Pilot Project, to be offered to community groups.

www.jumbliestheatre.org

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SKETCH and CUE 

  • Alvero Muanza: Composing and recording 5 to 7 song hip-hop EP
  • Matthew Progress: Composing and recording a collection of hip-hop songs
  • Evan Moore: Illustrating and producing a comic book printed in risograph
  • Bernice Chau: A series of handmade books created from found/disgarded objects
  • Lorena Torres Loaiza: A series of 10 illustrations on paper, and online, as well as in zine format
  • Mapela: Composing and recording a 5-song hip-hop EP
  • Simon Nguyen: Materials bursary to experiment with various mediums of visual art
  • Nathan Baya: Composing and producing “Ghetto Gospel 2”, a hip-hop album
  • Anthony Peawar: Collaboratively composing a producing a 12 to 16 song round dance album
  • Oddane Taylor: Recording bursary to experiment and practice hip-hop production techniques
  • Phillip Saunders: Producing a series of oil and acrylic portraits representing the alchemical process
  • Gnarly Charly: Composing and producing a hip-hop mix-tape
  • Khalid Wilson: Composing and producing experimental music fusing together hip-hop, R&B, and dubstep
  • Pierre Bimwala: Composing and producing a 9-track hip-hop EP exploring the theme of “lone”
  • Huda Tariq: A ceramic art installation exploring the theme of “homes as vessels”
  • Tim Hunter: Producing 2-D and 3-D work for his upcoming solo show called “The Orange Room”
  • Andrew Nyarko: Bursary to procure a sewing machine to continue developing his own fashion line
  • Alyza Bernierb: Materials bursary to support her emerging visual arts practice

sketch.ca

cueartprojects.ca

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