Let’s face it: you blew it if you left your summer camp search til now. Still, UrbanArts has your back. UrbanArts has your back, and there are a few spots available for their SummerArts camp.
I also happen to know, ahem, that they’re not the least bit judgy about being late to apply.
If, like me, you forgot that your kids have the summer off, it’s not too late to keep them busy with something other than nightcrawler harvesting and Amazon warehousing.
The city has a few spots available in CR Marchant’s day camps. Grab them while you can!
UrbanArts also has limited spots in their summer arts camp.
If, on the other hand, your kids are more into STEM, Frontlines has that, and several other other camps, available this summer.
The Weston Library has a lot of programming this summer, including game programming, bike maintenance, environmental science, movies, and magic.
Urban Arts will be completing two new local murals this month. One will be under the Lawrence Avenue bridge and the other under the Scarlett Road bridge. These will be viewable by pedestrians and cyclists and will have an indigenous people theme. Cree Métis artist Jason Baerg, and his team of mural painters presented ideas for comments last night at the Weston Library. Both murals will be painted on long and narrow bridge abutments that run under the respective roads with a stylized thunderbird theme for the Lawrence bridge and a sweetgrass theme for the Scarlett location.
The indigenous people theme is particularly appropriate since the Carrying Place Trail ran alongside the Humber for thousands of years before European settlement of the Weston area.
Progress reports will be forthcoming.
Patrick Brown Jr is legally blind, the result of childhood hydrocephalus. That hasn’t slowed him a whit.
Despite it all, Brown remains positive and loves to share his passion for music. Certified to teach beginners piano, he’s already had a few students, has helped teach at music camps and currently volunteers at UrbanArts — an arts-based program for youth in Toronto’s Weston/Mount Dennis community.
InsideToronto has an inspiring piece on this great young man.
UrbanArts, a local community arts group, received nearly $750,000 from the provincial Trillium Foundation last week. They’ll use the money to expand their arts programming over three years into five more neighbourhoods.
Laura Albanese announced the funding at UrbanArts’ AGM on May 4. The grant will allow UrbanArts to grow into each of the Neighbourhood Improvement areas in the riding.
Thank u Laura! We are so grateful for the Grow grant from @ONTrillium that will allow our org to expand in new areas @Laura_Albanese pic.twitter.com/tqc6MReIUv
— UrbanArts (@UrbanArtsTO) May 4, 2017
The Ontario Trillium Foundation gives grants to community groups across the province with money raised from lotteries.
A few years ago, UrbanArts moved from its John Street location to a bigger location on Bartonville, in Mount Dennis. Now, they’re looking for your feedback on how to best use the John Street space, which hasn’t been quite as jumping as it was.
They’re say they’re looking at “expanding our services to the entire population while still maintaining a focus on youth. Programs and services will now be offered to adults, seniors and inter-generational groups.”
You can provide feedback by filling out an online questionnaire.
The city’s best community arts group will be having their annual CultureShock festival this Saturday at Little Avenue Memorial Park. It’s not too late to volunteer, if you are in the mood.
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