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Tips on Enjoying Arts in the Parks Anyplace

Tips on Enjoying Arts in the Parks Anyplace

By Alandra McKirdy, Outreach & Event Assistant   1. Find a comfortable spot With programming being offered online it is important to plant yourself in a comfy, versatile space! Some events allow for participation, we recommend setting up your computer…

Arts in the Parks: An Important Update About COVID-19

Arts in the Parks: An Important Update About COVID-19

We wanted to reach out and let you know of the proactive measures we’re taking with regards to Arts in the Parks and the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our programming.  During this uncertain time, Toronto Arts Foundation…

Why Art is On Our Minds

Why Art is On Our Minds

By Hasanika Mediwake and Alandra McKirdy The Jane and Finch neighbourhood has long since been a community plagued by stigma and negative narrative. For decades the area has faced severe obstacles, from over-policing to lack of resources from city councillors…

A Day in the ‘Heart of the Park’ with Kaeja d’Dance

A Day in the ‘Heart of the Park’ with Kaeja d’Dance

By Jack Pocaluyko, Outreach and Events Assistant As Toronto’s parks fill up with our programming this summer, Kaeja d’Dance takes on the biggest project ever with Arts in the Parks: visiting fifteen different parks over five dates, all across the…

Arts in the Parks Toolkit: A Vital New Guide to Animating Local Parks

Arts in the Parks Toolkit: A Vital New Guide to Animating Local Parks

Toronto Arts Foundation presents insights and expertise from its successful Arts in the Parks program in new online guide to facilitating arts programming in neighbourhood parks. TORONTO, April 10, 2019—Toronto Arts Foundation, in partnership with the Ontario Trillium Foundation, is sharing…

One of the mosaic tabletops. It is a hexagon filled with red, yellow and gray mosaic pieces. The image looks like a flower.

To The Table: A gathering place in a small outdoor space.

By Emily Al-Jbouri, Events & Outreach Assistant Sandwiched between a parking lot, Cornell Campbell House, a housing complex, and busy Kingston Road, Fred Johnson Park is a small, inconspicuous space that flies under the radar – but take one step…

The rise of outdoor cinema: why do we love it so much?

The rise of outdoor cinema: why do we love it so much?

By Chelsea Cameron-Fikis, Toronto Arts Foundation Intern The Toronto Outdoor Picture Show (TOPS) continues to expand its popular programming in parks across the city each summer – people can’t get enough! Here are five main reasons why Torontonians love outdoor…

Kicking off summer with a bang (on the Taiko)!

Kicking off summer with a bang (on the Taiko)!

By Emily Al-Jbouri, Events & Outreach Assistant It’s that time of year again! Arts in the Parks has officially begun and what better way to start the summer than with a group of artists who made last year’s Arts in…

In the face of adversity, art can unite us

In the face of adversity, art can unite us

By Chelsea Cameron-Fikis, Toronto Arts Foundation Intern David Anderson and Tamara Romanchuk, Co-Artistic Directors of Clay & Paper Theatre, understand how the arts can transcend adversity and empower people to change their communities for the better. In our turbulent modern…

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