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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Newcomer Youth Trip to a Blue Jays Game!

CultureLink's Youth Centre Took 15 Newcomer Youth to a Canadian Blue Jay's Game!!

The Youth had a wonderful time watching the game and getting a crash course on Baseball!

The SkyDome was open, allowing for the full baseball experience of having the sun in your eyes as we watched from on high!

Overall an amazing Experience for our Newcomer Youth

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Galaxy Jars with the Multicultural ESL Lunch Program at St. Oscar Romero

The Youth had a great time, making and designing their own little galaxies for Earth Day.

CultureLink's Youth in Artegration, Sankofa and Youth in Arts collaborated with Afrobeatz in creating an African-Derived dancing workshop for Black History month.

The children and youth were given a quick history lesson on the history of Afrobeatz and they had the opportunity show off their dance skills with a specialized facilitator.

Youth in Action and Youth In Arts Trip to the Escape Room!

Youth in Arts and Action had a blast going to The Captive Escape Rooms. We puzzled and deduced our way out of the rooms, with time running out on the last door!

We had such a fun time that Youth in Arts took a different group for a smaller and scarier experience!

Monday, April 1, 2019

Youth in Arts @ the House of VR

Youth in Arts had a wonderful time at the House of Virtual Reality!

Picking up things was surprisingly hard !We all got a chance to play all kinds of games

These chairs were very comfortable!

Thank you House of VR for a fun time!!

Friday, March 8, 2019

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN`S DAY

Monday, October 29, 2018

The Talking Walls Exhibit in partnership with University of Toronto

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Youth in Arts: Update!

As the summer fades away and the color of the trees begin to change, we wanted to take a moment give some updates with the Youth in Arts program.

Our main goals has been to prepare for the "Talking Walls" exhibit at the University of Toronto, on November 5th. Our artwork will be on display as well as a guest performance by some of the Youth in Arts members! Lastly, we are one month in with our partnership at the Brentwood Library and things are going great.

Getting fun with watercolors!

Brainstorming themes for the "Talking Walls"

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Canada Summer Jobs Theatre program in its final week

As the final performances approach the talented and hard working students have been pushing themselves and supporting eachother in the final week! With two shows in two days (Wednesday August 22nd at the Learning and Enrichment Foundation and Thursday August 23 at the Child and Youth Center) there has been lots to do! From memorizing our lines to finishing up our 'cranky' shows (also known as paper movies!) with support from Youth in Arts program and the entire Culturelink staff at the youth center, its sure to be a show to remember!

warming up

drawing and designing the cranky

practice makes perfect!

Friday, August 10, 2018

Youth Programs Join Forces at Archery Circuit

Sankofa, Youth in Action and Youth in Arts programs partnered to participate in a fun filled afternoon at Archery Zone! Not only did we get a good work out, but we practiced team building and group work. We also bonded over the very long transit journey to the space (almost 2 hours!)

Eye protection can be cool!?

Taken moments before we did the exercises in glow in the dark!

Final group show with our Nurffs!

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Youth in Arts outing to the Kofler Gallery

On July 24th members of the Youth in Arts group had the enriching experience of receiving their own personal tour of world renowned artist Jose Luis-Torres current exhibit: QUESTION D'ADAPTATION at the Koffler Gallery. After the tour we got to participate in a stimulating educational workshop run by members of the Koffler and Artscape staff, right there in the gallery! It was a thought provoking afternoon and we are sure to be back as soon as we can. Special thanks to Patricia Ritacca at the Koffler gallery.

Outside the exhibit

Inside the exhibit (literally!)

Working on our 'Mental Maps'

Reviewing and discussing our work.

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Youth in Arts Update

Its been a busy few weeks with the Youth in Arts group, as Nour has transitioned to a new role in CultureLink, and I (Max Kelly) have been warmly welcomed as the new Youth in Arts program worker. I come to the position with a long background in arts-education, workshop facilitation and experience in visual arts and puppetry. I'm also bringing lots of new drop-in activities, exhilarating workshops that will be lead by local artists and professionals, and some exciting outings to some of Toronto's coolest cultural hubs. My first week was spent meeting the many great people at CultureLink and getting to know some of the Youth in Arts participants. To prepare for our upcoming trip and educational workshop to the Koffler Center for the Arts, we began to work on creative personal Maps (and have a little birthday celebration for Abdi!)