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Dear friends of the Neighbourhood Arts Network,
We are pleased to
announce that membership in the Neighbourhood Arts Network is free for 2010!
We welcome groups and individuals working in any arts
discipline, from any area of the city, whose interests or mandates embrace the idea
of community engagement and accessibility of the arts.
Member benefits include:
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access to members-only section of the website, including information, resources, and tools
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e-bulletins alerting members to special
events and news
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priority sign-up for Network sponsored
events and training opportunities
- discounts on Network special events, professional
development workshops and symposiums
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special offers or discounts from
Network sponsors
As members, you will create your own profiles with contact details, information about your
community-engaged art-making and examples of your work.
The network launch date has been set for January 27th, 2010. Our doors will be open very soon!
For more information, please visit www.torontoartsfoundation.org
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Highlight: Update from Barefoot Artists and Lily Yeh
Lily Yeh, who entranced so many people when she spoke at the Toronto Arts Foundation's 2008 Symposium Art At The Hub, has sent us an
update on Barefoot Artists' recent accomplishments in Rwanda and China. Highlights include:
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teaching villagers in Rwanda to design,
fabricate, install and maintain solar electric home systems
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providing tandem healthcare services and
on-the-job health education and training at the Rugerero Health Centre in
Rwanda, while the hospital artists offered arts services to patients, family
members and caregivers
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Rugerero Elementary School Renovations and
Sculpture Garden
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A two-day conference for 300 art teachers in Mianyang, a city near
the epicenter of the Great Sichuan Earthquake in China.
Yeh presented her work on healing and rebuilding communities through art with
the hope that it would help the art teachers to understand their own power and
potential
For more information on Barefoot Artists, please visit
www.barefootartists.org
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Save the date!
The Launch of the Neighbourhood Arts Network is fast
approaching! Save January 27th from 5 pm to 9 pm on your calendars.
More information will follow in the next bulletin.
For more information on the Neighbourhood Arts Network, or on the Toronto Arts Foundation's Block By Block initiative, please visit: www.torontoartsfoundation.org
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