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Showing posts with label community consultations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community consultations. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Announcing the CTCHC Community Mosaic Project!
We're very proud of and honoured by our partnership with Central Toronto Community Health Centres, which is home to both Queen West Community Health Centre and Shout Clinic in downtown Toronto's original Queen West neighbourhood.
Snacks and TTC tokens available.
Over the past two months, we've met with more than 150 project contributors to: inquire and listen; brainstorm ideas, themes, and motif; and experiment with visual expressions using simple materials and accessible approaches to art making. This arts-based participatory research is an important part of a consultation process that will ultimately shepherd us toward the conceptual development of a design that reflects project contributors and the communities that intersect at the centre, and the artistic, aesthetic, and cultural traditions found in neighbourhood including Anishinabe, Chinese, Portugeuse, graf/street art, and punk.
Join us at an upcoming community meeting (at Central Toronto Community Health Centres, 168 Bathurst Street just south of Queen) if you would like to contribute to the creation of this new artwork:
Join us at an upcoming community meeting (at Central Toronto Community Health Centres, 168 Bathurst Street just south of Queen) if you would like to contribute to the creation of this new artwork:
March 14th, from 2 pm to 4 pm
March 21st, from 5 pm to 7 pm
April 4th, from 2 pm to 4pm
Snacks and TTC tokens available.
Red Dress Productions and Central Toronto Community Health Centres gratefully acknowledge the support of the citizens of Ontario through the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto Public Realm, Transportation Services, and the TD Bank Group.
Please visit the CTCHC page (soon to be posted at the top of this view) where you'll find our open studio schedule and project credits.
Open studio will be located on the centre's 1st floor where we'll build this new collaborative public artwork from April to June.
Open studio will be located on the centre's 1st floor where we'll build this new collaborative public artwork from April to June.
For more info contact:
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Line and Colour
At our fourth Bleecker Coop Memorial Project community meeting last night, we focused on line and colour; movement and pattern. Here's some of what emerged from our inquiry.
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| Photography by Katie Yealland. |
Friday, November 25, 2011
Bleecker Coop Memorial Project
Welcome to our gallery of images from the Bleecker Coop Memorial Project.
We've begun meeting to tell stories, brainstorm, and explore visual representations of our ideas using oil pastel, mixed media, foam plate printing on fabric and paper, and collage. As you scroll down, you'll find a series of solo and multiple pieces produced by project contributors. This arts-based participatory research is what will lead us to identifying themes and visual motif, and ultimately, the mosaic design.
All Bleecker Coop members are invited to join in as we continue our creative exploration on Monday December 5, at 7:30 pm. All materials and refreshments will be provided.
Red Dress Productions is proud to lead this project in partnership with Bleecker Coop. Our team includes lead artist Anna Camilleri, co-lead artist Tristan R. Whiston, community artist Heidi Cho, ceramic artist Enrique Campos, photographer Katie Yealland, events and outreach coordinator Ryan Hayward, and intern Andrew Henderson.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the citizens of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, and the Cooperative Housing Federation of Toronto.
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| Foam plates, and prints on cotton and paper. |
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Design Unveiled!! Sherbourne Health Centre Community Engaged Mosaic
Welcome to our gallery of images from the Sherbourne Health Centre Mosaic Project.
Over the past two months, we've met with more than 100 clients, program participants, staff, and board members of the Sherbourne Health Centre. Together, we've brainstormed, told stories, and made art with a range of materials including oil pastel, mixed media, and foam plate printing on fabric and vellum. Through this arts-based participatory research, themes and visual motif emerged.
As lead artist and designer on the project, I took away these notes, images, and the spirit of community members who were clear about their desire to reflect themselves and the centre and its programs, along with the hope that the artwork would welcome people to the centre. After much reflection, midnight snacking, and more research, I began sketching.
Last night we presented the design to a group of 20. Tristan gave an overview of our approach, process, and our findings at 11 arts-based community consultations, and I presented a slide show featuring a selection of visual work produced by participants. Then we revealed the design! I'm delighted and relieved that folks loved it. Designing in a community engaged context is a big responsibility, and a tremendous honour.
As you scroll down the page, you'll find a series of design illustrations. The mosaic will be comprised of 7 separate (but thematically connected) panels that will be built in the Sherbourne Health Centre during the months of April, May, and June. Each of the panels will be 8 feet tall and 2 feet and 2 inches wide, separated by 1.5 inches each--integrating architectural elements into the design. Each of the panels may be viewed and interpreted independently, however they will create one large public artwork. The photos posted here are digitally compressed. The actual illustrations are 6.5 inches wide, and 24 inches tall. These dimensions are based upon a 1 to 4 ratio: each square inch of illustration is equivalent to four square inches of mosaic. The scaled design facilitates the transfer of the illustrations to cement boards, which we will build the mosaic on with anyone who would like to join us.
We hope to see you in the studio. Hours will be posted here shortly. Everyone is welcome!
Thanks for reading and viewing.
--Anna Camilleri
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Red Dress Productions artistic leadership team includes lead artists Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston, and apprentices Heidi Cho, Rafaela Vidinha Dominici, Daniel Jelani Ellis, and Jay Stewart.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Sherbourne Health Centre, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and the Neighbourhood Arts Network. We'd also like to thank our Working Group Committee members who've contributed to and supported the project in many different vital ways. Special thanks to Clare Nobbs.
Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003. Sherbourne Health Centre seeks to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive approach to primary health care. Services include health promotion, education, research, community development and outreach, and advocacy. Sherbourne Health Centre serves all of the diverse communities of southeast Toronto with a special emphasis on local residents of south-central Toronto, homeless and under-housed individuals, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community, and new Canadians. To find out more about Sherbourne Health Centre and its programs and services, please visit http://www.sherbourne.on.ca
Over the past two months, we've met with more than 100 clients, program participants, staff, and board members of the Sherbourne Health Centre. Together, we've brainstormed, told stories, and made art with a range of materials including oil pastel, mixed media, and foam plate printing on fabric and vellum. Through this arts-based participatory research, themes and visual motif emerged.
As lead artist and designer on the project, I took away these notes, images, and the spirit of community members who were clear about their desire to reflect themselves and the centre and its programs, along with the hope that the artwork would welcome people to the centre. After much reflection, midnight snacking, and more research, I began sketching.
Last night we presented the design to a group of 20. Tristan gave an overview of our approach, process, and our findings at 11 arts-based community consultations, and I presented a slide show featuring a selection of visual work produced by participants. Then we revealed the design! I'm delighted and relieved that folks loved it. Designing in a community engaged context is a big responsibility, and a tremendous honour.
As you scroll down the page, you'll find a series of design illustrations. The mosaic will be comprised of 7 separate (but thematically connected) panels that will be built in the Sherbourne Health Centre during the months of April, May, and June. Each of the panels will be 8 feet tall and 2 feet and 2 inches wide, separated by 1.5 inches each--integrating architectural elements into the design. Each of the panels may be viewed and interpreted independently, however they will create one large public artwork. The photos posted here are digitally compressed. The actual illustrations are 6.5 inches wide, and 24 inches tall. These dimensions are based upon a 1 to 4 ratio: each square inch of illustration is equivalent to four square inches of mosaic. The scaled design facilitates the transfer of the illustrations to cement boards, which we will build the mosaic on with anyone who would like to join us.
We hope to see you in the studio. Hours will be posted here shortly. Everyone is welcome!
Thanks for reading and viewing.
--Anna Camilleri
* * *
Red Dress Productions artistic leadership team includes lead artists Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston, and apprentices Heidi Cho, Rafaela Vidinha Dominici, Daniel Jelani Ellis, and Jay Stewart.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Sherbourne Health Centre, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and the Neighbourhood Arts Network. We'd also like to thank our Working Group Committee members who've contributed to and supported the project in many different vital ways. Special thanks to Clare Nobbs.
Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003. Sherbourne Health Centre seeks to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive approach to primary health care. Services include health promotion, education, research, community development and outreach, and advocacy. Sherbourne Health Centre serves all of the diverse communities of southeast Toronto with a special emphasis on local residents of south-central Toronto, homeless and under-housed individuals, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community, and new Canadians. To find out more about Sherbourne Health Centre and its programs and services, please visit http://www.sherbourne.on.ca
Design for Sherbourne Health Centre Community Mosaic -- Panel 3 of 7
Panel 2 of 7, detail.
Panel 3 of 7.
Design for Sherbourne Health Centre Community Mosaic -- Panel 4 of 7
Panel 4 of 7.
Panel 4 of 7, detail.
Design for Sherbourne Health Centre Community Mosaic -- Panels 6 and 7
Panel 6 of 7.
Panel 6 of 7, angle.
Panel 7 of 7.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Sherbourne Health Centre Community Mosaic Project
Welcome to our gallery of images from the Sherbourne Health Centre Mosaic Project.
Over the past two months, we've met with more than one hundred clients and program participants of the Sherbourne Health Centre. Together, we've brainstormed, told stories, and made art with a range of materials including oil pastel, mixed media, and foam plate printing on fabric and vellum. As you scroll down the page, you'll find a series of images produced by project participants.
This arts-based participatory research is what leads us to identifying themes and visual motif, and ultimately, the mosaic design. The draft design will be revealed on Monday March 14 at 7pm. All are welcome to offer feedback. We'll begin building the mosaic in April -- hours soon to be posted here! Everyone is welcome. Sherbourne Health Centre is a fully accessible building located just south of Carlton, at 333 Sherbourne Street .
Red Dress Productions artistic leadership team includes lead artists Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston, and apprentices Heidi Cho, Rafaela Vidinha Dominici, Daniel Jelani Ellis, and Jay Stewart.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Sherbourne Health Centre, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and the Neighbourhood Arts Network.
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Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003. Sherbourne Health Centre seeks to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive approach to primary health care. Services include health promotion, education, research, community development and outreach, and advocacy. Sherbourne Health Centre serves all of the diverse communities of southeast Toronto with a special emphasis on local residents of south-central Toronto, homeless and under-housed individuals, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community, and new Canadians. To find out more about Sherbourne Health Centre and its programs and services, please visit http://www.sherbourne.on.ca
Over the past two months, we've met with more than one hundred clients and program participants of the Sherbourne Health Centre. Together, we've brainstormed, told stories, and made art with a range of materials including oil pastel, mixed media, and foam plate printing on fabric and vellum. As you scroll down the page, you'll find a series of images produced by project participants.
This arts-based participatory research is what leads us to identifying themes and visual motif, and ultimately, the mosaic design. The draft design will be revealed on Monday March 14 at 7pm. All are welcome to offer feedback. We'll begin building the mosaic in April -- hours soon to be posted here! Everyone is welcome. Sherbourne Health Centre is a fully accessible building located just south of Carlton, at 333 Sherbourne Street .
Red Dress Productions artistic leadership team includes lead artists Anna Camilleri and Tristan R. Whiston, and apprentices Heidi Cho, Rafaela Vidinha Dominici, Daniel Jelani Ellis, and Jay Stewart.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Sherbourne Health Centre, the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and the Neighbourhood Arts Network.
* * *
Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003. Sherbourne Health Centre seeks to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive approach to primary health care. Services include health promotion, education, research, community development and outreach, and advocacy. Sherbourne Health Centre serves all of the diverse communities of southeast Toronto with a special emphasis on local residents of south-central Toronto, homeless and under-housed individuals, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community, and new Canadians. To find out more about Sherbourne Health Centre and its programs and services, please visit http://www.sherbourne.on.ca
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