Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts

Friday, September 6, 2013

Welcome to Ms Finnikin!

We're pleased to welcome Andrenne Finnikin to join our team as community arts (youth) apprentice on the Everyone. Everywhere. mural project! 


Andrenne Finnikin also known as Dreena is an up and coming Toronto based artist. Through the years she has explored numerous medias such drawing, painting, African drumming, photography, dance and drama. Working as an arts educator for Arts for Children and Youth has given her the opportunity to work with a diverse group of artists across Toronto. She has devoted over 5 years in the community arts field and continues to grow as an artist. Andrenne has showcased her work in City Hall, Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, AWOL Gallery, Papermill Gallery and The Harbourfront Centre to name a few. This Fall/2013 Andrenne will be hosting her first independent art exhibit.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

WRTN/SPKN: a creative writing and zine making project

WRTN/SPKN is a creative writing and zine making project at the Triangle Prgram, Canada’s only high school for LGBT (queer and trans) spectrum students. 

For several weeks, we explored creative writing (particularly memoir) through practices including free association, “cut-up,” word strings, found poetry, and collaborative writing. We experimented with voice and form, and the relationship between the written and spoken, and visually explored word. Throughout our creative process, students were encouraged to claim their place as storytellers. I provided guidance for the work being produced, but students’ areas of interest (themes and motifs) led the project. Our work together culminated in the production and presentation of individual zines. --Anna Camilleri

Here's a Vimeo link for a video featuring work produced by Triangle students during this interdisciplinary creative writing project: