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September 27, 2024 All Aboard for Ontario Culture Days with VIA Rail! Journalist and ONCD board member Amanda Scriver went on a cultural journey by train. The best way to understand a community is through its arts and culture.
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table with cups and promts August 23, 2023 Rituals for Belonging The story behind Myung-Sun Kim’s “Rituals for Belonging” August 10, 2023 | Myung-Sun Kim The annual Ontario Culture Days’ Creatives in Residence series invites artists to develop community-engaged projects to be presented during the fall Festival. This year’s lineup of residents explore themes of material culture.
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Woman standing in from of sign saying 1000 Islands Brockville July 6, 2023 Surviving and Thriving in Brockville Surviving and Thriving One year later, Carolyn Bennett reflects on making the move from Toronto to Brockville, Ontario By Carolyn Bennett | July 6, 2023 It’s been almost two years. My partner and I relocated to Brockville from Toronto in 2021.
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Garden of red peppers October 20, 2022 ‘The People’s Garden’ by Angela Walcott Stories from ‘The People’s Garden’ Creative in Residence, Angela Walcott, speaks to Judith Prince from the Ubuntu Collective and Yukie Hanada from HanaEarthGardens.ca.
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Black and white photo of two girls eating cotton candy while the middle girl eats a candied apple September 1, 2022 Savouring the Past Exploring Food and Freedom with Tonya Sutherland-Stewart In the mid-twentieth century, Windsor hosted Emancipation Day parades and celebrations that would span several days. For the 2022 Ontario Culture Days Festival, Creative in Residence Tonya Sutherland-Stewart will host ‘Savouring the Past.
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Two young girls in pink tulle skirts May 26, 2022 Access to the Arts This National AccessAbility Week, we celebrate programming that’s designed for inclusion More than one in five Canadians over 15 has a disability, and with our aging population this rate is expected to rise. How can arts and culture organizations welcome people with differing abilities? For National AccessAbility Week, we spoke to Rachel Marks, a disability-access consultant who works with arts organizations throughout Ontario.
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Table of collages April 27, 2022 Meet the Creatives: Recovering Community Space By Chris Hampton Ontario Culture Days’ 2022 Creatives in Residence program is underway, and a fresh set of creative talents are busy making new work for the upcoming fall festival. Now, for the next five months, we get front-row seats as the residents develop their projects in communities across the province.
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A collage of digital art pieces depicting various people in their rooms doing activities March 31, 2022 Up Close and Intimate This April is National Poetry Month By Glodeane Brown Did you know that April is National Poetry Month (NPM)…. and the theme this year is intimacy? Every April, since 1998, The League of Canadian Poets has been encouraging people to learn about and celebrate poets and poetry.
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Vinyls of people on windows February 8, 2022 Investing In Black Futures Black creatives talk about the need for year round support of Black initiatives By Glodeane Brown February is recognized as Black History Month. Black History Month originated in America in 1926.
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