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VIBE Arts Fest 2018: Dates and Location Announced

VIBE Arts Fest (VAF) is a youth-led arts festival that celebrates the creativity of young people. This 3-day, youth led festival will feature vendors, performance and showcase talent from VIBE Arts programming and Toronto Artists. We are pleased to announce the dates and location for VIBE Arts Fest 2018: June 8-10 at Ontario Place.   … Read more

ArtsEffect 2018 Tickets Now on Sale

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Press Release: VIBE Arts Executive and Artistic Director Triumphs, Earns role as Senior Arts Consultant of the City of Toronto

               Julie Frost is no stranger to the arts. Of her 30 years working within the Toronto Arts Sector, 16 of them were served at VIBE Arts, an award-winning arts organization that engages underserved populations across Toronto through multi-disciplinary community-engaged arts education programming. After 16 years working at VIBE … Read more

Announcing the 2018 Recipients of #PlatformA Micro-Grants

Community partners Art Starts & Vibe Arts are pleased to present the 5th round of micro-grant recipients as a part of #PlatformA.     Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, all micro-grant recipients will benefit from a range of mentorship opportunities. 11 micro-grants of $1,000 were awarded to support youth, emerging & newcomer artists and collectives in the development and … Read more

Arts for Social Justice Reflections – Krystal & Igho

The Arts for Social Justice (ASJ) program is a three-year initiative that aims to promote the arts as catalysts to tackle social issues in society. It does this through high school workshops and emerging artists residencies. Here is an artist’s experience working on an ASJ project. Krystal Kiran and Igho Diana Itebu share their experience teaching … Read more

Arts for Social Justice Reflections – Allison Beula

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Looking back at Arts for Social Justice Project with Jennifer Chin

Arts for Social Justice project is funded by Ontario Trillium Foundation. Artist and Arts Educator Jennifer Chin shares her experience working on the Arts for Social Justice Project. My time working with the Arts For Social Justice program has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career as an artist educator. My goal … Read more

Polar Bears in the Arctic

On Tuesday, September 26th VIBE Arts had the pleasure of joining the the Toronto Zoo and the students and teachers of Military Trail Public School (MTPS), in the unveiling of a 50+ foot Polar bear mural, installed on the back of the Toronto Zoo’s Polar Bear Habitat. This hand painted mural was the outcome of … Read more