Press Release: Annual youth-led arts festival returns for its 8th year with renewed vision.
FROM: VIBE ARTS, 401 Richmond Street W., Suite 230, Toronto Ontario, M5V 3A8 For more information please call: Deneille Balkissoon, 416-929-9314, Deneille@vibearts.ca FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VIBE Arts Fest – Annual youth-led arts festival returns for its 8th year with renewed vision. TORONTO, ON (June 8-11, 2016) — VIBE Arts Fest is a free, four-day Youth-Led … Read more
Thinking Outside the Box with Mud Graffiti
By Erin Glover For two consecutive spring weekends in early May, VIBE Arts was the artful inhabitant of a shipping container at Evergreen Brickworks, engaging hundreds of children, families and visitors in creative play. The container, titled the ‘Think Outside Box’, is positioned as a temporary outdoor art installation at the Brickworks for the spring … Read more
Chalk it Up! Cultural Hotspot North York
By Susie Whaley In celebration of the North York Community and its creativity, we took part in the Cultural Hotspot Launch at the Aga Khan Museum on May 11, 2016 with an interactive and inter-generational chalk drawing activity. To further engage children and youth we are offering chalk programs this spring in North York at … Read more
Elia Middle School Lunchroom Transformation Mural
In winter 2016 VIBE Arts worked with grade 6 students from Elia Middle School to create a lunchroom mural focused on healthy living. The programme was funded by Great-West Life Assurance Company based in Winnipeg and supported by our community partner Be Good the Queen street location. This video was created to thank Be Good … Read more
Artist Residency at the 12th Division Police Station
Moises Frank aka Luvsumone, Platform A 2015-2016 micro-grant winner, held his artist residency at the 12th Division Police Station, which created a lot of buzz in the Weston Mount Dennis community. CBC radio was so intrigued by Moises’s artistry they interviewed him. Check out Moises telling his story here.
Earth Day Portraits- Artist Residency at Toronto Botanical Gardens
On April 23rd at the Toronto Botanical Gardens, emerging artists Jenina Escalante (a painter) and Anthony Gebrehiwot (a photographer) participated in an artist residency to commemorate Earth Day. It was the first time the artists worked together, so there was a lot of excitement and creativity in the air. The art collaboration involved 3 http://www.freeprnow.com/biz/medicines-4-all models that Jenina painted on, while Anthony photographed the models interacting with the natural environment.
Chalk it Up!
‘Chalk it Up’ is our Cultural Hotspot 2016 signature arts education program that will give 9 to 13 years olds living in North York, unique opportunities to lead the creation of collaborative outdoor chalk murals and chalk art. The program is positioned for large-scale, city-wide public art making and sharing – all community and youth driven! Program participants … Read more
Tips and Tools: Recipe to Support Artists Working in Communities
Julie Frost, VIBE Arts’ Executive and Artistic Director wrote an article Tip and Tools: Recipe to Support Artists Working in Communities that was published by Artbridges, a national arts network base. For 28 years Julie has worked together with schools, and social agencies across Toronto. She has incredible insight and knowledge of the mechanics of working with … Read more